Andrew Jackson Bryant | |
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| 17th Mayor of San Francisco | |
| In office December 5, 1875 – December 1, 1879 | |
| Preceded by | George Hewston |
| Succeeded by | Isaac Smith Kalloch |
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| Born | October 30, 1831 Effingham, New Hampshire, US |
| Died | May 11, 1888 (aged 56) San Francisco, California, US |
Andrew Jackson Bryant, known as A.J. Bryant, (1831–1888) was the seventeenth mayor of San Francisco, California, serving from December 1875 to December 1879 during a lengthy economic depression that struck San Francisco and the rest of the country. Bryant was a strong advocate for an eight-hour work day as well as legislation to halt the immigration of Chinese laborers into the state. A prominent insurance man and a sportsman, he drowned in the San Francisco Bay after falling from a ferryboat.