Mayors of Hartford
Most of the information in the chart below comes from the Office of the Town and City Clerk at Hartford City Hall. The party-affiliation data through 1984 and all the information on mayors who served from 1953 to 1960 is taken from "The City of Hartford 1784-1984," by Ellsworth Strong Grant and Marion Hepburn Grant.
Note that in 1948, Hartford went to a "weak mayor" form of government, with power concentrated in the City Council and day-to-day administration of the city left to a Council-appointed city manager. From then until 1969, the title of "mayor"—and the mostly ceremonial duties attached to it—went to the top vote getter in the City Council elections. Starting in 1969, mayors were again elected separately, but their powers remained small. In 2002, however, voters approved a charter revision that returned most administrative duties to the mayor.
For more information on individual Hartford mayors, visit The Political Graveyard.
| Name | Party | Election & Service | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Seymour | Federalist | 6/18/1774 - 5/28/1812 | Resigned |
| Chauncey Goodrich | Federalist | 6/8/1812 - 9/9/1815 | |
| Jonathan Brace | Federalist | 9/9/1815 - 11/22/1824 | |
| Nathaniel Terry | Whig | 11/22/1824 - 3/28/1831 | |
| Thomas S. Williams | Whig | 3/28/1831 - 4/27/1835 | |
| Henry L. Ellsworth | Democrat | 4/27/1835 - 6/15/1835 | Resigned |
| Jared Griswold | Whig | 6/15/1815 - 11/22/1835 | Died in office |
| Jeremy Hoadley | Whig | 11/23/1835 - 4/18/1836 | |
| Henry Hudson | Whig | 4/18/1836 - 4/20/1840 | |
| Thomas K. Brace | Whig | 4/20/1840 - 4/17/1843 | Resigned |
| Amos M. Collins | Democrat | 4/17/1843 - 4/19/1847 | |
| Philip Ripley | Democrat | 4/19/1847 - 4/21/1851 | |
| Ebenezer Flower | Democrat | 4/21/1851 - 4/18/1853 | |
| William Jas. Hamersley | Democrat | 4/18/1853 - 4/17/1854 | |
| Henry C. Deming | Democrat | 4/17/1854 - 4/12/1858 | |
| Timothy M. Allyn | Republican | 4/12/1858 - 4/8/1860 | |
| Henry C. Deming | Democrat | 4/9/1860 - 2/27/1862 | Resigned |
| Charles Benton | Democrat | 2/10/1862 - 4/14/1862 | Elected by Common Council |
| William Jas. Hamersley | Democrat | 4/14/1862 - 4/11/1864 | |
| Allyn S. Stillman | Republican | 4/11/1864 - 4/9/1866 | |
| Charles R. Chapman | Democrat | 4/9/1866 - 4/1/1872 | |
| Henry C. Robinson | Republican | 4/1/1872 - 4/6/1874 | |
| Joseph H. Sprague | Democrat | 4/6/1874 - 4/1/1878 | |
| George G. Sumner | Democrat | 4/1/1878 - 4/5/1880 | |
| Morgan G. Bulkeley | Republican | 4/5/1880 - 4/2/1888 | |
| John G. Root | Republican | 4/2/1888 - 4/7/1890 | |
| Henry C. Dwight | Republican | 4/7/1890 - 4/4/1892 | |
| William Waldo Hyde | Democrat | 4/4/1892 - 4/2/1894 | |
| Leveret Brainard | Republican | 4/2/1894 - 4/6/1896 | |
| Miles B. Preston | Democrat | 4/6/1896 - 4/2/1900 | |
| Alexander Harbison | Republican | 4/2/1900 - 4/7/1902 | |
| Ignatius A. Sullivan | Democrat | 4/7/1902 - 4/4/1904 | |
| William F. Henney | Republican | 4/4/1904 - 4/7/1908 | |
| Edward W. Hooker | Republican | 4/7/1908 - 4/5/1910 | |
| Edward L. Smith | Democrat | 4/5/1910 - 4/2/1912 | |
| Louis R. Cheney | Republican | 4/2/1912 - 4/7/1914 | |
| Joseph H. Lawler | Democrat | 4/7/1914 - 4/4/1916 | |
| Frank A. Hagarty | Republican | 4/7/1916 - 4/7/1918 | |
| Richard J. Kinsella | Democrat | 4/2/1918 - 4/4/1920 | |
| Newton C. Brainard | Republican | 4/6/1920 - 5/2/1922 | |
| Richard J. Kinsella | Democrat | 4/4/1922 - 4/6/1924 | |
| Norman C. Stevens | Republican | 4/1/1924 - 5/1/1928 | |
| Walter E. Batterson | Republican | 4/3/1928 - 12/1/1931 | |
| William J. Rankin | Democrat | 11/3/1931 - 12/4/1933 | |
| Joseph W. Beach | Republican | 11/7/1933 - 12/3/1935 | |
| John A. Pilgard | Democrat | 11/5/1935 - 11/14/1935 | Died before taking oath of office. |
| Thomas J. Spellacy | Democrat | 12/3/1935 - 6/18/1943 | Elected to first term by Common Council; resigned in fourth term. |
| Dennis P. O'Connor | Democrat | 6/24/1943 - 12/7/1943 | Elected by Common Council. |
| William H. Mortensen | Republican | 12/7/1943 - 12/4/1945 | |
| Cornelius A. Moylan | Republican | 12/4/1945 - 12/24/1946 | Died in office. |
| Edward N. Allen | Republican | 1/3/1947 - 1/6/1948 | Elected by Common Council. |
| Cyril Coleman | Democrat | 1/6/1948 - 12/4/1951 | |
| Joseph V. Cronin | Democrat | 12/4/1951 - 12/1/1953 | |
| Dominick J. DeLucco | Democrat | 1953-1955 | |
| Joseph V. Cronin | Democrat | 1955-1957 | |
| James H. Kinsella | Democrat | 1957-1960 | |
| Dominick J. DeLucco | Democrat | 11/14/1960 - 12/5/1961 | Succeeded to office while deputy mayor. |
| William E. Glynn | Democrat | 12/5/1961 - 12/7/1965 | |
| George B. Kinsella | Democrat | 12/7/1965 - 12/5/1967 | |
| Antonnia P. Uccello | Republican | 12/5/1967 - 4/12/1971 | Resigned to take a federal transportation post. |
| George A. Athanson | Democrat | 4/12/1971 - 12/1/1981 | As deputy mayor, succeeded Uccello. |
| Thirman L. Milner | Democrat | 12/1/1981 - 12/1/1987 | |
| Carrie Saxon Perry | Democrat | 12/1/1987 - 12/7/1993 | |
| Michael P. Peters | Democrat | 12/7/1993 - 12/4/2001 | |
| Eddie A. Perez | Democrat | 12/4/2001
- 6/26/2010 |
Resigned after conviction on corruption charges. |
| Pedro E. Segarra | Democrat | 6/26/2010 - 12/31/2015 | As City Council president, succeeded Perez. |
| Luke A. Bronin | Democrat | 6/1/2016 - |
