Marblehead's Selectmen's Roster
1648 to present, sorted by year first elected.
As of 2006 there have been 389 men and 6 women.

by Bill Purdin



John Bartoll 1648 1649 1656 1657 1658 1659 1660 1661
John Devereux 1648 1666 1667 1674
Samuel Doliber 1648
Francis Johnson 1648 1656 1663
Moses Maverick 1648 1649 1656 1657 1662 1663 1668 1669 1670 1674 1675 1676 1677 1681
Nicholas Merritt Sr. 1648 1660 1664 1665 1671
John Peach Sr. 1648 1649 1656 1657 1659 1660 1661 1671 1677 1681
William Charles 1649 1657 1661
John Hart 1649 1657
Arthur Sanden 1649 1658
James Smith 1649 1657
Roger Conant 1656 1657
Ambrose Gale 1656 1662 1664 1665 1671 1674 1675 1676 1678 1681 1682
John Peach Jr. 1656 1660 1661
John Codner 1658 1663
William Nicke 1658
Richard Norman 1658 1668 1669 1670 1672 1673 1676 1682
John Clement 1659
John Legg Jr. 1659 1672 1673 1679 1680
John Northy 1659
John Gatchell 1660
Joseph Dolliber 1661 1682
Christopher Latimer 1663 1668 1669 1670 1674 1678
Erasmus James 1664 1665 1672 1673 1683 1687
John Waldron 1664 1665 1671 1672 1673 1681 1683 1687 1722 1723 1724 1725
Samuel Ward 1664 1665 1671 1672 1673 1674 1678 1681 1682 1683 1687
Edmund Gale 1666 1667
Robert Knight 1666 1667
Samuel Morgan 1666 1667
Richard Reed 1666
Thomas Pitman 1668 1669 1670 1675 1677 1679 1680
James Smith 1668 1669 1670
Nathaniel Walton 1671 1675 1677 1679 1680 1683 1687
Thaddeus Reading 1672 1673 1675 1679 1680 1683 1687
William Beale 1676
Richard Reith 1676 1677 1680 1687 1722 1728 1730 1733 1734 1735 1736
Robert Bartlett 1678
John Merriott 1678
Richard Knott 1679 1680
James Dennis 1680
William Brown
1682
Thomas Pitman Jr. 1683
Ensign Ward 1683
Ambrose Gale Jr. 1687
Nicholas Andrews Capt. 1720 1721
John Palmer Jr. 1720 1729 1731
Samuel Stacey 1720 1731 1732
William Stacey 1720 1721
Joseph Sweet Jr. 1720 1721 1728
John Homan Sr. 1721 1723 1724 1725 1726 1727 1728 1732
John Stacey Capt. 1721
James Calley Capt. 1722 1723 1724 1725 1726 1727 1731 1732
Richard Skinner 1722 1723 1724
Richard Trevet Capt., Esq. 1722 1725
Samuel Russell 1723 1724
David Parker 1725 1729 1734 1735
Francis Bowden 1726 1727 1728 1728 1730 1731 1732 1733 1737 1738
Stephen Minott 1726
Joshua Orne 1726 1738 1746 1746 1749 1750
Andrew Tucker 1727
Joseph Majory Capt. 1728
Benjamin Boden Jr. 1729 1739 1740 1741 1744 1748 1751 1752 1754 1755 1756 1759 1760 1762 1763 1764 1765 1766 1767 1768 1769 1770
Greenfield Hooper 1729
Abraham Howard Capt. 1729 1731 1732 1733
Bartholomew Jackson Capt. 1729 1734 1735 1736 1737
Richard Trevet Jr. 1729
John White 1729
Joseph Blaney 1733
Benjamin Hendley 1733 1736 1737 1738 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743 1744 1745 1747 1749 1750 1751
Nathaniel Barlett 1734 1735
William Bartlett 1734 1735 1736 1737
Ebenezer Hawkes 1736
Joseph Skinner Capt. 1737
George Finch 1738 1739 1740 1741
Ebenezer Stacey 1738 1739 1740 1741 1742 1744 1745 1746 1747 1749 1750 1753 1754 1756 1757 1759 1760
Joseph Griffin 1739 1740 1742
William Webber 1741 1742
William Goodwin 1742 1743 1748 1751 1753 1755 1758 1764
John Reed 1742
Thomas Gerry Capt. 1743 1747 1758 1771 1772 1773 1774 1781 1782
Isaac Mansfield 1743 1762 1765 1766 1767 1769 1770 1787 1788 1789 1790 1791
Richard Reed 1743 1744 1745 1746 1747 1753 1754 1759 1761 1762 1763 1765 1766 1767 1769 1770
Jacob Fowle 1744 1745 1746 1758
Robert Hooper Dr. 1744 1745 1746 1749 1750 1751 1757 1760 1761
Benjamin Stacey 1744
Robert Penimore 1747 1749 1750 1754
David Legallais 1748
Nicholas Edgecomb 1751 1753
John Bartoll 1755 1756 1757 1758 1764 1768
Nathan Bowen 1755 1756 1757 1758 1761 1762 1763 1798 1799 1800 1801
Joseph Cardar 1755
George Newmarck 1756 1757 1763 1764
Joshua Orne Jr. 1758 1776 1777 1778 1779
William Gale 1759
Benjamin Marston 1759 1763 1765 1766 1767 1769 1770 1772 1773 1774
Robert Hooper Hon., Esq. 1760
