CHIEF FIRE ENGINEERS

YEARS CHIEF ENGINEER Elected DIED

1831-1839 Nathaniel Mitchell Jr. 10/29 02/01/1871

1839 Dudley Cammett 04/01 06/14/1863

1839-1846 Neal S. Dow 04/17 10/02/1897

1846-1857 Charles Davidson 01/08/1859

1857-1860 Samuel R. Leavitt 06/19 07/17/1891

1860-1861 Lewis B. Smith 01/06 02/13/1901

1861-1864 Harris C. Barnes 06/23/1887

1864-1866 Ezra Russell 08/01 03/24/1911

1866-1867 Spencer Rodgers 10/22/1904

1867-1870 Franklin C. Moody unknown

1870-1871 Leonard Pennell 09/25/1889

1871-1872 Franklin C. Moody 05/09/1877

1872-1874 Andrew J. Cummings 09/06/1918

1874-1877 Frank A. Merrill 07/28/1902

1877-1881 Nahum Littlefield unknown

1881-1883 Granville H. Cloyes unknown

1883-1884 Nahum Littlefield 06/13/1916

1884-1892 Granville H. Cloyes 12/15/1912

1892-1893 Benjamin A. Norton 04/07/1899

1893-1894 Richard H. Ball 02/26/1914

1894-1896 Robert W. Jackson 07/23/1923

1896-1899 Melville N. Eldridge  *Appointed first permanent chief.

List of Department Fire Chiefs