List of mayors of Springfield, Massachusetts explained

Post:	Mayor
Body:	Springfield
Insignia:	Seal of Springfield, Massachusetts.svg
Insigniacaption:	Seal of Springfield
Incumbent:	Domenic J. Sarno
Acting:	no
Incumbentsince:	January 7, 2008^[1]
Type:	Chief executive
Style:	His/Her Honor
Member Of:	School Committee
Residence:	None official
Seat:	Springfield City Hall
Nominator:	Non-partisan nominating petition
Appointer:	Popular vote
Termlength:	Four years (2011-Present) Two year (1925-2011) One year (1852-1925)^[2]
Constituting Instrument:	Springfield City Charter
Precursor:	Springfield Board of Selectmen (1636-1852)
Formation:	1852
First:	Caleb Rice
Salary:	$175,000 (2024)^[3]

The mayor of Springfield is the head of the municipal government in Springfield, Massachusetts. Springfield has a mayor-council government. Mayors of Springfield are appointed through direct, non-partisan elections to a four-year term; there are no term limits. The mayor's office oversees the enforcement of all laws and ordinances within the city, appoints and supervises a majority of appointed officials, and serves as an ex officio member of the Springfield School Committee. The mayor's office is located in Springfield City Hall, as part of the Municipal Group in Metro Center.^{[4] [5]}

The current mayor of Springfield is Domenic Sarno.

