Select Board

The Select Board is Billerica's primary governing body, responsible for setting town policy, managing municipal operations, and representing the town in legal and financial matters. Members are elected by residents.


Name In Office
John Parker 1660 - 1666
William French 1660 - 1664
Ralph Hill 1660 - 1661
Thomas Foster 1660 - 1661
Jonathan Danforth 1660 - 1660
Ralph Hill II 1661 - 1661
George Farley 1661 - 1662
William Tay 1662 - 1662
William Hamlet 1662 - 1664
Thomas Foster 1663 - 1665
Christopher Webb 1663 - 1663
William Tay 1664 - 1665
Ralph Hill II 1664 - 1694
Jonathan Danforth 1665 - 1668
James Kidder 1666 - 1667
George Farley 1666 - 1669
Thomas Foster 1667 - 1669
Simon Crosby 1668 - 1668
James Kidder 1669 - 1672
Joseph Tompson 1669 - 1685
William French 1670 - 1673
Jonathan Danforth 1670 - 1685
Samuel Manning 1673 - 1673
John French 1674 - 1676
James Kidder 1674 - 1675
Job Lane 1676 - 1677
Samuel Manning 1677 - 1679
John French 1678 - 1686
Job Lane 1679 - 1681
Samuel Manning 1682 - 1690
Joseph Walker 1686 - 1694
Nathaniel Hill 1686 - 1687
Jacob French 1687 - 1687
George Farley 1688 - 1688
Simon Crosby 1688 - 1688
Thomas Richardson 1688 - 1688
Joseph Tompson 1689 - 1691
John Stearns 1689 - 1690
Thomas Richardson 1691 - 1691
John French 1691 - 1691
Oliver Whiting 1692 - 1692
Samuel Manning 1692 - 1694
John Stearns 1692 - 1692
John Lane 1693 - 1693
Joseph Tompson 1693 - 1702
Thomas Richardson 1694 - 1694
John Stearns 1695 - 1697
Samuel Manning 1696 - 1696
John Lane 1696 - 1704
John Wilson 1696 - 1697
Simon Crosby 1697 - 1699
Jonathan Hill 1698 - 1698
James Frost 1698 - 1699
Oliver Whiting 1699 - 1699
Samuel Manning 1699 - 1699
Jonathan Hill 1700 - 1700
Joseph Walker 1700 - 1700
John French 1700 - 1702
John Sheldon 1700 - 1700
John Shed 1700 - 1701
Simon Crosby 1701 - 1701
Oliver Whiting 1702 - 1702
John Stearns 1702 - 1704
Enoch Kidder 1703 - 1703
Edward Farmer 1703 - 1703
John Wilson 1703 - 1704
Oliver Whiting 1704 - 1711
Thomas Richardson 1704 - 1704
John Shed 1705 - 1705
Simon Crosby 1705 - 1708
Joseph Foster 1705 - 1705
James Frost 1705 - 1705
John Stearns 1706 - 1712
Edward Farmer 1706 - 1707
Enoch Kidder 1706 - 1707
Jonathan Hill 1708 - 1708
Samuel Hill 1708 - 1711
Thomas Richardson 1709 - 1709
John Lane 1709 - 1709
Enoch Kidder 1710 - 1710
George Brown 1710 - 1712
John Sheldon 1711 - 1712
Thomas Ross 1712 - 1712
Ephraim Kidder 1712 - 1712
John Needham 1712 - 1713
Samuel Hill 1713 - 1714
John Sheldon 1714 - 1715
John Stearns 1714 - 1718
George Brown 1714 - 1720
Oliver Whiting 1714 - 1720
Enoch Kidder 1715 - 1717
John Hill 1716 - 1716
Samuel Hill 1716 - 1718
Thomas Richardson 1718 - 1718
Jonathan Bacon 1719 - 1719
Daniel Kittredge 1719 - 1719
Thomas Baldwin 1719 - 1719
John Stearns 1720 - 1720
Joseph Davis 1720 - 1720
William Patten 1720 - 1720
Benjamin Tompson 1721 - 1726
Joseph Stephens 1721 - 1722
Samuel Fitch 1721 - 1722
George Brown 1722 - 1726
Oliver Whiting 1722 - 1723
Samuel Hill 1723 - 1726
William Patten 1723 - 1725
