List of mayors of Norwalk, Connecticut

The Mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut is the chief executive of the government of Norwalk, Connecticut, United States, as stipulated by the Charter of the City of Norwalk. The current mayor of Norwalk, is Harry Rilling, a Democrat.

Mayors prior to 1913

Elections were held on the first Monday in October annually up to 1913.

Mayors of the city of South Norwalk from 1870 to 1913

On August 18, 1870, the settlement of Old Well was incorporated as the city of South Norwalk.

Name	Start year	End year
Dudley P. Ely^[1]^[2]	1870	1872
Walter C. Quintard^[1]^[2]	1873	1875
Dudley P. Ely^[1]^[2]	1876	1877
Winfield S. Hanford^[1]^[2]	1878	1878
Walter C. Quintard^[1]^[2]	1879	1879
Christian Swartz^[1]^[2]	1880	1880
Edwin Adams^[1]^[2]	1881	1881
Christian Swartz^[1]^[2]	1882	1882
Peter L. Cunningham^[1]^[2]	1883	1883
Richard H. Golden^[1]^[2]	1884	1884
Nelson Taylor Jr.^[1]^[2]	1885	1885
John L. Richards^[1]^[2]	1886	1886
William B. Hubbell^[1]^[2]	1887	1888
Frank Comstock^[1]^[2]	1889	1889
Edwin Wilcox^[1]^[2]	1890	1890
William B. Reed^[1]^[2]	1891	1892
George Lockwood^[1]^[2]	1893	1893
Mortimer M. Lee^[1]^[2]	1894	1896
Charles G. Bohannan^[1]^[2]	1897	1898
J. Milton Coburn^[1]^[2]	1897	1898
Charles G. Bohannan^[1]^[2]	1899	1901
Mortimer M. Lee^[1]^[2]	1901	1902
John J. Cavanagh^[1]^[2]	1902	1903
Charles E. Dow^[1]^[2]	1903	1907
Francis I. Burnell^[1]^[2]	1907	1909
Robert M. Wolfe^[1]^[2]	1909	1910
Albert M. Pohlman^[1]^[2]	1910	1911
William F. Tammany^[1]^[2]	1911	1912
Robert M. Wolfe^[1]^[2]	1912	1913

Wardens of the Borough of Norwalk from 1836 to 1872

The Borough of Norwalk was incorporated on May 4, 1836. The head of the Borough was titled its Warden.

Name	Years served
Joseph W. Hubbell^[3]	1836, 1837, 1838, 1840, 1841, 1855
Clark Bissell^[3]	1839
William J. Street^[3]	1842, 1843, 1844
Stiles Curtis^[3]	1845, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851
Charles E. Disbrow^[3]	1852
Samuel Lynes^[3]	1853, 1854, 1859, 1871
Dimon Fanton^[3]	1856, 1857, 1858
William C. Street^[3]	1860
George R. Cholwell^[3]	1861, 1862
Asa Smith^[3]	1863, 1864, 1870, 1873
Edwin Lockwood^[3]	1865, 1866, 1869
Edward P. Weed^[3]	1867, 1874§
Harvey Fitch^[3]	1868
Asa Woodward^[3]	1872
Samuel Daskam^[3]	1874§§, 1875, 1876
James W. Hyatt^[3]	1877, 1880, 1881, 1885, 1886, 1887§
Thomas H. Morison^[3]	1878, 1879
William H. Smith^[3]	1882, 1883, 1884
George S. Gregory^[3]	1887§§§
James G. Gregory^[3]	1888
Clarence B. Coolidge^[3]	1889
John H. Lee^[3]	1890
Edwin O. Keeler^[3]	1891
John D. Kimmey^[3]	1892
Edgar N. Sloan^[3]	1893

§ Resigned.
§§ Elected to fill the vacancy caused by Edward P. Weed's resignation.
§§§ Elected to fill vacancy caused by James W. Hyatt's resignation.

Mayors of the city of Norwalk from 1893 to 1913

On June 30, 1893, the Borough of Norwalk was incorporated as the city of Norwalk.

Name	Start year	End year
Edwin O. Keeler^[1]^[2]	1893	1894
James T. Hubbell^[1]^[2]	1894	1895
Arthur C. Wheeler^[1]^[2]	1895	1897
Charles L. Glover^[1]^[2]	1897	1901
George Buxton^[1]^[2]	1901	1902
Charles L. Glover^[1]^[2]	1902	1903
Ferdinand B. Smith^[1]^[2]	1903	1904
George Buxton^[1]^[2]	1904	1905
Charles L. Glover^[1]^[2]	1905	1905
Wallace Dann^[4]	1905	1907
Charles A. Scofield^[1]^[2]	1907	1908
John J. Cavanagh^[1]^[2]	1908	1909
Leeman M. Brundage^[1]^[2]	1909	1910
Edward J. Finnegan^[1]^[2]	1910	1913

Mayors of the city of Norwalk from 1913 to the present

The city was consolidated on June 6, 1913. Elections for mayor are held every two years, in odd numbered years. The former city of South Norwalk became the new Norwalk’s Second Taxing District.

Name	Start year	End year	Political Party
Francis Irwin Burnell^[1]^[2]	1913	1915	Republican
Carl Axel Harstrom^[1]^[2]	1915	1917	Republican
Jeremiah Donovan^[1]^[2]	1917	1921	Democratic
Calvin Barton^[1]^[2]	1921	1923	Republican
Thomas Robins^[1]^[2]	1923	1927	Republican
Anson F. Keeler^[1]^[2]	1927	1931	Republican
Harold L. Nash^[1]^[2]	1931	1933	Republican
Charles C. Swartz^[1]^[2]	1933	1935	Democratic
Frank T. Stack^[1]^[2]	1935	1943	Democratic
Robert B. Oliver^[1]^[2]	1943	1945	Republican
Edward J. Kelley^[1]^[2]	1945	1947	Democratic
Irving Freese^[1]^[2]	1947	1951	Socialist
Irving Freese^[1]^[2]	1951	1955	Independent Party of Norwalk
George Brunjes^[1]^[2]	1955	1957	Democratic
Irving Freese^[1]^[2]	1957	1959	Independent Party of Norwalk
John Shostak^[1]^[2]	1959	1961	Republican
Frank J. Cooke^[1]^[2]	1961	1965	Republican
Frank Zullo^[1]^[2]	1965	1971	Democratic
Donald J. Irwin^[1]^[2]	1971	1975	Democratic
Jennie Cave^[1]^[2]	1975	1977	Independent Party of Connecticut
William A. Collins^[1]^[2]	1977	1981	Democratic
Thomas C. O'Connor^[1]^[2]	1981	1983	Republican
William A. Collins^[1]^[2]	1983	1987	Democratic
Frank Esposito^[1]^[2]	1987	2001	Republican
Alex Knopp^[1]^[2]	2001	2005	Democratic
Richard A. Moccia^[1]^[2]	2005	2013	Republican
Harry Rilling	2013	present	Democratic

References

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