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class="infobox-label">Houses</th><td class="infobox-data">Boston Board of Aldermen<br />Boston Common Council</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">May 1, 1822</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Disbanded</th><td class="infobox-data">1909</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Boston_Board_of_Selectmen" title="Boston Board of Selectmen">Boston Board of Selectmen</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Succeeded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Boston_City_Council" title="Boston City Council">Boston City Council</a> (unicameral)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seats</th><td class="infobox-data">Changed over time</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Constitution</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Boston_City_Charter" title="Boston City Charter">Boston City Charter</a> (1822)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>From 1822 until 1909, Boston's legislative body was <a href="/wiki/Bicameral" class="mw-redirect" title="Bicameral">bicameral</a>, with a Board of Aldermen that was elected <a href="/wiki/At-large" title="At-large">at-large</a> and a much larger Common Council that was elected from <a href="/wiki/Multi-member_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Multi-member district">multi-member</a> electoral districts (<a href="/wiki/Wards_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Wards of the United States">wards</a>). This city legislature was replaced in 1909 with the <a href="/wiki/Unicameral" class="mw-redirect" title="Unicameral">unicameral</a> body that is <a href="/wiki/Boston_City_Council" title="Boston City Council">the modern Boston City Council</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_City_Council_(1822%E2%80%931909)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prior to 1822, <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> was governed by the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Board_of_Selectmen" title="Boston Board of Selectmen">Boston Board of Selectmen</a>. Boston voted in 1822 to <a href="/wiki/Municipal_incorporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipal incorporation">incorporate</a> as a city and adopted the <a href="/wiki/Boston_City_Charter" title="Boston City Charter">Boston City Charter</a>. On May 1, 1822, the Boston Board of Selectmen ceremonially handed over the city to the new government consisting of the newly-established City Council and the newly-established <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Boston" title="Mayor of Boston">mayoralty</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Under this original Boston City Charter, between 1822 and 1909, the city's legislative body was <a href="/wiki/Bicameral" class="mw-redirect" title="Bicameral">bicameral</a>. This legislature, known as the Boston City Council, consisted of a Board of Aldermen that was elected <a href="/wiki/At-large" title="At-large">at-large</a> and a much larger Common Council with members that was elected from <a href="/wiki/Multi-member_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Multi-member district">multi-member</a> <a href="/wiki/Wards_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Wards of the United States">wards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-archives1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-archives1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Boston_Irish_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Boston_Irish-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BPL1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BPL1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This Boston City Council existed along with a mayoralty that was established by the charter.<sup id="cite_ref-archives1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-archives1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the Boston City Charter was rewritten in 1909, the Boston City Council was recreated as a nine-member <a href="/wiki/Unicameral" class="mw-redirect" title="Unicameral">unicameral</a> body.<sup id="cite_ref-Boston_Irish_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Boston_Irish-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Common_Council">Common Council</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_City_Council_(1822%E2%80%931909)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Common Council"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Presidents_of_the_Boston_Common_Council">Presidents of the Boston Common Council</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_City_Council_(1822%E2%80%931909)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Presidents of the Boston Common Council"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Common Council was led by a president. The following table chronologically lists the tenures of individuals in this position: </p> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Presidents of the Boston Common Council (1822–1909)<sup id="cite_ref-Catalogue1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Catalogue1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Name </th> <th>Tenure </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Prescott_Jr." title="William Prescott Jr.">William Prescott Jr.