Joshua Abbott 1724 - 1725
William Manning 1726 - 1726
Lt. Job Lane 1726 - 1727
Joshua Abbott 1727 - 1729
Capt. Jonathan Bowers 1727 - 1727
Josiah Fasset 1727 - 1728
Jonathan Bacon 1727 - 1727
William Patten 1728 - 1730
Benjamin Tompson 1728 - 1730
Samuel Hill 1728 - 1729
Daniel Kittredge 1729 - 1731
George Brown 1729 - 1729
Samuel Danforth 1730 - 1731
Jacob French II 1730 - 1731
Samuel Hunt 1731 - 1731
Joshua Abbott 1731 - 1748
John Stearns II 1732 - 1732
Benjamin Tompson 1732 - 1733
Andrew Richardson 1732 - 1732
Joseph Kittredge 1732 - 1734
Jacob French II 1733 - 1741
William French II 1733 - 1734
Benjamin Shed 1734 - 1737
Benjamin Tompson 1735 - 1739
John Stearns II 1735 - 1735
Enoch Kidder II 1736 - 1742
Thomas Kidder 1738 - 1746
William Stickney 1740 - 1742
Benjamin Tompson 1742 - 1747
Samuel Brown 1743 - 1744
Samuel Hill II 1743 - 1744
Samuel Whiting 1745 - 1746
William Stickney 1745 - 1745
Samuel Sheldon 1746 - 1746
Ralph Hill III 1747 - 1747
Enoch Kidder II 1747 - 1747
William Stickney 1747 - 1747
Benjamin Shed 1748 - 1748
Jeremiah Abbot 1748 - 1748
Jacob Walker 1748 - 1749
Jacob French II 1748 - 1748
Josiah Brown 1749 - 1750
Ralph Hill III 1749 - 1749
Thomas Kidder 1749 - 1749
William Manning II 1749 - 1749
Oliver Whiting 1750 - 1752
William Kidder 1750 - 1752
Joshua Abbott 1750 - 1756
William Needham 1751 - 1754
Benjamin Tompson 1751 - 1751
Thomas Kidder 1752 - 1752
Joshua Davis 1753 - 1756
Benjamin Lewis 1753 - 1754
William Stickney 1753 - 1768
Thomas Kidder 1755 - 1758
Ralph Hill III 1755 - 1756
Capt. Daniel Stickney 1757 - 1758
Joshua Abbot 1757 - 1780
Josiah Brown 1757 - 1758
Isaac Marshall 1759 - 1759
Benjamin Lewis 1759 - 1759
Joshua Davis 1759 - 1764
Thomas Kidder 1760 - 1761
Capt. Daniel Stickney 1760 - 1760
Enoch Kidder II 1761 - 1761
Josiah Brown 1762 - 1762
Capt. Daniel Stickney 1762 - 1762
David Osgood 1763 - 1764
Joseph Hill 1763 - 1765
Samuel Kidder 1765 - 1766
William Tompson 1765 - 1768
Isaac Stearns 1766 - 1772
John Parker 1766 - 1780
Asa Spaulding 1769 - 1771
Josiah Bowers 1769 - 1770
Timothy Danforth 1771 - 1777
William Tompson 1772 - 1780
Reuben Kendall 1773 - 1776
Jonathan Stickney 1777 - 1777
Reuben Kendall 1778 - 1779
Hekeziah Crosby 1778 - 1781
Ephraim Crosby 1780 - 1781
James Lewis 1781 - 1781
William Bowers II 1781 - 1781
Isaac Marshall II 1781 - 1781
Timothy Danforth 1782 - 1784
Reuben Kendall 1782 - 1784
John Parker 1782 - 1784
Samuel Kidder 1782 - 1784
Joshua Abbot 1782 - 1784
William Manning III 1785 - 1786
James Lewis 1785 - 1785
William Bowers II 1785 - 1785
Ephraim Crosby 1785 - 1785
Hekeziah Crosby 1785 - 1796
Jacob Richardson 1786 - 1790
Josiah Bowers II 1786 - 1786
Sears J. Cook 1786 - 1787
Oliver Crosby II 1786 - 1796
Jonathan Stickney 1787 - 1787
James Lewis 1787 - 1790
Ephraim Crosby 1788 - 1788
Jonathan Bowers 1789 - 1795
John Parker 1791 - 1795
John Farmer 1791 - 1796
Jacob Richardson 1796 - 1802
Peter Hill 1796 - 1796
James Abbot 1797 - 1797
Thomas Richardson II 1797 - 1797
John Parker 1797 - 1798
