Hugh O'Brien

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Hugh O'Brien

31st Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts
In office January 5, 1885^[1] – January 7, 1889^[2]
Preceded by	Augustus P. Martin
Succeeded by	Thomas N. Hart
Personal details
Born	(1827-07-13)July 13, 1827 Ireland
Died	August 1, 1895(1895-08-01) (aged 68) Massachusetts
Political party	Democratic

Hugh O'Brien (July 13, 1827 – August 1, 1895) was the 31st mayor of Boston, from 1884–1888. O'Brien is notable as Boston's first Irish mayor, having emigrated from Ireland to America in the early 1830s. O'Brien was the editor of the Shipping and Commercial List, and served as a Boston alderman, from 1875–83.

References

Mayors of Boston: An Illustrated Epitome of who the Mayors Have Been and What they Have Done, Boston, MA: State Street Trust Company, Page 39, (1914).

↑ A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822–1908, Roxbury, 1846–1867, Charlestown 1847–1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634–1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, 1909, p. 275 Unknown parameter |unused_data= ignored (help)
↑ A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822–1908, Roxbury, 1846–1867, Charlestown 1847–1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634–1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, 1909, p. 279 Unknown parameter |unused_data= ignored (help)

External links

Political graveyard information on Hugh O'Brien (1827–1895)

Political offices
Preceded by Augustus Martin	31st Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts January 5, 1885 – January 7, 1889	Succeeded by Thomas N. Hart

v t e Mayors of Boston, Massachusetts

Phillips Quincy III Otis Wells Lyman Armstrong Eliot Chapman Brimmer Davis Quincy, Jr. Bigelow Seaver Smith Rice Lincoln Wightman Lincoln Norcross Shurtleff Gaston Pierce Cutter* Cobb Prince Pierce Prince Green Palmer Martin O'Brien Hart Matthews Curtis Quincy Hart Collins Whelton* Fitzgerald Hibbard Fitzgerald Curley Peters Curley Nichols Curley Mansfield Tobin Kerrigan* Curley Hynes* Curley Hynes Collins White Flynn Menino Walsh

* denotes acting

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Persondata
Name	Obrien, Hugh
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	July 13, 1827
Place of birth	Ireland
Date of death	August 1, 1895
Place of death	Massachusetts

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