This is a list of mayors of Lynn, Massachusetts, USA.
The area known today as the city of Lynn was originally part of a larger area named Saugus (part of which lives on as the Town of Saugus). It was renamed "Lynn" in 1637 in honor of King's Lynn in England.[1] Lynn was incorporated as a city in 1850.[2]
| Mayor | Picture | Term | Party | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | May 14, 1850 – June 16, 1852 | Democratic | ||||
| 2nd | Benjamin F. Mudge | June 16, 1852 – April 4, 1853 | ||||
| 3rd | Daniel C. Baker | April 4, 1853 – April 3, 1854 | ||||
| 4th | Thomas P. Richardson | April 3, 1854 – January 1, 1855 | ||||
| 5th | Andrews Breed | January 1, 1855 – January 7, 1856 | Whig | |||
| 6th | Ezra W. Mudge | January 7, 1856 – January 4, 1858 | Democratic | |||
| 7th | William F. Johnson | January 4, 1858 – January 3, 1859 | ||||
| 8th | Edward S. Davis | January 3, 1859 – January 7, 1861 | ||||
| 9th | Hiram N. Breed | January 7, 1861 – January 6, 1862 | Workingmen's Party | |||
| 10th | Peter M. Neal | January 6, 1862 – January 1, 1866 | Republican | |||
| 11th | Roland G. Usher | January 1, 1866 – January 4, 1869 | Republican | |||
| 12th | James N. Buffum | January 4, 1869 – January 3, 1870 | Republican | |||
| 13th | Edwin Walden | January 3, 1870 – January 1, 1872 | ||||
| 14th | James N. Buffum | January 1, 1872 – January 6, 1873 | Republican | |||
| 15th | Jacob M. Lewis | January 6, 1873 – January 1, 1877 | ||||
| 16th | Samuel M. Bubier | January 1, 1877 – January 6, 1879 | Republican | |||
| 17th | George Plaisted Sanderson | January 6, 1879 – January 3, 1881 | Greenback | |||
| 18th | Henry B. Lovering | January 3, 1881 – January 1, 1883 | Democrat | |||
| 19th | William L. Baird | January 1, 1883 – January 5, 1885 | Republican | |||
| 20th | John R. Baldwin | January 5, 1885 – January 4, 1886 | ||||
| 21st | George D. Hart | January 4, 1886–1887 | ||||
| 22nd | George C. Higgins | 1888–1888 | Republican | |||
| 23rd | Asa T. Newhall | 1889–1890 | Democrat | |||
| 24th | E. Knowlton Fogg | 1891–1891 | Republican | |||
| 25th | Elihu B. Hayes | 1892–1893 | Republican | |||
| 26th | Charles E. Harwood | 1894–1895 | Republican | |||
| 27th | Eugene A. Besson | 1896–1896 | Republican | |||
| 28th | Walter L. Ramsdell | 1897–1898 | Democrat | |||
| 29th | William Shepherd | 1899–1902 | Republican | |||
| 30th | Henry W. Eastham | 1903–1905 | ||||
| 31st | Charles Neal Barney | 1906–1907 | Republican | |||
| 32nd | Thomas F. Porter | 1908–1909 | Republican | |||
| 33rd | James E. Rich | 1909–1910 | Democrat | |||
| 34th | William P. Connery, Sr. | 1911–1912 | From 1910 to 1917 the mayor was chosen under the commission form of government. The mayoralty was held by the commissioner of public safety. | |||
| 35th | George H. Newhall | 1913–1917 | Republican | |||
| 36th | Walter H. Creamer | 1918–1921 | Democrat | In 1917 the city returned to a mayor and city council form of government. | ||
| 37th | Harland A. McPhetres | 1922–1925 | ||||
| 38th | Ralph S. Bauer | 1926–1930 | ||||
| 39th | J. Fred Manning | 1930–1939 | ||||
| 40th | Albert Cole | 1940–1943[3] | Republican | Leave of absence due to military service. | ||
| 41st | Arthur J. Frawley | 1943[4] -1945 | Began as acting mayor, elected in own right. | |||
| 42nd | Albert Cole | 1946–1947 | Republican | |||
| 43rd | Stuart A. Tarr | 1948–1951 | ||||
| 44th | Arthur J. Frawley | 1952–1955 | ||||
| 45th | Thomas P. Costin, Jr. | 1956 – July 3, 1961 | Democrat | Resigned to become the Postmaster of Lynn. | ||
| 46th | M. Henry Wall | July 3, 1961 – 1965 | As city council president, when Mayor Costin submitted his resignation, pursuant to the city charter, Wall became mayor.Wall was elected in his own right in the 1961 election. | |||
| 47th | Irving E. Kane | 1966–1969 | ||||
| 48th | J. Warren Cassidy | 1970 – January 1972 | ||||
| 49th | Pasquale Caggiano | January 1972 – April 1972 | Democrat | Died in office. | ||
| Acting | Walter F. Meserve | April 1972[5] – July 1972 | Acting mayor. | |||
| 50th | Antonio J. Marino | July 1972 – 1973 | ||||
| 51st | David L. Phillips | 1974–1975 | ||||
| 52nd | Antonio J. Marino | 1976–1985 | ||||
| 53rd | Albert V. DiVirgilio | 1986–1991 | ||||
| 54th | Patrick J. McManus | 1992–2001 | ||||
| 55th | Edward J. Clancy Jr. | 2002 – January 4, 2010 | Democrat | |||
| 56th | January 4, 2010 – January 3, 2018 | Republican | ||||
| 57th | January 3, 2018 – January 3, 2022 | Democrat | ||||
| 58th | Jared C. Nicholson | January 3, 2022 – present | Democrat |