Sears J. Cook 1797 - 1805
Stephen Barrett 1798 - 1799
Josiah Crosby 1798 - 1798
Josiah Rogers 1799 - 1800
Isaac Barron 1799 - 1805
Oliver Crosby II 1800 - 1801
Oliver Richardson 1801 - 1805
John Parker 1802 - 1802
Oliver Crosby II 1803 - 1804
Stephen Barrett 1803 - 1804
Blaney Abbot 1805 - 1807
Jeremiah Patten 1805 - 1807
Thomas Spaulding 1806 - 1806
Josiah Crosby II 1806 - 1806
Jeremiah Crosby 1806 - 1807
Oliver Richardson 1807 - 1807
Sears J. Cook 1807 - 1807
Joseph Blanchard 1808 - 1810
Josiah Crosby II 1808 - 1809
Josiah B. Richardson 1808 - 1813
Josiah Rogers 1808 - 1810
John Crosby 1808 - 1810
Jeremiah Patten 1810 - 1813
Jeremiah Crosby 1810 - 1810
Amos Carlton 1811 - 1813
John Crosby 1812 - 1820
Joseph Blanchard 1812 - 1812
Jeremiah Farmer 1813 - 1815
Joseph Jaquith 1814 - 1814
Isaac Hurd 1814 - 1815
Josiah Rogers 1814 - 1814
Samuel Whiting II 1816 - 1820
John Baldwin 1816 - 1820
Francis Cook 1821 - 1823
Marshall Preston 1821 - 1840
William Richardson 1821 - 1823
Nathan Mears 1821 - 1828
Josiah Rogers II 1821 - 1823
Jeremiah Crosby II 1824 - 1825
Ichabod Everett 1826 - 1830
James Faulkner 1829 - 1829
Michael Crosby 1830 - 1830
Josiah Rogers II 1831 - 1832
John Richardson II 1831 - 1832
Sewall Stearns 1833 - 1840
Michael Crosby 1833 - 1833
Daniel Wilson 1834 - 1838
Henry Rice 1839 - 1842
Francis Richardson 1841 - 1841
Reuben Chamberlain 1841 - 1842
Marshall Preston 1842 - 1842
Cornelius Sweetser 1843 - 1844
Samuel Rogers 1843 - 1846
Sewall Stearns 1843 - 1844
Marshall Preston 1845 - 1848
Jonathan Hill II 1845 - 1846
William H. Odiorne 1847 - 1847
Dudley Foster 1847 - 1850
Jonathan Hill II 1848 - 1850
Gardner Parker 1849 - 1850
Caleb S. Brown 1851 - 1852
Benjamin L. Judkins 1851 - 1851
Jeremiah Crosby II 1851 - 1851
William Blanchard 1852 - 1853
William H. Odiorne 1852 - 1853
John C. Hobbs 1853 - 1854
Thomas J. Jenkins 1854 - 1855
Edward Spaulding 1854 - 1854
Benjamin H. Heald 1855 - 1855
Amasa Holden 1855 - 1856
Benjamin L. Judkins 1856 - 1860
John C. Hobbs 1856 - 1859
Dudley Foster 1857 - 1860
Israel Colson 1860 - 1860
Joseph Dows 1861 - 1861
Gardner Parker 1861 - 1868
Leander Crosby 1861 - 1861
William S. Gleason 1862 - 1868
Charles W. French 1862 - 1868
Dudley Foster 1869 - 1873
Israel Colson 1869 - 1873
David L. Mason 1869 - 1873
George P. Elliott 1874 - 1880
William S. Gleason 1874 - 1880
Edward Spaulding 1874 - 1879
Coburn S. Smith 1880 - 1892
George F. Colson 1881 - 1890
Dudley Foster 1881 - 1881
Ebenezer Baker 1882 - 1891
Edward B. Haskell 1891 - 1902
Alden O. Dane 1892 - 1892
John E. Rowell 1895 - 1900
Franklin Jaquith II 1895 - 1896
Josiah Wright 1897 - 1903
Charles H. Kohlrausch 1901 - 1906
Richard T. Perry 1903 - 1907
John A. Richardson 1904 - 1906
John J. Mahoney 1907 - 1910
Francis A. Singhi 1907 - 1912
John B. Tyler 1908 - 1908
Harold G. Sheldon 1909 - 1911
Thomas F. Sheridan 1911 - 1914
Josiah Wright 1912 - 1915
Thomas F. Sheridan 1918 - 1924
Richard T. Perry 1920 - 1921
Thomas F. Sheridan 1926 - 1927
Thomas F. Sheridan 1929 - 1929