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Mayors of Worcester, 1848-2012 (may be incomplete!)
Levi
Lincoln, Jr. 1848-49
Henry
Chapin 1849-51
Peter
C. Bacon 1851-52
John
S. C. Knowlton 1853-54
George
W. Richardson 1855
Isaac
Davis 1856
George
W. Richardson 1857
Isaac
Davis 1858
Alexander
H. Bullock 1859
William
W. Rice 1860
Isaac
Davis 1861
P.
Emory Aldrich 1862
D.
Waldo Lincoln 1863-64
Phineas
Ball 1865
James
B. Blake 1866-70
Henry
Chapin 1870
Edward
Earle 1871
George
F. Verry 1872
Clark
Jillson 1873
Edward
L. Davis 1874
Clark
Jillson 1875-76
Charles
B. Pratt 1877-79
Frank
H. Kelley 1880-81
Elijah
B. Stoddard 1882
Samuel
E. Hildreth 1883
Charles
G. Reed 1884-85
Samuel
Winslow 1886-89
Francis
A. Harrington 1890-92
Henry
A. Marsh 1893-95
Augustus
B. R. Sprague 1896-97
Rufus
B. Dodge, Jr. 1898-1901
Philip
J. O'Connell 1901
Edward
F. Fletcher 1902-03
Walter
H. Blodget 1904-05
John
T. Duggan 1906-07
James
Logan 1908-11
David
F. O'Connell 1912
George
M. Wright 1913-16
Pehr
G. Holmes 1917-19
Peter
F. Sullivan 1920-23
Michael
J. O'Hara 1924-31
John
C. Mahoney 1932-35
Walter
J. Cookson 1936
John
S. Sullivan 1936-37
William
A. Bennett 1938-45
Charles
F. Sullivan 1946-49
Andrew
B. Holmstrom 1950-53
James
D. O'Brien 1954-59
Joseph
C. Casdin 1959
James
D. O'Brien 1960-61
John
M. Shea 1962
Joseph
C. Casdin 1962-63
Paul
V. Mullaney 1963-65
George
A. Wells 1966-67
Joseph
C. Casdin 1967-68
John
M. Shea 1969
George
A. Wells 1970-71
Joseph
M. Tinsley 1971
Thomas
J. Early 1972-73
Joseph
M. Tinsley 1973
Israel
Katz 1974-75
Thomas
J. Early 1976-79
Jordan
Levy 1980-81
Sara
Robertson 1982-83
Joseph
M. Tinsley 1984-85
John
B. Anderson 1986
Timothy
J. Cooney, Jr. 1987
Jordan
Levy 1988-93
Raymond
V. Mariano 1994-2001
Tim
Murray 2002-07
Konstantina
Lukes 2007-10
Joseph
C. O'Brien 2010-12
Joseph
M. Petty 2012-
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
1848:
Levi
Lincoln, Jr. (Citizens), elected;
R.
A. Miller (Temperance), defeated.
1849:
Henry
Chapin (Free Soil), elected;
Isaac
Davis (Citizens), defeated.
1850:
Henry
Chapin (Free Soil), elected;
John
W. Lincoln (Whig), defeated;
Pliny
Merrick (Liberal), defeated.
1851:
Peter
C. Bacon (Free Soil), elected;
Isaac
Davis (Dem), defeated;
Charles
Thurber (Juvenile), defeated;
Warren
Lazell (Citizens), defeated.
1851:
Peter
C. Bacon (Free Soil), elected;
John
W. Lincoln (Dem), defeated.
1852:
John
S. C. Knowlton (Coalition), elected;
Emory
Washburn (Whig), defeated;
William
Dickinson (Temperance), defeated;
Albert
Tolman (Free Soil), defeated.
1853:
John
S. C. Knowlton (Coalition), elected;
Alexander
H. Bullock (Whig), defeated;
Albert
Tolman (Free Soil), defeated;
William
Dickinson (Temperance), defeated.
1854:
George
W. Richardson (Know-Nothing), elected;
James
E. Estabrook (Dem), defeated.
1855:
Isaac
Davis (Citizens), elected;
P.
Emory Aldrich (Rep), defeated;
William
T. Merrifield (Know-Nothing), defeated;
John
S. C. Knowlton (Ind), defeated.
1856:
George
W. Richardson (Know-Nothing), elected;
Dwight
Foster (Rep), defeated.
1857:
Isaac
Davis (Citizens), elected;
Putnam
W. Taft (Union), defeated.
1858:
Alexander
H. Bullock (Citizens), elected;
William
W. Rice (Rep), defeated.
1859:
William
W. Rice (Rep), elected;
D.
Waldo Lincoln (Dem), defeated.
1860:
Isaac
Davis (Citizens), elected;
George
M. Rice (Rep), defeated.
1861:
P.
Emory Aldrich (Rep), elected;
Isaac
Davis (Citizens), defeated.
1862:
D.
Waldo Lincoln (Citizens), elected;
David
S. Messenger (Rep), defeated.
1863:
D.
