chief of engineers

From 1831 to 1899, the Chief Engineer and Assistant Engineers were elected into office each year in March or April for a one-year term by the Mayor, Board of Aldermen, and the Common Council.

	Years	Chief Engineer
1	1831-1839	Nathaniel Mitchell
2	1839	Dudley Cammett
3	1839-1846	Neal Dow
4	1846-1857	Charles Davidson
5	1857-1860	Samuel R. Leavitt
6	1860-1861	Lewis B. Smith
7	1861-1864	Harris C. Barnes
8	1864-1866	Ezra Russell
9	1866-67	Spencer Rodgers
10	1867-1870	Franklin C. Moody
11	1870-71	Leonard Pennell
12	1871-72	Franklin C. Moody
13	1872-1874	Andrew J. Cummings
14	1874-1877	Frank A. Merrill
15	1877-1881	Nahum Littlefield
16	1881-1883	Granville H. Cloyes
17	1883-84	Nahum Littlefield
18	1884-1892	Granville H. Cloyes
19	1892-93	Benjamin A. Norton
20	1893-94	Richard H. Ball
21	1894-1896	Robert W. Jackson
22	1896-1899	Melville N. Eldridge

 

Chief of Department		Appointment	Age	Retired	Died
1	1899-1911 Melville N. Eldridge	3/10/96	47	8/14/11	11/12/15
2	1911-1914 Patrick H. Flaherty	8/14/11	42	7/8/14	3/11/41
3	1914-1923 Almus D. Butler	7/8/14	48	12/1/23	11/15/36
4	1924-1954 Oliver T. Sanborn	2/11/24	35	3/1/54	3/17/88
5	1954-1956 Harry W. Marr (Acting Chief)	9/5/54	59	1/1/57	7/2/79
6	1957-1965 Carl P. Johnson (AC)	1/6/57	51	11/5/65	7/10/99
7	1965-1975 Joseph R. Cremo (AC)	11/5/65	43	5/17/75
8	1975-1976 Clement O. Dodd (AC)	3/31/76	59	9/14/76
****	1976 John J. Flynn (District Chief, retired as Acting Chief)			12/30/76
9	1977-1989 Joseph E. McDonough (AC)	4/1/77	39	3/1/89
10	1989-1991 Carleton E. Winslow, Jr. (AC)	7/3/89	42	12/27/91
11	1992-2000 Joseph E. Thomas, Jr.	1/6/92	40	3/24/00
12	2000-2001 Martin J. Jordan	5/22/00	45	11/30/01 (resigned)
13	2001- Frederick J. LaMontagne, Jr. (AC)	4/1/02	38