List of mayors of Manchester, New Hampshire

This is a list of mayors of Manchester, New Hampshire.

Political party designations are shown for some mayors, where known. However, municipal elections are officially non-partisan.

Throughout most of the previous century, elections have been held in odd-numbered years. Mayors are elected for a two-year term of office. The first city election in Manchester, New Hampshire occurred on August 19, 1846.

The administrative and executive powers of the city are vested in the mayor. The mayor must be a resident of the city for at least a year prior to filing for the office of mayor. The mayor has the power to supervise the administrative affairs of the city and presides over meetings of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen. The mayor is the de facto head of the Board of School Committee, which oversees the city’s schools.

From 1846 to 1857, mayors served for a one-year term, expiring on the third Tuesday in March. From 1857 to 1872, the mayor's term expired on the last day of December. In 1873, the term ended annually on the Third Tuesday in March, up until 1880, when it became a two-year term.

List

No. Mayor Took office Left office Tenure Party Election
1 Hiram Brown
(1801–1890) 		1846 1847 1 year Whig 1846
2 Jacob F. James
(1817–1892)
1st time 		1847 1849 2 years Whig 1847
1848
3 Warren L. Lane
(1805–1861) 		1849 1850 1 year Democratic 1849
4 Moses Fellows
(1803–1879) 		1850 1852 2 years Unknown 1850
1851
5 Frederick Smyth
(1819–1899)
1st time 		1852 1855 3 years Unknown 1852
1853
1854
6 Theodore T. Abbott
(1799–1886)
1st time 		1855 1857 2 years American 1855
Mar.
1856
7 Jacob F. James
(1817–1892)
2nd time 		1857 1858 1 year Whig Nov.
1856
8 Alonzo Smith
(1808–1865) 		1858 1859 1 year Unknown 1857
9 Edward W. Harrington
(TBA–TBA) 		1859 1861 2 years Unknown 1858
1859
10 David A. Bunton
(1805–1890) 		1861 1863 2 years Republican 1860
1861
11 Theodore T. Abbott
(1799–1886)
2nd time 		1863 1864 1 year American 1862
12 Frederick Smyth
(1819–1899)
2nd time 		1864 1865 1 year Republican 1863
13 Darwin J. Daniels
(?–1865) 		1865 August 15, 1865[a] 8 months Unknown 1864
– F. W. Harrington
(TBA–TBA)
Acting
[1] 		August 15, 1865 August 1865 1 month Unknown –
14 John Hosley
(TBA–TBA)
1st time 		August 1865 1867 1 year, 4 months Unknown 1865
15 Joseph B. Clark
(TBA–TBA) 		1867 1868 1 year Republican 1866
16 James A. Weston
(1827–1895)
1st time 		1868 1869 1 year Democratic 1867
17 Isaac W. Smith
(1825–1898) 		1869 1870 1 year Republican 1868
18 James A. Weston
(1827–1895)
2nd time 		1870 1871[b] 1 year Democratic 1869
1870
19 Person Colby Cheney
(1828–1901) 		1872 1873 1 year Republican 1871
20 Charles H. Bartlett
(1833–1900)
[2] 		1873 February 18, 1873[c] 2 months Unknown 1872
21 John P. Newell
(TBA–TBA) 		1873 1874 10 months Unknown App.
22 James A. Weston
(1827–1895)
3rd time 		1874 1875 1 year Democratic 1873
23 Alpheus Gay
(TBA–TBA) 		1875 1876 1 year Republican 1875
24 Ira Cross
(1833–1914) 		1876 1877[d] 1 year Republican 1876
1877
25 John L. Kelly
(TBA–TBA) 		1877 1881 4 years Unknown Mar.
1878
Nov.
1878
26 Horace B. Putnam
(1825–1888) 		1881 1885 4 years Unknown 1880
1882
27 George H. Stearns
(1838–1929) 		1885 1887 2 years Unknown 1884
28 John Hosley
(TBA–TBA)
2nd time 		1887 1889 2 years Unknown 1886
