List of mayors of Chicopee, Massachusetts

The Mayor of Chicopee is the head of the municipal government in Chicopee, Massachusetts. There was no Mayor of Chicopee until 1890 because up to that point Chicopee was still incorporated as a town.


This is a list of Mayors of Chicopee, Massachusetts.

# Mayor Picture Term Party
1st George Sylvester Taylor January 5, 1891-1892 Republican
2nd William W. McClench 1892 Republican
3rd Henry H. Harris 1893
4th William M. E. Mellen 1894 Democratic
5th Andrew Gale 1895
6th Alexander Grant 1896 Republican
7th George D. Eldridge 1897-January 2, 1899
8th Denis Murphy January 2, 1899-January 7, 1901
9th James H. Loomis January 7, 1901 Republican
Albert E. Taylor
Frank A. Rivers
Edwin F. Leonard
Michael I. Shea 1926-1927
Henry Cloutier 1930-1932
Anthony J. Stonina 1932-1939
Leo P. Senecal 1939-1943
Edward O. Bourbeau
29th Richard H. Demers 1966-1970
Robert Kumor
Richard Lak
Joseph Chessey - 1997 (left office for state gov't job)
Richard J. Kos 1997-2004 (did not run for re-election)
Richard R. Goyette 2004-2006 (arrested a week before election day)[1]
Michael D. Bissonnette 2007 - 2014 (lost re-election for 3rd term)
Richard J. Kos 2014 - [current]

References

  1. Chicopee mayor arrested on extortion charge, The Massachusetts Daily Collegian, 3 November 2005