Samuel Harris is appointed the first Commissioner of the Boston Fire Department.

Harris is originally the Chief Engineer. The title is changed to Fire Chief in 1901 and subsequently to Fire Commissioner. Harris is succeed by Thomas Amory (1829), William Tileston (1835), John Hammond (1835), William Barnicoat (1836), Elisha Smith, Jr. (1854), George Bird (1856), John Damrell (1866*), William Green (1874), Lewis Webber (1884). William Cheswell (1901), John Mullen (1906), John Grady (1914), Peter McDonough (1914), Peter Walsh (1919), John Taber (1922), Daniel Sennott (1924), Henry Fox (1930), Samuel Pope (1936), Napeen Boutilier (1946), John McDonough (1948), John Stapleton (1950), Edward Montgomery (1956), Leo Driscoll (1956), John Martin (1960), William Terrenzi (1963), James Flanagan (1966), John Clougherty (1967), Joseph Kilduff (1969), George Paul (1970), Leo Stapleton (1984), Martin Pierce, Jr. (1991), Paul Christian (2000), Kevin MacCurtain (2006), Ronald Keating (2009), Steve Abraira (2011*), Joseph Finn (2014), John Dempsey (2020), and Paul Burke (2022).