List of mayors of Taunton, Massachusetts
Appearance
This is a list of mayors of Taunton in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. Taunton was led by a Board of Selectmen from 1639 until its re-incorporation as a city in 1864. The first city government was inaugurated on January 2, 1865.
# | Mayor | Term Began | Term Ended | Notes |
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1st | Edmund H. Bennett | January 2, 1865 | June 19, 1867 | First mayor of Taunton; resigned June 19, 1867.[1] |
2nd | Stephen H. Rhodes | June 19, 1867 | 1870 | [1] |
3rd | Daniel L. Mitchell | 1870 | 1873 | [1] |
4th | William H. Fox | 1873 | 1874 | [1] |
5th | George H. Babbitt | 1874 | 1876 | [1][2] |
6th | Onias S. Paige | 1877 | 1879 | [2] |
7th | Charles F. Johnson | 1880 | 1882 | [2] |
8th | Horatio Cushman | 1883 | [2] | |
9th | Charles Hanson | 1884 | 1885 | |
10th | Richard Henry Hall | 1886 | 1886 | |
11th | Everett D. Godfrey | 1887 | ||
12th | Richard Henry Hall | 1888 | 1889 | |
13th | Arthur Alger | 1890 | ||
14th | Francis Babbitt | 1891 | 1892 | |
15th | Willis Hodgman | 1894 | ||
16th | Charles A. Reed | 1895 | ||
17th | Benjamin Morris | 1896 | ||
18th | Nathaniel J.W. Fish | 1897 | 1899 | |
19th | Arthur Alger | 1900 | ||
20th | John O'Hearn | 1901 | ||
21st | Richard Everett Warner | 1902 | 1905 | |
22nd | John H. Eldredge | 1905 | 1906 | |
23rd | John B. Tracey | 1906 | 1907 | |
24th | Edgar Crossman | 1908 | 1909 | |
25th | William S. Woods | 1910 | 1912 | |
26th | Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth Fish | 1912 | 1916 | |
27th | William Flood | 1916 | 1919 | His son, Joseph E. Flood, Sr., was Mayor in 1970–1972 |
28th | Leo Coughlin | 1919 | 1925 | |
29th | Andrew McGraw | 1926 | 1929 | |
30th | Wllis K. Hodgman, Jr. | 1930 | 1932 | |
31st | Andrew McGraw | 1932 | 1935 | |
32nd | Arthur Poole | 1936 | 1939 | |
33rd | John Fitzgerald | 1940 | February 20, 1941 | Died in Office |
Acting | Harold B. Johnston | February 20, 1941 | April 30, 1941 | |
34th | Merrill Aldrich | April 30, 1941 | November 25, 1946 | Won special election to succeed Fitzgerald. Resigned to serve prison sentence for Cohabitation.[3] |
Acting | Frederick H. Smith | November 25, 1946 | February 7, 1947 | |
35th | John F. Parker | 1947 | 1953 | Won special election to succeed Aldrich. |
36th | Joseph C. Chamberlain | 1953 | 1960 | [3] |
37th | Bernard F. Cleary | 1960 | 1963 | Died in office shortly before completing his final term.[3] |
38th | Benjamin A. Friedman | 1963 | 1970 | [3] |
39th | Joseph E. Flood | 1970 | 1972 | [3] |
40th | Rudolph H. De Silva | 1972 | 1974 | [3] |
41st | Theodore J. Aleixo, Jr. | 1974 | 1976 | [3] |
42nd | Benjamin A. Friedman | 1976 | 1978 | [3] |
43rd | Joseph L. Amaral | 1978 | 1982 | [3] |
44th | Richard Johnson | 1982 | 1992 | |
45th | Robert G. Nunes | 1992 | 1999 | |
46th | Thaddeus M. Strojny | 2000 | 2003 | |
47th | Robert G. Nunes | 2004 | March 12, 2007 | Resigned to serve as Director of Municipal Affairs for Gov. Deval Patrick.[4] First mayor of Taunton to leave the office voluntarily before his term ended. |
48th | Charles E. Crowley | March 12, 2007 | January 2, 2012 | |
49th | Thomas Hoye, Jr. | January 2, 2012 | November 13, 2019 | Resigned to become interim Register of Probate for Bristol County, appointed by Gov. Charlie Baker.[5] |
Acting | Jeffrey Postell | November 13, 2019 | November 23, 2019 | Taunton city council president; became acting mayor until the council voted to select one of its members as acting mayor.[6] |
50th | Donald Cleary | November 23, 2019 | January 6, 2020 | City councilor, elected by a 5–4 vote of the council to serve the balance of Mayor Hoye's term.[6]
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51st | Shaunna O'Connell | January 6, 2020 | Incumbent | First elected female mayor of Taunton.[6] Former State Representative for the 3rd Bristol district, which includes most of Taunton (wards 1, 2, 5, 7, and 8, as well as precinct A of ward 3) and precinct 6 of Easton.[8] |
Gallery
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Edmund H. Bennett
First mayor of Taunton -
Stephen H. Rhodes
Second mayor of Taunton -
William H. Fox
Fourth mayor of Taunton -
Francis Babbitt
14th mayor of Taunton -
Richard Everett Warner
21st mayor of Taunton -
John F. Parker
35th mayor of Taunton -
Joseph E. Flood
39th mayor of Taunton -
Theodore J. Aleixo Jr.
41st mayor of Taunton -
Shaunna O'Connell
51st mayor of Taunton
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e The City Charter, Laws and Ordinances, Rules and Orders of the City Council, and City Governments from 1865 to 1876, of the City of Taunton. Taunton: Republican Steam Printing Rooms, 1876.
- ^ a b c d Municipal Register Containing the Mayor's Address and Annual Reports for 1909, with the City Officers for 1910, Taunton: 1910.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Spitler, Scott. "History points to big battle". Taunton Daily Gazette. August 26, 2007
- ^ Gay, Ted. "A look back at 'Kid Bob, Boy Mayor'". Taunton Daily Gazette. February 17, 2007
- ^ Winokoor, Charles. "'An amazing ride' - Wednesday is Hoye's last day as Taunton mayor". Taunton Daily Gazette. November 13, 2019
- ^ a b c Winokoor, Charles. "City Council votes for Donald Cleary to serve as Taunton’s mayor". Taunton Daily Gazette. November 23, 2019
- ^ "REVISED ORDINANCES CITY OF TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS Section 21" (PDF).
- ^ Overview of the 3rd Bristol District, Massachusetts (Lower State Legislative District). The Demographic Statistical Atlas of the United States.