List of mayors

	Picture	Mayor	Term	Party	Election
Start	End
scope=row	1		Caleb Rice	May 25, 1852	January 10, 1854		Whig^[6]	May 1852----December 1852
scope=row	2		Philos B. Tyler	January 10, 1854	January 1, 1855		Democratic^[7]	1853–1854^[8] ^[9]
scope=row	3		Eliphalet Trask	January 1, 1855	January 7, 1856		Know Nothing	1854
scope=row	4		Ansel Phelps, Jr.	January 7, 1856	January 3, 1859		Democratic^[10]	1855----1856----1857
scope=row	5		William Barron Calhoun	January 3, 1859	January 2, 1860		Whig	1858
scope=row	6		Daniel L. Harris	January 2, 1860	January 7, 1861		Republican^[11]	1859
scope=row	7		Stephen C. Bemis	January 7, 1861	January 5, 1863		Democratic^[12]	1860----1861
scope=row	8		Henry Alexander, Jr.	January 5, 1863	January 2, 1865		Republican^[13]	1862----1863
scope=row	9		Albert D. Briggs	January 2, 1865	January 6, 1868		Republican^[14] (Anti-Refunder)^[15]	1864----1865----1866
scope=row	10		Charles A. Winchester	January 6, 1868	January 3, 1870		Republican	1867----1868
scope=row	11		William L. Smith	January 3, 1870	January 1, 1872		Democratic	1869----1870
scope=row	12		Samuel B. Spooner	January 1, 1872	January 5, 1874		Republican	1871----1872
scope=row	13		John M. Stebbins	January 5, 1874	January 4, 1875		Democratic	1873
scope=row	14		Emerson Wight	January 4, 1875	January 6, 1879		Republican	1874----1875----1876----1877
scope=row	15		Lewis J. Powers	January 6, 1879	January 3, 1881		Democratic & Citizens----Republican	1878----1879
scope=row	16		William H. Haile	January 3, 1881	January 2, 1882		Republican	1880
scope=row	17		Edwin W. Ladd	January 2, 1882	January 1, 1883		Democratic	1881
scope=row	18		Henry M. Phillips	January 1, 1883	January 4, 1886		Republican	1882----1883----1884
scope=row	19		Edwin D. Metcalf	January 4, 1886	January 3, 1887		Republican	1885
scope=row	20		Elisha B. Maynard	January 3, 1887	January 7, 1889		Democratic	1886----1887
scope=row	21		Edward S. Bradford	January 7, 1889	January 4, 1892		Republican	1888----1889----1890
scope=row	22		Lawson Sibley	January 4, 1892	January 2, 1893		Democratic	1891
scope=row	23		Edmund P. Kendrick	January 2, 1893	January 7, 1895		Republican	1892----1893
scope=row	24		Charles L. Long	January 7, 1895	January 6, 1896		Republican	1894
scope=row	25		Newrie D. Winter	January 6, 1896	January 3, 1898		Democratic	1895----1896
scope=row	26		Henry S. Dickinson	January 3, 1898	January 2, 1899		Republican	1897
scope=row	27		Dwight O. Gilmore	January 2, 1899	January 1, 1900		Republican	1898
scope=row	28		William P. Hayes	January 1, 1900	January 6, 1902		Democratic	1899----1900
scope=row	29		Ralph W. Ellis	January 6, 1902	January 5, 1903		Republican	1901
scope=row	30		Everett E. Stone	January 5, 1903	January 2, 1905		Republican	1902----1903
scope=row	31		Francke W. Dickinson	January 2, 1905	January 7, 1907		Republican	1904----1905
scope=row	32		William E. Sanderson	January 7, 1907	January 3, 1910		Republican	1906----1907----1908
scope=row	33		Edward H. Lathrop	January 3, 1910	January 6, 1913		Democratic	1909----1910----1911
scope=row	34		John A. Denison	January 6, 1913	January 4, 1915		Republican	1912----1913
scope=row	35		Frank E. Stacy	January 4, 1915	January 6, 1919		Republican	1914----1915----1916----1917
scope=row	36		Arthur A. Adams	January 6, 1919	January 3, 1921		Republican	1918----1919
scope=row	37		Edwin F. Leonard	January 3, 1921	January 5, 1925		Republican	1920----1921----1922----1923
scope=row	38		Fordis C. Parker	January 5, 1925	January 6, 1930		Republican	1924----1925----1927
scope=row	39		Dwight R. Winter	January 6, 1930	January 1, 1934		Democratic	1929----1931
scope=row	40		Henry Martens	January 1, 1934	January 3, 1938		Republican	1933----1935
scope=row	41		Roger L. Putnam	January 3, 1938	April 13, 1943^[16]		Democratic	1937----1939----1941
scope=row	42		J. Albin Anderson, Jr.	April 13, 1943^[17]	January 7, 1946		Republican^[18]	Acting----1943
scope=row	43		Daniel B. Brunton	January 7, 1946	January 6, 1958		Democratic	1945----1947----1949----1951----1953----1955
scope=row	44		Thomas J. O'Connor	January 6, 1958	January 1, 1962		Democratic	1957----1959
scope=row	45		Charles V. Ryan	January 1, 1962	January 1, 1968		Democratic	1961----1963----1965
scope=row	46		Frank Harlan Freedman	January 1, 1968	October 17, 1972		Republican	1967----1969----1971
scope=row	47		Theodore Dimauro	October 17, 1972	February 9, 1973		Democratic^[19]	Acting
scope=row	48		William C. Sullivan	February 9, 1973^[20]	January 2, 1978		Democratic^[21]	January 1973----November 1973----1975
scope=row	(47)		Theodore Dimauro	January 2, 1978	January 2, 1984		Democratic	1977----1979----1981
scope=row	49		Richard Neal	January 2, 1984	January 3, 1989		Democratic	1983----1985----1987
scope=row	50		Vincent DiMonaco	January 3, 1989	May 5, 1989		Democratic^[22]	Acting
scope=row	51		Mary Hurley	May 5, 1989^[23]	January 6, 1992		Democratic	April 1989----November 1989
scope=row	52		Robert Markel	January 6, 1992	January 1, 1996		Democratic	1991----1993
scope=row	53		Michael Albano	January 1, 1996	January 5, 2004		Democratic	1995----1997----1999----2001
scope=row	(45)		Charles V. Ryan	January 5, 2004	January 7, 2008		Democratic	2003----2005
scope=row	54		Domenic J. Sarno^[24]	January 7, 2008	Incumbent		Democratic	2007----2009----2011----2015----2019----2023