29 David B. Varney
(TBA–TBA) 		1889 1891 2 years Unknown 1888
30 Edgar J. Knowlton
(TBA–TBA) 		1891 May 10, 1894[d] 3–4 years Unknown 1890
1892
– David B. Varney
(TBA–TBA)
De facto 		July 1894 June 1895 11 months Unknown –
31 William C. Clarke
(TBA–TBA) 		1895 1903 8 years Republican 1894
1896
1898
1900
32 Eugene E. Reed
(1866–1940) 		1903 1911 8 years Democratic 1902
1904
1906
1908
33 Edward Clarke Smith
(1864–1926) 		1911 1913 2 years Republican 1910
34 Charles C. Hayes
(TBA–TBA) 		1913 1915 2 years Democratic 1912
35 Harry W. Spaulding
(TBA–TBA) 		1915 1918 3 years Republican 1914
1915
36 Moise Verrette
(TBA–TBA) 		1918 1922 4 years Democratic 1917
1919
37 George E. Trudel
(TBA–TBA) 		1922 1926 4 years Republican 1921
1923
38 Arthur E. Moreau
(TBA–TBA) 		1926 1932 6 years Republican 1925
1927
1929
39 Damase Caron
(TBA–TBA) 		1932 1942 10 years Democratic 1931
1933
1935
1937
1939
40 Wilfred A. LaFlamme
(TBA–TBA) 		1942 1944 2 years Republican 1941
41 Josephat T. Benoit
(1900–1976) 		1944 1962 18 years Democratic 1943
1945
1947
1949
1951
1953
1955
1957
1959
42 John C. Mongan
(1925–2013)
1st time 		1962 1964 2 years Republican 1961
43 Roland S. Vallee
(1929–1997) 		1964 1968 4 years Democratic 1963
1965
44 John C. Mongan
(1925–2013)
2nd time 		1968 1970 2 years Republican 1967
45 Henry J. Pariseau
(1918–1970) 		1970 May 30, 1970[a] 5 months Republican 1969
46 Charles R. Stanton
(1929–1985)
1st time 		1970 1972 1 year, 6 months Democratic App.
47 Sylvio L. Dupuis
(born 1934) 		1972 May 1975[e] 3 years, 5 months Democratic 1971
1973
48 Charles R. Stanton
(1929–1985)
2nd time 		May 1975 1982 6 years, 7 months Democratic App.
1975
1977
1979
49 Emile Beaulieu
(1931–2016)
1st time
[3] 		1982 1984 2 years Democratic 1981
50 Robert F. Shaw
(1934–2004) 		1984 1988 4 years Republican 1983
1985
51 Emile Beaulieu
(1931–2016)
2nd time
[3] 		1988 1990 2 years Democratic 1987
52 Raymond Wieczorek
(1928–2022) 		1990 2000 10 years Republican 1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
53 Robert A. Baines
(1946–2026) 		2000 2006 6 years Democratic 1999
2001
2003
54 Frank Guinta
(born 1970) 		January 3, 2006 January 5, 2010 4 years, 2 days Republican 2005
2007
55 Ted Gatsas
(born 1950) 		January 5, 2010 January 2, 2018 7 years, 362 days Republican 2009
2011
2013
2015
56 Joyce Craig
(born 1967) 		January 2, 2018 January 2, 2024 6 years, 0 days Democratic 2017
2019
2021
57 Jay Ruais
(born 1985) 		January 2, 2024 Incumbent 2 years, 77 days Republican 2023
2025

Notes

  1. ^ a b Died in office.
  2. ^ Weston resigned after running successfully for Governor of New Hampshire.
  3. ^ Bartlett resigned because he was Clerk of the U.S. District Court, and could not hold a state or municipal elected office.
  4. ^ a b Resigned.
  5. ^ Dupuis resigned to be one of the founders of Catholic Medical Center.

See also

References

References

  1. ^ "Daily Evening News Fall River". Newspapers.com. Fall River Daily Evening News. August 29, 1865. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
  2. ^ Manchester Historic Association collections, volume 3, 1902, p. xxiii
  3. ^ a b "The Records of Emile D. Beaulieu, 1982-1983, 1988-1989". City of Manchester, New Hampshire, Official Website. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
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