List of mayors of Saratoga Springs, New York

This is a list of Mayors of the city of Saratoga Springs, New York. Mayors have been sworn in on the first day of the year of even-numbered years. Saratoga Springs was incorporated as a city in 1915.

Mayors

NameStartEndPartyNotes
Walter P. Butler1916Walter P. Butler was the first Mayor of Saratoga Springs, New York.
Harry E. Pettee19181919non-partisanPettee was also president of General Carbonic Gas Company. He disappeared in 1923 with $300,000 (approximately $4,235,000 today) from his company.[1][2]
James D. McNulty19201923non-partisan
Clarence H. Knapp19241927DemocraticOne term. Humorist,contributor to The New Yorker
William D. Eddy19281931DemocraticTwo terms
Henry J. Schrade Jr.19321935RepublicanFamily of Florists business
Addison Mallery19361959non-partisanEight terms
James E. Benton19601963non-partisan
Arthur J. Kearney19641965?
James A. Murphy, Jr.19661969non-partisanTwo terms; attorney; son-in-law of U.S. Congressman Carleton J. King; father of Saratoga County District Attorney James A. Murphy III
Sarto J. Smaldone19701973?Owned Malta Drive-In
Raymond Watkin19741979DemocraticThree terms; namesake of Raymond Watkin Apartments
Ellsworth J. Jones19801989RepublicanHe served for five terms. He was born on January 6, 1918 in Corinth, New York. He died on December 31, 2006.
Almeda C. Dake19901995RepublicanFamily of founders of Stewart's Shops, which is headquartered in Saratoga Springs
J. Michael O'Connell19961999RepublicanTwo terms
Kenneth Klotz20002003DemocraticTwo terms
Michael A. Lenz20042005RepublicanOne term
Valerie Keehn20062007DemocraticOne term
Scott T. Johnson20082013RepublicanThree terms
Joanne Yepsen20142017Democratic
Meg Kelly2018presentDemocraticMeg Kelly is the current Mayor of Saratoga Springs, New York.

References

  1. ↑ "Vanishes, Leaving $300,000 Shortage. H. E. Pettee, Ex-mayor Of Saratoga, Wrote Confession Of His Wrongdoing". New York Times. May 19, 1923.
  2. ↑ "No Clue To Pettee. Loss To Be Made Up. His Securities Partly To Cover $300,000 Shortage Left When He Vanished". New York Times. May 20, 1923.
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