List of mayors of New Haven
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This is a list of the Mayors of New Haven, Connecticut.
| Years served |
Name | (born-died) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1784-1793 | Roger Sherman | (1721-1793) | |
| 1803-1822 | Elizur Goodrich | (1761-1849) | |
| 1826 | Simeon Baldwin | (1761-1851) | |
| 1827 | William Bristol | (1779-1836) | |
| 1828 | David Daggett | (1764-1851) | |
| 1832-1833 | Ebenezer Seeley | ||
| 1845 | Philip S. Galpin | ||
| 1851 | Ralph I. Ingersoll | ||
| 1867–1869 | Lucien W. Sperry | (1820-?) | carpenter and merchant |
| 1878 | Hobart B. Bigelow | (1834-1891) | businessman, founder of the Bigelow Manufacturing Co. |
| 1887-1888 | Samuel A. York | ||
| 1889-1890 | Henry F. Peck | ||
| 1891-1894 | Joseph B. Sargent | (1822-1907) | |
| 1895-1896 | Albert C. Hendrick | ||
| 1910-1917 | Frank J. Rice | (1869-1917) | four terms, died in office |
| 1922 | David E. FitzGerald | 1928 | John B. Tower |
| 1929-1931 | Thomas A. Tully | ||
| 1932-1935 | John W. Murphy | labor leader | |
| 1940-1941 | John W. Murphy | ||
| 1945-1953 | William C. Celentano | served eight years, funeral director | |
| 1954-1970 | Richard C. Lee | (1916-2003) | eight terms, New Haven's youngest mayor, and longest-serving mayor |
| 1975 | Bartholomew F. Guida | ||
| 1976-1979 | Frank Logue | ||
| 1980-1989 | Biagio DiLieto | (1922-1999) | five terms, former police chief |
| 1990–1993 | John Daniels | first black mayor of New Haven | |
| From 1994 | John DeStefano, Jr. | (born 1955) |
