The mayor of Malden, Massachusetts is the chief executive officer of the government of Malden as set in the city charter. The current officeholder, the 37th in the sequence of regular mayors, is Gary Christenson (Mayor)|Gary Christenson, a member of the Democratic Party.

# Image Mayor Term start Term end Length of service Party 
ONE YEAR MAYORAL TERM (Ch. 169 of the Acts of 1881)[1]
1 Elisha S. Converse
(1820–1904)
[2][3]
January 1, 1882 January 1, 1883 1 year Republican
2 John K.C. Sleeper
(1828–1893)
[4][5]
January 1, 1883 January 1, 1884 1 year Republican
3 Lorin L. Fuller
(1826–1895)
[6][7]
January 7, 1884 January 1, 1886 2 years Democrat
4 Marcellus Coggan
(1847–1925)
[8][9]
January 1, 1886 January 1, 1888 2 years Independent
5 Joseph F. Wiggin
(1838–1906)
[10][11]
January 2, 1888 January 1, 1892 4 years Democrat / Citizens (1890)[12]
6 James Pierce
(1837–1904)
[13][14]
January 1, 1892 January 1, 1893 1 year Republican
7 Henry Winn
(1838–1916)
[15][16]
January 2, 1893 January 1, 1894 1 year Independent
8 Everett J. Stevens
(1859–1952)
[17]
January 1, 1894 January 6, 1896 2 years Citizens
9 Clarence O. Walker
(1848–1911)
[18][19]
January 6, 1896 January 1, 1897 1 year Republican
10 John E. Farnham
(1862–1904)
[20][21]
January 4, 1897 January 2, 1899 2 years Independent
11 Charles L. Dean
(1844–1909)
[22][23]
January 2, 1899 January 2, 1905 6 years Republican
12 William A. Hastings
(1868–1950)
[24][25]
January 2, 1905 January 1, 1906 1 year Citizens
13 Charles G. Warren
(1856–1919)
[26][27]
January 1, 1906 January 7, 1907 1 year Republican
14 Charles D. McCarthy
(1860–1920)
[28][29]
January 7, 1907 January 6, 1908 1 year Citizens
15 George L. Richards
(1860–1932)
[30][31]
January 6, 1908 January 3, 1910 2 years Republican
16 George H. Fall
(1858–1937)
[32][33]
January 3, 1910 January 1, 1912 2 years Republican
17 George L. Farrell
(1866/67–1913)
[34]
January 1, 1912 January 1, 1913[a] 1 year Republican
Charles L. Moore
[b]
January 1, 1913 February 25, 1913 2 months
18 Charles Schumaker
(1867–1921)
[35][36]
February 25, 1913 January 4, 1915 1 year, 11 months Democrat
19 William M. Blakeley
(d. 1932)
[37][38]
January 4, 1915 January 3, 1916 1 year
20 Charles M. Blodgett January 3, 1916 January 5, 1920 4 years
21 John V. Kimball January 5, 1920 January 5, 1925 5 years
22 John D. Devir January 5, 1925 January 6, 1930 5 years
23 William A. Hastings
(1868–1950)
January 6, 1930[c] January 2, 1933 3 years Republican
TWO YEAR MAYORAL TERM (Ch. 155 of the Acts of 1933)[39]
24 John D. Devir[d] January 2, 1933 January 1, 1940 7 years
25 William A. Hastings
(1868–1950)
January 1, 1940[c] January 2, 1942 2 years Republican
26 Vernon C. Newman January 2, 1942 January 2, 1944 2 years
Max Rosenblatt
[e]
February 8, 1943 December 31, 1943 11 months
27 John D. McCarthy January 3, 1944 January 5, 1948 4 years
28 Fred I. Lamson
(1910–1981)
[40]
January 5, 1948 January 6, 1958 10 years Republican
29 Walter J. Kelliher
(1912/13–1997)
[41]
January 6, 1958 January 4, 1960 2 years Democrat
30 John P. Donnelly
(d. 2007)
[42]
January 4, 1960 January 1, 1962 2 years Democrat
31 Walter J. Kelliher
(1912/13–1997)
[41]
January 1, 1962 January 5, 1976 14 years Democrat
32 James S. Conway
(1930–2019)
[43]
January 5, 1976 January 4, 1982 6 years Democrat
33 Thomas H. Fallon
(1942–2010)
[44]
January 4, 1982 January 4, 1988 6 years Democrat
34 James S. Conway
(1930–2019)
[45]
January 4, 1988 January 6, 1992 4 years Democrat
35 Edwin C. Lucey
(b. 1932)
[46]
January 6, 1992 January 1, 1996 4 years Democrat
FOUR YEAR MAYORAL TERM (Ch. 105 of the Acts of 2005)[47]
36 Richard C. Howard
[48]
January 1, 1996 January 2, 2012 16 years Democrat
37 Gary Christenson
[49]
January 2, 2012 Incumbent 12 years, 11 months and 1 day Democrat

Notes

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  • a Died in office after having been re-elected for a second term in December 1912.
  • b Acting Mayor.
  • c Previously mayor in 1905.
  • d Previously mayor 1925-1930.
  • e Acting mayor while Newman was in United States Army.

