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List of mayors of Salem, Massachusetts
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| post | Mayor |
| body | Salem |
| flag | Flag of Salem, Massachusetts.png |
| flagcaption | Flag of Salem |
| insignia | Seal of Salem, Massachusetts.png |
| insigniacaption | Seal of Salem |
| incumbent | Dominick Pangallo |
| incumbentsince | May 27, 2023 |
| type | Chief executive |
| style | His/Her Honor |
| member_of | School Committee |
| Board of Library Trustees | |
| Board of Trust Fund Commissioners | |
| residence | None official |
| seat | Salem City Hall |
| nominator | Nominating petition |
| appointer | Popular vote |
| termlength | Four years |
| constituting_instrument | Salem City Charter |
| precursor | Salem Board of Selectmen |
| (1629–1836) | |
| formation | 1836 |
| first | Leverett Saltonstall I |
| salary | $150,000 (2023) |
| website |
Board of Library Trustees Board of Trust Fund Commissioners (1629–1836)

The mayor of Salem is the head of municipal government of Salem, Massachusetts. There was no mayor of Salem until its city charter was accepted on March 23, 1836, prior to which Salem was still incorporated as a town.
List
| # | Mayor | Picture | Term | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Leverett Saltonstall | [[File:Leverett Saltonstall 1783-1845 - Chester Harding.jpg | 50px]] | 1836–1838 | Whig | First mayor under the original city charter, |
| (which included a bicameral legislative body). | ||||||
| From 1836 to 1856 the Municipal year ended on the second Monday in March. | ||||||
| 2nd | Stephen C. Phillips | [[File:Stephen Clarendon Phillips.png | 50px]] | 1838–1842 | Whig | |
| 3rd | Stephen Palfrey Webb | 1842–1845 | Whig | Also served as the twelfth Mayor of Salem. From 1854 to 1855 Webb served as the sixth Mayor of San Francisco, California | ||
| 4th | Joseph S. Cabot | 1845–1849 | Whig | |||
| 5th | Nathaniel Silsbee, Jr. | 1849–1851 | Whig | |||
| 6th | David Pingree | 1851–1852 | Independent | |||
| 7th | Charles Wentworth Upham | [[File:Charles Wentworth Upham.png | 50px]] | 1852–1853 | Whig | |
| 8th | Asahel Huntington | [[File:Asahel Huntington.png | 50px]] | 1853–1854 | Know Nothing | |
| 9th | Joseph Andrews | [[File:Joseph Andrews.png | 50px]] | 1854–1856 | Know Nothing | From 1856 to 1874 inclusive the Municipal year ended on the Fourth Monday in January. |
| 10th | William S. Messervy | [[File:William S. Messervy.jpg | 50px]] | 1856–1858 | Democratic | |
| 11th | Nathaniel Silsbee, Jr. | 1858–1859 | Republican | |||
| 12th | Stephen Palfrey Webb | 1860–1862 | Republican | Second time as Mayor of Salem. From 1854 to 1855 Webb served as the sixth Mayor of San Francisco, California | ||
| 13th | Stephen G. Wheatland | 1863–1864 | Democratic | |||
| 14th | Joseph B. F. Osgood | [[File:Joseph B.F. Osgood.png | 50px]] | 1865–1865 | Republican | |
| 15th | David Roberts | January 1866 – September 26, 1867 | Republican | Roberts resigned as a result of disagreement with the Board of Aldermen. | ||
| 16th | William Cogswell | [[File:William Cogswell2.jpg | 50px]] | September 26, 1867 – 1869 | Republican | |
| 17th | Nathanial Brown | 1870–1871 | None | |||
| 18th | Samuel Calley | 1872–1872 | Republican | |||
| 19th | William Cogswell | [[File:William Cogswell2.jpg | 50px]] | 1873–1875 | Republican | From 1875 on the Municipal year ends on the First Monday in January. |
