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The mayor of Boston is the head of the municipal government in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Boston has a mayor–council government. Boston's mayoral elections are nonpartisan (as are all municipal elections in Boston), and elect a mayor to a four-year term; there are no term limits. The mayor's office is in Boston City Hall, in Government Center.

The current mayor of Boston is Michelle Wu.

History

Prior to 1822, there was no mayor of Boston, because Boston was incorporated as a town. In Massachusetts, a town is typically governed by a town meeting, with a board of selectmen handling regular business. Boston was the first community in Massachusetts to receive a city charter, which was granted in 1822.[1] Under the terms of the new charter, the mayor was elected annually. In June 1895, the charter was amended, and the mayor's term was increased to two years.[2]

In 1909, the Republican-controlled state legislature enacted strong-mayor charter changes it hoped would dampen the rising power of Democratic Irish Americans.[3] Adopted by public vote in the November 1909 general election, changes included extending the mayoral term to four years, and making the post formally non-partisan.[4] The reforms did not have the intended effect; the first mayor elected under the new charter was Democrat John F. Fitzgerald ("Honey Fitz"), and every mayor since Republican Malcolm Nichols (1926–1930) has been known to be a Democrat.

In a bid to temper the rising power of James Michael Curley, the state legislature in 1918 passed legislation barring the mayor of Boston from serving consecutive terms in office;[5] Curley was prevented from running for re-election twice by this law (November 1925 and November 1933). The law was repealed in 1939,[6] after Curley's political career appeared to be in decline.[7]

Another charter change was enacted in 1949, partly in response to Curley's fourth term (1946–1950), during which he served prison time for crimes committed in an earlier term. Changes included adding a preliminary election to narrow the field to two mayoral candidates in advance of the general election, changing the Boston City Council from having 22 members (one from each city ward) to having nine members (elected at-large), and giving the council ability to override some mayoral vetoes.[8] These changes went into effect in 1951, resulting in the first term of John B. Hynes being shortened to two years.

From 1951 through 1991, Boston mayoral elections were held the year before presidential elections (e.g. mayoral election in 1951, presidential election in 1952). Starting in 1993, due to the election held following Raymond Flynn's appointment as United States Ambassador to the Holy See, Boston mayoral elections are held the year following presidential elections (e.g. presidential election in 1992, mayoral election in 1993).

Salary

In June 2018, the council voted to increase the salary of the mayor to $207,000, effective after the mayoral election of November 2021 (term starting in January 2022); this increased the salary of councillors to $103,500, effective after the council elections of November 2019 (terms starting in January 2020). In October 2022, the council voted to increase the salary of the mayor to $250,000.[9][10]

Numbering

There is no official count of Boston's mayors. The City of Boston does not number its mayors[11] and numbering has been inconsistent over time. For example, Thomas Menino was referred to as the 47th mayor at the time he was sworn in,[12] yet his successor, Marty Walsh, was identified as the 54th.[13] The Walsh administration cited Wikipedia for its use of 54.[13]Template:Efn That numbering scheme counted persons who served as elected mayors and counted those who served non-consecutive terms more than once (for example, James Michael Curley served four non-consecutive terms and was counted four times),[13] however, for reasons that are unclear, Leonard R. Cutter, who served as acting mayor in late 1873, was also included in the count. Kim Janey, who became acting mayor in March 2021, referred to herself as the 55th mayor.[14]