</a></td> <td>1822 </td></tr> <tr> <td>John Welles</td> <td>1823 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Francis Johonnot Oliver</td> <td>1824–1825 </td></tr> <tr> <td>John Richardson Adan</td> <td>1826–1828 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Elliphalet Williams</td> <td>1829 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_T._Pickman" title="Benjamin T. Pickman">Benjamin T. Pickman</a></td> <td>1830–1831 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_P._Bigelow" title="John P. Bigelow">John P. Bigelow</a></td> <td>1832 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Josiah_Quincy_Jr." title="Josiah Quincy Jr.">Josiah Quincy Jr.</a></td> <td>1834–1836 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Philip_Marett&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Philip Marett (page does not exist)">Philip Marett</a></td> <td>1837–1840 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Edward Blake</td> <td>1841–1843 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Peleg_Chandler" title="Peleg Chandler">Peleg Chandler</a></td> <td>1844–1845 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Stillman_Hillard" title="George Stillman Hillard">George Stillman Hillard</a></td> <td>1846–1847 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Seaver" title="Benjamin Seaver">Benjamin Seaver</a></td> <td>1847–1849 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Francis Brinley</td> <td>1850–1851 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Gardner" title="Henry Gardner">Henry Gardner</a></td> <td>1852–1853 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alexander_H._Rice" title="Alexander H. Rice">Alexander H. Rice</a></td> <td>1854 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Joseph Story</td> <td>1855 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Stevens" title="Oliver Stevens">Oliver Stevens</a></td> <td>1856–1857 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Samuel Wallace Waldron</td> <td>1858 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Josiah Putnam Bradlee</td> <td>1859–1860 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Joseph Hildreth Bradley</td> <td>1861 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Joshua Dorsey Ball</td> <td>1862 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Silsbee_Hale&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="George Silsbee Hale (page does not exist)">George Silsbee Hale</a></td> <td>1863–1864 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Bentley_Fowle_Jr.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William Bentley Fowle Jr. (page does not exist)">William Bentley Fowle Jr.</a></td> <td>1865 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Joseph Story</td> <td>1866 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Weston Lewis</td> <td>1867 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Hastings_Allen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles Hastings Allen (page does not exist)">Charles Hastings Allen</a></td> <td>1868 </td></tr> <tr> <td>William Giles Harris</td> <td>1869 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Melville_E._Ingalls" title="Melville E. Ingalls">Melville E. Ingalls</a></td> <td>1870 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Matthias Rich</td> <td>1871 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Marquis Fayette Dickinson Jr.</td> <td>1872 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Edward Olcott Shepard</td> <td>1873–1874 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Halsey_J._Boardman" title="Halsey J. Boardman">Halsey J. Boardman</a></td> <td>1875 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Q._A._Brackett" title="John Q. A. Brackett">John Q. A. Brackett</a></td> <td>1876 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Benjamin Pope</td> <td>1877–1878 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Whitmore" title="William Henry Whitmore">William Henry Whitmore</a></td> <td>1879 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Harvey Newton Shepard</td> <td>1880 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andrew_Jackson_Bailey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Andrew Jackson Bailey (page does not exist)">Andrew Jackson Bailey</a></td> <td>1881 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Charles Edward Pratt</td> <td>1881–1882 </td></tr> <tr> <td>James Joseph Flynn</td> <td>1883 </td></tr> <tr> <td>John Henry Lee</td> <td>1884 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edward_John_Jenkins&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Edward John Jenkins (page does not exist)">Edward John Jenkins</a></td> <td>1885–1886 </td></tr> <tr> <td>David Franklin Barry</td> <td>1886–1888 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Horace_G._Allen" title="Horace G. Allen">Horace G. Allen</a></td> <td>1889–1890 </td></tr> <tr> <td>David Frankin Barry</td> <td>1891 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Christopher