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Hugh O'Brien

Hugh O'Brien
Hugh O Brien Former Mayor of Boston.png
31st Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts
In office
January 5, 1885 – January 7, 1889
Preceded by Augustus P. Martin
Succeeded by Thomas N. Hart
Personal details
Born (1827-07-13)July 13, 1827
Ireland
Died August 1, 1895(1895-08-01) (aged 68)
Massachusetts
Political party Democratic

Hugh O'Brien (July 13, 1827 – August 1, 1895) was the 31st mayor of Boston, from 1884–1888. O'Brien is notable as Boston's first Irish and Catholic mayor, having emigrated 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, from 1875–83.



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