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Chief Timeline

Jonathan Pond August 12, 1861 to July 1864
Elihu Yale July 16, 1864 to October 9, 1865
George White October 9, 1865 to September 5, 1866
William Lincoln September 5, 1866 to December 27, 1869
William Bowen January 5, 1870 to August 30, 1870
Captain Catlin Acting Chief
Charles Webster Elected July 7, 1871
Declines July 24, 1871
Captain William Hyde Acting Chief
Charles Allen December 13, 1872 to February 19, 1879
Charles Webster February 1879 to July 1885
Charles Bollmann July 13, 1885 to October 1, 1891
Treadwell Smith October 1, 1891 to April 6, 1897
James W. Wrinn June 5, 1897 to November 5, 1904
Henry D. Cowles November 5, 1907 to December 1912
Phillip T. Smith December 2, 1912 - November 19, 1943
Henry P. Clark 1943 to 1952
Howard O. Young 1952 to 1955
Francis V. McManus 1955 to 1968
James Ahern 1968 to 1971
Biagio DiLieto 1971 to 1977
Ed Morrone 1977 to 1981
William Farrell 1981 to 1990
Nicholas Pastore 1990 to 1997
Melvin H. Wearing 1997 to 2003
Francisco Ortiz, Jr. 2003 to present

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