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List of mayors of Brockton, Massachusetts
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This is a list of the past and present mayors and city managers of Brockton, Massachusetts.
Mayors
| # | Mayor | Picture | Term | Party | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ziba Cary Keith | [[Image:Ziba Cary Keith.png | 50px]] | 1882–1883 | Republican | ||||
| 2nd | Henry H. Packard | 1883–1884 | |||||||
| 3rd | Ziba Cary Keith | [[Image:Ziba Cary Keith.png | 50px]] | 1884–1885 | Republican | ||||
| 4th | John J. Whipple | [[Image:John J. Whipple.png | 50px]] | 1886–1887 | Republican | ||||
| 5th | Albert R. Wade | 1888–1889 | |||||||
| 6th | William Lewis Douglas | [[Image:WilliamLewisDouglas.jpg | 50px]] | 1890–1891 | Democrat | ||||
| 7th | Ziba Cary Keith | [[Image:Ziba Cary Keith.png | 50px]] | 1892–1893 | Republican | ||||
| 8th | John J. Whipple | [[Image:John J. Whipple.png | 50px]] | 1894–1895 | |||||
| 9th | Charles Williamson | 1896–1897 | |||||||
| 10th | Henry E. Garfield | 1898–1898 | |||||||
| 11th | Emery M. Low | 1899–1899 | |||||||
| 12th | Charles H. Coulter | 1900–1901 | Socialist Party of America | ||||||
| 13th | David W. Battles | 1902–1902 | |||||||
| 14th | Edward H. Keith | 1904–1905 | |||||||
| 15th | Fred O. Bradford | 1905–1906 | |||||||
| 16th | John S. Kent | 1907–1909 | |||||||
| 17th | William H. Clifford | 1910–1910 | |||||||
| 18th | Harry C. Howard | 1911–1912 | |||||||
| 19th | Charles M. Hickey | 1913–1913 | |||||||
| 20th | Harry C. Howard | 1914–1914 | |||||||
| 21st | John S. Burbank | 1915–1916 | |||||||
| 22nd | Stewart B. McLeod | 1917–1917 | |||||||
| 23rd | William M. Gleason | [[Image:William M. Gleason.png | 50px]] | 1918–1920 | |||||
| 24th | Roger Keith | [[Image:Roger Keith.png | 50px]] | 1921–1922 | |||||
| 25th | Frank A. Manning | 1923–1924 | |||||||
| 26th | William A. Bullivant | 1925–1925 | Republican | ||||||
| 27th | Harold D. Bent | 1926–1931 | Republican | ||||||
| 28th | Horace C. Baker | 1932–1935 | Republican | ||||||
| 29th | Lawrence E. Crowley | 1936–1937 | Democrat | ||||||
| 30th | Fred D. Rowe | 1938–1941 | Republican | ||||||
| 31st | Joseph H. Downey | 1942 – November 3, 1949 | Democrat | Died in office | |||||
| Acting | Thomas J. Mullins | November 3, 1949 – January 2, 1950 | City Council President. Served as acting mayor following the death of Joseph H. Downey. | ||||||
| 32nd | Melvin B. Clifford | 1950–1951 | Republican | ||||||
| 33rd | C. Gerald Lucey | 1952–1955 | Democrat | ||||||
| 34th | Hjalmar Peterson | 1956–1957 | Republican | Last Mayor before the City Manager form of government was established under a Massachusetts Plan D Charter. | |||||
| 35th | Wilfred A. Derosier | 1958–1959 | First Ceremonial Mayor appointed under Plan D form of Government | ||||||
| 36th | Leonard H. Ellershaw | 1960–1961 | Last Ceremonial Mayor appointed under Plan D form of Government | ||||||
| 37th | F. Milton McGrath | 1962–1963 | Democrat | First Mayor after the City Manager form of government was abolished. | |||||
| 38th | Alvin Jack Sims | 1964–1967 | Republican | ||||||
| 39th | John E. Sullivan | 1968–1971 | Democrat | ||||||
| 40th | Richard L. Wainwright | 1972–1973 | Republican | ||||||
| 41st | David E. Crosby | 1974–1982 | Democrat | Last mayor elected in partisan election. | |||||
| Served as interim mayor from January to June 1982 while the results of the 1981 election were challenged in court. | |||||||||
| 42nd | Paul V. Studenski | June 1982 – January 1984 | First mayor elected in nonpartisan election. | ||||||
| Elected in special election after the result of the 1981 mayor election was thrown out by the State Appeals Court. | |||||||||
| 43rd | Carl D. Pitaro | 1984–1992 | |||||||
| 44th | Winthrop Farwell, Jr. | 1992–1996 | |||||||
| 45th | Jack Yunits | 1996–2006 | |||||||
| 46th | James E. Harrington | 2006–2010 | |||||||
| 47th | Linda Balzotti | 2010–2014 | |||||||
| 48th | William Carpenter | 2014–July 2, 2019 | Died in office | ||||||
| 49th | Moises Rodrigues | July 2, 2019 – January 6, 2020 | Councilor-At-Large. Served as acting mayor following the death of William Carpenter. | ||||||
| 50th | Robert F. Sullivan | [[File:Brockton event Fp2ZPv0WAAADzLw (Robert F. Sullivan) (1).jpg | 50px]] | January 6, 2020–Present | |||||
| Moises Rodrigues | January 5, 2026– |
City managers
From 1958 to 1961, Brockton was led by a City Manager under the Plan D form of government.
| # | City Manager | Term | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | William A. Gildea | 1958–1961 | |
| Temporary | Melvin B. Clifford | 1961–1961 | City Clerk. |
| Named temporary manager after City Council fired Gildea. | |||
| Removed from office after a judge ruled that Gildea was to be reinstated. | |||
| 2nd | William A. Gildea | 1961–1961 | |
| Acting | Melvin B. Clifford | 1961–1962 | Named acting city manager after decision reinstating Gildea was overturned. |
References
References
- (2025-11-05). "Brockton elects Moises Rodrigues the city’s first Black mayor". bostonglobe.com.
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