Francis O'Brien</td> <td>1894–1895 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_A._Conry" title="Joseph A. Conry">Joseph A. Conry</a></td> <td>1896–1897 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Timothy Lawrence Connolly</td> <td>1898 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Daniel Joseph Kiley</td> <td>1899–1901 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Arthur Walter Dolan</td> <td>1902–1905 </td></tr> <tr> <td>William John Barrett</td> <td>1906–1907 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_F._McCullough&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leo F. McCullough (page does not exist)">Leo F. McCullough</a></td> <td>1908 </td></tr> <tr> <td>George C. McCabe</td> <td>1909<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible"> <tbody><tr> <td><strong> Gallery of Presidents of the Boston Common Council (partial) </strong> </td></tr> <tr> <td><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hon._William_Prescott,_painted_by_Gilbert_Stuart_(3x4a).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="William Prescott Jr. (1822)"><img alt="William Prescott Jr. (1822)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Hon._William_Prescott%2C_painted_by_Gilbert_Stuart_%283x4a%29.jpg/90px-Hon._William_Prescott%2C_painted_by_Gilbert_Stuart_%283x4a%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Hon._William_Prescott%2C_painted_by_Gilbert_Stuart_%283x4a%29.jpg/135px-Hon._William_Prescott%2C_painted_by_Gilbert_Stuart_%283x4a%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Hon._William_Prescott%2C_painted_by_Gilbert_Stuart_%283x4a%29.jpg/180px-Hon._William_Prescott%2C_painted_by_Gilbert_Stuart_%283x4a%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="416" data-file-height="555" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/William_Prescott_Jr." title="William Prescott Jr.">William Prescott Jr.</a><br />(1822)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_P._Bigelow_5210004_015_012_(3x4).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="John P. Bigelow (1832)"><img alt="John P. Bigelow (1832)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/John_P._Bigelow_5210004_015_012_%283x4%29.jpg/90px-John_P._Bigelow_5210004_015_012_%283x4%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/John_P._Bigelow_5210004_015_012_%283x4%29.jpg/135px-John_P._Bigelow_5210004_015_012_%283x4%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/John_P._Bigelow_5210004_015_012_%283x4%29.jpg/180px-John_P._Bigelow_5210004_015_012_%283x4%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4384" data-file-height="5845" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/John_P._Bigelow" title="John P. Bigelow">John P. Bigelow</a><br />(1832)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Josiah_Quincy_5210004_015_011_(3x4).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Josiah Quincy Jr. (1834–1836)"><img alt="Josiah Quincy Jr. (1834–1836)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Josiah_Quincy_5210004_015_011_%283x4%29.jpg/90px-Josiah_Quincy_5210004_015_011_%283x4%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Josiah_Quincy_5210004_015_011_%283x4%29.jpg/135px-Josiah_Quincy_5210004_015_011_%283x4%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Josiah_Quincy_5210004_015_011_%283x4%29.jpg/180px-Josiah_Quincy_5210004_015_011_%283x4%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4370" data-file-height="5827" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Josiah_Quincy_Jr." title="Josiah Quincy Jr.">Josiah Quincy Jr.</a><br />(1834–1836)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Philip_Marett_-_A._H._Ritchie_(briefmemorialofp00bald_-_cropped)_(3x4a).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Philip Marett (1837–1840)"><img alt="Philip Marett (1837–1840)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Philip_Marett_-_A._H._Ritchie_%28briefmemorialofp00bald_-_cropped%29_%283x4a%29.jpg/90px-Philip_Marett_-_A._H._Ritchie_%28briefmemorialofp00bald_-_cropped%29_%283x4a%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Philip_Marett_-_A._H._Ritchie_%28briefmemorialofp00bald_-_cropped%29_%283x4a%29.jpg/135px-Philip_Marett_-_A._H._Ritchie_%28briefmemorialofp00bald_-_cropped%29_%283x4a%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Philip_Marett_-_A._H._Ritchie_%28briefmemorialofp00bald_-_cropped%29_%283x4a%29.jpg/180px-Philip_Marett_-_A._H._Ritchie_%28briefmemorialofp00bald_-_cropped%29_%283x4a%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1576" data-file-height="2101" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Philip_Marett&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Philip Marett (page does not exist)">Philip Marett</a><br />(1837–1840)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Peleg_Whitman_Chandler.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Peleg Chandler (1844–1845)"><img alt="Peleg Chandler (1844–1845)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Peleg_Whitman_Chandler.png/85px-Peleg_Whitman_Chandler.png" decoding="async" width="85" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Peleg_Whitman_Chandler.png/128px-Peleg_Whitman_Chandler.