List of mayors of Norwalk, Connecticut

The Mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut is the chief executive of the government of Norwalk, Connecticut, 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[1][2] 1870

 1872

Walter C. Quintard[1][2]
1873
1875

Dudley P. Ely[1][2]
1876
1877

Winfield S. Hanford[1][2]
1878
1878

Walter C. Quintard[1][2]
1879
1879

Christian Swartz[1][2]
1880
1880

Edwin Adams[1][2]
1881
1881

Christian Swartz[1][2]
1882
1882

Peter L. Cunningham[1][2]
1883
1883

Richard H. Golden[1][2]
1884
1884

Nelson Taylor, Jr.[1][2]
1885
1885

John L. Richards[1][2]
1886
1886

William B. Hubbell[1][2]
1887
1888

Frank Comstock[1][2]
1889
1889

Edwin Wilcox[1][2]
1890
1890

William B. Reed[1][2]
1891
1892

George Lockwood[1][2]
1893
1893

Mortimer M. Lee[1][2]
1894
1896

Charles G. Bohannan[1][2]
1897
1898

J. Milton Coburn[1][2]
1897
1898

Charles G. Bohannan[1][2]
1899
1901

Mortimer M. Lee[1][2]
1901
1902

John J. Cavanagh[1][2]
1902
1903

Charles E. Dow[1][2]
1903
1907

Francis I. Burnell[1][2]
1907
1909

Robert M. Wolfe[1][2]
1909
1910

Albert M. Pohlman[1][2]
1910
1911

William F. Tammany[1][2]
1911
1912

Robert M. Wolfe[1][2]
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[3] 1836, 1837, 1838, 1840, 1841, 1855
Clark Bissell[3] 1839
William J. Street[3] 1842, 1843, 1844
Stiles Curtis[3] 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851
Charles E. Disbrow[3] 1852
Samuel Lynes[3] 1853, 1854, 1859, 1871
Dimon Fanton[3] 1856, 1857, 1858
William C. Street[3] 1860
George R. Cholwell[3] 1861, 1862
Asa Smith[3] 1863, 1864, 1870, 1873
Edwin Lockwood[3] 1865, 1866, 1869
Edward P. Weed[3] 1867, 1874§
Harvey Fitch[3] 1868
Asa Woodward[3] 1872
Samuel Daskam[3] 1874§§, 1875, 1876
James W. Hyatt[3] 1877, 1880, 1881, 1885, 1886, 1887§
Thomas H. Morison[3] 1878, 1879
William H. Smith[3] 1882, 1883, 1884
George S. Gregory[3] 1887§§§
James G. Gregory[3] 1888
Clarence B. Coolidge[3] 1889
John H. Lee[3] 1890
Edwin O. Keeler[3] 1891
John D. Kimmey[3] 1892
Edgar N. Sloan[3] 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[1][2] 1893 1894
James T. Hubbell[1][2] 1894 1895
Arthur C. Wheeler[1][2] 1895 1897
Charles L. Glover[1][2] 1897 1901
George Buxton[1][2] 1901 1902
Charles L. Glover[1][2] 1902 1903
Ferdinand B. Smith[1][2] 1903 1904
George Buxton[1][2] 1904 1905
Charles L. Glover[1][2] 1905 1905
Wallace Dann[4] 1905 1907
Charles A. Scofield[1][2] 1907 1908
John J. Cavanagh[1][2] 1908 1909
Leeman M. Brundage[1][2] 1909 1910
Edward J. Finnegan[1][2] 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[1][2] 1913 1915 Republican
Carl Axel Harstrom[1][2] 1915 1917 Republican
Jeremiah Donovan[1][2] 1917 1921 Democratic
Calvin Barton[1][2] 1921 1923 Republican
Thomas Robins[1][2] 1923 1927 Republican
Anson F. Keeler[1][2] 1927 1931 Republican
Harold L. Nash[1][2] 1931 1933 Republican
Charles C. Swartz[1][2] 1933 1935 Democratic
Frank T. Stack[1][2] 1935 1943 Democratic
Robert B. Oliver[1][2] 1943 1945 Republican
Edward J. Kelley[1][2] 1945 1947 Democratic
Irving Freese[1][2] 1947 1951 Socialist
1951 1955 Independent Party
of Norwalk
George Brunjes[1][2] 1955 1957 Democratic
Irving Freese[1][2] 1957 1959 Independent Party
of Norwalk
John Shostak[1][2] 1959 1961 Republican
Frank J. Cooke[1][2] 1961 1965 Republican
Frank Zullo[1][2] 1965 1971 Democratic
Donald J. Irwin[1][2] 1971 1975 Democratic
Jennie Cave[1][2] 1975 1977 Independent Party
of Connecticut
William A. Collins[1][2] 1977 1981 Democratic
Thomas C. O'Connor[1][2] 1981 1983 Republican
William A. Collins[1][2] 1983 1987 Democratic
Frank Esposito[1][2] 1987 2001 Republican
Alex Knopp[1][2] 2001 2005 Democratic
Richard A. Moccia[1][2] 2005 2013 Republican
Harry Rilling 2013 present Democratic

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 The Political Graveyard
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 List of mayors of Norwalk, 1913 – present Archived June 26, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 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. p. 307.
  4. ↑ The Norwalk Hour
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