Hardin Bigelow

Hardin Bigelow
1st Mayor of Sacramento
In office
April 1, 1850 – November 1850
Preceded byAlbert Maver Winn (as President of the Sacramento City Council)
Succeeded byHorace Smith
Personal details
Born1809
Michigan Territory
DiedNovember 27, 1850
San Francisco, California
SpouseCynthia
ChildrenAnson Hardin Bigelow, Annette Bigelow, Almira Bigelow
ProfessionPolitician
Grave at Sacramento Historic City Cemetery

Hardin Bigelow (1809 in Michigan Territory – November 27, 1850 in San Francisco, California) was the first elected mayor of the city of Sacramento, California, which was known then as "Sacramento City." Bigelow's efforts to construct Sacramento's first levees won him enough support to become mayor in Sacramento's first mayoral elections in February 1850. Bigelow served seven months, from April to November, before succumbing to cholera; while he was mayor, Sacramento averted disaster in a potentially devastating flood,[1] but fell victim to a series of April fires,[1] a riot,[2] and a cholera epidemic.[3]

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