List of mayors of Burlington, Vermont

The following is a list of mayors of Burlington, Vermont.^[2] The 43rd and current mayor is Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, elected in 2024.^[3] Mayoral elections in Burlington have been held every three years since 2003.^[4]

Mayor of Burlington, Vermont
Seal of Burlington
Incumbent Emma Mulvaney-Stanak since April 1, 2024
Term length	3 years (2 years prior to 2003)
Constituting instrument	Burlington City Charter
Formation	1865
First holder	Albert L. Catlin
Salary	$114,309.09 (FY 2021)[1]
Website	https://www.burlingtonvt.gov/Mayor

List

No.	Portrait	Mayor	Term start	Term end		Party
1		Albert L. Catlin	February 21, 1865	April 1, 1866		Republican
2		Torrey E. Wales	April 2, 1866	April 6, 1868		Republican
3		Phineas D. Ballou	April 7, 1868	April 2, 1870		Republican
4		Daniel Chipman Linsley	April 3, 1870	October 6, 1870		Democratic
–		Torrey E. Wales	October 6, 1870	April 2, 1871		Republican
5		Luther C. Dodge	April 3, 1871	April 5, 1874		Republican
6		Calvin H. Blodgett	April 6, 1874	April 2, 1876		Democratic
7		Joseph D. Hatch	April 3, 1876	April 1, 1883		Republican
8		George H. Morse	April 2, 1883	April 5, 1885		Republican
9		Urban A. Woodbury	April 6, 1885	April 3, 1887		Republican
10		William W. Henry	April 4, 1887	March 31, 1889		Republican
11		William A. Crombie	April 1, 1889	April 5, 1891		Republican
12		Seneca Haselton	April 6, 1891	April 2, 1894		Democratic
13		William J. Van Patten	April 3, 1894	April 5, 1896		Republican
14		Hamilton S. Peck	April 6, 1896	April 4, 1898		Republican
15		Elliot M. Sutton	April 4, 1898	April 3, 1899		Democratic
16		Robert Roberts	April 3, 1899	March 31, 1901		Republican
17		Donly C. Hawley	April 1, 1901	May 31, 1903		Republican
18		James Edmund Burke	June 1, 1903	March 31, 1907		Democratic
19		Walter J. Bigelow	April 1, 1907	April 4, 1909		Republican
20		James Edmund Burke	April 5, 1909	April 2, 1911		Democratic
21		Robert Roberts	April 3, 1911	April 6, 1913		Republican
22		James Edmund Burke	April 7, 1913	April 4, 1915		Democratic
23		Albert S. Drew	April 5, 1915	April 1, 1917		Republican
24		John Holmes Jackson	April 2, 1917	April 5, 1925		Democratic
25		Clarence H. Beecher	April 6, 1925	March 31, 1929		Republican
26		John Holmes Jackson	April 1, 1929	April 2, 1933		Democratic
27		James Edmund Burke	April 3, 1933	March 31, 1935		Democratic
28		Louis F. Dow	April 1, 1935	June 4, 1939		Republican
29		John Burns	June 5, 1939	May 31, 1948		Democratic
–		John Edward Moran	June 1, 1948	June 5, 1949		Democratic
30			June 6, 1949	June 2, 1957
31		C. Douglas Cairns	June 3, 1957	June 1, 1959		Republican
32		James E. Fitzpatrick	June 1, 1959	June 5, 1961		Democratic
33		Robert K. Bing	June 5, 1961	June 3, 1963		Republican
34		Edward A. Keenan	June 3, 1963	June 7, 1965		Republican
35		Francis J. Cain	June 7, 1965	April 5, 1971		Democratic
36		Gordon Paquette	April 5, 1971	April 6, 1981		Democratic
37		Bernie Sanders	April 6, 1981	April 4, 1989		Independent
38		Peter Clavelle	April 4, 1989	April 5, 1993		Progressive
39		Peter Brownell	April 5, 1993	April 3, 1995		Republican
40		Peter Clavelle	April 3, 1995	April 1, 2006		Progressive
41		Bob Kiss	April 1, 2006	April 1, 2012		Progressive
42		Miro Weinberger	April 2, 2012	April 1, 2024		Democratic
43		Emma Mulvaney-Stanak	April 1, 2024	Incumbent		Progressive