References

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General
  • Edwin Carl Kemp. "Melrose, Massachusetts, 1900-1950; commemorating the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the town of Melrose and the fiftieth anniversary of the incorporation of the city of Melrose (1950)". Fifiteth Anniversary Committee (Melrose, Mass.) via Internet Archive. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
Specific
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  6. ^ "MUNICIPAL INAUGURALS". The Boston Evening Transcript. 1884-01-08. p. 5. Retrieved 2024-05-06 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "EX MAYOR FULLER GONE". The The Boston Globe. 1895-07-16. p. 12. Retrieved 2024-05-06 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Lawyer Marcellus Coggan Elected Mayor Over Judge Wiggin". The Boston Globe. 1885-12-02. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-05-06 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "FORMER MAYOR OF MALDEN DEAD". The Boston Globe. 1925-12-25. p. 28. Retrieved 2024-05-11 – via Newspapers.com.
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  13. ^ "MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS". Fall River Daily Herald. 1891-12-02. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-05-06 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Hon. James Pierce, Former Mayor, Died This Morning". Boston Evening Transcript. 1904-07-06. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-05-06 – via Newspapers.com.
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  16. ^ "MAJ HENRY WINN DIES IN MALDEN". The Boston Globe. 1916-01-25. p. 14. Retrieved 2024-05-06 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "POWERS AND RICHARDS". The Boston Globe. 1894-01-01. p. 5. Retrieved 2024-06-26 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ "MALDEN GROWING". The Boston Globe. 1896-01-06. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-05-06 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ^ "TO HONOR AN EX MAYOR". The Boston Globe. 1911-02-21. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-05-09 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ "CHANGE THE LIQUOR LAWS". The Boston Post. 1897-01-05. p. 8. Retrieved 2024-05-09 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. ^ "John Ernest Farnham, a Lawyer, Who Was Prominent In Public Affairs, Died This Morning". The Boston Evening Transcript. 1904-01-23. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-05-09 – via Newspapers.com.
  22. ^ "ELECTION DAY". The Daily Item. 1898-12-06. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-05-08 – via Newspapers.com.
  23. ^ "MAYOR OF MALDEN MANY YEARS". Boston Evening Transcript. 1909-07-30. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-05-08 – via Newspapers.com.
  24. ^ "IN EIGHTEEN OUTSIDE CITIES". Boston Evening Transcript. 1904-12-14. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-05-08 – via Newspapers.com.
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  27. ^ "EX MAYOR WARREN DIES IN MALDEN". The Boston Globe. 1919-03-29. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-05-11 – via Newspapers.com.
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  29. ^ "EX-MAYOR OF MALDEN DEAD". Boston Post. 1920-06-23. p. 11. Retrieved 2024-05-11 – via Newspapers.com.
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  31. ^ "GEORGE L. RICHARDS". The Daily Item. 1932-06-20. p. 6. Retrieved 2024-05-11 – via Newspapers.com.
  32. ^ "Paul Vaitses Tops His Uncle in 3-Way Race for Mayor". The Boston Globe. 1963-11-06. p. 8. Retrieved 2024-05-06 – via Newspapers.com.
  33. ^ "EX-MAYOR G.H. FALL IS DEAD IN MALDEN". The Boston Globe. 1937-06-03. p. 19. Retrieved 2024-05-11 – via Newspapers.com.
  34. ^ "MAYOR OF MALDEN IS DEAD". The Boston Evening Transcript. 1913-01-02. p. 13. Retrieved 2024-05-11 – via Newspapers.com.
  35. ^ "Malden's New Mayor Takes Oath". The Boston Post. 1913-02-26. p. 28. Retrieved 2024-05-11 – via Newspapers.com.
  36. ^ "MALDEN'S 18th MAYOR EXPIRES SUDDENLY". The Boston Globe. 1921-02-04. p. 6. Retrieved 2024-05-11 – via Newspapers.com.
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  38. ^ "WILLIAM M. BLAKELEY". The Boston Globe. 1932-11-09. p. 17. Retrieved 2024-06-26 – via Newspapers.com.
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  40. ^ "23 Bay State Cities Inaugurate Mayors Today". The Boston Globe. 1948-01-05. p. 12. Retrieved 2024-06-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  41. ^ a b "Walter J. Kelliher, 84". The Boston Globe. 1997-02-14. p. 51. Retrieved 2024-05-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  42. ^ "Mayor Donnelly Pledges Economy But Warns of Impending Tax Hike". The Boston Globe. 1960-01-05. p. 42. Retrieved 2024-06-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  43. ^ "List of mayoral inaugurations". The Boston Globe. 1976-01-04. p. 37. Retrieved 2024-06-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  44. ^ "Fiscal problems central theme of mayors at inaugurations". The Boston Globe. 1982-01-05. p. 23. Retrieved 2024-06-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  45. ^ "Massachusetts mayors mull goals as inaugurals draw near". The Boston Globe. 1988-01-03. p. 38. Retrieved 2024-06-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  46. ^ "State's mayors talk of their plans for lean times". The Boston Globe. 1992-01-07. p. 17. Retrieved 2024-06-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  47. ^ "Session Law - Acts of 2005 Chapter 105". The General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
  48. ^ "Mayor-elect to use high school for inaugural ceremonies". The Daily Item. 1995-12-13. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-06-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  49. ^ "Mayor Malden, MA". City of Malden. Retrieved May 11, 2024.

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