Allison Clark Bonnell (March 16, 1801 – August 16, 1875),
better known as A. C. Bonnell, was an American politician and businessman. He served as the second mayor of
Portland, Oregon
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, in 1852.
Bonnell was born near
Chatham,
New Jersey
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, in 1801.
Cincinnati
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, Ohio
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, until deciding to move west, arriving in San Francisco
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on November 1, 1849. He worked as a recorder clerk in the administration of mayor John W. Geary until August 1850, when he moved to Portland, Oregon.[
He was elected as Portland's second mayor in 1852, succeeding Hugh O'Bryant.]
References
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1801 births
1875 deaths
Mayors of Portland, Oregon
19th-century American politicians