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1801
Francis Dana
Simeon Strong
Thomas Dawes
Samuel Sewall
George Thatcher
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1801-1805
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1805
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1806
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Isaac Parker
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Theophilus Parsons
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1807
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1808
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1809
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1810
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1811
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1812
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1813
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Charles Jackson
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1814
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Isaac Parker
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Daniel Dewey
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1815
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Samuel Wilde
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1816
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1817
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1818
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1819
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1820
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1821
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1822
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1823
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1824
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1827
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1830
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Lemuel Shaw
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Charles Dewey
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1839
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1840
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1842
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Samuel Hubbard
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1843
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1844
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1845
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1846
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1847
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1848
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Charles Forbes
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Theron Metcalf
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Richard Fletcher
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1849
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1850
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George Bigelow
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1851
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1852
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Caleb Cushing
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1853
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Benjamin Thomas
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Pliny Merrick
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1855
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1856
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1857
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1858
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1859
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Ebenezer Hoar
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1860
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George Bigelow
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Reuben Chapman
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1861
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1862
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1863
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1864
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Horace Gray
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James Colt
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1866
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John Wells
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1867
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1868
Reuben Chapman
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1869
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Marcus Morton
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Seth Ames
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1870
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1871
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1872
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1873
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William Endicott
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Charles Devens
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1874
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1875
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Otis Lord
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1876
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1877
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August Soule
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1878
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1880
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1881
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Charles Devens
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William Allen
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1882
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Marcus Morton
Charles Allen
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Waldo Colburn
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1884
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1885
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William Gardner
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1887
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Marcus Knowlton
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1889
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1890
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James Morton
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Waldridge Field
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1891
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James Barker
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John Lathrop
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1892
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1893
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1894
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1895
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1896
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1897
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1898
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John Hammond
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1899
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Oliver W. Holmes
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William Loring
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1900
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1901
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1902
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Marcus Knowlton
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Henry Braley
1903
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1904
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1905
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Henry Sheldon
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Arthur Rugg
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1908
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1909
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1910
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1911
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Arthur Rugg
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Charles Decourcy
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John Crosby
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1914
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Edward Pierce
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James Carroll
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1916
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1917
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1918
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1919
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Charles Jenney
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1920
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1921
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1922
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1923
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William Wait
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1924
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George Sanderson
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1925
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1926
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1927
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1928
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1929
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Fred T. Field
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1931
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1932
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Charles Donahue
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1933
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1934
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Stanley Qua
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1935
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1936
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1937
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Louis Cox
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Arthur Dolan
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1938
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Fred T. Field
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James Ronan
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1940
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1941
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1942
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1943
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1944
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Raymond Wilkins
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1945
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1946
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1947
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Harold Williams
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1948
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Edward Counihan
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1950
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1951
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Arthur Whittemore
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1958
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1959
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1960
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Jacob Spiegel
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1961
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1962
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Paul Reardon
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1963
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1964
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1965
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1966
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1967
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1968
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1969
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Francis Quirico
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1970
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G. Joseph Tauro
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1971
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Robert Braucher
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Edward F. Hennessey
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1972
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Herbert Wilkins
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Benjamin Kaplan
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1973
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1974
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1975
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1976
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Edward F. Hennessey
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Paul J. Liacos
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1977
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Ruth Abrams
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1978
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1979
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1980
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1981
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Neil L. Lynch
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Joseph Nolan
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1982
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1983
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1984
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1985
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1986
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1987
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1988
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1989
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Paul J. Liacos
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John M. Greaney
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1990
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1991
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1992
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1993
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1994
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1995
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Charles Fried
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1996
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Herbert P. Wilkins
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Margaret Marshall
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1997
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Roderick L. Ireland
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1999
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Margaret H. Marshall
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Francis X. Spina
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2000
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Martha B. Sosman
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2001
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Robert J. Cordy
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2002
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2003
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2004
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2005
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2006
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2007
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Margot Botsford
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2009
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Ralph D. Gants
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2010
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Roderick L. Ireland
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2011
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Fernande R. V. Duffly
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Barbara A. Lenk
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2012
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1
This chart lists all the Chief Justices and Associate Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court since 1801. Using the vertical columns the reader may determine the order of succession for each seat on the bench.
2
A vertical line within a box indicates that the Justice listed above has continued to sit in that seat.
3
A horizontal line within a box indicates that a seat is vacant. From 1824 (upon the resignation of Charles Jackson) until 1837 (upon the appointment of Charles Dewey) this line of succession was vacant.
4
Upon the appointment of Justice Caleb Cushing to the Supreme Judicial Court in 1852, the court now had six Justices.
5
Upon the appointment of Justice William Endicott to the Supreme Judicial Court in 1873, the court now had seven Justices.