This is a list of the past and present mayors of Woburn, Massachusetts.
Mayor | Picture | Term | Party | Notes | ||
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1 | Edward Francis Johnson | January 7, 1889-January 1891 | Republican & Citizens | |||
2 | George Fremont Bean | January 1891-January 1892 | Democratic & Citizens | Bean was a member of the Democratic Party, however in the 1890 election, Bean won on the Citizens Party ticket against his opponent who had received both the Democratic & Republican nominations. | ||
3 | Edward Everett Thompson | January 1892-January 1893 | Republican | Twice defeated his predecessor George Fremont Bean; in the elections of 1891, and 1892 (by a 37-vote majority). | ||
4 | Philip Kearney Adams Richardson | 1893-1894 | Republican | |||
5 | Hugh D. Murray | 1894-January 7, 1895 | Republican | |||
6 | Montressor Tyler Allen | January 7, 1895-1897 | Republican | |||
7 | John P. Feeney | 1897-1904 | Democratic | |||
8 | Lawrence G. Reade | 1905–1907 | Democratic | |||
9 | William E. Blodgett | 1907-1909 | Republican | |||
10 | Daniel Wilbur Bond | 1909-1910 | Democratic | While a Democrat Bond won election to the office of mayor as the nominee of the Republican Party. | ||
11 | Hugh D. Murray | 1910–1912 | Republican | |||
12 | William H. Henchey | 1913–1914 | Democratic | |||
13 | Harold P. Johnson | 1915–1916 | Republican | |||
14 | Wilford D. Gray | 1917–1918 | ||||
15 | Bernard J. Golden | 1919–1922 | Democratic | |||
16 | Stephen Sibley Bean | 1923-January 5, 1925 | Republican | Son of mayor George Fremont Bean, was elected Mayor of Woburn at the age of 29. | ||
17 | Thomas H. Duffy | January 5. 1925-1928 | Democratic | |||
18 | Harold P. Johnson | 1928- | Republican | Second time as mayor | ||
Herman P. Peterson | 1930–1932 | Republican | Last Mayor elect to a one-year term, two year mayoral terms began in 1931. | |||
Alfred W. Peterson | 1932 | Republican | ||||
William Edward Kane | 1938–1949 | Democratic | Although a Democrat, Kane lost the 1941 and 1943 Democratic nominations, but won the Republican nominations, and was subsequently elected. | |||
Francis H. Murray, Jr. | 1950–1955 | Democratic | ||||
William G. Shaughnessy | 1956-1960 | Democratic | Served as a State Representative for the 29th Middlesex District, 1975–1979 | |||
John “Jack” Gilgun | 1960–1964 | Democratic | ||||
Edward F. Gill | 1964-1971 | |||||
Edward P. Gilgun | 1972–1977 | Democratic | ||||
Thomas M. Higgins | 1978–1983 | |||||
John Rabbitt | 1984–1994 | |||||
Robert M. Dever | 1996-2002 | Democratic | ||||
John C. Curran | 2001-January 2, 2006 | Democratic | ||||
Thomas McLaughlin | January 2, 2006 – January 4, 2010 | |||||
Scott D. Galvin | January 4, 2010- January 2, 2024 | Democratic | ||||
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