The Mayor of Roxbury was the head of the municipal government in

Roxbury, Massachusetts Roxbury () is a neighborhood within the City of Boston, Massachusetts. Roxbury is a dissolved municipality and one of 23 official neighborhoods of Boston used by the city for neighborhood services coordination. The city states that Roxbury se ...

. There was no Mayor of Roxbury until 1846 because up to that point Roxbury was still incorporated as a town. When Roxbury was annexed by the City of Boston in 1868, the position was abolished.

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John Jones Clarke John Jones Clarke (February 24, 1803 – November 25, 1887) was an American politician, who served in both branches of the Massachusetts legislature and as the first Mayor of Roxbury, Massachusetts Roxbury () is a neighborhood within the Ci ...

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John Sherburne Sleeper John Sherburne Sleeper (1794–1878) was an American sailor, ship master, novelist (who used the pseudonym of Hawser Martingale), journalist and politician. Life at sea Sleeper spent 22 years in the merchant marine service shipping out of the p ...

, 1856–1858 , None , - , 7 , ,

Theodore Otis Theodore Otis (December 15, 1810 – July 11, 1873) was an American politician, who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and the seventh Mayor of Roxbury, Massachusetts Roxbury () is a neighborhood within the City ...

, 1859–1860 , None , - , 8 , ,

William Gaston William J. Gaston (September 19, 1778 – January 23, 1844) was a jurist and United States Representative from North Carolina. Gaston is the author of the official state song of North Carolina, "The Old North State". Gaston County, North Carolin ...

, 1861–1862 , {{Party shading/Democratic , Democratic , - , 9 , ,

George Lewis George Lewis may refer to: Entertainment and art * George B. W. Lewis (1818–1906), circus rider and theatre manager in Australia * George E. Lewis (born 1952), American composer and free jazz trombonist * George J. Lewis (1903–1995), Mexica ...

, January 5, 1863 – January 5, 1868 , None , -

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