Mayoral elections in Manchester, New Hampshire, in the 20th century

The city of Manchester, New Hampshire, held its first mayoral election in 1846. Throughout the 20th century, and still today, regularly scheduled elections are for two-year terms. This had been the case since the 1880 election. The city's mayoral elections are currently are nonpartisan, a change which was adopted before the 1997 election. While, prior to 1997, elections had long been partisan, there had been stretches previous to 1999 in which the city's mayoral elections had been nonpartisan, including the stretch of four elections held from 1953 through 1959. ==1902==

The 1902 Manchester, New Hampshire, mayoral election was held to elect the mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire. It saw the election of Democratic candidate Eugene Elliott Reed, who defeated Republican candidate Walter M. Fulton, Independent Citizens candidate Murdock A. Weathers and Socialist candidate John E. Mansfield. ==1904==

The 1904 Manchester, New Hampshire, mayoral election was held to elect the mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire. It saw the reelection of Eugene Elliott Reed, who defeated Charles J. Brygger and James E. Reed. ==1906==

The 1906 Manchester, New Hampshire, mayoral election was held to elect the mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire. It saw the reelection of Democratic incumbent Eugene Elliott Reed to a third consecutive term. Reed defeated Republican candidate Charles E. Cox and Socialist candidate Samuel F. Claflin. ==1908==

The 1908 Manchester, New Hampshire, mayoral election was held to elect the mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire. It saw the reelection of Democratic incumbent Eugene Elliott Reed to a fourth consecutive term. Reed defeated Republican candidate Lloyd T. Mead, Socialist candidate John C. Paine, and independent candidate George W. Rief. ==1910==

The 1910 Manchester, New Hampshire, mayoral election was held to elect the mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire. It saw the election of Edward Clarke Smith, who defeated James Sullivan. ==1912==

The 1912 Manchester, New Hampshire, mayoral election was held to elect the mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire. It saw the election of Democratic candidate Charles C. Hayes, who defeated Republican candidate Victor W. Roy, Progressive candidate Lloyd T. Mead, Socialist candidate William J. Ryan. ==1914==

The 1914 Manchester, New Hampshire, mayoral election was held on December 8, 1914, The election was considered one of the most hotly contested elections in years. In the coinciding Board of Aldermen election, the Republican Party won full control of the board, winning seven of the board's nine seats. ==1915==

The 1915 Manchester, New Hampshire, mayoral election was held on November 2, 1915, In the coinciding Board of Aldermen election, the Republican Party won ten of the thirteen seats on the board. Also, notably, the Republican incumbent was elected the city's overseer of the poor against a Democratic challenger in that office's coinciding election. ==1917==

The 1917 Manchester, New Hampshire, mayoral election was held on November 6, 1917, to elect the mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire. It saw the election of Democratic candidate Moise Verrette, who unseated Republican incumbent Harry W. Spaulding. ==1919==

The 1919 Manchester, New Hampshire, mayoral election was held to elect the mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire. It saw the reelection of Democratic incumbent Moise Verrette, who defeated Andrew B. Bunton. Democratic primary In the Democratic primary, held on October 23, 1921, incumbent mayor Moise Verrette won renomination over challenger Charles D. Ward by a large margin. More than 3,300 votes were cast in the primary. General election Democratic incumbent Moise Verrette defeated Andrew B. Bunton. ==1921==

The 1921 Manchester, New Hampshire, mayoral election was held on November 8, 1921, to elect the mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire. It saw the election of Republican nominee George E. Trudel, who defeated Democratic nominee John L. Barry by a roughly 4,000-vote margin. This was the first mayoral election in Manchester since the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which granted women suffrage across the entire United States. Consequently, it was first Manchester mayoral election in which women voted. Democratic primary The Democratic primary was held October 17, 1921. Republican primary George E. Trudel won the Republican primary, held on October 10, 1921. Trudel was a successful businessman and an incumbent member of the Executive Council of New Hampshire under Governor Albert O. Brown. Trudel had never before run for office. Among those he defeated in the primary was former mayor Edward Clarke Smith. General election Republican nominee George E. Trudel, defeated Democratic nominee John L. Barry by a roughly 4,000-vote margin. ==1923==

