List of selectmen of Fall River, Massachusetts explained

The Town of Fall River, Massachusetts (also known as the Town of Troy, Massachusetts from 1804 to 1834) was led by a Board of Selectmen from 1803 until its re-incorporation as a city in 1854. Prior to 1803, it was a part of Freetown and was led by the Freetown Board of Selectmen.^[1]

Selectmen (1803–1854)

Years	Selectman	Selectman	Selectman	Selectman	Selectman
1803–04	Thomas Borden	Benjamin Durfee	Robert Miller
1804–05	Samuel Thurston
1805–06	Nathan Bowen	Pardon Davol	Elijah Blossom, Jr.
1806–07	Jonathan Brownell	Abraham Bowen
1807–08		Elijah Blossom	Stephen Leonard
1808–09	Nathan Bowen	Henry Brightman	David Wilson
1809–10	William Read, Jr.	Charles Durfee
1810–11
1811–12		Benjamin Bennett, 2nd
1812–13	Hezekiah Wilson	William B. Canedy	William Borden
1813–14	Isaac Winslow
1814–15	Benjamin W. Brown	Simon Hathaway
1815–16		Sheffel Weaver	Bradford Durfee
1816–17	William Ashley		William Read
1817–18			Abraham Bowen
1818–19	Benjamin W. Brown	Charles Pitman	James G. Bowen
1819–20
1820–21		Sheffel Weaver	Richard Borden, 2nd
1821–22	Robert Miller	Charles Pitman	Enoch French
1822–23
1823–24	Joseph E. Read	Benjamin W. Brown	Edmund Chace
1824–25	Enoch French	Hezekiah Wilson	William Read
1825–26
1826–27
1827–28
1828–29		Sheffel Weaver
1829–30
1830–31	John Eddy
1831–32	Samuel Chace	Robinson Buffinton	William Ashley
1832–33		Leonard Garfield
1833–34		Matthew C. Durfee	Elijah Pierce
1834–35		Azariah Shove	Smith Winslow
1835–36	John Eddy	Israel Anthony	Luther Winslow
1836–37
1837–38
1838–39
1839–40			Russell Hathaway
1840–41			William Read
1841–42	Matthew C. Hathaway
1842–43	Jervis Shove	Stephen K. Crary	George Brightman, 2nd
1843–44		Israel Anthony	Perez Mason
1844–45	Thomas D. Chaloner
1845–46
1846–47	Leander Borden		James M. Morton
1847–48	Azariah Shove		Benjamin Earl
1848–49	Benjamin Wardwell
1849–50	Thomas J. Pickering	David Perkins
1850–51			Daniel Brown
1851–52
1852–53	George O. Fairbanks		Azariah Shove	Leander Borden	Chester W. Greene
1853–54				Thomas T. Potter

See also

• List of mayors of Fall River, Massachusetts
• History of Fall River, Massachusetts

Notes and References

1. A Centennial History of Fall River, Mass. by Henry H. Earl, 1877.