List of mayors of Newburyport, Massachusetts

The Mayor of Newburyport is the head of the municipal government in Newburyport, Massachusetts. There was no Mayor of Newburyport until 1851. because up to that point Newburyport was still incorporated as a town.

This is a list of Mayors of Newburyport, Massachusetts.

#	Mayor	Picture	Term	Party	Notes
1st	Caleb Cushing		June 24, 1851 – June 21, 1852	Democrat	Resigned June 21, 1852.
2nd	Henry Johnson		June 21, 1852 – 1853		Johnson was elected on June 21, 1852 to fill the position after Caleb Cushing resigned. Johnson was subsequently elected mayor in the annual city election of 1853.
3rd	Moses Davenport		1854-1855
4th	William Cushing		1855–1858
5th	Albert Currier		1859–1860
6th	Moses Davenport		1861-February 18, 1861		Died on February 18, 1861.
7th	George W. Jackman Jr.		February 27, 1861 – 1862	Democrat	Elected on February 27, 1861 to replace Moses Davenport who had died February 18, 1861. Jackman was subsequently elected mayor in the election of 1862.
8th	Issac H. Boardman		1863–1863
9th	George W. Jackman Jr.		1864-1865	Democrat
10th	William Graves		1866-1866
11th	Eben Francis Stone		1867–1867	Republican
12th	Nathaniel Pierce		1868-1869
13th	Robert Couch		1870-1870
14th	Elbridge G. Kelly		1871-1872
15th	Warren Currier		1873-1874
16th	Benjamin F. Atkinson		1875-1876
17th	George W. Jackman, Jr.		1877-1877		Democrat
18th	Jonathan Smith		1878-1878
19th	John J. Currier		1879-1880
20th	Robert Couch		1881-1881
21st	Benjamin Hale		1882-1882
22nd	William A. Johnson		1883-1884
23rd	Thomas C. Simpson		1885-1885	Republican
24th	Charles C. Dame		1886-1886
25th	J. Otis Winkley		1887-1887
26th	William H. Huse		1888-March 28, 1888	Republican	Died March 28, 1888, replaced on April 2, 1888 by Albert C. Titcomb.
27th	Albert C. Titcomb		April 2, 1888 – 1889		Elected on April 2, 1888 to replace William H. Huse, who had died on March 28, 1888, Titcomb was elected to a full term in the annual city election of 1889.
28th	Elisha P. Dodge		1890-1891
29th	Orin J. Gurney		1892-1895
30th	Andrew R. Curtis		1896-1897
31st	George H. Plummer		1898-1898
32nd	Thomas Huse		1899-1900	Republican
33rd	Moses Brown		1901-1902
34th	James F. Carens		1903-1904
35th	William F. Houston		1905-1906
36th	Alfred F. Hunt		1907-1907
37th	Irvin Besse		1908-1908
38th	Alfred F. Hunt		1909-1909
39th	Robert E. Burke		1910-1912
40th	Hiram H. Landford		1913-1914
41st	Clarence J. Fogg		1915-1916	Republican
42nd	Walter B. Hopkinson		1917-1918	Republican
43rd	David P. Page		1919-1920
44th	Michael Cashman		1921-1925
45th	Oscar H. Nelson		1926-1927
46th	Andrew J. Gillis		1928-1931
47th	Gayden Wells Morrill		1932-1935
48th	Andrew J. Gillis		1936-1937
49th	James F. Carens		1938-1941
50th	John H. Kelleher		1942-1949
51st	Andrew J. Gillis		1950-1953
52nd	Henry Graf, Jr.		1954-1957
53rd	Andrew J. Gillis		1958-1959
54th	Albert H. Zabriskie		1960-1963
55th	George H. Lawler, Jr.		1964-1967
56th	Byron J. Matthews		1968-1978
56th	Richard E. Sullivan		1978-1985
57th	Peter J. Matthews		1985-1987
58th	Edward G. Molin		1988-1989
59th	Peter J. Matthews		1990-1993
60th	Lisa L. Mead		1994-1997		Resigned to accept a position in Senator John Kerry's office.
Acting	Christopher R. Sullivan		1997
61st	Mary M. Carrier		1998-1999
62nd	Lisa L. Mead		2000-2001
63rd	Al Lavender		2002-2003
64th	Mary Anne Clancy		2004-2005
65th	John F. Moak		2006-2009
66th	Donna D. Holaday		2010–present

Notes

• Currier, John James: History of Newburyport, Mass: 1764-1905, Volume 2,

Newburyport (Mass.) 1909. Appendix XI. pages 602-612; Mayors and Members of the Board of Aldermen, 1851 to 1909.

• The Newburyport Mayor’s Office, mayors from 1950 to 2000.