The 1923 Manchester, New Hampshire, mayoral election was held on November 1, 1923, to elect the mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire. It saw the reelection of Republican incumbent George E. Trudel, who defeated Democratic challenger John L. Barry. In the coinciding Board of Aldermen election, Republicans retained their control of the board. The Republicans also nearly swept the races for citywide offices, with the exception of charity commissioner (which saw a Democratic incumbent reelected). ==1925==

The 1925 Manchester, New Hampshire, mayoral election was held on November 3, 1925, to elect the mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire. It saw the election of Republican nominee Andrew E. Moreau, who defeated Democratic nominee Timothy F. Conner and independent candidate Adolph Wagner. In the coinciding Board of Aldermen election, Republicans retained their majority of the board, Republican caucus In the October 19 caucus for the Republican nomination, Andrew E. Moreau, a member of the New Hampshire Executive Council, won the party's nomination over city alderman Adolph Wagner. General election Republican nominee Andrew E. Moreau defeated Democratic nominee Timothy F. Conner and independent candidate Adolph Wagner (the latter of whom had, before becoming an independent candidate, unsuccessfully run for the Republican nomination). When it was a two-candidate campaign between Moreau and Conner, the general election had originally been seen as a likely victory for Moreau. However, upon the entrance of alderman Adolph Wagner as an independent candidate, the race began to be considered a tossup between Moreau and Conner. ==1927==

The 1927 Manchester, New Hampshire, mayoral election was held on November 8, 1927, to elect the mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire. It saw the reelection of Republican incumbent Andrew E. Moreau, who defeated state senator William G. McCarthy, the Democratic nominee. ==1929==

The 1929 Manchester, New Hampshire, mayoral election was held on November 5, 1929, to elect the mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire. It saw the reelection of Republican incumbent Andrew E. Moreau to a third consecutive term. Moreau defeated Democratic nominee C. J. Belanger. In the city's coinciding Board of Aldermen election, the Republicans won nine of the board's thirteen seats, the same exact majority they had held before the election. ==1931==

The 1931 Manchester, New Hampshire, mayoral election was held on November 3, 1931, to elect the mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire. It saw the election of Democratic nominee Damase Caron, who unseated Republican incumbent Arthur E. Moreau by a roughly 1,500-vote margin of victory. Caron's victory was viewed as a landslide victory. This included Democrats gaining the majority of the city's Board of Aldermen. ==1933==

The 1933 Manchester, New Hampshire, mayoral election was held on November 7, 1933, to elect the mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire. It saw the reelection of Democratic incumbent Damase Caron, who defeated Republican nominee John Jacobson Jr. by a margin of 2,924 votes. On the eve of the election, the Portsmouth Herald described the campaign as having been "lively", and wrote that the result was expected to be very close. In the coinciding municipal elections, the Democratic Party won a majority of eleven of the thirteen seats on the city's Board of Aldermen (with Republicans winning the remaining two), and the Democratic incumbent commissioner of charities won reelection over their Republican opponent by a landslide 7,055 vote margin. ==1935==

The 1935 Manchester, New Hampshire, mayoral election was held on November 5, 1935, to elect the mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire. It saw the reelection of Democratic incumbent Damase Caron to a third consecutive term. Caron defeated former postmaster Joseph H. Geisel, the Republican nominee, by a margin of roughly 3,300 votes. This was considered a landslide victory. At the time, this margin of victory was the greatest any Democrat had ever won in a Manchester mayoral election. In the coinciding municipal elections, the Democratic Party won a majority of ten of the thirteen seats on the city's Board of Aldermen. ==1937==

The 1937 Manchester, New Hampshire, mayoral election was held on November 3, 1937, to elect the mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire. It saw the reelection of Democratic incumbent Damase Caron to a fourth consecutive term. Caron defeated Republican nominee Gerard A. Hamel. ==1939==