This is an incomplete list of mayors and city managers of Worcester, Massachusetts.

#	Image	Mayor	Term	Notes
1		Levi Lincoln, Jr.	April 17, 1848 – April 1, 1849
2		Henry Chapin	April 1, 1849 – April 7, 1851
3		Peter C. Bacon	April 7, 1851 – January 3, 1853
4		John S.C. Knowlton	January 3, 1853 – January 1, 1855
5		George W. Richardson	January 1, 1855 – January 7, 1856
6		Isaac Davis	January 7, 1856 – January 5, 1857
7		George W. Richardson	January 5, 1857 – January 4, 1858
8		Isaac Davis	January 4, 1858 – January 3, 1859
9		Alexander Bullock	January 3, 1859 – January 2, 1860
10		William W. Rice	January 2, 1860 – January 7, 1861
11		Isaac Davis	January 7, 1861 – January 6, 1862
12		Peleg Emory Aldrich	January 6, 1862 – January 3, 1863	Later served as an associate justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court.
13		Daniel Waldo Lincoln	January 3, 1863 – January 2, 1865
14		Phinehas Ball	January 2, 1865 – January 1, 1866
15		James B. Blake	January 1, 1866 – December 18, 1870	Died in office.
A		Henry Chapin	December 19, 1870 – January 1, 1871	Elected Mayor, ad interim, by the City Council, in joint convention, December 19, 1870.
16		Edward Earle	February 6, 1871 – January 1, 1871	Elected mayor in a special election to finish Mayor Blake's term.
17		George F. Verry	January 1, 1872 – January 6, 1873
18		Clark Jillson	January 6, 1873 – January 5, 1874
19		Edward Livingston Davis	January 5, 1874 – January 4, 1875
20		Clark Jillson	January 4, 1875 – January 1, 1877
21		Charles B. Pratt	January 1, 1877 – January 5, 1880
22		Frank H. Kelley	January 5, 1880 – January 3, 1882
23		Elijah B. Stoddard	January 3, 1882 – January 1, 1883
24		Samuel E. Hildreth	January 1, 1883 – January 7, 1884
25		Charles G. Reed	January 7, 1884 – January 4, 1886
26		Samuel Winslow	January 4, 1886 – January 6, 1890
27		Francis A Harrington	January 6, 1890 - January 2, 1893	Previously served in the Board of Aldermen of Worcester.
28		Henry A. Marsh	January 2, 1893 – January 6, 1896
29		Augustus B. R. Sprague	January 6, 1896 – January 3, 1898
30		Rufus B. Dodge, Jr.	January 3, 1898 – February 25, 1901
31		Philip J. O'Connell	1901
32		Edward F. Fletcher	1902-1903
33		Walter H. Blodgett	1904-1905
34		John T. Duggan	1906-1907
35		James Logan	1908-1911
36		David F. O'Connell	1912
37		George Merrill Wright	January 6, 1913 – January 1, 1917
38		Pehr G. Holmes	January 1, 1917 – January 5, 1920
39		Peter F. Sullivan	January 5, 1920 – 1923
40		Michael J. O'Hara	1924-1931
41		John C. Mahoney	1932-1935
42		Walter J. Cookson	1936-June 11, 1936
43		John S. Sullivan	1936-1937
44		William A. Bennett	1938-1945	Elected Sheriff of Worcester County, Massachusetts.
45		Charles F. "Jeff" Sullivan	1946-1949	Elected Lt. Governor of Massachusetts. Last Mayor before the City Manager form of government was established under a Massachusetts Plan E Charter.
46		Andrew B. Holmstrom	1950-1953	First Appointed Mayor. Beginning of the weak Mayor system.
47		James D. O'Brien	1954-1958
48		Joseph C. Casdin	1959
49		James D. O'Brien	1960-1961
50		John M. Shea	1962
51		Joseph C. Casdin	1962-1963
52		Paul V. Mullaney	1963-1965
53		George A. Wells	1966
54		Joseph C. Casdin	1967-1968
55		John M. Shea	1969
56		George A. Wells	1970
57		Joseph M. Tinsley	1971
58		Thomas J. Early	1972
59		Joseph M. Tinsley	1973
60		Israel Katz	1974-1975
61		Thomas J. Early	1976-1979
62		Jordan Levy	1980-1981
63		Sara Robertson	1982-1983
64		Joseph M. Tinsley	1984-1985
65		John B. Anderson	1986
66		Timothy J. Cooney, Jr.	1987	Last appointed mayor
67		Jordan Levy	1988-1993	First popularly elected mayor under new charter
68		Raymond Mariano	1994-2001
69		Timothy Murray	2002-January 9, 2007	Elected Lt. Governor of Massachusetts.
70		Konstantina Lukes	January 10, 2007 – January 4, 2010
71		Joseph C. O'Brien	January 4, 2010 – January 2, 2012
72		Joseph Petty	January 2, 2012 – Present

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