List of mayors of Woburn, Massachusetts

This is a list of the past and present mayors of Woburn, Massachusetts.

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#	Mayor	Picture	Term	Party	Notes
1	Edward Francis Johnson[1]		January 7, 1889-January 1891	Republican & Citizens
2	George Fremont Bean[2][3]		January 1891-January 1892	Democratic[2] & Citizens	Bean was a member of the Democratic Party, however in the 1890 election, Bean won on the Citizens Party ticket against his opponent who had received both the Democratic & Republican nominations.[3]
3	Edward Everett Thompson[4]		January 1892[4]-January 1893	Republican[4]	Twice defeated his predecessor George Fremont Bean; in the elections of 1891, and 1892 (by a 37-vote majority).[3]
4[5]	Philip Kearney Adams Richardson[5]		1893[5]-1894	Republican[5]
5	Hugh D. Murray		1894-January 7, 1895[6]	Republican[7]
6	Montressor Tyler Allen[6]		January 7, 1895[6]-1897	Republican[6]
7	John P. Feeney[8]		1897[8]-1904	Democratic
8	Lawrence G. Reade		1905–1907	Democratic
9	William E. Blodgett[9]		1907[9]-1909	Republican[9]
10	Daniel Wilbur Bond[10]		1909-1910[10]	Democratic[10]	While a Democrat Bond won election to the office of mayor as the nominee of the Republican Party.[10]
11	Hugh D. Murray[7]		1910–1912	Republican[7]
12	William H. Henchey		1913–1914	Democratic[7]
13	Harold P. Johnson		1915–1916	Republican
14	Wilford D. Gray		1917–1918
15	Bernard J. Golden		1919–1922	Democratic
16	Stephen Sibley Bean		1923-January 5, 1925	Republican	Son of mayor George Fremont Bean, was elected Mayor of Woburn at the age of 29.
17	Thomas H. Duffy		January 5. 1925-1928	Democratic
18	Harold P. Johnson		1928-	Republican	Second time as mayor
	Herman P. Peterson		1930–1932	Republican	Last Mayor elect to a one-year term, two year mayoral terms began in 1931.[11]
	Alfred W. Peterson		1932	Republican
	William Edward Kane[11]		1938–1949	Democratic	Although a Democrat, Kane lost the 1941 and 1943 Democratic nominations, but won the Republican nominations, and was subsequently elected.
	Francis H. Murray, Jr.[11]		1950–1955	Democratic
	William G. Shaughnessy[12]		1956-1960[12]	Democratic	Served as a State Representative for the 29th Middlesex District, 1975–1979
	John “Jack” Gilgun		1960–1964	Democratic
	Edward F. Gill[13]		1964-1971[13]
	Edward P. Gilgun[11]		1972–1977	Democratic
	Thomas M. Higgins[14][15]		1978–1983
	John Rabbitt[11]		1984–1994
	Robert M. Dever[11][16]		1996[16]-2002[16]	Democratic
	John C. Curran[11][16]		2001-January 2, 2006	Democratic
	Thomas McLaughlin[11]		January 2, 2006 – January 4, 2010
	Scott D. Galvin[11][16]		January 4, 2010- January 2, 2024	Democratic