List of mayors of Cranston, Rhode Island
The following is a list of mayors of the city of Cranston, Rhode Island, United States.
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- Edward M. Sullivan, c.1911 [1]
- John Wesley Horton, c.1913-1920 [2][3]
- Arthur A. Rhodes, c.1923, 1927 [4][5]
- Frank C. Speck, 1925-1926
- Frederick A. Jones, c.1931 [1]
- Ernest L. Sprague, c.1939 [6]
- Hoyt W. Lark, 1945–1953
- George R. Beane, c.1953-1954 [1]
- John Turnbull, c.1955 [7]
- Earl A. Colvin, c.1959 [8]
- Francis R. Dailey, c.1961 [9]
- James Di Prete Jr., c.1965-1967 [1][10]
- James L. Taft Jr., c.1971–1979
- Edward D. DiPrete, 1978-1985 [1]
- Michael Traficante, c.1985-1999 [11]
- John O'Leary, c.1999-2002 [12][13]
- Steve Laffey, 2003-2007
- Michael Napolitano, 2007-2009
- Allan Fung, 2009-2021
- Kenneth Hopkins, 2021-present [12]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e Lawrence Kestenbaum (ed.), "Mayors and Postmasters of Cranston, Rhode Island", Political Graveyard, retrieved April 28, 2025
- ^ Thomas Williams Bicknell (1920), History of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, vol. 4, New York: American Historical Society – via HathiTrust
- ^ "City and town councils", Manual, with rules and orders, for the use of the General Assembly of the state of Rhode Island, 1921-1922, p. 316+ – via Internet Archive
- ^ "City and town councils", Manual, with rules and orders, for the use of the General Assembly of the state of Rhode Island, 1923-1924, p. 316+ – via HathiTrust
- ^ "City and town councils", Manual, with rules and orders, for the use of the General Assembly of the state of Rhode Island, 1927-1928, p. 334+ – via HathiTrust
- ^ "City and town councils", Manual, with rules and orders, for the use of the General Assembly of the state of Rhode Island, 1939-40, p. 149+ – via HathiTrust
- ^ "City and town councils", Manual, with rules and orders, for the use of the General Assembly of the state of Rhode Island, 1955-56, p. 357+ – via HathiTrust
- ^ "City and town councils", Manual, with rules and orders, for the use of the General Assembly of the state of Rhode Island, 1959-60, p. 371+ – via HathiTrust
- ^ "City and town councils", Manual, with rules and orders, for the use of the General Assembly of the state of Rhode Island, 1961-62, p. 376+ – via HathiTrust
- ^ "City and town councils", Manual, with rules and orders, for the use of the General Assembly of the state of Rhode Island, 1965-66, p. 402+ – via HathiTrust
- ^ "At 85, ex-Mayor Traf running as fast as ever", cranstononline.com, May 15, 2024, archived from the original on May 19, 2024 – via Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Previous Election Results", elections.ri.gov, State of Rhode Island Board of Elections, retrieved April 28, 2025
- ^ www.cranstonri.com, archived from the original on October 2, 2002 – via Wayback Machine
Further reading
- Steven Frias (2010), History of the city of Cranston and the mayors who governed it, Cranston Historical Society