| Leverett Saltonstall | |
| Image Name: | Leverett Saltonstall 1783-1845 - Chester Harding.jpg |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| District: | 2nd |
| Term: | December 5, 1838 – March 3, 1843 |
| Preceded: | Stephen C. Phillips |
| Succeeded: | Daniel P. King |
| Office2: | 1st Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts |
| Term2: | April 1836 – December 1838 |
| Preceded2: | Board of Selectmen |
| Succeeded2: | Stephen C. Phillips |
| Office3: | President of the Massachusetts Senate |
| Term3: | 1831–1832 |
| Preceded3: | James Fowler |
| Succeeded3: | William Thorndike |
| Office4: | Member of the Massachusetts Senate |
| Term4: | 1817–1819 |
| Term5: | 1831–1832 |
| Office6: | Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives |
| Term6: | 1813–1814 |
| Term7: | 1816 |
| Term8: | 1822 |
| Term9: | 1829 |
| Term10: | 1834 |
| Term11: | 1844 |
| Birth Date: | June 13, 1783 |
| Birth Place: | Haverhill, Massachusetts |
| Death Place: | Salem, Massachusetts |
| Resting Place: | Harmony Grove Cemetery |
| Spouse: | Mary Elizabeth Sanders |
| Children: | Leverett Saltonstall II |
| Profession: | Attorney |
| Party: | Whig |
| Signature: | Leverett Saltonstall I Signature.png |
Leverett Saltonstall (June 13, 1783 – May 8, 1845), was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts who also served as Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, President of the Massachusetts Senate, the first Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts and a Member of the Board of Overseers of Harvard College.
Saltonstall was a great-grandfather of Massachusetts Governor and U.S. Senator Leverett Saltonstall (1892–1979).
Saltonstall was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, June 13, 1783 as a member of the Saltonstall family. He pursued classical studies, attending Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire, and was graduated from Harvard University in 1802. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar association and commenced practice in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1805.
Salem City Hall was built in 1837–1838 under the supervision of Mayor Leverett Saltonstall and a committee appointed for that purpose. The cornerstone was laid on September 6, 1837. Artifacts buried beneath the cornerstone included copies of local newspapers, the Mayor's speech for the organization of City Government (May 9, 1836), and the new City Charter.
Saltonstall, his brother-in-law Dudley Leavitt Pickman and Nathaniel Bowditch all acted as trustees of the estate of Simon Forrester, a ship captain born in Ireland who became one of pioneers of Salem merchant shipping and one of Salem's leading merchants and philanthropists.[1] [2]
Leverett Saltonstall died in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, May 8, 1845, and rests in Harmony Grove Cemetery.