The mayor of Springfield is the head of the municipal government in Springfield, Massachusetts. Springfield has a mayor-council government. Mayors of Springfield are appointed through direct, non-partisan elections to a four-year term; there are no term limits. The mayor's office oversees the enforcement of all laws and ordinances within the city, appoints and supervises a majority of appointed officials, and serves as an ex officio member of the Springfield School Committee. The mayor's office is located in Springfield City Hall, as part of the Municipal Group in Metro Center.
The current mayor of Springfield is Domenic Sarno.
List of mayors
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! rowspan=2 scope="col" | #
! rowspan=2 scope="col" | Picture
! rowspan=2 scope="col" | Mayor
! colspan=2 scope="colgroup" | Term
! rowspan=2 colspan=2 scope="col" | Party
! rowspan=2 scope="col" | Election
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! scope=row|1
|100px|alt=Portrait of Caleb Rice
|Caleb Rice
|May 25, 1852
|January 10, 1854
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|Whig
|May 1852
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December 1852
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! scope=row|2
|100px|alt=Portrait of Philos B. Tyler
|Philos B. Tyler
|January 10, 1854
|January 1, 1855
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|Democratic
|1853–1854
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! scope=row|3
|100px|alt=Portrait of Eliphalet Trask
|Eliphalet Trask
|January 1, 1855
|January 7, 1856
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|Know Nothing
|1854
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! scope=row|4
|100px|alt=Portrait of Ansel Phelps, Jr.
|Ansel Phelps, Jr.
|January 7, 1856
|January 3, 1859
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|Democratic
|1855
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1856
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1857
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! scope=row|5
|100px|alt=Portrait of William Barron Calhoun
|William Barron Calhoun
|January 3, 1859
|January 2, 1860
|style="background-color:" |
|Whig
|1858
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! scope=row|6
|100px|alt=Portrait of Daniel L. Harris
|Daniel L. Harris
|January 2, 1860
|January 7, 1861
|style="background-color:"|
|Republican
|1859
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! scope=row|7
|100px|alt=Portrait of Stephen C. Bemis
|Stephen C. Bemis
|January 7, 1861
|January 5, 1863
|style="background-color:"|
|Democratic
|1860
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1861
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! scope=row|8
|100px|alt=Portrait of Henry Alexander Jr.
|Henry Alexander, Jr.
|January 5, 1863
|January 2, 1865
|style="background-color:"|
|Republican
|1862
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1863
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! scope=row|9
|100px|alt=Portrait of Albert D. Briggs
|Albert D. Briggs
|January 2, 1865
|January 6, 1868
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|Republican<br><small>(Anti-Refunder)</small>
|1864
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1865
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1866
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! scope=row|10
|100px|alt=Portrait of Charles A. Winchester
|Charles A. Winchester
|January 6, 1868
|January 3, 1870
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|Republican
|1867
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1868
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! scope=row|11
|100px|alt=Portrait of William L. Smith
|William L. Smith
|January 3, 1870
|January 1, 1872
|style="background-color:" |
|Democratic
|1869
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1870
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! scope=row|12
|100px|alt=Portrait of Samuel B. Spooner
|Samuel B. Spooner
|January 1, 1872
|January 5, 1874
|style="background-color:"|
|Republican
|1871
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1872
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! scope=row|13
|100px|alt=Portrait of John M. Stebbins
|John M. Stebbins
|January 5, 1874
|January 4, 1875
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|Democratic
|1873
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! scope=row|14
|100px|alt=Portrait of Emerson Wight
|Emerson Wight
|January 4, 1875
|January 6, 1879
|style="background-color:"|
|Republican
|1874
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1875
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1876
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1877
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! scope=row|15
|100px|alt=Portrait of Lewis J. Powers
|Lewis J. Powers
|January 6, 1879
|January 3, 1881
|style="background-color:" |
|Democratic & Citizens
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Republican
|1878
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1879
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! scope=row|16
|100px|alt=Portrait of William H. Haile
|William H. Haile
|January 3, 1881
|January 2, 1882
|style="background-color:"|
|Republican
|1880
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! scope=row|17
|100px|alt=Portrait of Edwin W. Ladd
|Edwin W. Ladd
|January 2, 1882
|January 1, 1883
|style="background-color:" |
|Democratic
|1881
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! scope=row|18
|100px|alt=Photo of Henry M. Phillips in 1880
|Henry M. Phillips
|January 1, 1883
|January 4, 1886
|style="background-color:"|
|Republican
|1882
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1883
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1884
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! scope=row|19
