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List of mayors of Bridgeport, Connecticut
The Mayor is the chief executive of Bridgeport, Connecticut who is directly elected for a four-year term. They have the power to issue executive orders, declare emergencies, submit a yearly budget to the city council and makes appointments to city government offices.
As of July 2012, the Mayor of Bridgeport earns an annual salary of $132,459.[1]
List of mayors edit
| Name | In office | Party | Notes | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Sherman | 1836–1837 | [2][3] | ||
| Daniel Sterling | 1837–1838 | [2][3] | ||
| Alanson Hamlin | 1838–1839 | [2] | ||
| Charles Foote | 1839 | [3] | ||
| Charles Bostwick | 1840 | [2][3] | ||
| William Burrall | 1841–1842? | [2][3] | ||
| James Loomis | 1843–1844 | [2][3] | ||
| Henry Harral | 1844–1847 | [2][3] | ||
| Sherwood Sterling | 1847–1849 | [2][3] | ||
| Henry Harral | 1849–1851 | [2][3] | ||
| John Brooks | 1851–1852 | [2][3] | ||
| Henry Harral | 1852–1853 | [2][3] | ||
| Charles Hubbell | 1853–1854 | [2][3] | ||
| John Brook | 1854–1855 | [2][3] | ||
| Philo Calhoun | 1855–1858 | Democratic[4][5] | [2][3] | |
| Silas Booth | 1858–1860 | [2][3] | ||
| Daniel Sterling | 1860–1863 | [2][3] | ||
| Clapp Spooner | 1863–1864 | Republican[6] | [2][3] | |
| Jarratt Morford | 1864–1865 | [2][3] | ||
| Stillman Clapp | 1865–1866 | [2][3] | ||
| Monson Hawley | 1866–1868 | [2][3] | ||
| Jarratt Morford | 1868–1869 | [2][3] | ||
| Monson Hawley | 1869–1870 | [2][3] | ||
| Jarratt Morford | 1870–1871 | [2][3] | ||
| Epaphras Goodsell | 1871–1874 | Democratic[7] | [2][3] | |
| Robert Clarke | 1874–1875 | [2][3][8] | ||
| Phineas Barnum | 1875–1876 | Republican[9] | [2][3] | |
| Jarratt Morford | 1876–1878 | [2][3] | ||
| Robert De Forest | 1878–1879 | Democratic[10][11] | [2][3] | |
| John Wessells | 1879–1880 | [2][3] | ||
| Daniel Morgan | 1880–1881 | Democratic[12] | [2][3] | |
| John Wessells | 1881–1882 | [2][3] | ||
| Carlos Curtis | 1882–1883 | [2][3] | ||
| John Wessells | 1883–1884 | [2][3] | ||
| Daniel Morgan | 1884–1885 | [2][3] | ||
| Henry Pyle | 1885–1886 | [2][3] | ||
| Civilion Fones | 1886–1888 | A dentist, his son Alfred Fones was also a dentist and a leader in early oral hygiene and education.[13][14] | [2][3] | |
| Patrick Coughlin | 1888–1889 | [2] | ||
| Robert De Forest | 1889–1891 | Democratic | [2] | |
| William Marigold | 1891–1893 | Republican[15] | [2] | |
| Walter Bostwick | 1893–1895 | [2] | ||
| Frank Clark | 1895–1897 | Democratic[16] | [2] | |
| Thomas Taylor | 1897–1899 | Republican[17] | [2] | |
| Hugh Stirling | 1899–1901 | Republican[18] | [2] | |
| Denis Mulvihill | 1901–1905 | Democratic[19] | [2][20] | |
| Marcus Reynolds | 1905–1907 | [2][20] | ||
| Henry Lee | 1907–1909 | [2][20] | ||
| Edward Buckingham | 1909–1911 | Democratic[21] | [2][20] | |
| Clifford Wilson | 1911–1921 | Republican[22] | [2][20] | |
| Fred Atwater | 1921–1923 | Democratic[23] | [2][20] | |
| William Behrens | 1923–1929 | Republican[24] | [2][20] | |
| Edward Buckingham | 1929–1933 | Democratic | [2][20] | |
| Jasper McLevy | 1933–1957 | Socialist[25] | Longest-serving mayor | [2][20] |
| Samuel Tedesco | 1957–1965 | Democratic[26] | [20] | |
| Hugh Curran | 1965–1971 | Democratic[27] | [20] | |
| Nicholas Panuzio | 1971–1975 | Republican | Resigned toward the end of his second term to serve as deputy administrator of the General Services Administration in the Gerald Ford administration[28] | [2][20] |
| William Seres | 1975 | Republican | President of the Common Council who succeeded as mayor following Panuzio's resignation; served 55 days[29] | [20] |
| John C. Mandanici | 1975–1981 | Democratic[30] | [2][20] | |
| Lenny Paoletta | 1981–1985 | Republican[31] | [20] | |
| Thomas Bucci | 1985–1989 | Democratic[32] | [20] | |
| Mary Moran | 1989–1991 | Republican | First and only woman to serve as Bridgeport mayor; last Republican to serve as Bridgeport mayor; unsuccessfully sought to have city declared insolvent in municipal bankruptcy[33][34][35] | [20] |
| Joe Ganim | 1991–2003 | Democratic | Second-longest serving Bridgeport mayor; was convicted on federal corruption charges in 2003; spent seven years in prison.[36][37] | [20] |
| John Fabrizi | 2003–2007 | Democratic | Did not run for a second term in 2007 after admitting to a drinking problem and use of cocaine while in office.[38][39] | [2][20] |
| Bill Finch | 2007–2015 | Democratic | Defeated by Joseph P. Ganim during the Democratic primary in September 2015.[40] | [2][20] |
| Joe Ganim | 2015–present | Democratic | Second-longest serving Bridgeport mayor; was convicted on federal corruption charges in 2003; spent seven years in prison; re-elected to office November 3, 2015;[41][42][43] Sworn in on December 1, 2015.[44] | [20] |
References edit
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj Samuel Orcutt, A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City Bridgeport of Connecticut (Vol. 2), Fairfield County Historical Society: 1886.