Azor Orne 1760 1761 1765 1766 1767 1771 1772 1773 1781 1782 1787 1788 1793
Jeremiah Lee 1761
John Gallison 1762
Joseph Pickett 1764 1768
Samuel Gatchell 1768 1783 1784
John Pedrick 1768 1769 1770 1771 1774
Jonathan Glover Capt. 1771 1772 1773 1781 1782 1787 1788 1789 1790
Samuel Sweet 1771 1772 1773
Robert Hooper 1774 1776 1777 1792 1797
Samuel Hooper Capt. 1774 1789 1790 1791 1792 1793 1794
James Mugford Capt. 1774 1775
Samuel White Capt. 1774
Nicholson Broughton 1775
William Doliber Deacon 1775 1776 1777 1778
Edward Fettyplace 1775 1776 1777 1779 1781
John Gerry Major 1775 1778 1779 1780
Stephen Phillips Deacon 1775 1776 1777 1778 1783 1784 1785 1786
John Prince Capt. 1776
Jeremiah Proctor Capt. 1776 1777
Samuel Pote Capt. 1777
John Grush Capt. 1778 1779 1780
Richard Harris 1778 1779 1780 1781 1782 1786 1787 1788 1789 1790
John Selman Capt. 1778 1781 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810
Burrill Devereux 1779 1780 1789 1790
Thomas Grant Capt. 1779 1780
Joshua Prentiss 1779 1780 1795 1796 1797 1798 1809 1810 1813 1814 1815 1820
John Sparhawk 1780 1813 1814 1815 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1835 1839 1846 1847
Richard James Capt. 1781 1782 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808
Nathaniel Lindsey Capt. 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786 1787 1788 1789 1790 1798
Benjamin Reed Capt. 1782
William Blackler Capt. 1783 1784 1785
William Hooper Capt. 1783 1784 1785 1786 1787 1788 1789 1790
Richard Stacey Capt. 1783 1784
Samuel Waitt 1783 1784 1785 1786 1787 1788
John Glover 1787 1788 1789 1790 1791 1792
Samuel Sewall 1787 1788 1789 1790 1791 1792 1793 1794
Israel Foster 1791 1792 1793 1794
William R. Lee 1791 1792 1793 1794 1795 1796
Knott Pedrick 1791 1792 1793 1794 1795 1796
John Dixey 1793 1794 1795 1796
Marston Watson 1793 1794 1795 1796
Ebenezer Graves 1797 1799 1800 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810
Benjamin Green 1797
Joseph Watson Capt. 1797
William Borden 1798 1799 1800 1801
John Goodwin Deacon 1798 1799 1800 1801
Joseph Barker 1799 1801 1809 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814


Nathan B. Martin Capt. 1801 1802 1803
Thomas Elkins Capt. 1802
John Lefavour 1802 1803 1836
Richard Prince 1802 1815
Samuel Turner 1802
John Harris 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821 1823 1824 1825
Asa Hooper Capt. 1803
John Prince Capt. 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1816 1817 1819 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827
George Barker 1809 1810 1811 1812
Benjamin Knight 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829
John Pedrick 3rd. 1811 1812 1816 1817 1818 1819
William Story 1811 1812
Thomas Haskell 1813 1814
John Bailey Capt. 1817 1818
Nathaniel Hooper 1818 1822
Joseph Goodwin 1819
Daniel Weed 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825
William Elliott Capt. 1826 1827
Joseph W. Green 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1835
Robert Hooper 1828
John Traill 1828 1830 1831 1832
Nathaniel Adams 1829
Joshua O. Bowden 1829 1830 1831 1832 1836 1840
Chandler Flagg Dr. 1829 1830
William P. Brown 1830 1831 1832
Samuel Trefry 1831 1832 1835 1838 1839
James Goodwin 1833 1834 1838 1839 1840 1844 1847 1848 1849
John H. Gregory 1833 1834 1836 1837
William Hawkes 1833 1834 1838
Edmund Kimball 1833 1834
John Orne 1833 1834 1845
William B. Adams 1835
James Gregory 1835
John Quiner 1836
William H. Reynolds 1836
John Candler Jr. 1837 1838
Edward Crowninshield 1837
William Knight 1837 1839 1850 1851 1854
Nathaniel Lindsey 1837
Samuel Avery 1838 1840 1841
Benjamin Lindsey 1839 1841 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1856 1857 1858 1866 1869 1870 1871
Joshua Orne 1840 1844
Thomas Tucker 1840
Stephen Hathaway 1841 1842 1843 1845 1846
William Hawkes Jr. 1841