Waldo Lincoln (Citizens), elected unopposed.
1864:
Phineas
Ball (Rep), elected;
D.
Waldo Lincoln (Citizens), defeated.
1865:
James
B. Blake (Rep), elected;
D.
Waldo Lincoln (Citizens), defeated.
1866:
James
B. Blake (Rep), elected unopposed.
1867:
James
B. Blake (Rep), elected;
Isaac
Davis (Citizens), defeated.
1868:
James
B. Blake (Rep), elected unopposed.
1869:
James
B. Blake (Rep), elected;
J.
Henry Hill (Dem), defeated.
1870 Dec 12:
James
B. Blake (Rep), elected;
J.
Henry Hill (Dem), defeated.
1870 Dec 18:
James
B. Blake, died in office.
1870 Dec 19:
Henry
Chapin, appointed.
1871:
Edward
Earle (Rep), elected;
Frank
H. Kelley (Citizens), defeated.
1871:
George
F. Verry (Citizens), elected;
George
Crompton (Rep), defeated.
1872:
Clark
Jillson (Rep), elected;
George
F. Verry (Citizens), defeated.
1873:
Edward
L. Davis (Citizens), elected;
Clark
Jillson (Rep), defeated.
1874:
Clark
Jillson (Ind), elected;
Edward
L. Davis (Citizens), defeated.
1875:
Clark
Jillson (Ind), elected;
George
F. Verry (Dem), defeated.
1876:
Charles
B. Pratt (Dem), elected;
Joseph
H. Walker (Rep), defeated.
1877:
Charles
B. Pratt (Citizens), elected;
William
S. Lincoln (Citizens), defeated;
Tim
K. Earle (Prohibition), defeated.
1878:
Charles
B. Pratt (Citizens), elected;
William
Dickinson (Citizens), defeated.
1879:
Frank
H. Kelley (Citizens), elected;
Elijah
B. Stoddard (Rep), defeated;
Horace
H. Bigelow (Dem), defeated;
Arthur
J. Marble (People's), defeated.
1880:
Frank
H. Kelley (Citizens), elected;
Clark
Jillson (Citizens), defeated.
1881:
Elijah
B. Stoddard (Citizens), elected;
Calvin
L. Hartshorn (Ind), defeated.
1882:
Samuel
E. Hildreth (Rep), elected;
Elijah
B. Stoddard (Citizens), defeated.
1883:
Charles
G. Reed (Citizens), elected;
Samuel
E. Hildreth (Rep), defeated.
1884:
Charles
G. Reed (Citizens), elected;
Samuel
E. Hildreth (Rep), defeated.
1885:
Samuel
Winslow (Rep), elected;
Charles
B. Pratt (Dem), defeated;
Edward
D. Conant (Prohibition), defeated.
1886:
Samuel
Winslow (Rep), elected;
John
R. Thayer (Dem), defeated.
1887:
Samuel
Winslow (Rep), elected;
Andrew
Athy (Dem), defeated;
Horace
M. Hedden (Prohibition), defeated.
1888:
Samuel
Winslow (Rep), elected;
Levis
G. White (Citizens & Dem), defeated.
1900 Dec 18:
William
A. Lytle (Rep), candidate in inconclusive election;
Philip
J. O'Connell (Dem), candidate in inconclusive election;
Addison
W. Barr (Socialist), candidate in inconclusive election;
Edgar
S. Goodwill (Socialist Labor), candidate in inconclusive election.
1901 Feb 19:
Philip
J. O'Connell (Dem), elected;
William
A. Lytle (Rep), defeated.
1901 Dec 10:
Edward
F. Fletcher (Rep), elected;
Philip
J. O'Connell (Dem), defeated;
Charles
G. Marcy (Socialist), defeated;
John
T. Hargraves (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1902:
Edward
F. Fletcher (Rep), elected;
Philip
J. O'Connell (Dem), defeated;
Thomas
P. Abbott (Socialist), defeated.
1903:
Walter
H. Blodget (Rep), elected;
David
F. O'Connell (Dem), defeated;
Olof
Bokelund (Socialist), defeated;
Daniel
J. Weare (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1904:
Walter
H. Blodget (Rep), elected;
David
F. O'Connell (Dem), defeated;
Howard
A. Gibbs (Socialist), defeated;
Walter
J. Hoar (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1905 Dec 12:
John
T. Duggan (Dem), elected;
Melvin
G. Overlock (Rep), defeated;
Louis
F. Weiss (Socialist), defeated.
1906:
John
T. Duggan (Dem), elected;
Melvin
G. Overlock (Rep), defeated;
Louis
F. Weiss (Socialist), defeated.
1907:
James
Logan (Rep), elected;
John
T. Duggan (Dem), defeated;
Eliot
White (Socialist), defeated.
