Waterbury CT Mayors

Since 1853, there have been 45 individuals to hold the title as Mayor for the City of Waterbury. Of these Waterbury CT Mayors, 19 have served more than one term. Following is a detailed list with footnotes for changes of power other than through the standard election process.
Note this list also includes those serving as 'Acting Mayor' or 'Interim Mayor'.

No.	Office of Mayor	From	To	Affiliation
1.	Julius Hotchkiss	10 Jun 1853	10 Jun 1854	.
2.	David T. Bishop	10 Jun 1854	11 Jun 1855	.
3.	George W. Benedict	11 Jun 1855	09 Jun 1856	People's
4.	John W. Webster	09 Jun 1856	08 Jun 1857	Regular Union
5.	Henry F. Fish (1)	08 Jun 1857	04 Oct 1858	Democratic
.	Nathan Dikeman Jr. (2)	04 Oct 1858	13 Jun 1859	.
6.	Charles Benedict	13 Jun 1859	11 Jun 1860	Republican
7.	Aner Bradley Jr.	11 Jun 1860	08 Jun 1863	Democrat
8.	L. Sanford Davies	09 Jun 1863	13 Jun 1864	Democrat
9.	John Kendrick	13 Jun 1864	11 Jun 1866	Democrat
10.	Philo G. Rockwell	11 Jun 1866	10 Jun 1867	Union Reform
11.	Joseph B. Spencer	10 Jun 1867	08 Jun 1868	Democrat
.	John Kendrick	08 Jun 1868	14 Jun 1869	Democrat
12.	Charles B. Merriman	14 Jun 1869	13 Jun 1870	Republican
13.	Isaac E. Newton	13 Jun 1870	11 Jun 1871	Democrat
14.	George B. Thomas	11 Jun 1871	03 Jan 1876	Democrat
15.	Archibald E. Rice	03 Jan 1876	07 Jan 1878	Democrat
16.	Henry I. Boughton	07 Jan 1878	05 Jan 1880	Democrat
17.	Guernsey S. Parsons	05 Jan 1880	02 Jan 1882	Citizen Democrat
18.	Greene Kendrick	02 Jan 1882	03 Jan 1884	Democrat
19.	Henry A. Matthews	03 Jan 1884	04 Jan 1886	Democrat
.	Henry I. Boughton	04 Jan 1886	06 Jan 1890	Democrat
20.	Charles R. Baldwin	06 Jan 1890	04 Jan 1892	Democrat
21.	Daniel F. Webster	04 Jan 1892	01 Jan 1894	Republican
23.	Edward G. Kilduff	01 Jan 1894	03 Jan 1898	Democrat
24.	Thomas D. Barlow	03 Jan 1898	01 Jan 1900	Republican
.	Edward G. Kilduff	01 Jan 1900	01 Jan 1904	Democrat
25.	John P. Elton	04 Jan 1904	01 Jan 1906	Republican
26.	William E. Thoms	01 Jan 1906	03 Jan 1910	Democrat
27.	William B. Hotchkiss	03 Jan 1910	01 Jan 1912	Republican
28.	Francis T. Reeves	01 Jan 1912	01 Jan 1914	Democrat
29.	Martin Scully	01 Jan 1914	01 Jan 1918	Democrat
30.	William H. Sandland	01 Jan 1918	01 Jan 1922	Republican
31.	Francis P. Guilfoile	01 Jan 1922	01 Jan 1930	Democrat
32.	T. Frank Hayes (3)	01 Jan 1930	02 Sep 1939	Democrat
33.	Patrick M. Perriello (4)	02 Sep 1939	01 Jan 1940	Republican
34.	Vincent A. Scully (5)	01 Jan 1940	09 Jan 1943	Democrat
35.	John S. Monagan (6)	09 Jan 1943	01 Jan 1948	Democrat
36.	Raymond E. Snyder	01 Jan 1948	01 Jan 1956	Republican
37.	Edward D. Bergin	01 Jan 1956	01 Jan 1958	Democrat
.	Raymond E. Snyder	01 Jan 1958	01 Jan 1960	Republican
.	Edward D. Bergin	01 Jan 1960	01 Jan 1964	Democrat
38.	Joseph F. McNellis Jr.	01 Jan 1964	01 Jan 1966	Democrat
39.	Frederick W. Palomba (7)	01 Jan 1966	01 Jun 1968	Republican
40.	George P. Harlamon	01 Jun 1968	01 Jan 1970	Republican
.	Edward D. Bergin (8)	01 Jan 1970	30 May 1971	Democrat
41.	Victor A. Mambruno (9)	31 May 1971	01 Jan 1976	Democrat
42.	Edward D. Bergin Jr.	01 Jan 1976	01 Jan 1986	Democrat
43.	Joseph J. Santopietro Jr.	01 Jan 1986	01 Jan 1991	Republican
.	Edward D. Bergin Jr.	01 Jan 1992	01 Jan 1995	Democrat
44.	Philip A. Giordano (10)	01 Jan 1996	26 Jul 2001	Republican
.	Sam S.F. Caligiuri (11)	26 Jul 2001	01 Jan 2002	Republican
45.	Michael Jarjura	01 Jan 2002	present	Democrat

Through June 1871, Mayoral terms were 1-year in duration. George B. Thomas served the first 2-year term (1871-1873)
(1) - Resigned during 2nd term, resignation was read and accepted at the annual town meeting on Oct. 4, 1858
(2) - As the Senior Alderman, he would fill the balance of term as Acting Mayor.
(3) - After nearly a decade in office, resigned on Sept. 2, 1930 amidst rampant corruption in City government
(4) - President of the Board of Alderman, became Mayor on Sept. 2, 1930, serving 4 months in office
(5) - Died on Jan. 9, 1943, mid-way through 2nd term in office
(6) - President of the Board of Alderman, became Mayor for remaining year and was twice re-elected
(7) - Resigned June 1, 1968, just six-months into 2nd term
(8) - Died on May 30, 1971, with seven-months remaining in his 4th non-consecutive term
(9) - President of Board of Alderman, became Mayor for remainder of term, elected to succeed himself on Nov. 2, 1971
(10) - Third term ended with his arrest by FBI on federal charges that he enticed a child into a sexual relationship
(11) - President of the Board of Alderman, became Acting Mayor on July 26, 2001 for remaining five-months of term

Note: This list was last updated on 05 December 2005 by Daniel M. Lynch. Early names and dates were fact-checked against articles appearing in the Waterbury American and/or Waterbury Republican newspaper at the time of the election. Exact dates after 1930 still awaiting verification. Special thanks to the Republican-American for access to their archives for this research, as well as for photographs.

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