|100px|alt=Photo of Edwin D. Metcalf, 1890
|Edwin D. Metcalf
|January 4, 1886
|January 3, 1887
|style="background-color:"|
|Republican
|1885
|-
! scope=row|20
|100px|alt=Portrait of Elisha B. Maynard
|Elisha B. Maynard
|January 3, 1887
|January 7, 1889
|style="background-color:"|
|Democratic
|1886
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1887
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! scope=row|21
|100px|alt=Portrait of Edward S. Bradford
|Edward S. Bradford
|January 7, 1889
|January 4, 1892
|style="background-color:"|
|Republican
|1888
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1889
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1890
|-
! scope=row|22
|100px|alt=Photo of Lawson Sibley
|Lawson Sibley
|January 4, 1892
|January 2, 1893
|style="background-color:"|
|Democratic
|1891
|-
! scope=row|23
|100px|alt=Photo of Edmund P. Kendrick
|Edmund P. Kendrick
|January 2, 1893
|January 7, 1895
|style="background-color:"|
|Republican
|1892
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1893
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! scope=row|24
|100px|alt=Photo of Charles L. Long
|Charles L. Long
|January 7, 1895
|January 6, 1896
|style="background-color:"|
|Republican
|1894
|-
! scope=row|25
|
|Newrie D. Winter
|January 6, 1896
|January 4, 1897
|style="background-color:"|
|Democratic
|1895
|-
! scope=row|26
|100px|alt=Photo of Henry S. Dickinson
|Henry S. Dickinson
|January 4, 1897
|January 2, 1899
|style="background-color:"|
|Republican
|1896
1897
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! scope=row|27
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|Dwight O. Gilmore
|January 2, 1899
|January 1, 1900
|style="background-color:"|
|Republican
|1898
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! scope=row|28
|100px|alt=Photo of William P. Hayes
|William P. Hayes
|January 1, 1900
|January 6, 1902
|style="background-color:"|
|Democratic
|1899
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1900
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! scope=row|29
|100px|alt=Photo of Ralph W. Ellis
|Ralph W. Ellis
|January 6, 1902
|January 5, 1903
|style="background-color:"|
|Republican
|1901
|-
! scope=row|30
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|Everett E. Stone
|January 5, 1903
|January 2, 1905
|style="background-color:"|
|Republican
|1902
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1903
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! scope=row|31
|100px|alt=Photo of Francke W. Dickinson
|Francke W. Dickinson
|January 2, 1905
|January 7, 1907
|style="background-color:"|
|Republican
|1904
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1905
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! scope=row|32
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|William E. Sanderson
|January 7, 1907
|January 3, 1910
|style="background-color:"|
|Republican
|1906
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1907
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1908
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! scope=row|33
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|Edward H. Lathrop
|January 3, 1910
|January 6, 1913
|style="background-color:"|
|Democratic
|1909
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1910
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1911
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! scope=row|34
|100px|alt=Portrait of John A. Denison
|John A. Denison
|January 6, 1913
|January 4, 1915
|style="background-color:"|
|Republican
|1912
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1913
|-
! scope=row|35
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|Frank E. Stacy
|January 4, 1915
|January 6, 1919
|style="background-color:"|
|Republican
|1914
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1915
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1916
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1917
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! scope=row|36
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|Arthur A. Adams
|January 6, 1919
|January 3, 1921
|style="background-color:"|
|Republican
|1918
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1919
|-
! scope=row|37
|100px|alt=Portrait of Edwin F. Leonard
|Edwin F. Leonard
|January 3, 1921
|January 5, 1925
|style="background-color:"|
|Republican
|1920
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1921
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1922
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1923
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! scope=row|38
|100px|alt=Portrait of Fordis C. Parker
|Fordis C. Parker
|January 5, 1925
|January 6, 1930
|style="background-color:"|
|Republican
|1924
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1925
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1927
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! scope=row|39
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|Dwight R. Winter
|January 6, 1930
|January 1, 1934
|style="background-color:"|
|Democratic
|1929
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1931
|-
! scope=row|40
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|Henry Martens
|January 1, 1934
|January 3, 1938
|style="background-color:"|
|Republican
|1933
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1935
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! scope=row|41
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|Roger L. Putnam
|January 3, 1938
|April 13, 1943
|style="background-color:"|
|Democratic
|1937
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1939
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1941
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! scope=row|42
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|J. Albin Anderson, Jr.
