List of mayors of Chelsea, Massachusetts

List of mayors of Chelsea, Massachusetts

The Mayor of Chelsea was the head of the municipal government in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Except from June 4, 19081912 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 19911996. 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.

City Seal


This is a list of the Mayors of Chelsea, Massachusetts.

# Mayor Picture Term Party Notes
1st Francis B. Fay 1857January 4, 1858 Whig
2nd Hosea Ilsley January 4, 18581860
3rd Frank B. Fay Frank B. Fay.png 1861January 4, 1864 Republican
4th Eustace C. Fitz Eustace C. Fitz.png January 4, 18641866 None
5th Rufus S. Frost Rufus S. Frost.png 18671868 Republican
6th James B. Forsyth 18691870
7th John W. Fletcher 18711872
8th Charles H. Ferson 18731875
9th Thomas Green 18761877
10th Isaac Stebbins 18771879
11th Andrew J. Bacon 18791881
12th Samuel P. Tenney 18811883
13th Thomas Strahan Thomas Strahan.png 18831884 Republican
14th Eugene F. Endicott 18851886 Republican
15th George E. Mitchell George Edwin Mitchell.png 18871888 Republican
16th Arthur B. Champlin Arthur B. Champlin.png 18881889 Republican
17th Albert D. Bosson Albert D. Bosson.png 1891 Democratic
18th Alfred C. Converse Alfred C. Converse.png 18921893 Republican
19th George H. Carter 18941895
20th John C. Loud 1896
21st Hermon W. Pratt 1897 Republican
22nd Seth J. Littlefield 18981899 Republican
23rd James Gould 19001901
24th Edward E. Willard 19021907
25th John E. Beck 1908June 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, 19081912 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 19131914 Republican
28th James H. Malone 19151916
29th Edward E. Willard 19171918 Republican
30th Melvin B. Breath 19191921 Democratic
31st Lawrence F. Quigley 19221926 Democratic
32nd John J. Whalen 1927 Democratic This was the last of the one year mayoral terms.
33rd Lawrence F. Quigley 19281929 Democratic This was the first of the two year mayoral terms.
34th John J. Whalen 19301931 Democratic
35th Lawrence F. Quigley 19321935 Democratic
36th Edward J. Voke Judgevoke.jpg 19361941 Democratic
37th Bernard L. Sullivan 19421947
38th Tom Keating 19481949
39th Joseph A. Melley 19501951 Democratic
40th Andrew P. Quigley 19521955 Democratic
41st Hugh McLaughlin 19561959
42nd Alfred Voke 19601963
43rd John J. Slater 19641969
44th Joseph Margolis 19701971
Acting Charles W. DeIorio 1971 Became acting mayor when Mayor Joseph Margolis died in office
45th Philip J. Spellman 19721975
46th Joel Pressman 19761983
47th James D. Mitchell 19841985
48th Thomas Nolan 19861987
49th John Brennan 1988September 1991

See also

Chelsea Historical Society, Mayors of Chelsea 18571991.


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