1908:
James
Logan (Rep), elected;
Thomas
J. Barrett (Dem), defeated;
Thomas
P. Abbott (Socialist), defeated.
1909 Dec 14:
James
Logan (Rep), elected;
James
F. McGovern (Dem), defeated;
Gustaf
A. Quist (Socialist), defeated.
1910 Dec 13:
James
Logan (Rep), elected;
David
F. O'Connell (Dem), defeated;
Gustaf
A. Quist (Socialist), defeated.
1911:
David
F. O'Connell (Dem), elected;
George
F. Brooks (Rep), defeated;
Louis
F. Weiss (Socialist), defeated.
1912 Dec 10:
George
M. Wright (Rep), elected;
David
F. O'Connell (Dem), defeated.
1913:
George
M. Wright (Rep), elected;
Thomas
J. Barrett (Dem), defeated;
J.
W. Armour (Progressive), defeated;
Max
E. Lubin (Socialist), defeated.
1914 Dec 8:
George
M. Wright (Rep), elected;
James
F. Carberry (Dem), defeated;
Maturin
B. Magoon (Socialist), defeated.
1915:
George
M. Wright (Rep), elected;
John
H. Reardon (Dem), defeated.
1916:
Pehr
G. Holmes (Rep), elected;
John
H. Reardon (Dem), defeated.
1931:
John
C. Mahoney (Dem), elected.
1933:
Henry
O. Tilton (Rep), defeated.
1936 Jun 11:
Walter
J. Cookson, died in office.
1937 Nov 2:
William
A. Bennett (Rep), elected;
John
S. Sullivan (Dem), defeated.
1939 Nov 7:
William
A. Bennett (Rep), elected;
John
S. Sullivan (Dem), defeated.
1943:
Charles
F. Sullivan, defeated.
1945:
Charles
F. Sullivan, elected.
1962 Aug 31:
John
M. Shea, resigned.
1967 Jan 3:
George
A. Wells, resigned.
1971 Jan 4:
George
A. Wells, resigned.
1987 Nov 3:
Jordan
Levy, elected;
John
B. Anderson, defeated;
Gustaf
Coontz, defeated;
Joseph
F. Diliberto, defeated.
1989 Nov 7:
Jordan
Levy, elected;
Lynne
H. Simonds, defeated;
Joseph
F. Diliberto, defeated;
Margaret
M. Donovan, defeated.
1991 Nov 5:
Jordan
Levy, elected;
Timothy
J. Cooney, Jr., defeated;
Konstantina
Lukes, defeated;
William
S. Coleman III, defeated.
1993 Nov 2:
Raymond
V. Mariano, elected;
John
B. Anderson, defeated;
Konstantina
Lukes, defeated;
Austin
A. Heath, defeated.
1995 Nov 7:
Raymond
V. Mariano, elected;
Robert
J. Hennigan, Jr., defeated;
William
S. Coleman III, defeated.
1997 Nov 4:
Raymond
V. Mariano, elected;
William
S. Coleman III, defeated.
1999 Nov 2:
Raymond
V. Mariano, elected;
Konstantina
Lukes, defeated;
George
A. Fox III, defeated.
2001 Nov 6:
Tim
Murray, elected;
William
S. Coleman III, defeated.
2003 Nov 4:
Tim
Murray, elected;
Juan
A. Gomez, defeated;
William
S. Coleman III, defeated.
2005 Nov 8:
Tim
Murray, elected;
Konstantina
Lukes, defeated;
Juan
A. Gomez, defeated;
William
J. McCarthy, defeated;
William
S. Coleman III, defeated.
2007 Nov 6:
Konstantina
Lukes, elected;
Frederick
C. Rushton, defeated;
Gary
Rosen, defeated;
William
S. Coleman III, defeated.
2009 Nov 3:
Joseph
C. O'Brien, elected;
Konstantina
Lukes, defeated;
Kate
Toomey, defeated;
Emmanuel
Tsitsilianos, defeated.
2011 Nov 8:
Joseph
M. Petty, elected;
Konstantina
Lukes, defeated;
Carmen
L. Carmona, defeated;
William
S. Coleman III, defeated.
Postmasters at Worcester, 1802-1981 (may be
incomplete!)
James
Wilson 1802-33
Jubal
Harrington 1833-39
Maturin
L. Fisher 1839-49
Edward
W. Lincoln 1849-54
Emory
Banister 1854-61
John
Milton Earle 1861-66
Josiah
Pickett 1866-87
James
E. Estabrook 1887-91
J.
Evarts Greene 1891-1902
James
W. Hunt 1902-15
John
A. Thayer 1915-17
Frederick
W. Chase 1917-18
James
F. Healy 1918-41
John
T. Sheehan 1941-42
John
T. Sheehan 1942-46
John
A. Marshall 1946-49
John
A. Marshall 1949-58
Stanley
E. Johnson 1958-59
Stanley
E. Johnson 1959-62
Edward
J. Small 1962-63
John
B. Howarth 1963-64
John
B. Howarth 1964-81
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
1917 Jul 31:
John
A. Thayer, died in office.
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