List of mayors and city managers of Cambridge, Massachusetts

This is a list of the past and present mayors of Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Mayors Mayor Image Term Party Notes1James D. Green May 1846 – April 1848 2Sidney WillardApril 1848 – April 1851 3George Stevens April 1851 – April 1853 4James D. Green April 1853 – April 1854None5Abraham Edwards April 1854 – January 1855 6Zebina L. RaymondJanuary 1855 – January 1856 7John SargentJanuary 1855 – January 1860 8James D. Green January 1860 – July 24, 1861 9Charles Theodore RussellJuly 31, 1861 – January 186310George C. RichardsonJanuary 1863 – January 186411Zebina L. Raymond January 1864 – January 186512J. Warren Merrill January 1865 – January 1867 13Ezra Parmenter January 1867 – January 1868 14Charles H. Saunders January 1868 – January 1870 15Hamlin R. Harding January 1870 – January 1872 16 Henry Oscar Houghton January 1872 – January 1873 17Isaac BradfordJanuary 1873 – January 1877 Democratic18Frank Augustus Allen January 1877 – January 1878 19Samuel L. MontagueJanuary 1878 – January 188020James Morris Whiton HallJanuary 1880 – January 188121James Augustus FoxJanuary 1881 – January 1885 22William Russell January 1885 – January 1889Democratic 23Henry GilmoreJanuary 1889 – January 189124Alpheus B. AlgerJanuary 1891 – January 189225William BancroftJanuary 1893 – January 1897 26Alvin F. SortwellJanuary 1897 – January 189927Edgar R. ChamplinJanuary 1899 – January 1901Republican28David T. DickinsonJanuary 1901 – January 1902Republican29John H. H. McNameeJanuary 1902 – January 190430Augustine J. Daly January 1904 – January 1906 31Charles H. ThurstonJanuary 1906 – January 1907 32Walter C. Wardwell January 1907 – April 1909 33William F. Brooks April 1908 – April 1911 34J. Edward Barry April 1911 – April 1914 35Timothy W. GoodApril 1914 – January 3, 1916 36Wendell D. RockwoodJanuary 3, 1916 – January 191837Edward W. Quinn January 1918 – January 1930Democratic 38Richard M. Russell January 1930 – January 1936Democratic 39John D. LynchJanuary 1936 – January 1938 40John W. Lyons January 1938 – July 22, 1941 41Francis C. SennottJuly 23, 1941 – January 1, 1942Last Mayor before the City Manager form of government was established under a Massachusetts Plan E Charter.42 John H. Corcoran1942 – December 28, 1945Democratic Beginning of the weak Mayor/City Manager form of government43John D. Lynch1946–1947 44Michael Neville1948–194945Edward Crane1950–195146Joseph DeGuglielmo1952–195347John J. Foley 1954–1955 48Edward J. Sullivan 1956–195749Tom McNamara1958–1959 50 Edward Crane1960–1965 51Daniel Hayes1966–1967 52Walter Sullivan1968–1969 53Alfred Vellucci1970–1971 54Barbara Ackermann1972–1973 55Walter Sullivan1974–1975 56Alfred Vellucci 1976–1977 57Thomas Danehy1978–1979 58Francis Duehay 1980–1981 59Alfred Vellucci 1982–1983 60Leonard J. Russell 1984–1985 61Francis Duehay 1985 62Walter Sullivan 1986–1987 63Alfred Vellucci 1988–1989 64Alice Wolf1990–1991 65Kenneth Reeves1992–1995 66Sheila Russell1996–1997 67Francis Duehay1998–1999 68Anthony Galluccio2000–2001 69Michael A. Sullivan2002–2005 70Kenneth Reeves2006–2007 71E. Denise Simmons 2008–2009 72David P. Maher2010–2011 73Henrietta Davis2012–2013 74David P. Maher2014–2015 75E. Denise Simmons 2016–2017 76 Marc C. McGovern2018–2019 77Sumbul Siddiqui 2020–2023 78E. Denise Simmons 2024–2025 79Sumbul Siddiqui 2026–present

City managers City Manager Term Notes1 John B. Atkinson1942 – 19522 John J. Curry1952 – 19663 Joseph DeGuglielmo1966 – 19684 James Sullivan1968 – 19705 John H. Corcoran1970 – 19746 James Sullivan1974 – 19817 Robert W. Healy1981 – 20138 Richard Rossi 2013 – 20169Louis A. DePasquale2016 – 2022ActingOwen O’Riordan2022 – 202210Yi-An Huang2022 – present

References

List of the mayors from 1845 to 1896. The Mayors of Cambridge since 1893 from the Cambridge Civic Journal Mayors of Cambridge, Massachusetts from The Political Graveyard Organizational chart – Cambridge Municipal Government structure