Appendix E – When Cotton Was King
City Managers (under Plan E Charter)
| City Manager | Time of Service |
| John J. Flannery | January 1, 1944 – December 1, 1952 |
| Ulysses J. Lupien | December 1, 1952 – November 10, 1953 |
| Frank Barrett | November 18, 1953 – December 31, 1961 |
| Cornelius Desmond, Jr. | January 1, 1962 – October 31, 1963 |
| P. Harold Ready | October 31, 1963 – November 30, 1966 |
| Charles A. Gallagher | November 30, 1966 – August 11, 1970 |
| James L. Sullivan | September 30, 1970 – April 30, 1974 |
| Paul J. Sheehy | May 3, 1974 – September 5, 1975 |
| William Taupier | October 24, 1975 – June 2, 1979 |
| B. Joseph Tully | June 25, 1979 – December 31, 1986 |
| James Campbell | January 7, 1987 – September 6, 1991 |
| Richard Johnson | November 26, 1991 – July 19, 1995 |
| Brian J. Martin | September 4, 1995 – June 2000 |
| John F. Cox | July 14, 2000 – July 31, 2006 |
| Bernard Lynch | July 31, 2006 – March 3, 2014 |
| Kevin Murphy | April 14, 2014- April 1, 2018 |
| Eileen Donoghue | April 11, 2018 – April 11, 2022 |
| Thomas Golden | April 2022 – present |