- List of mayors of Chelsea, Massachusetts
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The Mayor of Chelsea was the head of the municipal government in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Except from June 4, 1908–1912 when in the aftermath of the first Great Chelsea Fire it was administered by the Board of Control, Chelsea had a mayoral form of government from 1857 to 1991, a total period of 131 years.
There was no Mayor of Chelsea until 1857 because up to that point Chelsea was still incorporated as a town and it was run by a Town Meeting and Board of Selectmen form of government.
There has not been a Mayor of Chelsea since 1991. Due to a worsening fiscal crisis, the Massachusetts Legislature placed Chelsea in receivership in September 1991. James F. Carlin was appointed receiver from 1991–1996. In August 1995, a new City Charter was enacted. The new Charter placed policy and legislative authority in an eleven member City Council and vested strong executive and administrative powers in an appointed City Manager. The City Manager is the chief executive of the City and is responsible for the day-to-day administration of City affairs.
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This is a list of the Mayors of Chelsea, Massachusetts.# Mayor Picture Term Party Notes 1st Francis B. Fay 1857 – January 4, 1858 Whig 2nd Hosea Ilsley January 4, 1858–1860 3rd Frank B. Fay 
1861 – January 4, 1864 Republican 4th Eustace C. Fitz 
January 4, 1864–1866 None 5th Rufus S. Frost 
1867–1868 Republican 6th James B. Forsyth 1869–1870 7th John W. Fletcher 1871–1872 8th Charles H. Ferson 1873–1875 9th Thomas Green 1876–1877 10th Isaac Stebbins 1877–1879 11th Andrew J. Bacon 1879–1881 12th Samuel P. Tenney 1881–1883 13th Thomas Strahan 
1883–1884 Republican 14th Eugene F. Endicott 1885–1886 Republican 15th George E. Mitchell 
1887–1888 Republican 16th Arthur B. Champlin 
1888–1889 Republican 17th Albert D. Bosson 
1891 Democratic 18th Alfred C. Converse 
1892–1893 Republican 19th George H. Carter 1894–1895 20th John C. Loud 1896 21st Hermon W. Pratt 1897 Republican 22nd Seth J. Littlefield 1898–1899 Republican 23rd James Gould 1900–1901 24th Edward E. Willard 1902–1907 25th John E. Beck 1908 – June 4, 1908 Republican Board of Control William B. McClintock, Alton E. Briggs George H. Dunham of Chelsea,
A. C. Ratshesky of Boston,
and Mark Wilmarth of Maiden.June 4, 1908–1912 The Board of Control was appointed by the Governor to work to rebuild Chelsea after the Great Chelsea fire of 1908. The Board began its administration on June 4, 1908. With its coming into being the Mayor, Aldermen and School Committee went out of office. 26th James H. Malone 1912 27th Edward E. Willard 1913–1914 Republican 28th James H. Malone 1915–1916 29th Edward E. Willard 1917–1918 Republican 30th Melvin B. Breath 1919–1921 Democratic 31st Lawrence F. Quigley 1922–1926 Democratic 32nd John J. Whalen 1927 Democratic This was the last of the one year mayoral terms. 33rd Lawrence F. Quigley 1928–1929 Democratic This was the first of the two year mayoral terms. 34th John J. Whalen 1930–1931 Democratic 35th Lawrence F. Quigley 1932–1935 Democratic 36th Edward J. Voke 
1936–1941 Democratic 37th Bernard L. Sullivan 1942–1947 38th Tom Keating 1948–1949 39th Joseph A. Melley 1950–1951 Democratic 40th Andrew P. Quigley 1952–1955 Democratic 41st Hugh McLaughlin 1956–1959 42nd Alfred Voke 1960–1963 43rd John J. Slater 1964–1969 44th Joseph Margolis 1970–1971 Acting Charles W. DeIorio 1971 Became acting mayor when Mayor Joseph Margolis died in office 45th Philip J. Spellman 1972–1975 46th Joel Pressman 1976–1983 47th James D. Mitchell 1984–1985 48th Thomas Nolan 1986–1987 49th John Brennan 1988 – September 1991 See also
Categories:- Lists of mayors of places in Massachusetts
- Mayors of Chelsea, Massachusetts
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