| # | City Manager | Term | Notes |
|---|
| 1st | John J. Flannery | – |
| 2nd | Ulysses J. Lupien | – | former Massachusetts Director of Civil Service (–) |
| A | William Sullivan | |
| 3rd | Frank E.
Barrett | – |
| 4th | Cornelius Desmond | – | former State Representative (–) |
| 5th | P.Hocum hosford biography Stevens, President,. Read February 7, Read February 11, Francis, May 5, Harold Ready | – |
| 6th | Charles Gallagher | – |
| A | Leo Morris | |
| 7th | James Sullivan | – | former and future City Manager of Cambridge, Massachusetts (–, –) |
| A | Robert W. Healy | | future City Manager of Cambridge, Massachusetts (–) |
| 8th | Paul J.
Sheehy | – | former State Representative (–) |
| A | William Busby | |
| 9th | William S. Taupier | – | former Mayor of Holyoke (–) |
| A | Victor Normand | |
| 10th | B. Joseph Tully | – | former State Senator (–) |
| 11th | James Campbell | – |
| A | James Kennedy | | Assistant City Manager |
| 12th | Richard Johnson | – | former Mayor of Taunton (–) |
| 13th | Brian J.
Martin | – | former Mayor (–) |
| 14th | John F. Cox | – | former State Representative (–) |
| A | James Kennedy | | Assistant City Manager |
| 15th | Bernard F. Lynch | – | 1st Town Manager of Chelmsford (–)[38] |
| A | Michael Geary | | City Clerk (Dec.
present) & former City Councilor (–) |
| 16th | Kevin J. Murphy | – | former State Representative (–) |
| 17th | Eileen Donoghue | – | former Mayor (–) & State Senator (–) |
| A | Michael Geary | | City Clerk (Dec.
present) & former City Councilor (–) |
| 18th | Thomas Golden Jr. | –present | former State Representative (–) |