John Hanson Thomas Jerome (c. 1816 – January 25, 1863) was

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from 1850–1852.

Mayor of Baltimore

During Jerome's administration as Mayor of Baltimore, the McDonogh bequest was made to the city from the estate of

John McDonogh John McDonogh (December 29, 1779 – October 26, 1850) was an American entrepreneur whose adult life was spent in south Louisiana and later in Baltimore. He made a fortune in real estate and shipping, and as a slave owner, he supported the Ameri ...

– a bequest which would later result in the foundation of the

McDonogh School McDonogh School is a private, coeducational, PK-12, college-preparatory school founded in Owings Mills, Maryland, United States in 1873. The school is named after John McDonogh, whose estate originally funded the school. The school now enrolls ...

. The

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Hall, Marsh Market Space and Baltimore Street, was erected (though it was later destroyed in the

Great Baltimore Fire The Great Baltimore Fire raged in Baltimore, Maryland from Sunday, February 7, to Monday, February 8, 1904. More than 1,500 buildings were completely leveled, and some 1,000 severely damaged, bringing property loss from the disaster to an estimate ...

of 1904 which destroyed over 1,500 buildings in the city). Bonds to the extent of $1,500,000 of the Northwestern Virginia Railroad were guaranteed by the city. In one of his messages to the Council Mayor Jerome proposed an ambitious programme of municipal development, among which was the acquisition of Federal Hill. He also advocated the purchase of the water-works, then operated under private ownership, and he proposed that if the Gas Company would not illuminate the streets properly, the Municipality should establish its own gas plant. The political separation of Baltimore City and

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occurred during this administration, wherein an important change became effective with the ratification by the people of the State Constitution in 1851. This resulted in

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becoming the county seat instead of Baltimore and thus Baltimore became a separate political division of the State. Jerome died on January 25 year 1863 at his house in Govanstown, Baltimore. He was interred at

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in Baltimore.

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External links

Maryland State Archives
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