Earlier today I posted a list of the ten individuals who have served on the Lowell City Council for the longest since the start of Plan E government in 1943.  Here’s a list of all city councilors since 1943, sorted by length of service.  The list assumes councilors elected last week (their names are in italics) will serve their full terms and does not yet take into account partial two-year terms.  Here’s the complete list:

40 years: Richard Howe Sr.

24 years: Bud Caulfield

22 years: Sam Pollard

18 years: Armand LeMay

16 years: Bart Callery, John Janas, Brendan Fleming, Rita Mercier

14 years: Robert Kennedy, Rodney Elliott

12 years: Ellen Sampson, Bob Maguire, Eileen Donoghue, Armand Mercier, Bill Martin

10 years: Leo Roy, Vincent Hockmeyer, George Ayotte, Ray Lord, Ray Rourke

8 years: Bill Geary, Francis McMahon, Joe Downes, Edward Early, Leo Farley, Edward Kennedy, Brian Martin, Dick O’Malley, Tarsy Poulios, Jim Milinazzo

6 years: Joseph Sweeney, Woodbury Howard, Harold Hartwell, John Dukeshire, Sam Sampson, John Desmond, Brian Delaney, Gus Coutu, Kathy Kelley, Gerry Durkin, Curtis LeMay, Grady Mulligan, Rithy Uong, Kevin Broderick

4 years: J Russell Scott, Henry Beaudry, George Murphy, Roger Hoar, John Carney, Tom O’Donnell, George O’Meara, John Cox, Tom Crowley, Ray Gilbride, Paul Tsongas, Phil Shea, Charles Gallagher, Wayne Peters, George Anthes, Ray Lord Jr, Steve Gendron, Matt Donahue, Larry Martin, Peter Richards, Dan Tenczar 

2 years: Walter Clement, Maurice Condrey, Scoop Dionne, Jim Bruin, George Eliades, Henry Sullivan, Ed Ryan, Brad Morse, Nick Contakos, Pat Walsh, George Macheras, Bill Moriarty, Arthur Gendreau, Arthur Keenan, Albert Wood, John Mahoney, Gail Dunfey, John Slavin, Victor Forsley, Donald Scott, Tom Casey, Joe Fitzpatrick, Bernie Lemoine, Laurie Machado, Mike Geary, Dan Leahy, George Ramirez, Alan Kazanjian, Mike Lenzi, Franky Descoteaux, Patrick Murphy, Joe Mendonca.