Английская Википедия:Boston City Council (1822–1909)
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From 1822 until 1909, Boston's legislative body was bicameral, with a Board of Aldermen that was elected at-large and a much larger Common Council with members that was elected from multi-member wards. This city legislature was replaced in 1909 with the unicameral body that is the modern Boston City Council.
Description
Prior to 1822, Boston was governed by the Boston Board of Selectmen. Boston voted in 1822 to incorporate as a city and adopted the Boston City Charter. On May 1, 1822, the Boston Board of Selectmen ceremonially handed over the city to the new government consisting of the newly-established City Council newly-established mayoralty.[1]
Under this original Boston City Charter, between 1822 and 1909, the city's legislative body was bicameral. This legislature, known as the Boston City Council, consisted of a Board of Aldermen that was elected at-large and a much larger Common Council with members that was elected from multi-member wards.[2][3][4] This Boston City Council existed along with mayoralty that was established by the charter.[2]
When the Boston City Charter was rewritten in 1909, the Boston City Council was recreated as a nine-member unicameral body.[3]
Common Council
Presidents of the Boston Common Council
The Common Council was led by a president. The following table chronologically lists the tenures of individuals in this position:
Presidents of the Boston Common Council (1822–1909)[5] | |
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Name | Tenure |
William Prescott Jr. | 1822 |
John Welles | 1823 |
Francis Johonnot Oliver | 1824–1825 |
John Richardson Adan | 1826–1828 |
Elliphalet Williams | 1829 |
Benjamin T. Pickman | 1830–1831 |
John P. Bigelow | 1832 |
Josiah Quincy Jr. | 1834–1836 |
Philip Marett | 1837–1840 |
Edward Blake | 1841–1843 |
Peleg Chandler | 1844–1845 |
George Stillman Hillard | 1846–1847 |
Benjamin Seaver | 1847–1849 |
Francis Brinley | 1850–1851 |
Henry Gardner | 1852–1853 |
Alexander H. Rice | 1854 |
Joseph Story | 1855 |
Oliver Stevens | 1856–1857 |
Samuel Wallace Waldron | 1858 |
Josiah Putnam Bradlee | 1859–1860 |
Joseph Hildreth Bradley | 1861 |
Joshua Dorsey Ball | 1862 |
George Silsbee Hale | 1863–1864 |
William Bentley Fowle Jr. | 1865 |
Joseph Story | 1866 |
Weston Lewis | 1867 |
Charles Hastings Allen | 1868 |
William Giles Harris | 1869 |
Melville E. Ingalls | 1870 |
Matthias Rich | 1871 |
Marquis Fayette Dickinson Jr. | 1872 |
Edward Olcott Shepard | 1873–1874 |
Halsey Joseph Boardman | 1875 |
John Q. A. Brackett | 1876 |
Benjamin Pope | 1877–1878 |
William Henry Whitmore | 1879 |
Harvey Newton Shepard | 1880 |
Andrew Jackson Bailey | 1881 |
Charles Edward Pratt | 1881–1882 |
James Joseph Flynn | 1883 |
John Henry Lee | 1884 |
Edward John Jenkins | 1885–1886 |
David Franklin Barry | 1886–1888 |
Horace G. Allen | 1889–1890 |
David Frankin Barry | 1891 |
Christopher Francis O'Brien | 1894–1895 |
Joseph A. Conry | 1896–1897 |
Timothy Lawrence Connolly | 1898 |
Daniel Joseph Kiley | 1899–1901 |
Arthur Walter Dolan | 1902–1905 |
William John Barrett | 1906–1907 |
Leo F. McCullough | 1908 |
George C. McCabe | 1909[6] |
Gallery of Presidents of the Boston Common Council (partial) |
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Board of Aldermen
Chairmen of the Boston Board of Aldermen
Шаблон:Incomplete list The Board of Aldermen was led by a chairman. The following table chronologically lists the tenures of individuals in this role:
Chairmen of the Boston Board of Aldermen[5] | |
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Name | Tenure |
Benson Leavitt | |
William Washburn | 1855 |
Phelham Bonney | 1856–1857 |
Joseph Wrightman | 1858 |
Silas Peirce | 1859 |
Otis Clapp | 1860 |
Silas Peirce | 1861 |
Thomas Philiips Rich | 1862 |
Thomas Coffin Amory | 1863 |
Otis Norcross | 1864 |
George Washington Messinger | 1865–1866 (1) |
Charles Wesley Slack | 1867 |
George Washington Messinger | 1868 (2) |
Benjamin James | 1869 |
Newton Talbot | 1870 |
Charles Edward Jenkins | 1871 |
Samuel Little | 1872 |
Leonard R. Cutter | 1873 |
John Taylor Clark | 1874–1877 |
Solomon B. Stebbins | 1878 (1) |
Hugh O'Brien | 1879–1881 (1) |
Solomon B. Stebbins | 1882 (2) |
Hugh O'Brien | 1883 (2) |
Charles Varney Whitten | 1884–1885 |
Charles Hastings Allen | 1886 (1) |
Patrick John Donovan | 1887 |
Charles Hastings Allen | 1888 (2) |
Homer Rogers | 1889 |
William Power Wilson | 1890 |
Herbert Shaw Carruth | 1891 |
John Henry Lee | 1892–1893 (1) |
Alpheus Sanford | 1894–1895 |
John Henry Lee | 1896 |
Perlie Appleton Dyar | 1897–1898 |
Joseph A. Conry | 1898 |
David Franklin Barry | 1899 |
Michael Joseph O'Brien | 1900 |
James Henry Doyle | 1901–1904 |
Daniel A. Whelton | 1905 |
Charles Martin Draper | 1906 |
Edward L. Cauley | 1906 |
William Berwin | 1907 |
Louis M. Clark | 1908 |
James Michael Curley Шаблон:Small | 1909[7] |
Frederick J. Brand | 1909[8] |
Gallery of Chairmen of the Boston Board of Aldermen (partial) |
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See also
References
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- ↑ 2,0 2,1 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 O'Connor, T.H. (1997). Boston Irish: A Political History. New York: Back Bay Books.
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- ↑ 5,0 5,1 Шаблон:Cite web
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