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The Mayors of Cambridge since 1893 |
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Mayors 1846 - 1942 (prior to Plan E Charter) City Council Presidents 1916-1941 |
Plan E Mayors (1941-present) John H. Corcoran, 1942-1943 John H. Corcoran, 1944-1945 (died Dec 28, 1945) John D. Lynch, 1946-1947 Michael Neville, 1948-1949 Edward Crane, 1950-1951 Joseph DeGuglielmo, 1952-1953 John J. Foley, 1954-1955 Edward Sullivan, 1956-1957 Tom McNamara, 1958-1959 Edward Crane, 1960-1961 Edward Crane, 1962-1963 Edward Crane, 1964-1965 Daniel Hayes, 1966-1967 Walter Sullivan, 1968-1969 Alfred Vellucci, 1970-1971 Barbara Ackermann, 1972-1973 Walter Sullivan, 1974-1975 Alfred Vellucci, 1976-1977 Thomas Danehy, 1978-1979 Francis Duehay, 1980-1981 Alfred Vellucci, 1982-1983 Leonard Russell, 1984-1985 (died June 16, 1985) Francis Duehay, 1985 Walter Sullivan, 1986-1987 Alfred Vellucci, 1988-1989 Alice Wolf, 1990-1991 Kenneth Reeves, 1992-1993 Kenneth Reeves, 1994-1995 Sheila Russell, 1996-1997 Francis Duehay, 1998-1999 Anthony Galluccio, 2000-2001 Michael A. Sullivan, 2002-2003 Michael A. Sullivan, 2004-2005 Kenneth Reeves, 2006-2007 E. Denise Simmons, 2008-2009 David Maher, 2010-2011 Henrtietta Davis, 2012-present |
Feb 22, 2012 - The Cambridge City Council tonight unanimously elected Henrietta Davis as Mayor and E. Denise Simmons as Vice-Chair of the City Council. The 5th and deciding vote was cast by Councillor Minka vanBeuzekom. After that, the remaining councillors changed their votes to Henrietta Davis to make the vote unanimous. Denise Simmons was then also unanimously elected as Vice Chair of the City Council.
Feb 22, 2010 - The Cambridge City Council tonight unanimously elected David Maher as Mayor and Henrietta Davis as Vice-Chair of the City Council.
Jan 14, 2008 - The Cambridge City Council today unanimously elected E. Denise Simmons to be Mayor and Brian Murphy to be Vice-Chair of the City Council. For the record, the mayoral vote (the 2nd ballot officially) initially had Davis, Kelley, Murphy, Reeves, Seidel, and Simmons voting for Denise Simmons; Maher and Toomey voting for Tim Toomey; and Decker voting “present” (I won't even bother trying to figure that one out). David Maher then asked to change his vote to Simmons and make the vote unanimous. Decker then changed her vote to Simmons and City Clerk Margaret Drury gaveled the vote closed before Councillor Toomey had a chance to weigh in - declaring the vote unanimous even though no such vote was taken. I suppose you could argue that the vote was actually an 8-1 vote for Simmons since the rules are clear that the vote is final when the gavel drops. Nonetheless, Councillor Toomey did ask to have his vote changed to Denise Simmons after she had already been sworn in. Let's just call it unanimous, regardless of the technicalities.
The vote for Vice-Chair of the City Council (traditionally called Vice-Mayor) came next. In the initial vote, all councillors except Decker voted for Brian Murphy. Decker again voted “present”. Only afterwards did she join the others as she changed her vote to Murphy to make the vote unanimous.
Jan 2, 2006 - The Cambridge City Council today elected Kenneth E. Reeves to be Mayor and Timothy J. Toomey to be Vice-Chair of the City Council. The mayoral vote went like this:
Davis, Kelley, Murphy, Simmons - voted for Denise Simmons
Decker, Galluccio, Reeves, Sullivan, Toomey - voted for Ken Reeves
Murphy, Davis, and Simmons then changed their votes to Reeves. Final vote: 8-1 to elect Ken Reeves
The vote for Vice-Chair went like this:
Davis, Kelley, Murphy, Simmons - voted for Brian Murphy
Decker, Galluccio, Reeves, Sullivan, Toomey - voted for Tim Toomey
Murphy, Davis, Kelley, and Simmons then changed their votes to Toomey. Final vote: 9-0 to elect Tim Toomey
Later in the day, the School Committee unanimously elected Fred Fantini as Vice-Chair.
Jan 5, 2004 - Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss
The Cambridge City Council today once again elected Michael A. Sullivan to be mayor for the 2004-2005 City Council term. Mayor Sullivan was once again elected on the 1st ballot. The initial vote went like this:
Voting for Sullivan: Decker, Galluccio, Reeves, Sullivan, Toomey
Voting for Davis: Davis, Maher, Murphy, Simmons
Once these votes were on the table, Brian Murphy changed his vote to Reeves. Denise Simmons then did so as well. If one more person (other than Reeves or Decker) had also changed to Reeves, things may have become quite interesting, but that third vote did not materialize. If it had, one could surmise that Reeves might then have voted for himself, and I would expect Decker to have then provide the 5th vote. In the end the final tally was:
Sullivan (5 votes): Decker, Galluccio, Reeves, Sullivan, Toomey
Davis (2 votes): Davis, Maher
Reeves (2 votes): Murphy, Simmons
After Mayor Sullivan was sworn in, the Council elected Marjorie Decker to be Vice-Chair of the City Council. The initial votes was:
Voting for Decker: Decker, Galluccio, Reeves, Sullivan, Toomey
Voting for Simmons: Davis, Maher, Murphy, Simmons
At this point, Brian Murphy and Denise Simmons changed their votes to Decker, and David Maher then moved to make the vote unanimous.
After the inauguration, the usual political chatter ensued about deals having been made and broken - nothing that we haven't heard before. It does, however, seem to be the case that the votes for mayor were only finally decided in the hours before the election.
Addendum - Later in the day on January 5, the Cambridge School Committee unanimously elected Richard Harding to be its Vice-Chair.
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The Inauguration of the 2002-2003 Cambridge City Council took place on Monday, January 7, 2002 from 10am to noon at Cambridge City Hall. Michael A. Sullivan was elected mayor on the first ballot. Those initially voting for Sullivan were Councillors Henrietta Davis, David Maher, Brian Murphy, Denise Simmons, and Michael Sullivan. Councillors Marjorie Decker and Ken Reeves initially cast their votes for Marjorie Decker, and Councillors Anthony Galluccio and Tim Toomey initially cast their votes for Anthony Galluccio. Then, in order, Councillors Galluccio, Decker, Reeves, and Toomey all changed their votes to Michael Sullivan to elect him unanimously.
Councillor Henrietta Davis was then elected Vice-Chair of the City Council (called the vice mayor by some) after receiving votes from Councillors Davis, Galluccio, Maher, Murphy, Simmons, and Sullivan. Councillors Decker, Reeves, and Toomey cast their votes for Marjorie Decker. The final vote for Davis was 6-3. |
Mayor Edward Sullivan, Mayor Michael Sullivan, and Mayor Walter Sullivan
(and maybe the next Mayor Sullivan!)
