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List of mayors of Fall River, Massachusetts

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This is alist of mayors of the City of Fall River, Massachusetts, from 1854 to present.Fall River was led by a three-memberBoard of Selectmen from 1803 until its re-incorporation as a city in 1854.

From 1854 until 1902, mayoral elections were held every year andmayors served one-year terms. In 1902, the mayoral term was increased to two years, which lasted until the city charter was changed in 1965. That year, the mayoral term was again increased, this time to a four-year term. This change would be overturned by voters in 1973 and a two-year term was reinstated.

The mayor's office is located atFall River Government Center.

Mayoral chronology

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As of March 2019^[update], there have been 44 mayors and three acting mayors. Non-consecutive terms by the same person are counted separately (for example,John W. Cummings was both the 14th and 16th mayor). Number of mayors, ranked by party affiliation:

Party	Number		Most recent officeholder
Party	Mayor	Acting	Most recent officeholder
Democratic	23	3	Paul E. Coogan (2020–present)
Republican	19	1	Alexander C. Murray (1935–1945)
Independent	1	—	Daniel F. Sullivan (1931–1932)
Whig	1	—	Nathaniel B. Borden (1857–1858)
American	1	—	James Buffington (1854–1855)

List of Mayors^[1]

#	Mayor	Term	Notes
1st	James Buffington	May 15, 1854–1855^[2]	Previously a selectman from 1851 until establishment of the city.
2nd	Edward P. Buffinton	1856–1857
3rd	Nathaniel B. Borden	1857–1858	Previously a selectman from 1840 to 1841.
4th	Josiah C. Blaisdell	1858–1860
5th	Edward P. Buffinton	1860–1867
6th	George O. Fairbanks	1867–1869	Previously a selectman^[3] from 1852 until 1854.
7th	Samuel M. Brown	1869–1873
8th	Robert T. Davis	1873–1874
9th	James F. Davenport	1874–1877
10th	Crawford E. Lindsey	1878–1879
11th	William S. Greene	1880 – March 28, 1881	Resigned.
Acting	Robert Henry	1881–1881	Elected by the city council.
12th	Henry K. Braley	1882–1883
13th	Milton Reed	1884–1884
14th	John W. Cummings	1885–1885
15th	William S. Greene	1886–1886
16th	John W. Cummings	1887–1888
17th	James Frederick Jackson	1889–1890
18th	John W. Coughlin	1891–1894
19th	William S. Greene	1895–1897
20th	Amos M. Jackson	1898–1899
21st	John H. Abbott	1900–1901
22nd	George Grime	1902–1904	Sitting in 1902.
23rd	John T. Coughlin	1905–1910
24th	Thomas F. Higgins	1911–1913
25th	James H. Kay	January 5, 1913 – 1923
26th	Edmond P. Talbot	1923–1926	Sitting in 1923.^[4] First mayor of French-Canadian descent.
27th	W. Harry Monks	1927–1928
28th	Edmond P. Talbot	1929–1930	First mayor under city manager form of government.
29th	Daniel F. Sullivan	1931–1932
30th	Joseph Leo Hurley	1933–1934	Final mayor under city manager form of government.
31st	Alexander C. Murray	1935–1945
32nd	William P. Grant	1946–1951
33rd	John F. Kane	1952–1957
34th	John M. Arruda	1958–1963	First mayor of Portuguese descent.
35th	Roland G. Desmarais	1964–1967
36th	Nicholas W. Mitchell	1968–1971
37th	Wilfred C. Driscoll	1972–1978
38th	Carlton M. Viveiros	1978 – December 23, 1990	Resigned to become clerk-magistrate of the Southeastern District Housing Court.^[5]
Acting	Daniel Bogan	December 23, 1990 – June 25, 1991	Acting mayor.^[5]
39th	John R. Mitchell	June 25, 1991 – January 1996	^[5]
40th	Edward M. Lambert Jr.	January 1996 – October 26, 2007	Resigned to accept a position at theUniversity of Massachusetts.^[6]
Acting	William F. Whitty	October 26, 2007 – January 7, 2008	Acting mayor.^[6]
41st	Robert Correia	January 7, 2008 – January 4, 2010	Lost re-election bid when he finished third in a field of six in the preliminary election.
42nd	William A. Flanagan	January 4, 2010 – December 29, 2014	Lostrecall election held on December 16, 2014.^[7]^[8]
43rd	Sam Sutter	December 29, 2014 – January 4, 2016	Elected mayor on the same ballot that recalled William Flanagan.^[9] Lost election to a full term in November 2015.^[10]
44th	Jasiel Correia	January 4, 2016 – January 6, 2020	Youngest mayor elected at 23 years old. First mayor of Cape Verdean descent. Recalled yet re-elected on March 12, 2019.^[11] Lost re-election in November, 2019.
Acting	Clifford Ponte	October 16, 2019 – January 6, 2020	As President of the Fall River City Council, Ponte became Acting Mayor when Mayor Jasiel Correia took a leave of absence.^[12]
45th	Paul E. Coogan	January 6, 2020	Elected mayor in November 2019.^[13]