Mayors of Salem
Salem operated under a town government until the City Charter was accepted on March 23, 1836, making it only the second chartered City in the Commonwealth - the first being Boston. The original charter, with a bicameral legislative body, was replaced by the Commission form in 1913. This form, consisting of four commissioners and a Mayor, was supplanted in 1916 by the present form of City government, formally known as "Plan B Government". In Salem, Plan B City Government calls for a Mayor, and City Council of 11 members - seven elected from the wards (1 from each ward) and 4 elected at-large.
The following is a list of all the Mayors of Salem from its inception as a City in 1836 to the present.
- Leverett Saltonstall 1836-1837
- Steven C. Phillips 1838-1841
- Stephen P. Webb 1842-1844
- Joseph S. Cabot 1845-1848
- Nathaniel Silsbee Jr. 1849-1850
- David Pingree 1851
- Charles W. Upham 1852
- Asahel Huntington 1853
- Joseph Andrew 1854-1855
- William S. Messervy 1856-1857
- Nathaniel Silsbee Jr. 1858-1859
- Stephen P. Webb 1860-1862
- Stephen G. Wheatland 1863-1864
- Joseph B.F. Osgood 1865
- David Roberts 1866-1867
- William Cogswell 1868-1869
- Nathaniel Brown 1870-1871
- Samuel Calley 1872
- William Gogswell 1873-1874
- Henry Williams 1875-1876
- Henry K. Oliver 1877-1880
- Samuel Calley 1881-1882
- William M. Hill 1883-1884
- Arthur Huntington 1885
- John H. Raymond 1886-1889
- Robert S. Rantoul 1890-1893
- James H. Turner 1894-1897
- David P. Waters 1898
- James H. Turner 1899
- David M. Little 1900
- John F. Hurley 1901-1902
- Joseph N. Peterson 1903-1905
- Thomas Pinnock 1906-1907
- John F. Hurley 1908-1909
- Arthur Howard 1910
- Rufus D. Adams 1911-1912
- John F. Hurley 1913-1914
- Mathias J. O'Keefe 1915
- Henry P. Benson 1916-1917
- Denis J. Sullivan 1918-1923
- George J. Bates 1924-1937
- Edward A. Coffey 1938-1947
- Joseph B. Harrington 1948-1949
- Francis X. Collins 1950-1969
- Samuel E. Zoll 1970-1973
- Jean A. Levesque 1973-1983
- Anthony V. Salvo 1984-1989
- Neil J. Harrington 1990-1997
- Stanley J. Usovicz Jr. 1998-2005
- Kimberley Driscoll 2006-2023
- Robert K. McCarthy 2023
- Dominick S. Pangallo 2023-present