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50. Kimberley Driscoll      2006-2022
50. Kimberley Driscoll      2006-2022


51. Bob McCarthy          Acting Mayor from Jan.4- May 27, 2023.
51. Bob McCarthy          ''Acting Mayor'' from Jan.4- May 27, 2023.


52. Dominick Pangallo      2023-
52. Dominick Pangallo      2023-

Revision as of 11:16, 26 September 2023

Salem operated under a town government until the City Charter was accepted on March 23, 1836.

The first mayor was Leverett Saltonstall who served from 1836-7.

List of Salem Mayors:

1. Leverett Saltonstall 1836-37

2. Steven C. Phillips 1838-39-40-41

3. Stephen P. Webb 1842-43-44

4. Joseph S. Cabot 1845-46-47-48

5. Nathaniel Silsbee Jr. 1849-50

6. David Pingree 1851

7. Charles W. Upham 1852

8. Asahel Huntington 1853

9. Joseph Andrew 1854-55

10. William S. Messervy 1856-57

11. Nathaniel Silsbee Jr. 1858-1859

12. Stephen P. Webb 1860-61-62

13. Stephen G. Wheatland 1863-64

14. Joseph B.F. Osgood 1865

15. David Roberts 1866-67

16. William Cogswell 1868-69

17. Nathaniel Brown 1870-71

18. Samuel Calley 1872

19. William Cogswell 1873-74

20. Henry Williams 1875-76

21. Henry K. Oliver 1877-78-79-80

22. Samuel Calley 1881-82

23. William M. Hill 1883-84

24. Arthur Huntington 1885

25. John H. Raymond 1886-87-88-89

26. Robert S. Rantoul 1890-91-92-93

27. James H. Turner 1894-95-96-97

28. David P. Waters 1898

29. James H. Turner 1899

30. David M. Little 1900

31. John F. Hurley 1901-1902

32. Joseph N. Peterson 1903-04-05

33. Thomas Pinnock 1906-07

34. John F. Hurley 1908-09

35. Arthur Howard 1910

36. Rufus D. Adams 1911-12

37. John F. Hurley 1913-14

38. Mathias J. O'Keefe 1915

39. Henry P. Benson 1916-17

40. Denis J. Sullivan 1918-19-20-21-22-23

41. George J. Bates 1924-25-26-27-28-29-30-31-32-33-34-35-36-37

42. Edward A. Coffey 1938-39-40-41-42-43-44-45-46-47

43. Joseph B. Harrington 1948-49

44. Francis X. Collins 1950-51-52-53-54-55-56-57-58-59-60-61-62-63-64-65-66-67-68-69

45. Samuel E. Zoll 1970-71-72-73

46. Jean A. Levesque 1973-74-75-76-77-78-79-80-81-82-83

47. Anthony V. Salvo 1984-85-86-87-88-89

48. Neil J. Harrington 1990-91-92-93-94-95-96-97

49. Stanley J. Usovicz, Jr. 1998-99-2000-01-02-03-04-05

50. Kimberley Driscoll 2006-2022

51. Bob McCarthy Acting Mayor from Jan.4- May 27, 2023.

52. Dominick Pangallo 2023-

See Also

  • Vertical File in Salem Collection - Mayors
  • Vertical File in Salem Collection - Hurley, John F. - Mayor
  • Vertical File in Salem Collection - Zoll, Samuel
  • "Salem has had 32 mayors since its incorporation ten of whom are living" Salem Evening News, Jan. 5, 1920, p.3
  • "Mayor John Hurley" Salem Evening News, Nov. 15, 1929.
  • "Final tributes are paid at funeral of Hon. John F. Hurley" Salem Evening News, Apr. 23, 1935, p.1
  • "Salem's early mayors lived in grand style" Salem Evening News, May 9, 1994, letters to the editor.
  • "City will not likely see another mayor equal to Oliver" Salem Evening News, Sept. 14, 1999, p. A3
  • Paved with history: Historic Chestnut Street was home to Salem's first mayor" Oct. 25, 2010 (Jim McAllister)
  • "It's a slam dunk for Driscoll" Salem News, Nov. 9, 2005, p.1
  • "Driscoll era begins in Salem" Salem News, Jan. 3, 2006, p.1