The following is a list of mayors of the city of Cranston, Rhode Island , United States.
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]
^ 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
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^ "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
Steven Frias (2010), History of the city of Cranston and the mayors who governed it , Cranston Historical Society