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Peleg_Whitman_Chandler.png/170px-Peleg_Whitman_Chandler.png 2x" data-file-width="313" data-file-height="441" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Peleg_Chandler" title="Peleg Chandler">Peleg Chandler</a><br />(1844–1845)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hon._George_S._Hillard_(NYPL_Hades-256315-431560)_(cropped_3x4).tiff" class="mw-file-description" title="George Stillman Hillard (1846–1847)"><img alt="George Stillman Hillard (1846–1847)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Hon._George_S._Hillard_%28NYPL_Hades-256315-431560%29_%28cropped_3x4%29.tiff/lossy-page1-90px-Hon._George_S._Hillard_%28NYPL_Hades-256315-431560%29_%28cropped_3x4%29.tiff.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Hon._George_S._Hillard_%28NYPL_Hades-256315-431560%29_%28cropped_3x4%29.tiff/lossy-page1-135px-Hon._George_S._Hillard_%28NYPL_Hades-256315-431560%29_%28cropped_3x4%29.tiff.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Hon._George_S._Hillard_%28NYPL_Hades-256315-431560%29_%28cropped_3x4%29.tiff/lossy-page1-180px-Hon._George_S._Hillard_%28NYPL_Hades-256315-431560%29_%28cropped_3x4%29.tiff.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1751" data-file-height="2334" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <a href="/wiki/George_Stillman_Hillard" title="George Stillman Hillard">George Stillman Hillard</a><br />(1846–1847)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Benjamin_Seaver_5210004_015_013_(3x4).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Benjamin Seaver (1847–1849)"><img alt="Benjamin Seaver (1847–1849)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Benjamin_Seaver_5210004_015_013_%283x4%29.jpg/90px-Benjamin_Seaver_5210004_015_013_%283x4%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Benjamin_Seaver_5210004_015_013_%283x4%29.jpg/135px-Benjamin_Seaver_5210004_015_013_%283x4%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Benjamin_Seaver_5210004_015_013_%283x4%29.jpg/180px-Benjamin_Seaver_5210004_015_013_%283x4%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4436" data-file-height="5915" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Seaver" title="Benjamin Seaver">Benjamin Seaver</a><br />(1847–1849)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:GovHenryJGardner.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Henry Gardner (1852–1853)"><img alt="Henry Gardner (1852–1853)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/GovHenryJGardner.jpg/90px-GovHenryJGardner.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/GovHenryJGardner.jpg/135px-GovHenryJGardner.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/GovHenryJGardner.jpg 2x" data-file-width="150" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Gardner" title="Henry Gardner">Henry Gardner</a><br />(1852–1853)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Alexander_H._Rice_5210004_015_015_(3x4a).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Alexander H. 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Ingalls (1870)"><img alt="Melville E. Ingalls (1870)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/1868_Melville_Ezra_Ingalls_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives.png/90px-1868_Melville_Ezra_Ingalls_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/1868_Melville_Ezra_Ingalls_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives.png/135px-1868_Melville_Ezra_Ingalls_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/1868_Melville_Ezra_Ingalls_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives.png/180px-1868_Melville_Ezra_Ingalls_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives.png 2x" data-file-width="694" data-file-height="856" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Melville_E._Ingalls" title="Melville E. Ingalls">Melville E. Ingalls</a><br />(1870)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Marquis_Fayette_Dickinson_Jr._(1840%E2%80%931915).png" class="mw-file-description" title="Marquis Fayette Dickinson Jr. (1872)"><img alt="Marquis Fayette Dickinson Jr. (1872)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Marquis_Fayette_Dickinson_Jr._%281840%E2%80%931915%29.png/90px-Marquis_Fayette_Dickinson_Jr._%281840%E2%80%931915%29.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Marquis_Fayette_Dickinson_Jr._%281840%E2%80%931915%29.png/135px-Marquis_Fayette_Dickinson_Jr._%281840%E2%80%931915%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Marquis_Fayette_Dickinson_Jr._%281840%E2%80%931915%29.png/180px-Marquis_Fayette_Dickinson_Jr._%281840%E2%80%931915%29.png 2x" data-file-width="478" data-file-height="603" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Marquis Fayette Dickinson Jr.<br />(1872)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Halsey_J._Boardman_(a).png" class="mw-file-description" title="Halsey J. Boardman (1875)"><img alt="Halsey J. Boardman (1875)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Halsey_J._Boardman_%28a%29.png/90px-Halsey_J._Boardman_%28a%29.