Edward Elsworth Willard (September 25, 1862 – January 11, 1929) was an American politician who served as Mayor of Chelsea, Massachusetts. Early life Willard was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, on September 25, 1862, to Edman and Elizabeth E. Willard. Family life Willard married Lissis Doan Nickerson of Chatham, Massachusetts, in that town in December 1895. See also 1920 Massachusetts legislature 1921–1922 Massachusetts legislature Notes 1862 births Massachusetts city council members Mayors of Chelsea, Massachusetts Republican Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 1929 deaths