Abraham Oakey Hall | |
|---|---|
 Abraham Oakey Hall, c. 1870 | |
| 79th Mayor of New York City | |
| In office January 4, 1869 – December 31, 1872 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Coman |
| Succeeded by | William F. Havemeyer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 26, 1826 New York City, New York |
| Died | October 7, 1898 (aged 72) New York City, New York |
| Political party | Democratic |
Abraham Oakey Hall (July 26, 1826 – October 7, 1898) was an American politician, lawyer, and writer. He served as Mayor of New York from 1869 to 1872 as a Democrat. Hall, known as "Elegant Oakey", was a model of serenity and respectability.[1] In a scholar survey run by the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1993, he was ranked as the sixth-worst American big-city mayor to have served between the years 1820 and 1993. Recent historians have disputed the older depiction of Hall as corrupt or as a front man for a corrupt political order.[2]
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