List of commissioners of the Baltimore Police Department

Presidents of the Board of Police Commissioners Before 1920, the department was led by a multi-member Board of Police Commissioners. This board was led by a president. Police commissioners since 1920 ==Board of Commissioners membership (1850–1920)==

Timeline List of members by name The following is a list of all of those who served as members of the former board of commissioners. Periods as board president are also noted in itallics: • Morris Ames Soper (April 4, 1912 – December 31, 1913) –president May 6, 1912–December 31, 1913 • Peter E. Tome (May 4, 1908 – May 6, 1912) • Michael Warner (June 22, 1861 – March 29, 1862 ) • George R. Willis (May 2, 1904 – May 4, 1908) –president May 2, 1904–May 4, 1908 • John B. A. Wheltle (May 4, 1908 – May 6, 1912) –president May 2, 1910–1912 • Nicholas L. Wood (March 29, 1862 – November 15, 1866) -president 1850–1860 • George M. Upshur (May 7, 1900 – May 2, 1904) –president 1900-1904 • William T. Valiant (November 15, 1866–March 1867) • James Young (November 15, 1866–March 1867) Mayors that served as ex-officio members • John Hanson Thomas Jerome (1850–1852) • John Smith Hollins (1852–1854) • Samuel Hinks (1854–1856) • Thomas Swann (1856–1860) • George William Brown (1860–1861) • John L. Chapman (1862–1867) ==References==