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List of mayors of Norwalk, Connecticut

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The Mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut is the chief executive of the government of Norwalk, Connecticut, United States, as stipulated by the Charter of the City of Norwalk. The current mayor of Norwalk, is Harry Rilling, a Democrat.

Mayors prior to 1913

Elections were held on the first Monday in October annually up to 1913.

Mayors of the city of South Norwalk from 1870 to 1913

On August 18, 1870, the settlement of Old Well was incorporated as the city of South Norwalk.

Name Start
year
End
year
Dudley P. Ely 1870

1872

Walter C. Quintard
1873


1875

Dudley P. Ely
1876


1877

Winfield S. Hanford
1878


1878

Walter C. Quintard
1879


1879

Christian Swartz
1880


1880

Edwin Adams
1881


1881

Christian Swartz
1882


1882

Peter L. Cunningham
1883


1883

Richard H. Golden
1884


1884

Nelson Taylor Jr.
1885


1885

John L. Richards
1886


1886

William B. Hubbell
1887


1888

Frank Comstock
1889


1889

Edwin Wilcox
1890


1890

William B. Reed
1891


1892

George Lockwood
1893


1893

Mortimer M. Lee
1894


1896

Charles G. Bohannan
1897


1898

J. Milton Coburn
1897


1898

Charles G. Bohannan
1899


1901

Mortimer M. Lee
1901


1902

John J. Cavanagh
1902


1903

Charles E. Dow
1903


1907

Francis I. Burnell
1907


1909

Robert M. Wolfe
1909


1910

Albert M. Pohlman
1910


1911

William F. Tammany
1911


1912

Robert M. Wolfe
1912


1913


Wardens of the Borough of Norwalk from 1836 to 1872

The Borough of Norwalk was incorporated on May 4, 1836. The head of the Borough was titled its Warden.

Name Years
served
Joseph W. Hubbell 1836, 1837, 1838, 1840, 1841, 1855
Clark Bissell 1839
William J. Street 1842, 1843, 1844
Stiles Curtis 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851
Charles E. Disbrow 1852
Samuel Lynes 1853, 1854, 1859, 1871
Dimon Fanton 1856, 1857, 1858
William C. Street 1860
George R. Cholwell 1861, 1862
Asa Smith 1863, 1864, 1870, 1873
Edwin Lockwood 1865, 1866, 1869
Edward P. Weed 1867, 1874§
Harvey Fitch 1868
Asa Woodward 1872
Samuel Daskam 1874§§, 1875, 1876
James W. Hyatt 1877, 1880, 1881, 1885, 1886, 1887§
Thomas H. Morison 1878, 1879
William H. Smith 1882, 1883, 1884
George S. Gregory 1887§§§
James G. Gregory 1888
Clarence B. Coolidge 1889
John H. Lee 1890
Edwin O. Keeler 1891
John D. Kimmey 1892
Edgar N. Sloan 1893

§ Resigned.
§§ Elected to fill the vacancy caused by Edward P. Weed's resignation.
§§§ Elected to fill vacancy caused by James W. Hyatt's resignation.

Mayors of the city of Norwalk from 1893 to 1913

On June 30, 1893, the Borough of Norwalk was incorporated as the city of Norwalk.

Name Start
year
End
year
Edwin O. Keeler 1893 1894
James T. Hubbell 1894 1895
Arthur C. Wheeler 1895 1897
Charles L. Glover 1897 1901
George Buxton 1901 1902
Charles L. Glover 1902 1903
Ferdinand B. Smith 1903 1904
George Buxton 1904 1905
Charles L. Glover 1905 1905
Wallace Dann 1905 1907
Charles A. Scofield 1907 1908
John J. Cavanagh 1908 1909
Leeman M. Brundage 1909 1910
Edward J. Finnegan 1910 1913

Mayors of the city of Norwalk from 1913 to the present

The city was consolidated on June 6, 1913. Elections for mayor are held every two years, in odd numbered years. The former city of South Norwalk became the new Norwalk’s Second Taxing District.

Name Start
year
End
year
Political Party
Francis Irwin Burnell 1913 1915 Republican
Carl Axel Harstrom 1915 1917 Republican
Jeremiah Donovan 1917 1921 Democratic
Calvin Barton 1921 1923 Republican
Thomas Robins 1923 1927 Republican
Anson F. Keeler 1927 1931 Republican
Harold L. Nash 1931 1933 Republican
Charles C. Swartz 1933 1935 Democratic
Frank T. Stack 1935 1943 Democratic
Robert B. Oliver 1943 1945 Republican
Edward J. Kelley 1945 1947 Democratic
Irving Freese 1947 1951 Socialist
1951 1955 Independent Party
of Norwalk
George Brunjes 1955 1957 Democratic
Irving Freese 1957 1959 Independent Party
of Norwalk
John Shostak 1959 1961 Republican
Frank J. Cooke 1961 1965 Republican
Frank Zullo 1965 1971 Democratic
Donald J. Irwin 1971 1975 Democratic
Jennie Cave 1975 1977 Independent Party
of Connecticut
William A. Collins 1977 1981 Democratic
Thomas C. O'Connor 1981 1983 Republican
William A. Collins 1983 1987 Democratic
Frank Esposito 1987 2001 Republican
Alex Knopp 2001 2005 Democratic
Richard A. Moccia 2005 2013 Republican
Harry Rilling 2013 present Democratic

See also

References

  1. ^ The Political Graveyard
  2. ^ List of mayors of Norwalk, 1913 – present Archived June 26, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Norwalk Historical and Memorial Library Association (1901). Norwalk After Two Hundred & Fifty Years: An Account of the Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Charter of the Town, 1651-September 11th-1901 : Including Historical Sketches of Churches, Schools, Old Homes, Institutions, Eminent Men, Patriotic and Benevolent Work, Together with the Record of Soldiers and Sailors Enlisted in Norwalk from 1676 to 1898, the Civic Progress in the Last Century and Statistics of Commerce and Other Miscellany of Local Interest. C.A. Freeman. pp. 307.
  4. The Norwalk Hour
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