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The Mayor is the chief executive of Bridgeport, Connecticut who is directly elected for a four-year term. They have the power to issue executive orders, declare emergencies, submit a yearly budget to the city council and makes appointments to city government offices.

As of July 2012, the Mayor of Bridgeport earns an annual salary of $132,459.

List of mayors

Name In office Party Notes Reference
Isaac Sherman 1836–1837
Daniel Sterling 1837–1838
Alanson Hamlin 1838–1839
Charles Foote 1839
Charles Bostwick 1840
William Burrall 1841–1842?
James Loomis 1843–1844
Henry Harral 1844–1847
Sherwood Sterling 1847–1849
Henry Harral 1849–1851
John Brooks 1851–1852
Henry Harral 1852–1853
Charles Hubbell 1853–1854
John Brook 1854–1855
Philo Calhoun 1855–1858 Democratic
Silas Booth 1858–1860
Daniel Sterling 1860–1863
Clapp Spooner 1863–1864 Republican
Jarratt Morford 1864–1865
Stillman Clapp 1865–1866
Monson Hawley 1866–1868
Jarratt Morford 1868–1869
Monson Hawley 1869–1870
Jarratt Morford 1870–1871
Epaphras Goodsell 1871–1874 Democratic
Robert Clarke 1874–1875
Phineas Barnum 1875–1876 Republican
Jarratt Morford 1876–1878
Robert De Forest 1878–1879 Democratic
John Wessells 1879–1880
Daniel Morgan 1880–1881 Democratic
John Wessells 1881–1882
Carlos Curtis 1882–1883
John Wessells 1883–1884
Daniel Morgan 1884–1885
Henry Pyle 1885–1886
Civilion Fones 1886–1888 A dentist, his son Alfred Fones was also a dentist
and a leader in early oral hygiene and education.
Patrick Coughlin 1888–1889
Robert De Forest 1889–1891 Democratic
William Marigold 1891–1893 Republican
Walter Bostwick 1893–1895
Frank Clark 1895–1897 Democratic
Thomas Taylor 1897–1899 Republican
Hugh Stirling 1899–1901 Republican
Denis Mulvihill 1901–1905 Democratic
Marcus Reynolds 1905–1907
Henry Lee 1907–1909
Edward Buckingham 1909–1911 Democratic
Clifford Wilson 1911–1921 Republican
Fred Atwater 1921–1923 Democratic
William Behrens 1923–1929 Republican
Edward Buckingham 1929–1933 Democratic
Jasper McLevy 1933–1957 Socialist Longest-serving mayor
Samuel Tedesco 1957–1965 Democratic
Hugh Curran 1965–1971 Democratic
Nicholas Panuzio 1971–1975 Republican Resigned toward the end of his second term to serve as deputy administrator
of the General Services Administration in the Gerald Ford administration
William Seres 1975 Republican President of the Common Council who succeeded as mayor following
Panuzio's resignation; served 55 days
John C. Mandanici 1975–1981 Democratic
Lenny Paoletta 1981–1985 Republican
Thomas Bucci 1985–1989 Democratic
Mary Moran 1989–1991 Republican First and only woman to serve as Bridgeport mayor;
last Republican to serve as Bridgeport mayor;
unsuccessfully sought to have city declared insolvent in municipal bankruptcy
Joe Ganim 1991–2003 Democratic Second-longest serving Bridgeport mayor; was convicted on
federal corruption charges in 2003; spent seven years in prison.
John Fabrizi 2003–2007 Democratic Did not run for a second term in 2007.
Bill Finch 2007–2015 Democratic Defeated by Joseph P. Ganim during the Democratic primary in September 2015.
Joe Ganim 2015–present Democratic Second-longest serving Bridgeport mayor; was convicted on
federal corruption charges in 2003; spent seven years in prison; re-elected to office November 3, 2015; Sworn in on December 1, 2015.
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