Hartford History

Mayors of Hartford

Most of the information in the chart below comes from the Office of the Town and City Clerk at Hartford City Hall. The party-affiliation data through 1984 and all the information on mayors who served from 1953 to 1960 is taken from "The City of Hartford 1784-1984," by Ellsworth Strong Grant and Marion Hepburn Grant.

Note that in 1948, Hartford went to a "weak mayor" form of government, with power concentrated in the City Council; the council hired a city manager to oversee day-to-day administration of the city. From then until 1969, the title of "mayor" - and the mostly ceremonial duties now attached to it - went to the top vote getter in the City Council elections. Starting in 1969, mayors were again elected seperately, but their powers remained small. In 2002, however, voters approved a charter revision that returned most administrative duties to the mayor.

For more information on individual Hartford mayors, visit The Political Graveyard.

Election & service Name Party Affiliation Notes
6/18/1774 - 5/28/1812 Thomas Seymour Federalist Resigned
6/8/1812 - 9/9/1815 Chauncey Goodrich Federalist
9/9/1815 - 11/22/1824 Jonathan Brace Federalist
11/22/1824 - 3/28/1831 Nathaniel Terry Whig
3/28/1831 - 4/27/1835 Thomas S. Williams Whig
4/27/1835 - 6/15/1835 Henry L. Ellsworth Democrat Resigned
6/15/1815 - 11/22/1835 Jared Griswold Whig Died in office
11/23/1835 - 4/18/1836 Jeremy Hoadley Whig
4/18/1836 - 4/20/1840 Henry Hudson Whig
4/20/1840 - 4/17/1843 Thomas K. Brace Whig Resigned
4/17/1843 - 4/19/1847 Amos M. Collins Democrat
4/19/1847 - 4/21/1851 Philip Ripley Democrat
4/21/1851 - 4/18/1853 Ebenezer Flower Democrat
4/18/1853 - 4/17/1854 William Jas. Hamersley Democrat
4/17/1854 - 4/12/1858 Henry C. Deming Democrat
4/12/1858 - 4/8/1860 Timothy M. Allyn Republican
4/9/1860 - 2/27/1862 Henry C. Deming Democrat Resigned
2/10/1862 - 4/14/1862 Charles Benton Democrat Elected by Common Council
4/14/1862 - 4/11/1864 William Jas. Hamersley Democrat
4/11/1864 - 4/9/1866 Allyn S. Stillman Republican
4/9/1866 - 4/1/1872 Charles R. Chapman Democrat
4/1/1872 - 4/6/1874 Henry C. Robinson Republican
4/6/1874 - 4/1/1878 Joseph H. Sprague Democrat
4/1/1878 - 4/5/1880 George G. Sumner Democrat
4/5/1880 - 4/2/1888 Morgan G. Bulkeley Republican
4/2/1888 - 4/7/1890 John G. Root Republican
4/7/1890 - 4/4/1892 Henry C. Dwight Republican
4/4/1892 - 4/2/1894 William Waldo Hyde Democrat
4/2/1894 - 4/6/1896 Leveret Brainard Republican
4/6/1896 - 4/2/1900 Miles B. Preston Democrat
4/2/1900 - 4/7/1902 Alexander Harbison Republican
4/7/1902 - 4/4/1904 Ignatius A. Sullivan Democrat
4/4/1904 - 4/7/1908 William F. Henney Republican
4/7/1908 - 4/5/1910 Edward W. Hooker Republican
4/5/1910 - 4/2/1912 Edward L. Smith Democrat
4/2/1912 - 4/7/1914 Louis R. Cheney Republican
4/7/1914 - 4/4/1916 Joseph H. Lawler Democrat
4/7/1916 - 4/7/1918 Frank A. Hagarty Republican
4/2/1918 - 4/4/1920 Richard J. Kinsella Democrat
4/6/1920 - 5/2/1922 Newton C. Brainard Republican
4/4/1922 - 4/6/1924 Richard J. Kinsella Democrat
4/1/1924 - 5/1/1928 Norman C. Stevens Republican
4/3/1928 - 12/1/1931 Walter E. Batterson Republican
11/3/1931 - 12/4/1933 William J. Rankin Democrat
11/7/1933 - 12/3/1935 Joseph W. Beach Republican
11/5/1935 - 11/14/1935 John A. Pilgard Democrat Died before taking oath of office
12/3/1935 - 6/18/1943 Thomas J. Spellacy Democrat Elected to first term by Common Council; resigned in fourth term.
6/24/1943 - 12/7/1943 Dennis P. O'Connor Democrat Elected by Common Council
12/7/1943 - 12/4/1945 William H. Mortensen Republican
12/4/1945 - 12/24/1946 Cornelius A. Moylan Republican Died in office
1/3/1947 - 1/6/1948 Edward N. Allen Republican Elected by Common Council
1/6/1948 - 12/4/1951 Cyril Coleman Democrat
12/4/1951 - 12/1/1953 Joseph V. Cronin Democrat
1953-1955 Dominick J. DeLucco Democrat  
1955-1957 Joseph V. Cronin Democrat  
1957-1960 James H. Kinsella Democrat
11/14/1960 - 12/5/1961 Dominick J. DeLucco Democrat Succeeded to office while deputy mayor
12/5/1961 - 12/7/1965 William E. Glynn Democrat
12/7/1965 - 12/5/1967 George B. Kinsella Democrat
12/5/1967 - 4/12/1971 Antonnia P. Uccello Republican Resigned
4/12/1971 - 12/1/1981 George A. Athanson Democrat Succeeded to office while deputy mayor
12/1/1981 - 12/1/1987 Thirman L. Milner Democrat
12/1/1987 - 12/7/1993 Carrie Saxon Perry Democrat
12/7/1993 - 12/4/2001 Michael P. Peters Democrat
12/4/2001 - Eddie A. Perez Democrat

 

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