Alexander Calder (c. 1806 – August 23, 1853) was the first mayor of
Beaumont, Texas
Beaumont is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat of Jefferson County, Texas, Jefferson County, within the Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area, located in Southeast Texas on the Neches River about east of Houston (city ...
, on August 8, 1840.
Calder grew up in New York but moved to the Beaumont area in 1838. He became the clerk of the county court, and many early
Jefferson County, Texas
Jefferson County is a county in the Coastal Plain or Gulf Prairie region of Southeast Texas. The Neches River forms its northeastern boundary. As of the 2020 census, the population was 256,526. The county seat is Beaumont. Jefferson County ...
documents are in his handwriting.
Calder won the first mayoral election for the city of Beaumont on July 28, 1840, held under the Incorporation Act. Beaumont had incorporated as a city two years earlier.
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Calder had a house at 600 Calder Avenue.]
References
See also
* List of mayors of Beaumont, Texas
* Timeline of Beaumont, Texas
1800s births
1853 deaths
19th-century people from New York (state)
Politicians from Beaumont, Texas
Texas lawyers
Mayors of places in Texas
19th-century American lawyers
19th-century mayors of places in Texas
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