Hugh O'Brien
Mayor of Boston[1]
In office
January 5, 1885 – January 7, 1889
Preceded byAugustus Pearl Martin
Succeeded byThomas N. Hart
Chairman of the Boston Board of Aldermen[1]
In office
1883
Preceded bySolomon B. Stebbins
Succeeded byCharles Varney Whitten
In office
1879–1881
Preceded bySolomon B. Stebbins
Succeeded bySolomon B. Stebbins
Member of the Boston Board of Aldermen
In office
1875–1883
Personal details
Born(1827-07-13)July 13, 1827
Ireland
DiedAugust 1, 1895(1895-08-01) (aged 68)
Massachusetts
Political partyDemocratic

Hugh O'Brien (July 13, 1827 – August 1, 1895) served as the mayor of Boston from 1884 to 1888. O'Brien is notable as Boston's first Irish and Catholic 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 to 1883. He was chairman of the Boston Board of Aldermen from 1879 through 1881 and again in 1883.

See also

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).
  1. 1 2 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 Printed by Order of the City Council

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