List of mayors and city managers of Worcester, Massachusetts

City Seal of Worcester, Massachusetts

This is an incomplete list of mayors and city managers of Worcester, Massachusetts.

#	Image	Mayor	Term	Notes
1		Levi Lincoln Jr.	April 17, 1848 – April 1, 1849
2		Henry Chapin	April 1, 1849 – April 7, 1851
3		Peter C. Bacon	April 7, 1851 – January 3, 1853
4		John S.C. Knowlton	January 3, 1853 – January 1, 1855
5		George W. Richardson	January 1, 1855 – January 7, 1856
6		Isaac Davis	January 7, 1856 – January 5, 1857
7		George W. Richardson	January 5, 1857 – January 4, 1858
8		Isaac Davis	January 4, 1858 – January 3, 1859
9		Alexander Bullock	January 3, 1859 – January 2, 1860
10		William W. Rice	January 2, 1860 – January 7, 1861
11		Isaac Davis	January 7, 1861 – January 6, 1862
12		Peleg Emory Aldrich	January 6, 1862 – January 3, 1863	Later served as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court.
13		Daniel Waldo Lincoln	January 3, 1863 – January 2, 1865
14		Phinehas Ball	January 2, 1865 – January 1, 1866
15		James B. Blake	January 1, 1866 – December 18, 1870	Died in office.
A		Henry Chapin	December 19, 1870 – January 1, 1871	Elected Mayor, ad interim, by the City Council, in joint convention, December 19, 1870.
16		Edward Earle	February 6, 1871 – January 1, 1871	Elected mayor in a special election to finish Mayor Blake's term.
17		George F. Verry	January 1, 1872 – January 6, 1873
18		Clark Jillson	January 6, 1873 – January 5, 1874
19		Edward Livingston Davis	January 5, 1874 – January 4, 1875
20		Clark Jillson	January 4, 1875 – January 1, 1877
21		Charles B. Pratt	January 1, 1877 – January 5, 1880
22		Frank H. Kelley	January 5, 1880 – January 3, 1882
23		Elijah B. Stoddard	January 3, 1882 – January 1, 1883
24		Samuel E. Hildreth	January 1, 1883 – January 7, 1884
25		Charles G. Reed	January 7, 1884 – January 4, 1886
26		Samuel Winslow	January 4, 1886 – January 6, 1890
27		Francis A Harrington	January 6, 1890 – January 2, 1893	Previously served in the Board of Aldermen of Worcester.
28		Henry A. Marsh	January 2, 1893 – January 6, 1896
29		Augustus B. R. Sprague	January 6, 1896 – January 3, 1898
30		Rufus B. Dodge Jr.	January 3, 1898 – February 25, 1901
31		Philip J. O'Connell	1901
32		Edward F. Fletcher	1902–1903
33		Walter H. Blodgett	1904–1905
34		John T. Duggan	1906–1907
35		James Logan	1908–1911
36		David F. O'Connell	1912
37		George Merrill Wright	January 6, 1913 – January 1, 1917
38		Pehr G. Holmes	January 1, 1917 – January 5, 1920
39		Peter F. Sullivan	January 5, 1920 – 1923
40		Michael J. O'Hara	1924–1931
41		John C. Mahoney	1932–1935
42		Walter J. Cookson	1936 – June 11, 1936
43		John S. Sullivan	1936–1937
44		William A. Bennett	1938–1945	Elected Sheriff of Worcester County, Massachusetts.
45		Charles F. "Jeff" Sullivan	1946–1949	Elected Lt. Governor of Massachusetts. Last Mayor before the City Manager form of government was established under a Massachusetts Plan E Charter.
46		Andrew B. Holmstrom	1950–1953	First Appointed Mayor. Beginning of the weak Mayor system.
47		James D. O'Brien	1954–1958
48		Joseph C. Casdin	1959
49		James D. O'Brien	1960–1961
50		John M. Shea	1962
51		Joseph C. Casdin	1962–1963
52		Paul V. Mullaney	1963–1965
53		George A. Wells	1966
54		Joseph C. Casdin	1967–1968
55		John M. Shea	1969
56		George A. Wells	1970
57		Joseph M. Tinsley	1971
58		Thomas J. Early	1972
59		Joseph M. Tinsley	1973
60		Israel Katz	1974–1975
61		Thomas J. Early	1976–1979
62		Jordan Levy	1980–1981
63		Sara Robertson	1982–1983
64		Joseph M. Tinsley	1984–1985
65		John B. Anderson	1986
66		Timothy J. Cooney Jr.	1987	Last appointed mayor
67		Jordan Levy	1988–1993	First popularly elected mayor under new charter
68		Raymond Mariano	1994–2001
69		Timothy Murray	2002 – January 9, 2007	Elected Lt. Governor of Massachusetts.
70		Konstantina Lukes	January 10, 2007 – January 4, 2010
71		Joseph C. O'Brien	January 4, 2010 – January 2, 2012
72		Joseph Petty	January 2, 2012 – Present

City managers

#	City Manager	Term	Notes
1st	Everett F. Merrill	1950–1951
2nd	Francis J. McGrath	1951–1985
3rd	William Mulford	1985–1993
4th	Thomas R. Hoover	1993–2004
5th	Michael V. O'Brien	2004–2014
6th	Edward M. Augustus Jr.	2014–2022
7th	Eric Batista	2022–present

See also

• Mayoral elections in Worcester, Massachusetts

External links

• List of Mayors of Worcester, Massachusetts from the Worcester Public Library