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Halsey_J._Boardman_%28a%29.png/135px-Halsey_J._Boardman_%28a%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Halsey_J._Boardman_%28a%29.png/180px-Halsey_J._Boardman_%28a%29.png 2x" data-file-width="227" data-file-height="303" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Halsey_J._Boardman" title="Halsey J. Boardman">Halsey J. Boardman</a><br />(1875)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Quincy_Adams_Brackett_(3x4).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="John Q. A. Brackett (1876)"><img alt="John Q. A. Brackett (1876)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/John_Quincy_Adams_Brackett_%283x4%29.jpg/90px-John_Quincy_Adams_Brackett_%283x4%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/John_Quincy_Adams_Brackett_%283x4%29.jpg/135px-John_Quincy_Adams_Brackett_%283x4%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/John_Quincy_Adams_Brackett_%283x4%29.jpg/180px-John_Quincy_Adams_Brackett_%283x4%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="279" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/John_Q._A._Brackett" title="John Q. A. Brackett">John Q. A. Brackett</a><br />(1876)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Henry_Whitmore_(1836%E2%80%931900).png" class="mw-file-description" title="William Henry Whitmore (1879)"><img alt="William Henry Whitmore (1879)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/William_Henry_Whitmore_%281836%E2%80%931900%29.png/84px-William_Henry_Whitmore_%281836%E2%80%931900%29.png" decoding="async" width="84" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/William_Henry_Whitmore_%281836%E2%80%931900%29.png/127px-William_Henry_Whitmore_%281836%E2%80%931900%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/William_Henry_Whitmore_%281836%E2%80%931900%29.png/169px-William_Henry_Whitmore_%281836%E2%80%931900%29.png 2x" data-file-width="594" data-file-height="844" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Whitmore" title="William Henry Whitmore">William Henry Whitmore</a><br />(1879)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Harvey-newton-shepard---harvard-class-of-1871-portrait-at-graduation-and-in-later-life-1896_5477707048_o_(3x4_a).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Harvey Newton Shepard (1880)"><img alt="Harvey Newton Shepard (1880)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Harvey-newton-shepard---harvard-class-of-1871-portrait-at-graduation-and-in-later-life-1896_5477707048_o_%283x4_a%29.jpg/90px-Harvey-newton-shepard---harvard-class-of-1871-portrait-at-graduation-and-in-later-life-1896_5477707048_o_%283x4_a%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Harvey-newton-shepard---harvard-class-of-1871-portrait-at-graduation-and-in-later-life-1896_5477707048_o_%283x4_a%29.jpg/135px-Harvey-newton-shepard---harvard-class-of-1871-portrait-at-graduation-and-in-later-life-1896_5477707048_o_%283x4_a%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Harvey-newton-shepard---harvard-class-of-1871-portrait-at-graduation-and-in-later-life-1896_5477707048_o_%283x4_a%29.jpg/180px-Harvey-newton-shepard---harvard-class-of-1871-portrait-at-graduation-and-in-later-life-1896_5477707048_o_%283x4_a%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="267" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Harvey Newton Shepard<br />(1880)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1874_Andrew_Jackson_Bailey_senator_Massachusetts.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Andrew Jackson Bailey (1881)"><img alt="Andrew Jackson Bailey (1881)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/1874_Andrew_Jackson_Bailey_senator_Massachusetts.png/76px-1874_Andrew_Jackson_Bailey_senator_Massachusetts.png" decoding="async" width="76" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/1874_Andrew_Jackson_Bailey_senator_Massachusetts.png/114px-1874_Andrew_Jackson_Bailey_senator_Massachusetts.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/1874_Andrew_Jackson_Bailey_senator_Massachusetts.png/152px-1874_Andrew_Jackson_Bailey_senator_Massachusetts.png 2x" data-file-width="245" data-file-height="387" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Andrew_Jackson_Bailey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Andrew Jackson Bailey (page does not exist)">Andrew Jackson Bailey</a><br />(1881)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1888_Edward_John_Jenkins_senator_Massachusetts.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Edward John Jenkins (1885–1886)"><img alt="Edward John Jenkins (1885–1886)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/1888_Edward_John_Jenkins_senator_Massachusetts.png/90px-1888_Edward_John_Jenkins_senator_Massachusetts.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/1888_Edward_John_Jenkins_senator_Massachusetts.png/135px-1888_Edward_John_Jenkins_senator_Massachusetts.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/1888_Edward_John_Jenkins_senator_Massachusetts.png/180px-1888_Edward_John_Jenkins_senator_Massachusetts.png 2x" data-file-width="2388" data-file-height="3155" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edward_John_Jenkins&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Edward John Jenkins (page does not exist)">Edward John Jenkins</a><br />(1885–1886)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Joseph_A._Conry_(3x4a).png" class="mw-file-description" title="Joseph A. Conry (1896–1897)"><img alt="Joseph A. Conry (1896–1897)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Joseph_A._Conry_%283x4a%29.png/90px-Joseph_A._Conry_%283x4a%29.