See also

• Mayoral elections in Springfield, Massachusetts

Notes and References

1. News: The Republican Newsroom . Text of Mayor Domenic J. Sarno's inaugural address . 24 November 2023 . The Republican (Springfield, Mass.) . MassLive . 7 January 2008.
2. News: Flynn . Jack . Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno looking forward to first 4-year term . 24 November 2023 . The Republican (Springfield, Mass.) . MassLive . 31 December 2011.
3. News: Tuthill . Paul . Springfield raises pay for mayor, councilors, School Committee . 24 November 2023 . WAMC Northeast Public Radio . 20 December 2022.
4. Web site: Mayor's Office . springfield-ma.gov . City of Springfield . 24 November 2023.
5. Web site: City of Springfield, MA Charter . ecode360.com . 24 November 2023.
6. News: Springfield City Election . 21 November 2023 . The Springfield Republican (Springfield, Mass.) . MassLive.Newsbank.com . 7 December 1852.
7. News: Western Massachusetts . 21 November 2023 . The Springfield Republican (Springfield, Mass.) . Masslive/Newsbank . 6 December 1853.
8. News: The City Election . 26 November 2023 . The Springfield Republican (Springfield, Mass.) . MassLive/Newsbank . 20 December 1853.
9. News: The City Election . 26 November 2023 . The Springfield Republican (Springfield, Mass.) . MassLive/Newsbank . 10 January 1854.
10. News: The City Election . 22 November 2023 . The Springfield Republican (Springfield, Mass.) . MassLive/Newsbank . 4 December 1855.
11. News: Review of the Week . 22 November 2023 . The Springfield Republican (Springfield, Mass.) . MassLive/Newsbank . 26 November 1859.
12. News: The Election of Mayor . 22 November 2023 . The Springfield Republican (Springfield, MA) . MassLive/Newsbank . 20 December 1860.
13. News: The City Election . 22 November 2023 . The Springfield Republican (Springfield, Mass.) . MassLive/NewsBank . 2 December 1862.
14. News: Republican Caucus . 23 November 2023 . The Springfield Republican (Springfield, Mass.) . MassLive/Newsbank . 5 October 1864.
15. News: Springfield City Election . 23 November 2023 . The Springfield Republican (Springfield, Mass.) . MassLive/Newsbank . 4 December 1865.
16. News: Putnam going into Navy; J. Albin Anderson will be acting mayor in absence . 24 November 2023 . The Springfield Republican (Springfield, Mass.) . MassLive/Newsbank . 26 March 1943.
17. News: Acting mayor resigns board on claims post . 26 November 2023 . The Springfield Republican (Springfield, Mass.) . MassLive/Newsbank . 13 April 1943.
18. News: J. Albin Anderson is elected mayor . 24 November 2023 . The Springfield Republican (Springfield, Mass.) . MassLive/Newsbank . 3 November 1943.
19. Web site: 1972 Delegate to the National Convention Democratic Primary: 2nd Congressional District . electionstats.state.ma.us . Commonwealth of Massachusetts . 21 November 2023.
20. News: Mayor-elect Sullivan set for inauguration tonight . 26 November 2023 . Springfield Union-News (Springfield, Mass.) . MassLive/Newsbank . 9 February 1973.
21. News: Briere . Glen . How Sullivan walked that 'long mile' . 24 November 2023 . Springfield Union (Springfield, Mass.) . MassLive/Newsbank . 4 February 1973.
22. News: Briere . Glenn . Bay State remains election question . 24 November 2023 . Springfield Union (Springfield, Mass.) . MassLive/Newsbank . 5 November 1972.
23. News: Text of mayor's speech . 26 November 2023 . Springfield Union-News (Springfield, Mass.) . MassLive/Newsbank . 6 May 1989.
24. News: Domenic Sarno wins reelection, becomes longest-serving mayor in Springfield's history. Barry. Stephanie. The Republican. Springfield, Mass..