Charles Boxton
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Charles Boxton (April 24, 1860 Shasta County, California - August 29, 1927 San Mateo, California) served as mayor of San Francisco from July 9 to July 16, 1907.
He attended the San Francisco public schools and then entered a dental apprenticeship. Afterwards he entered the University of California, where he earned a D.D.S. degree, and then entered private practice in San Francisco.
He soon left his dental practice to go to war in the Philippines. After returning home he entered politics and was elected to the Board of Supervisors in 1899. He also became dean of the Dental Department at the College of Physicians and Surgeons.
After the corruption trial of mayor Eugene Schmitz, the Board of Supervisors chose him to serve out Schmitz's remaining term. However, during the trial, it was revealed that Boxton had taken bribes and he was forced to resign after only a week in office. He then resumed his dentistry practice.
[edit] References
- Walton Bean: Boss Ruef's San Francisco: The Story of the Union Labor Party, Big Business, and the Graft Prosecution (Cambridge University Press, London, 1952; republished Greenwood Press, 1981, ISBN 0-313-23211-3)
- Hanson, Gladys: San Francisco Almanac (Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 1995, ISBN 0-8118-0841-6)
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| Preceded by Eugene E. Schmitz |
Mayor of San Francisco 1907 |
Succeeded by Edward Robeson Taylor |
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