- ^ History of Bridgeport and Vicinity (Vol. 2), pp. 689–90.
- ^ A. H. Saxon, P.T. Barnum: The Legend and the Man (Columbia University Press, 1989), p. 217.
- ^ America's Successful Men of Affairs: An Encyclopedia of Contemporaneous Biography, Vol. 2 (ed. Henry Hall), 1896, p. 742.
- ^ Men of Progress, p. 145.
- ^ History of Bridgeport and Vicinity (Vol. 2), pp. 607.
- ^ Susan Nance, "Barnum, P.T. (1810–1891)" in American Countercultures: An Encyclopedia of Nonconformists, Alternative Lifestyles, and Radical Ideas in U.S. History (ed. Gina Misiroglu), M.E. Sharpe: 2009, p. 63.
- ^ Daniel R. Ernst, Lawyers Against Labor: From Individual Rights to Corporate Liberalism (University of Illinois Press, 19965), p. 41.
- ^ Gerald W. McFarland, Mugwumps, Morals, & Politics, 1884–1920 (University of Massachusetts Press, 1975), pp. 66–67.
- ^ Commemorative Biographical Record of Fairfield County, p. 165.
- ^ Mary K. Witkowski, Bridgeport at Work (Arcadia Publishing, 2000), p. 88.
- ^ Alyssa Picard, Making the American Mouth: Dentists and Public Health in the Twentieth Century (Rutgers University Press, 2009), p. 36.
- ^ Men of Progress, p. 389.
- ^ History of Bridgeport and Vicinity (Vol. 2), p. 616.
- ^ Robert Coltrane, "Taylor, Thomas P." in A Theodore Dreiser Encyclopedia, (Greenwood Press, 2003, ed. Keith Newlin), pp. 360–61.
- ^ Commemorative Biographical Record of Fairfield County, p. 165.
- ^ Bannister Merwin, Our Own Times: A Continuous History of the Twentieth Century (Vol. 1), J. A. Hill: 1904.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Bridgeport Mayors 1901–Present, City of Bridgeport.
- ^ Cecelia Bucki, Bridgeport's Socialist New Deal, 1915–36 (University of Illinois Press, 2001), pp. 96–97.
- ^ Political Corruption in Bridgeport, pp. 25–26.
- ^ Political Corruption in Bridgeport, p. 26.
- ^ Political Corruption in Bridgeport, p. 29.
- ^ Political Corruption in Bridgeport, pp. 31–36, 45
- ^ Political Corruption in Bridgeport, pp. 46–49.
- ^ Political Corruption in Bridgeport, pp. 51–54.
- ^ Political Corruption in Bridgeport, pp. 51–54.
- ^ Political Corruption in Bridgeport, p. 55.
- ^ Political Corruption in Bridgeport, pp. 56–58.
- ^ Political Corruption in Bridgeport, pp. 66–70.
- ^ Peter F. Burns, Electoral Politics Is Not Enough: Racial and Ethnic Minorities and Urban Politics (SUNY Press, 2012), p. 15.
- ^ Political Corruption in Bridgeport, pp. 90–92.
- ^ George Judson, U.S. Judge Blocks Bridgeport From Bankruptcy Court, New York Times (August 2, 1991).
- ^ Nick Ravo, A Novice Reigns as Bridgeport Mayor, New York Times, November 15, 1989.
- ^ Political Corruption in Bridgeport, pp. 97–98, 102–03.
- ^ Edmund H. Mahony, Joe Ganim: Is He Back?, Hartford Courant, January 12, 2015.
- ^ Alison Leigh Cowan, Mayor of Scandal-Weary Bridgeport Admits That He Used Cocaine, New York Times, June 21, 2006.
- ^ Brian Lockhart, Fabrizi exploring run for mayor, Connecticut Post, June 4, 2014.
- ^ Joseph De Avila, Ganim, Former Bridgeport Mayor Who Served Prison Time, Wins Primary, Wall Street Journal (September 17, 2015).
- ^ Political Corruption in Bridgeport, pp. 97–98, 102–03.
- ^ Edmund H. Mahony, Joe Ganim: Is He Back?, Hartford Courant, January 12, 2015.
- ^ [1] Ex-convict declares victory in Bridgeport mayor’s race WTNH (November 3, 2015).
- ^ Associated Press, Ganim Sworn In As Bridgeport Mayor Five Years After Getting Out of Prison (December 1, 2015).
- General
- Rob Sullivan, Political Corruption in Bridgeport: Scandal in the Park City (The History Press 2014)
- History of Bridgeport and Vicinity (Vol. 2), S.J. Clarke Publishing Co.: 1917, pp. 689–90.
- Men of Progress: Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Leaders in Business and Professional Life in and of the State of Connecticut] (ed. Richard Burton, 1898) p. 145.
- Commemorative Biographical Record of Fairfield County, Connecticut: Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, and of Many of the Early Settled Families (Higginson Book Co.: 1899).
- Charles Burr Todd, The History of Redding, Connecticut, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time (Grafton Press: 1906).