Hugh O'Brien (July 13, 1827 – August 1, 1895) was the 31st mayor of Boston, from 1884 to 1888. O'Brien is notable as Boston's first Irish and Catholic mayor, having
emigrated
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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
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from 1875 to 1883. He was
chairman of the Boston Board of Aldermen
The Boston City Council is the legislative branch of government for the city of Boston, Massachusetts. It is made up of 13 members: 9 district representatives and 4 at-large members. Councillors are elected to two-year terms and there is no l ...
from 1879 through 1881 and again in 1883.
See also
*
Timeline of Boston, 1880s
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).
External links
Political graveyard information on Hugh O'Brien (1827–1895)
19th-century Irish people
1827 births
1895 deaths
Mayors of Boston
Irish emigrants to the United States (before 1923)
Massachusetts Democrats
19th-century American politicians
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