Mayors of North Adams

One-year term of offlce
Albert C. Houghton, 1896-1897
H. Torrey Cady, 1898-1899
Edward S. Wilkinson, 1900-1902 (died October 14, 1902)
Valmore A. Whitaker, acting October 15, 1902-January 5, 1903
Frank D. Stafford, 1903-1904
Marshall R. Ford, 1905-1906
Frank D. Stafford, 1907-1908
John H. Waterhouse, 1909-19 10
Charles L. Frink, 1911-1912
Wallace E. Brown, 1913-1914-1915
John W. Gale, 1916
Ezra D. Whitaker, 1917-1918

Two-year term of office
Ezra D. Whitaker, 1919-1920
Harvey A. Gallup, 1921-1922
William K. Greer, 1923-1924
William Johnson, 1925-1926; 1927-1928; 1929-1930; 1931-1932
Archie J. Pratt, 1933-1934
William Johnson, 1935-1936
Francis J. O'Hara, 1937-1938; 1939-1940
Faxon Bowen, 1941-1942
Cornelius E. O'Brien, 1943-1944; 1945-1946
James A. Bowes, 1947-1949; 1950-1951

Plan D
Emest H. Rosasco, 1952-1953
James M. Lilly, 1954-1955
Julius M. Calvi, 1956-1957
Joseph R. Bianco, 1958-1959

Plan B
Louis J. Diamond, 1960-1961
Francis C. Florini, 1962-1963; 1964-1965; 1966-1967

Plan A
James F. Cleary, 1968-1969
Joseph R. Bianco, 1970-1971; 1972-1973; 1974-1975; 1976-1977
Richard C. Lamb, 1978-1979; 1980-1981; 1982-1983 (resigned Oct. 31, 1983)
John R. Taft Jr., swom Oct. 31, 1983-Dec. 31, 1983
John Barrett III, 1984-1985; 1986-1987; 1988-1989; 1990-1991; 1992-1993; 1994-1995
(12/19/99 note:  John Barrett was also mayor for 1996-1997, 1998-1999, and in November 1999 won a ninth term of office that will begin in 2000.)

Source: Page 32-Centennial Edition-The Transcript-Friday, April 28, 1995

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