John C. Buchanan was an American businessman. He arrived in
San Francisco in 1846 by overland route from
Kentucky. Buchanan was a member of
Frémont’s Battalion, and was also owner of many town lots. In 1847 he was
alcalde
Alcalde (; ) is the traditional Spanish municipal magistrate, who had both judicial and administrative functions. An ''alcalde'' was, in the absence of a corregidor, the presiding officer of the Castilian '' cabildo'' (the municipal council) a ...
’s clerk under Bryant and Hyde, in 1848 a partner in the firm of McDonald & Buchanan, auctioneers and commission merchants. Buchanan Street, in San Francisco, is named after him.
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19th-century American businesspeople
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