Boston Board of Selectmen

Boston Board of Selectman
TypeDirectorial Chief executive
StatusDissolved
AppointerOpen town meeting
Styled: "Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Boston"
Term length1 year (6 mo. initially)
FormationJuly 1, 1634 (1634-07-01)
First holderJohn Winthrop
William Coddington
John Underhill
Thomas Oliver
Thomas Leverett
Giles Firmin
John Coggeshall
William Pierce
Robert Harding
William Brenton
Richard Bellingham
Final holderDaniel Baxter
Samuel Billings
Abram Babcock
Jonathan Loring
Eliphalet Williams
Robert Fennelly
Jeremiah Fitch
Samuel A. Wells
David W. Child
AbolishedMarch 4, 1822 (1822-03-04)
Superseded byMayor
Boston City Council

The Boston Board of Selectmen was the governing board for the town of Boston from the 17th century until 1822. Selectmen were elected to six-month terms early in the history of the board, but later were elected to one-year terms.

In colonial days selectmen included William Clark. At the time of the American Revolution, the selectmen were John Hancock, Joseph Jackson, Samuel Sewall, William Phillips, Timothy Newell, John Ruddock (Selectman), John Rowe and Samuel Pemberton.[citation needed]