| 20th | Henry Laurens Williams | 1875–1876 | None | |||
| 21st | Henry K. Oliver | [[File:Henry K. Oliver.png | 50px]] | 1877–1880 | Republican | |
| 22nd | Samuel Calley | 1881–1882 | Republican | |||
| 23rd | William M. Hill | 1883–1884 | None | |||
| 24th | Arthur L. Huntington | 1885–1885 | None | |||
| 25th | John M. Raymond | 1886–1887 | None | |||
| 26th | Robert S. Rantoul | [[File:Robert S. Rantoul.png | 50px]] | 1890–1893 | Democratic | |
| 27th | James H. Turner | 1894–1897 | None | |||
| 28th | David P. Waters | 1898–1898 | None | |||
| 29th | James H. Turner | 1899–1899 | None | |||
| 30th | David M. Little | [[File:David M. Little.png | 50px]] | 1900–1900 | None | |
| 31st | John F. Hurley | 1901–1902 | None | |||
| 32nd | Joseph N. Peterson | [[File:Joseph N. Peterson.png | 50px]] | 1903–1905 | Republican | |
| 33rd | Thomas G. Pinnock | 1906–1907 | Republican | |||
| 34th | John F. Hurley | 1908–1909 | None | |||
| 35th | Arthur Howard | 1910–1910 | None | |||
| 36th | Rufus D. Adams | 1911–1912 | Republican | Last mayor under the Original (1836) city charter. | ||
| 37th | John F. Hurley | 1913–1915 | First Mayor under the second city charter adopted in November 1912. | |||
| Was Recalled by the voters December 29, 1914. | ||||||
| 38th | Mathias J. O'Keefe | 1915–1915 | Elected to finish out John F. Hurley's three-year term in the December 29, 1914 election that recalled Mayor Hurley. | |||
| 39th | Henry P. Benson | 1916–1917 | Last Mayor under the second (1912) city charter | |||
| (Commission form of Government). | ||||||
| 40th | Denis J. Sullivan | [[File:Denis J. Sullivan Mayor of Salem, Mass.png | 50px]] | 1918–1923 | Republican | First Mayor under the January 3, 1916 (Plan B) city charter. |
| 41st | George J. Bates | [[File:George J. Bates.png | 50px]] | 1924–1937 | Republican | Served in U.S. House from January 3, 1937 – November 1, 1949. |
| 42nd | Edward A. Coffey | 1938–1947 | Republican | |||
| 43rd | Joseph B. Harrington | 1948–1949 | Democratic | |||
| 44th | Francis X. Collins | 1950–1969 | Democratic | |||
| 45th | Samuel Edward Zoll | [[File:1967 Samuel Zoll Massachusetts House of Representatives.png | 50px]] | 1970–1973 | Democratic | |
| 46th | Jean A. Levesque | 1973–1983 | Republican | |||
| 47th | Anthony V. Salvo | 1984–1989 | Democratic | |||
| 48th | Neil J. Harrington | 1990–1997 | Democratic | |||
| 49th | Stanley J. Usovicz, Jr. | 1998–2005 | Democratic | |||
| 50th | Kim Driscoll | [[File:MBTA Salem station ribbon cutting, November 17, 2014 (cropped).jpg | 50px]] | January 2006 – January 4, 2023 | Democratic | Elected Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in the 2022 election |
| 51st | Bob McCarthy | January 4, 2023 – May 27, 2023 | Elected by Salem City Council as Acting Mayor following resignation of Mayor Kim Driscoll. | |||
| 52nd | Dominick Pangallo | May 27, 2023 – Present | Democratic | Elected Mayor in special election on May 16, 2023, to complete Mayor Kim Driscoll's term. |
References
References
- "Code of Ordinances City of Salem, Massachusetts".
- "Board of Public Library Trustees".
- "Code of Ordinances City of Salem, Massachusetts".
- "Code of Ordinances City of Salem, Massachusetts".
- (24 March 2022). "Council offers, then rejects mayor raise". The Salem News (Salem, Mass.).
- (1916). "A Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators". A. M. Bridgman.
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