John J. Sullivan served as Fairfield's first selectman a record 12 terms, from 1959 to 1983.

John J. Sullivan served as Fairfield's first selectman a record 12 terms, from 1959 to 1983. Photo: Contributed Photo John J. Sullivan, an Irish-Catholic Democart, broke the decades-long Protestant-Yankee Republican hold on the town's top job with his election as first selectman in 1959.



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