Thomas Michael Menino was an American politician who served as the mayor of Boston, from 1993 to 2014. He was the city's longest-serving mayor. He was elected mayor in 1993 after first serving three months in the position of "acting mayor" following the resignation of his predecessor Raymond Flynn. Before serving as mayor, Menino was a member of the Boston City Council and had been elected president of the City Council in 1993.
Menino in his office, c. 1995–1998
Menino with Mayor Raymond Flynn during Menino's tenure as a City Councilor
Menino (far left) at a 1985 New England Patriots rally, alongside Governor Michael Dukakis, Mayor Raymond Flynn, and player Brian Holloway
Menino walking in the Roslindale neighborhood with Mayor Flynn and New York City Mayor Ed Koch in 1986
Mayoralty of Thomas Menino
Thomas Menino served as mayor of Boston, Massachusetts from 1993 through 2014. He is the longest serving mayor in the city's history. Menino first became acting mayor in July 1993, after Raymond Flynn resigned as mayor to assume the post of United States ambassador to the Holy See. Menino was elected mayor in the subsequent 1993 Boston mayoral election, and was reelected to additional terms in the four subsequent elections, making for an unprecedented and unsurpassed twenty year tenure. On March 28, 2013, Menino announced that he would not seek a sixth term.
Mayoralty of Thomas Menino
Menino with Senator Ted Kennedy and President Bill Clinton at Mike's City Diner in Boston on January 18, 2001
Outgoing mayor Flynn with Menino at Menino's swearing-in as acting mayor
Menino's fifth mayoral inauguration, held on January 4, 2010, at Faneuil Hall