Joseph Hidden 1841
Benjamin Brown 1842 1843 1854 1855
Nicholas Chapman 1842
Frances G. Selman 1842 1843
Samuel Goodwin 1843 1846 1847
Andrew Lackey 1844 1845 1859 1860
Henry F. Pitman 1845 1846 1850 1851 1852 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881
Benjamin D. Dixey 1847 1848 1867 1872
William Hammond 1848 1850 1851 1852
George Wilson 1848 1849 1853
William G. Blackler 1849
John Pitman 1849
Thomas Garney 1850 1851 1852 1857 1858
Henry Hooper 1850 1851 1852
Joseph Gregory 1852 1853 1855
David Blaney 1853
George Cloutman 1853
William Nutting Jr. 1853 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866
John Adams 1854 1856 1857 1858 1859
George Knight 1854
Simon Stone 1854
Henry G. Gray 1855
Samuel B. Hidden 1855
Ezekiel Russell 1855
William Courtis 1856
Thomas Foss 1856 1867 1868 1872
William Humphreys 1857 1858 1869 1870 1876 1880 1881
Stephen Hathaway Jr. 1859 1862 1863 1864 1869 1870 1871
William O. Turner 1859
Wm. Coates 1860
Peter Dixey Jr. 1860
Nicholas P. Pitman 1860
Richard Bessom Jr. 1861 10 months in 1882
Samuel Bowden 1861
James J. H. Gregory 1861 1868
Jonathan H. Orne 1861 1862 1863 1868
Henry A. Potter 1862 1863 1864 1866 1869 1870 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1881
Joseph H. Robinson 1862
Stephen T. Prime 1863 1864 1865 1867
Simon Lamprell 1864 1866 1872
Samuel S. Trefry 1865 1867
Richard L. Woodfin 1865
Benjamin Wormstead 1865 1867 1868 1871 1872
Nathan P. Sanborn 1866
John F. Brown 1868
Michael J. Doak 1869 1870 1871
George Hatch 1871 1872
Thomas Appleton 1873 1874 1875 1877 1878 1879 1880 1882 1883
Samuel Sparhawk 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879
Joseph P. Turner 1873 1874 1875
Thomas Ingalls 1876 1877 1878 1879
John S. Martin 1880 1881 1882 1886 1887
Benjamin F. Pierce 1880 1881
Benjamin F. Brown 1882 1883 1884 1885
Knott V. Martin 2 months in 1882 1886 1887 1888 1896 1897
William Sparhawk 1882 1883 1884 1885
George Brown 1883 1884
Moses Gilbert 1883 1884 1885 1889 1890
Francis E. Pedrick 1883 1884
Reuben Alley 1885
William F. Nutting 1885 1886 1887 1889 1891
William B. Brown 1886 1887
John F. Harris 1886 1887
John Cole 1888 1891 1893 1895
Simeon Dodge 1888 1889
John B. Ingalls 1888 1892
Thomas P. Wiggins 1888
James N. Parker 1889 1890 1891 1893
James Ramsdell 1889
Francis Boardman 1890 1891 1892
William H. Coates 1890 1891
Henry C. Sparhawk 1890 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1904
William F. Brown 1892 1893 1894
William J. Goldthwait 1892 1894 1919 1920 1921 1925 1926 1927 1928
William L. Hooper 1892 1893 1894
William F. Shepard 1893 1894
Albert H. Rodgers 1894 1895
William T. Chapman 1895 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1904 1905 1907 1908 1910 1911
Charles Robinson 1895
Frank Tucker 1895
John Q. Broughton 1896 1897 1898 1903
Benjamin F. Martin 2nd 1896
Edward D. Tutt 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900
Arthur S. Ramsdell 1897 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903
George Goss 1898 1908
Emery Brown 1899 1900 1901
George H. Thorburn 1901 1902 1909 1910 1911
Richard B. Brown 1902 1903
Benjamin Cole Jr. 1902 1903
Richard Tutt 1903 1904 1905 1906 1922 1923 1924
Horace Cloon 1904
John N. Osborne 1904 1905 1906 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921
John C. Adams 1905
Nathaniel Sweet 1905 1907 1908 1911
Isaac Atkins 1906 1907 1908
John L. Gilbert 1906 1907
Elias White Jr. 1906
John G. Stevens 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1919 1920 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1930 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938
Nathaniel C. Lyon 1909 1910 1911
Frank G. Osgood 1909 1910 1912 1913
Charles E. Snow 1909
Henry A. Goodwin 1912 1913
Herbert Humphrey 1912 1913
William H. Quiner Jr. 1912 1913
William D. Wright 1912 1913