|April 13, 1943
|January 7, 1946
|style="background-color:"|
|Republican
|Acting
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1943
|-
! scope=row|43
|
|Daniel B. Brunton
|January 7, 1946
|January 6, 1958
|style="background-color:"|
|Democratic
|1945
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1947
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1949
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1951
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1953
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1955
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! scope=row|44
|100px|alt=Portrait of Thomas J. O'Connor, 1953
|Thomas J. O'Connor
|January 6, 1958
|January 1, 1962
|style="background-color:"|
|Democratic
|1957
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1959
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! scope=row|45
|
|Charles V. Ryan
|January 1, 1962
|January 1, 1968
|style="background-color:"|
|Democratic
|1961
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1963
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1965
|-
! scope=row|46
|100px|alt=Portrait of Frank Harlan Freedman in 1972
|Frank Harlan Freedman
|January 1, 1968
|October 17, 1972
|style="background-color:"|
|Republican
|1967
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1969
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1971
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! scope=row|47
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|Theodore Dimauro
|October 17, 1972
|February 9, 1973
|style="background-color:"|
|Democratic
|Acting
|-
! scope=row|48
|
|William C. Sullivan
|February 9, 1973
|January 2, 1978
|style="background-color:"|
|Democratic
|January 1973
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November 1973
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1975
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! scope=row|(47)
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|Theodore Dimauro
|January 2, 1978
|January 2, 1984
|style="background-color:"|
|Democratic
|1977
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1979
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1981
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! scope=row|49
|100px|alt=Photo of Richard Neal
|Richard Neal
|January 2, 1984
|January 3, 1989
|style="background-color:"|
|Democratic
|1983
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1985
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1987
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! scope=row|50
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|Vincent DiMonaco
|January 3, 1989
|May 5, 1989
|style="background-color:"|
|Democratic
|Acting
|-
! scope=row|51
|
|Mary Hurley
|May 5, 1989
|January 6, 1992
|style="background-color:"|
|Democratic
|April 1989
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November 1989
|-
! scope=row|52
|
|Robert Markel
|January 6, 1992
|January 1, 1996
|style="background-color:"|
|Democratic
|1991
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1993
|-
! scope=row|53
|100px|alt=Photo of Michael Albano
|Michael Albano
|January 1, 1996
|January 5, 2004
|style="background-color:"|
|Democratic
|1995
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1997
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1999
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2001
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! scope=row|54
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|Charles V. Ryan
|January 5, 2004
|January 7, 2008
|style="background-color:"|
|Democratic
|2003
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2005
|-
! scope=row|55
|100px|alt=photo of Domenic Sarno
|Domenic J. Sarno
|January 7, 2008
|Incumbent
|style="background-color:"|
|Democratic
|2007
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2009
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2011
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2015
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2019
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2023
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Notes
See also
- Mayoral elections in Springfield, Massachusetts