Joseph C. Casdin

Joseph C. Casdin (March 8, 1914 – March 17, 2007) was a three-term mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts, and the city's first Jewish mayor.

Casdin was born in Worcester to Simon and Ida (Ostroff) Cohen.

Casdin owned and operated the Jobbers Outlet, a clothing store founded by his father.

Casdin was a member of the Worcester city council for thirteen terms, from 1956 to 1982.

In accordance with the Worcester's weak mayor, Massachusetts Plan E city charter, the mayor was not popularly elected, but selected by the city council from among its members. Casdin served first in 1959, then from September 1, 1962, to April 30, 1963, and again in 1967 to 1968.

In 1968 Casdin ran for the fourth congressional district seat in the United States House of Representatives. Casdin lost the Democratic primary against Harold Donohue.

Casdin married Miriam (Whitman) Casdin of Worcester, they had three children, two daughters and a son.

Casdin died at the Jewish Healthcare Center in Worcester on March 17, 2007. Casdin was buried in the B'nai B'rith Cemetery in Worcester.