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Mayor Term In office   Party
Start End Terms won Duration
File:John Phillips by William Hoogland 5210004 015 001 (3x4a).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". May 1, 1822 May 1, 1823 1 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Federalist
File:Josiah Quincy 5210004 015 002 (3x4a).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". May 1, 1823 January 5, 1829 6 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Federalist
File:Harrison Gray Otis by Chester Harding, 1833, oil on canvas, from the National Portrait Gallery - NPG-7700056A 2 (1).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". January 5, 1829 January 2, 1832 3 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Federalist
File:Charles Wells 5210004 015 004 (1).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". January 2, 1832 January 6, 1834 2 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Whig
File:Theodore Lyman, Jr. 5210004 015 005 (3x4a).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". January 6, 1834 January 4, 1836 2 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic
File:Samuel T. Armstrong 5210004 015 006 (3x4).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". January 4, 1836 January 1, 1837 1 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Whig
File:Samuel A. Eliot 5210004 015 007 (3x4a).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". January 1, 1837 January 6, 1840 3 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Whig
File:Jonathan Chapman 5210004 015 008 (3x4).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". January 6, 1840 January 2, 1843 3 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Whig
File:Martin Brimmer 5210004 015 009 (3x4).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". January 2, 1843 January 6, 1845 2 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Whig
File:3x4.svg Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Double dagger January 6, 1845 February 27, 1845 Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Whig
File:Thomas A . Davis 1 5210004 015 010 (3x4a).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dagger February 27, 1845 November 22, 1845 1 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Native AmericanKN
File:3x4.svg Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Double dagger November 22, 1845 December 11, 1845 Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Whig
File:Josiah Quincy 5210004 015 011 (3x4).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". December 11, 1845 January 1, 1849 3 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Whig
File:John P. Bigelow 5210004 015 012 (3x4).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". January 1, 1849 January 5, 1852 3 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Whig
File:Benjamin Seaver 5210004 015 013 (3x4).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". January 5, 1852 January 2, 1854 2 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Whig
File:Jerome V. C. Smith by E. Billings 5210004 015 014 (3x4a).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". January 2, 1854 January 7, 1856 2 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| AmericanKN
File:Alexander H. Rice 5210004 015 015 (3x4a).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". January 7, 1856 January 4, 1858 2 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Independent
File:Frederic W. Lincoln Jr. 5210004 015 016 (3x4b).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". January 4, 1858 January 7, 1861 3 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Republican
File:Joseph Wightman 5210004 015 017 (3x4).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". January 7, 1861 January 5, 1863 2 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic
File:Frederic W. Lincoln Jr. 5210004 015 016 (3x4b).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". January 5, 1863 January 7, 1867 4 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Republican
File:Otis Norcross 5210004 015 018 (3x4a).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". January 7, 1867 January 6, 1868 1 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Republican
File:Nathaniel B. Shurtleff 5210004 015 019 (3x4a).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". January 6, 1868 January 2, 1871 3 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic
File:William Gaston 5210004 015 020 (3x4).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". January 2, 1871 January 6, 1873 2 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic
File:Henry L. Pierce - Brady-Handy.jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". January 6, 1873 November 29, 1873 1 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| None
File:Leonard R. Cutter 5210004 015 022 (3x4a).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Double dagger November 29, 1873 January 5, 1874 Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic
File:Samuel C. Cobb 5210004 015 023 (3x4).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". January 5, 1874 January 1, 1877 3 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| None
File:Frederick O. Prince 5210004 015 024 (3x4b).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". January 1, 1877 January 7, 1878 1 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic
File:Henry L. Pierce - Brady-Handy.jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". January 7, 1878 January 6, 1879 1 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Republican
File:Frederick O. Prince 5210004 015 024 (3x4b).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". January 6, 1879 January 2, 1882 3 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic
File:Samuel A. Green 5210004 015 025 (3x4a).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". January 2, 1882 January 1, 1883 1 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Republican
File:Albert Palmer 5210004 015 026 (3x4a).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". January 1, 1883 January 7, 1884 1 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic
File:Augustus P. Martin 5210004 015 027 (3x4a).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". January 7, 1884 January 5, 1885 1 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Republican
File:Hugh O'Brien 5210004 015 028 (3x4a).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". January 5, 1885 January 7, 1889 4 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic
File:Thomas Norton Hart (a).png Script error: No such module "Sort". January 7, 1889 December 31, 1890 2 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Republican
File:Nathan Matthews Jr. 5210004 015 030 (3x4a).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". January 1, 1891 January 7, 1895 4 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic
File:Edwin Upton Curtis (1861–1922) (3x4a).png Script error: No such module "Sort". January 7, 1895 January 6, 1896 1 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Republican
Mayoral term increased to two years.
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File:Josiah Quincy 5210004 015 032 (3x4a).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". January 6, 1896 January 1, 1900 2 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic
File:Thomas Norton Hart (a).png Script error: No such module "Sort". January 1, 1900 January 6, 1902 1 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Republican
File:Mayor PA Collins (2).png Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Dagger January 6, 1902 September 13, 1905 2 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic
File:Daniel A. Whelton 5210004 015 034 (3x4a).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Double dagger September 15, 1905 January 1, 1906 Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic
File:J.F. Fitzgerald LCCN2014714230 (3x4a).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". January 1, 1906 January 6, 1908 1 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic
File:George A. Hibbard 5210004 015 035 (3x4a).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". January 6, 1908 February 7, 1910 1 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Republican
Mayoral term increased to four years.
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File:J.F. Fitzgerald LCCN2014714230 (3x4a).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". February 7, 1910 February 2, 1914 1 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic
File:CURLEY, JAMES MICHAEL. REP. FROM MASSACHUSETTS, 1911-1914 LCCN2016865259 (3x4a).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". February 2, 1914 February 4, 1918 1 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic
File:AndrewJamesPeters.jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". February 4, 1918 February 6, 1922 1 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic
File:James Michael Curley in 1922 (2).png Script error: No such module "Sort". February 6, 1922 January 4, 1926 1 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic
File:Malcolm E. Nichols portrait photograph, circa 1925 a (3x4).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". January 4, 1926 January 6, 1930 1 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Republican
File:James Michael Curley (6082770554) 2.jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". January 6, 1930 January 1, 1934 1 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic
File:Frederick William Mansfield (2).png Script error: No such module "Sort". January 1, 1934 January 3, 1938 1 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic
File:Maurice J. Tobin (3).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". January 3, 1938 January 4, 1945 2 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic
File:John E. Kerrigan official portrait photograph, circa 1939.jpeg Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Double dagger January 4, 1945 January 7, 1946 Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic
File:James Michael Curley (6082770554) 2.jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". January 7, 1946 January 2, 1950 1 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic
File:John B. Hynes (10926270034) (1).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". January 2, 1950 January 4, 1960 3 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic
File:Mayor John F. Collins (13242881633) (4).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". January 4, 1960 January 1, 1968 2 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic
File:Boston Mayor Kevin H White (2).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". January 1, 1968 January 2, 1984 4 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic
File:Mayor Raymond L. Flynn (9501942333) (1).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". January 2, 1984 July 12, 1993 3 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic
File:Mayor Thomas M. Menino (15649592926) (2).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". July 12, 1993 January 6, 2014 5 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic
File:Secretary Marty Walsh official portrait (1a).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". January 6, 2014 March 22, 2021 2 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic
File:Kim Janey 52903219186 ea4bae1a12 o (1).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". Template:Double dagger March 22, 2021 November 16, 2021 — Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic
File:Michelle Wu 53455940403 bd5ebc2ca6 o (2).jpg Script error: No such module "Sort". November 16, 2021 Incumbent 1 Script error: No such module "age". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic

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Mayors serving non-consecutive terms

Mayor Start of
first term 		End of
final term 		In office   Party
Terms won Duration
Script error: No such module "Sort". January 4, 1858 January 7, 1867 7 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Republican
Script error: No such module "Sort". January 6, 1873 January 6, 1879 2 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Republican
Script error: No such module "Sort". January 1, 1877 January 2, 1882 4 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic
Script error: No such module "Sort". January 7, 1889 January 7, 1902 3 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Republican
Script error: No such module "Sort". January 5, 1906 February 2, 1914 2 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic
Script error: No such module "Sort". February 2, 1914 January 2, 1950 4 Script error: No such module "sort". bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic

Acting mayors

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Thomas Menino, longest-serving mayor of Boston

Boston's city charter stipulates that the City Council president serves as acting mayor whenever the mayor is absent from the city, unable to serve, or the office is vacant. An acting mayor cannot make permanent appointments, and can only perform urgent tasks "not admitting of delay" (which is somewhat open to interpretation).[15]

The following individuals served as acting mayor during a vacancy in the office.

Year Name Explanation Ref.
1845 William Parker Served as acting mayor during multiple deadlocked elections. [11]
1845 Benson Leavitt Served as acting mayor following the death of Thomas A. Davis. [11]
1853 Benjamin L. Allen Served as acting mayor during multiple deadlocked elections. [11]
1873 Leonard R. Cutter Served as acting mayor following Henry L. Pierce's election to Congress.
Was not a candidate in the 1873 Boston mayoral election. 		[16][17]
1905 Daniel A. Whelton Served as acting mayor following the death of Patrick Collins.
Was not a candidate in the 1905 Boston mayoral election. 		[18][19]
1945 John E. Kerrigan Served as acting mayor upon Maurice J. Tobin becoming Governor of Massachusetts.
Subsequently lost the 1945 Boston mayoral election. 		[20][21]
1947 John B. Hynes Served as acting mayor during the absence (incarceration) of James M. Curley.
Subsequently won the 1949 Boston mayoral election. 		[11][22]
1993 Thomas Menino Served as acting mayor upon Raymond Flynn becoming Ambassador to the Holy See.
Subsequently won the 1993 Boston mayoral election. 		[23][24]
2021 Kim Janey Served as acting mayor upon Marty Walsh becoming United States Secretary of Labor.
Eliminated in preliminary stage of the 2021 Boston mayoral election. 		[25][26]

See also

Notes

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Further reading

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