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Joseph_A._Conry_%283x4a%29.png/135px-Joseph_A._Conry_%283x4a%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Joseph_A._Conry_%283x4a%29.png/180px-Joseph_A._Conry_%283x4a%29.png 2x" data-file-width="318" data-file-height="424" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_A._Conry" title="Joseph A. Conry">Joseph A. Conry</a><br />(1896–1897)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Horace_G._Allen_illustration_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Horace G. Allen (1889–1890)"><img alt="Horace G. Allen (1889–1890)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Horace_G._Allen_illustration_%281%29.jpg/90px-Horace_G._Allen_illustration_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Horace_G._Allen_illustration_%281%29.jpg/135px-Horace_G._Allen_illustration_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Horace_G._Allen_illustration_%281%29.jpg/180px-Horace_G._Allen_illustration_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5716" data-file-height="7622" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Horace_G._Allen" title="Horace G. Allen">Horace G. Allen</a><br />(1889–1890)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1913_Leo_McCullough_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Leo F. McCullough (1908)"><img alt="Leo F. McCullough (1908)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/1913_Leo_McCullough_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives.png/88px-1913_Leo_McCullough_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives.png" decoding="async" width="88" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/1913_Leo_McCullough_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives.png/132px-1913_Leo_McCullough_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/1913_Leo_McCullough_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives.png/176px-1913_Leo_McCullough_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives.png 2x" data-file-width="206" data-file-height="281" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leo_F._McCullough&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leo F. McCullough (page does not exist)">Leo F. McCullough</a><br />(1908)</div> </li> </ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Board_of_Aldermen">Board of Aldermen</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_City_Council_(1822%E2%80%931909)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Board of Aldermen"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chairmen_of_the_Boston_Board_of_Aldermen">Chairmen of the Boston Board of Aldermen</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boston_City_Council_(1822%E2%80%931909)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Chairmen of the Boston Board of Aldermen"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-notice" role="presentation" style="width: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/20px-Information_icon4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/30px-Information_icon4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/40px-Information_icon4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620" /></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text" style="width: auto;"><div class="mbox-text-span">This list is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Lists#Incomplete_lists" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists">incomplete</a>; you can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Boston_City_Council_(1822%E2%80%931909)&action=edit">adding missing items</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">April 2023</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Board of Aldermen was led by a chairman. The following table chronologically lists the tenures of individuals in this role: </p> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Chairmen of the Boston Board of Aldermen<sup id="cite_ref-Catalogue1_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Catalogue1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Name </th> <th>Tenure </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Benson_Leavitt" title="Benson Leavitt">Benson Leavitt</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Washburn_(architect)" title="William Washburn (architect)">William Washburn</a></td> <td>1855 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Phelham_Bonney&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Phelham Bonney (page does not exist)">Phelham Bonney</a></td> <td>1856–1857 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Wrightman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joseph Wrightman (page does not exist)">Joseph Wrightman</a></td> <td>1858 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Silas_Peirce" title="Silas Peirce">Silas Peirce</a></td> <td>1859 