List of mayors of Providence, Rhode Island

The following is a list of mayors of Providence, Rhode Island.

Originally the term for the mayor was one year, from June to June. In 1873, the term was lengthened to January, and then from January to January. In 1913, the term was lengthened to two years, and in January 1967 to four years.

#	Image	Name	Term	Party
1		Samuel W. Bridgham	June 1832–December 28, 1840	Whig
2		Thomas M. Burgess	February 2, 1841–June 1852	Whig
3		Amos C. Barstow	June 1852–June 1853	Whig
4		Walter R. Danforth	June 1853–June 1854	Democrat
5		Edward P. Knowles	June 1854–June 1855	Whig
6		James Y. Smith	June 1855–June 1857	Republican
7		William M. Rodman	June 1857–June 1859	American
8		Jabez C. Knight	June 1859–June 1864	Republican
9		Thomas A. Doyle	June 1864–June 1869	Republican
10		George L. Clarke	June 1869–June 1870	Republican
11		Thomas A. Doyle	June 1870–June 1881	Republican
12		William S. Hayward	January 1881–January 1884	Republican
13		Thomas A. Doyle	January 1884–June 9, 1886	Republican
14		Gilbert F. Robbins	June 9, 1886–January 1889	Republican
15		Henry R. Barker	January 1889–January 1891	Republican
16		Charles Sydney Smith	January 1891–January 1892	Republican
17		William Knight Potter	January 1892–January 1894	Democrat
18		Frank F. Olney	January 1894–January 1896	Republican
19		Edwin D. McGuinness	January 6, 1896–January 3, 1898	Democrat
20		William C. Baker	January 1898–January 1901	Democrat
21		Daniel L. D. Granger	January 1901–January 1903	Democrat
22		Augustus S. Miller	January 1903–September 26, 1905	Democrat
23		Elisha Dyer, Jr.	January 1906–November 29, 1906	Republican
24		Patrick J. McCarthy	January 1907–January 1909	Democratic
25		Henry Fletcher	January 1909–January 1913	Republican
26		Joseph H. Gainer	January 1913–January 1927	Democratic
27		James E. Dunne	January 1927–January 1939	Democratic
28		John F. Collins	January 2, 1939–January 6, 1941	Republican
29		Dennis J. Roberts	January 1941–January 1951	Democratic
30		Walter H. Reynolds	January 1951–January 5, 1965	Democratic
31		Joseph A. Doorley, Jr.	January 5, 1965–January 6, 1975	Democratic
32		Vincent "Buddy" Cianci	January 7, 1975–April 25, 1984	Republican (1974–1982) Independent (1982–1984)
33		Joseph R. Paolino	April 25, 1984–January 7, 1991	Democratic
34		Vincent "Buddy" Cianci	January 7, 1991–September 6, 2002	Independent
35		John J. Lombardi	September 6, 2002–January 6, 2003	Democratic
36		David Cicilline	January 6, 2003–January 3, 2011	Democratic
37		Angel Taveras	January 3, 2011–January 5, 2015	Democratic
38		Jorge Elorza	January 5, 2015–January 2, 2023	Democratic
39		Brett Smiley	January 2, 2023–present	Democratic

See also

• Mayoral elections in Providence, Rhode Island

Sources

• Mayors of the Town of Cumberland at Cityof.ProvidenceRI.com
• List of mayors (Political Graveyard)