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List of mayors of Newburyport, Massachusetts
The mayor of Newburyport is the head of the municipal government in Newburyport, Massachusetts. There was no mayor of Newburyport until 1851, because up to that point Newburyport was still incorporated as a town.
List of mayors
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Mayor |
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Notes
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| 1st
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Caleb Cushing
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June 24, 1851 – June 21, 1852
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Democrat
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Resigned June 21, 1852.
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| 2nd
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Henry Johnson
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June 21, 1852 – 1853
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Johnson was elected on June 21, 1852, to fill the position after Caleb Cushing resigned. Johnson was subsequently elected mayor in the annual city election of 1853.
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| 3rd
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Moses Davenport
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1854-1855
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| 4th
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William Cushing
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1855–1858
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| 5th
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Albert Currier
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1859–1860
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| 6th
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Moses Davenport
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1861-February 18, 1861
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Died on February 18, 1861.
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| 7th
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George W. Jackman Jr.
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February 27, 1861 – 1862
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Democrat
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Elected on February 27, 1861, to replace Moses Davenport, who had died February 18, 1861. Jackman was subsequently elected mayor in the election of 1862.
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| 8th
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Issac H. Boardman
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1863–1863
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| 9th
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George W. Jackman Jr.
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1864-1865
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Democrat
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| 10th
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William Graves
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1866-1866
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| 11th
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Eben Francis Stone
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1867–1867
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Republican
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| 12th
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Nathaniel Pierce
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1868-1869
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| 13th
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Robert Couch
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1870-1870
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| 14th
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Elbridge G. Kelly
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1871-1872
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| 15th
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Warren Currier
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1873-1874
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| 16th
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Benjamin F. Atkinson
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1875-1876
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| 17th
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George W. Jackman, Jr.
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1877-1877
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Democrat
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| 18th
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Jonathan Smith
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1878-1878
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| 19th
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John J. Currier
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1879-1880
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| 20th
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Robert Couch
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1881-1881
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| 21st
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Benjamin Hale
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1882-1882
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| 22nd
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William A. Johnson
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1883-1884
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| 23rd
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Thomas C. Simpson
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1885-1885
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Republican
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| 24th
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Charles C. Dame
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1886-1886
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| 25th
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J. Otis Winkley
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1887-1887
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| 26th
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William H. Huse
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1888-March 28, 1888
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Republican
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Died March 28, 1888, replaced on April 2, 1888, by Albert C. Titcomb.
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| 27th
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Albert C. Titcomb
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April 2, 1888 – 1889
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Elected on April 2, 1888, to replace William H. Huse, who had died on March 28, 1888, Titcomb was elected to a full term in the annual city election of 1889.
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| 28th
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Elisha P. Dodge
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1890-1891
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| 29th
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Orin J. Gurney
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1892-1895
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| 30th
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Andrew R. Curtis
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1896-1897
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| 31st
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George H. Plummer
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1898-1898
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| 32nd
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Thomas Huse
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1899-1900
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Republican
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| 33rd
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Moses Brown
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1901-1902
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| 34th
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James F. Carens
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1903-1904
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| 35th
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William F. Houston
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1905-1906
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| 36th
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Alfred F. Hunt
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1907-1907
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| 37th
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Irvin Besse
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1908-1908
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| 38th
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Alfred F. Hunt
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1909-1909
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| 39th
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Robert E. Burke
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1910-1912
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| 40th
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Hiram H. Landford
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1913-1914
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| 41st
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Clarence J. Fogg
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1915-1916
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Republican
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| 42nd
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Walter B. Hopkinson
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1917-1918
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Republican
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| 43rd
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David P. Page
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1919-1920
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| 44th
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Michael Cashman
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1921-1925
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| 45th
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Oscar H. Nelson
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1926-1927
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| 46th
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Andrew J. Gillis
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1928-1931
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| 47th
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Gayden Wells Morrill
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1932-1935
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| 48th
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Andrew J. Gillis
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1936-1937
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| 49th
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James F. Carens
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1938-1941
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| 50th
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John H. Kelleher
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1942-1949
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| 51st
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Andrew J. Gillis
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1950-1953
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| 52nd
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Henry Graf, Jr.
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1954-1957
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| 53rd
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Andrew J. Gillis
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1958-1959
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| 54th
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Albert H. Zabriskie
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1960-1963
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| 55th
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George H. Lawler, Jr.
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1964-1967
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| 56th
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Byron J. Matthews
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1968-1978
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| 56th
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Richard E. Sullivan
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1978-1985
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| 57th
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Peter J. Matthews
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1985-1987
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| 58th
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Edward G. Molin
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1988-1989
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| 59th
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Peter J. Matthews
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1990-1993
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| 60th
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Lisa L. Mead
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1994-1997
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Resigned to accept a position in Senator John Kerry's office.
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| Acting
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Christopher R. Sullivan
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1997
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| 61st
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Mary M. Carrier
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1998-1999
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| 62nd
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Lisa L. Mead
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2000-2001
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| 63rd
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Al Lavender
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2002-2003
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| 64th
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Mary Anne Clancy
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2004-2005
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| 65th
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John F. Moak
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2006-2009
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| 66th
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Donna D. Holaday
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2010–2022
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| 67th
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Sean R. Reardon
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2022-present
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Notes
- Currier, John James: History of Newburyport, Mass: 1764-1905, Volume 2,
Newburyport (Mass.) 1909. Appendix XI. pages 602-612; Mayors and Members of the Board of Aldermen, 1851 to 1909.
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