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Otis_Clapp" title="Otis Clapp">Otis Clapp</a></td> <td>1860 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Silas_Peirce" title="Silas Peirce">Silas Peirce</a></td> <td>1861 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Thomas Philiips Rich</td> <td>1862 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Coffin_Amory" title="Thomas Coffin Amory">Thomas Coffin Amory</a></td> <td>1863 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Otis_Norcross" title="Otis Norcross">Otis Norcross</a></td> <td>1864 </td></tr> <tr> <td>George Washington Messinger</td> <td>1865–1866 (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Wesley_Slack&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles Wesley Slack (page does not exist)">Charles Wesley Slack</a></td> <td>1867 </td></tr> <tr> <td>George Washington Messinger</td> <td>1868 (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Benjamin James</td> <td>1869 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Newton_Talbot" title="Newton Talbot">Newton Talbot</a></td> <td>1870 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Charles Edward Jenkins</td> <td>1871 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_Little_(Railway_president)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Samuel Little (Railway president) (page does not exist)">Samuel Little</a></td> <td>1872 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Leonard_R._Cutter" title="Leonard R. Cutter">Leonard R. Cutter</a></td> <td>1873 </td></tr> <tr> <td>John Taylor Clark</td> <td>1874–1877 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Solomon_B._Stebbins" title="Solomon B. Stebbins">Solomon B. Stebbins</a></td> <td>1878 (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hugh_O%27Brien" title="Hugh O'Brien">Hugh O'Brien</a></td> <td>1879–1881 (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Solomon_B._Stebbins" title="Solomon B. Stebbins">Solomon B. Stebbins</a></td> <td>1882 (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hugh_O%27Brien" title="Hugh O'Brien">Hugh O'Brien</a></td> <td>1883 (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Charles Varney Whitten</td> <td>1884–1885 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Hastings_Allen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles Hastings Allen (page does not exist)">Charles Hastings Allen</a></td> <td>1886 (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Patrick John Donovan</td> <td>1887 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Hastings_Allen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles Hastings Allen (page does not exist)">Charles Hastings Allen</a></td> <td>1888 (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Homer_Rogers" title="Homer Rogers">Homer Rogers</a></td> <td>1889 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Power_Wilson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William Power Wilson (page does not exist)">William Power Wilson</a></td> <td>1890 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Herbert Shaw Carruth</td> <td>1891 </td></tr> <tr> <td>John Henry Lee</td> <td>1892–1893 (1) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alpheus_Sanford&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alpheus Sanford (page does not exist)">Alpheus Sanford</a></td> <td>1894–1895 </td></tr> <tr> <td>John Henry Lee</td> <td>1896 (2) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Perlie Appleton Dyar</td> <td>1897–1898 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_A._Conry" title="Joseph A. Conry">Joseph A. Conry</a></td> <td>1898 </td></tr> <tr> <td>David Franklin Barry</td> <td>1899 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Michael Joseph O'Brien</td> <td>1900 </td></tr> <tr> <td>James Henry Doyle</td> <td>1901–1904 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Daniel_A._Whelton" title="Daniel A. Whelton">Daniel A. Whelton</a></td> <td>1905 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Charles Martin Draper</td> <td>1906 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Edward L. Cauley</td> <td>1906 </td></tr> <tr> <td>William Berwin</td> <td>1907 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Louis M. Clark</td> <td>1908 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Michael_Curley" title="James Michael Curley">James Michael Curley</a> <span style="font-size:85%;"><i>(acting chairman)</i></span></td> <td>1909<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Frederick J. Brand</td> <td>1909<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table role="presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible"> <tbody><tr> <td><strong> Gallery of Chairmen of the Boston Board of Aldermen (partial) </strong> </td></tr> <tr> <td><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Silas_Peirce.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Silas Peirce (1859, 1861)"><img alt="Silas Peirce (1859, 1861)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Silas_Peirce.png/89px-Silas_Peirce.png" decoding="async" width="89" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Silas_Peirce.png/134px-Silas_Peirce.