Maurice Carey Blake (October 20, 1815 – September 26, 1897) was the 19th

Mayor of San Francisco The mayor of the City and County of San Francisco is the head of the executive branch of the San Francisco city and county government. The officeholder has the duty to enforce city laws, and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by ...

, serving from December 5, 1881, to January 7, 1883. Blake was born on October 20, 1815, in Otisville,

Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and ...

. After graduating from Bowdoin College, he came to San Francisco in 1853. He became a lawyer in California and practiced law there. In 1857, he first became a county judge (which he served until 1862) and then a probate judge. At the same time, in 1857, he served as a member of the California State Assembly until 1858. In 1881, he became the

and served for only two years. Just one year after leaving office, he became a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1884. Blake died of a heart attack in San Francisco on September 26, 1897. He is interred at Mount Tamalpais Cemetery in

San Rafael, California San Rafael ( ; Spanish for " St. Raphael", ) is a city and the county seat of Marin County, California, United States. The city is located in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city's populatio ...

. His nephew's daughter,

Anna Blake Mezquida Anna Blake Mezquida (September 1, 1883 – March 12, 1965) was an American writer, poet, and journalist based in San Francisco. Early life Anna G. Blake was born in San Francisco, the daughter of Maurice B. Blake and Martha Eastman Blake. Her fat ...

, became a writer and journalist in San Francisco.Guide to the Anna Blake Mezquida Papers, 1788-1975
(bulk 1898-1965), Bancroft Library, Berkeley CA.

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