William E. Bowden 1914 1915
Frank E. Conly 1914
Charles Goodwin 1914 1915
Robert F. Nutting 1914 1915
Joel W. Reynolds 1914
Robert C. Bridge 1915 1916 1918
John L. Litchman 1915 1916 1918
Thomas Loham Jr. 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921
John M. Ward 1916
Greely S. Curtis 1917
Samuel B. Graves 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928
George H. Peach Jr. 1917
F. Howard Lillibridge 1921 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1936
Arthur M. Humphrey 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928
Walter B. Power 1922 1923 1924
Alden M. Brown 1929 1930
Walter H. Hamond 1929
Joseph Martin 1929
Henry M. Wilkens 1929 1930
John T. Adams 1930 1931 1932 1933
Malcolm L. Bell 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935
Edward B. O’Brien 1931 1932
Rufus L. Titus 1931
Carl B. Gleason 1932 1933 1934 1935
Harrie A. Coffin 1933 1934 1939 1940 1941 1942
Eben Parsons 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1939
Richard H. Rockett 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1949
Gregory O. Lyon 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940
Clarence E. Chapman 1937 1938 1940
Harold B. L. McIntosh 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1952 1953 1954 1955 1958 1959 1960
Everett R. Campbell 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951
Frank E. Tuxbury 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946
Richard B. Palmer Dr. 1944
Norris W. Harris 1945 1946 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1967 1968 1969
John A. Davis 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952
Lester P. Marsh 1947
Eben G. Weed 1947 1948
James N. Skinner 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1972 1973 1974
William B. Sleigh Jr. 1948
W. Gerry Martin 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954
Donald M. Stacey 1950 1951 1952 1953
Daniel Santry 1953 1954 1955
Robert K. Bell 1955 1956 1957
J. Archer Dixey 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961
Auville W. Putnam 1956 1957 1958 1959
J. Hilliary Rockett 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966
Chester M. Sawtelle 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965
Donald H. Peach 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968
John H. Green 1966 1967 1968
Thomas A. Jordan 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
Arnold W. Alexander 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
Stephen A. Hopkins 1969 1970 1971
Peter M. Martin 1970 1971 1972 1973
Joyce K. Maffei 1971 1972
William E. Conly 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
John E. Whipple 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Marilyn A. Reis 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Dwight J. Grader 1979 1980 1981 1982 1992 1993 1994
Thomas A. McNulty 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1988 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 2004
Jo Anne Mayer 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
James J. Hourihan Jr. 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
Richard W. Husband Jr. 1989
George M. Alsberg 1990 1992
Carl D. Goodman 1990 1991
Diane E. St. Laurent 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Harry Christensen Jr. 1993 1994 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
William L. Woodfin 1993 1994 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2007
Robert F. Peck Jr. 1995
William M. Purdin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
F. Reed Cutting 1996 1997 1998
Jeffrey N. Shribman 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Judy Jacobi 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
John Liming 2004
Jackie Belf-Becker 2005 2006 2007
James Nye 2005 2006 2007


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