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Silas_Peirce.png/179px-Silas_Peirce.png 2x" data-file-width="392" data-file-height="525" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Silas_Peirce" title="Silas Peirce">Silas Peirce</a><br />(1859, 1861)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Otis_Clapp_Bea9bfc5445bcce53cb40c7cc0a10870_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Otis Clapp (1860)"><img alt="Otis Clapp (1860)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Otis_Clapp_Bea9bfc5445bcce53cb40c7cc0a10870_%281%29.jpg/90px-Otis_Clapp_Bea9bfc5445bcce53cb40c7cc0a10870_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Otis_Clapp_Bea9bfc5445bcce53cb40c7cc0a10870_%281%29.jpg/135px-Otis_Clapp_Bea9bfc5445bcce53cb40c7cc0a10870_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Otis_Clapp_Bea9bfc5445bcce53cb40c7cc0a10870_%281%29.jpg/180px-Otis_Clapp_Bea9bfc5445bcce53cb40c7cc0a10870_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1279" data-file-height="1705" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Otis_Clapp" title="Otis Clapp">Otis Clapp</a><br />(1860)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Otis_Norcross_5210004_015_018_(3x4a).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Otis Norcross (1864)"><img alt="Otis Norcross (1864)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Otis_Norcross_5210004_015_018_%283x4a%29.jpg/90px-Otis_Norcross_5210004_015_018_%283x4a%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Otis_Norcross_5210004_015_018_%283x4a%29.jpg/135px-Otis_Norcross_5210004_015_018_%283x4a%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Otis_Norcross_5210004_015_018_%283x4a%29.jpg/180px-Otis_Norcross_5210004_015_018_%283x4a%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3475" data-file-height="4632" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Otis_Norcross" title="Otis Norcross">Otis Norcross</a><br />(1864)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Newton_Talbot_1815_1904_Boston_(1).png" class="mw-file-description" title="Newton Talbot (1870)"><img alt="Newton Talbot (1870)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Newton_Talbot_1815_1904_Boston_%281%29.png/90px-Newton_Talbot_1815_1904_Boston_%281%29.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Newton_Talbot_1815_1904_Boston_%281%29.png/135px-Newton_Talbot_1815_1904_Boston_%281%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Newton_Talbot_1815_1904_Boston_%281%29.png/180px-Newton_Talbot_1815_1904_Boston_%281%29.png 2x" data-file-width="307" data-file-height="409" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Newton_Talbot" title="Newton Talbot">Newton Talbot</a><br />(1870)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Leonard_R._Cutter_5210004_015_022_(3x4b).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Leonard R. Cutter (1873)"><img alt="Leonard R. Cutter (1873)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Leonard_R._Cutter_5210004_015_022_%283x4b%29.jpg/90px-Leonard_R._Cutter_5210004_015_022_%283x4b%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Leonard_R._Cutter_5210004_015_022_%283x4b%29.jpg/135px-Leonard_R._Cutter_5210004_015_022_%283x4b%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Leonard_R._Cutter_5210004_015_022_%283x4b%29.jpg/180px-Leonard_R._Cutter_5210004_015_022_%283x4b%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1707" data-file-height="2276" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Leonard_R._Cutter" title="Leonard R. Cutter">Leonard R. Cutter</a><br />(1873)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hugh_O%27Brien_5210004_015_028_(3x4a).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hugh O'Brien (1879–1881, 1883)"><img alt="Hugh O'Brien (1879–1881, 1883)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Hugh_O%27Brien_5210004_015_028_%283x4a%29.jpg/90px-Hugh_O%27Brien_5210004_015_028_%283x4a%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Hugh_O%27Brien_5210004_015_028_%283x4a%29.jpg/135px-Hugh_O%27Brien_5210004_015_028_%283x4a%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Hugh_O%27Brien_5210004_015_028_%283x4a%29.jpg/180px-Hugh_O%27Brien_5210004_015_028_%283x4a%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3236" data-file-height="4313" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_O%27Brien" title="Hugh O'Brien">Hugh O'Brien</a><br />(1879–1881, 1883)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 125px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Solomon_B._Stebbins_1_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Solomon B. Stebbins (1878, 1882)"><img alt="Solomon B. Stebbins (1878, 1882)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Solomon_B._Stebbins_1_%281%29.jpg/90px-Solomon_B._Stebbins_1_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Solomon_B._Stebbins_1_%281%29.jpg/135px-Solomon_B._Stebbins_1_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Solomon_B._Stebbins_1_%281%29.jpg/180px-Solomon_B._Stebbins_1_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="423" data-file-height="564" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Solomon_B._Stebbins" title="Solomon B. Stebbins">Solomon B. 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