Hugh O'Bryant

Hugh O'Bryant
1st Mayor of Portland, Oregon
In office
April 1851 – April 1852
Succeeded byA. C. Bonnell
Member of the Washington Territorial House of Representatives
In office
1866–1866
In office
1869–1869
Member of the Washington Territorial Council
In office
1871–1871
Personal details
Born1813
Georgia, U.S.
Died1883 (aged 69–70)
Merced County, California, U.S.[1]
NationalityAmerican

Hugh Donaldson O'Bryant (1813–1883) was the first mayor of Portland, Oregon, United States, serving from 1851–1852. He later served as the President of the Oregon Territory’ Council chamber of the legislature, and was a member of Washington Territory’s legislature.

  1. ^ Census records are the only way to track down O'Bryant in his later life. Lansing states that O'Bryant shows up in the 1880 census records in Merced County, California. However, nobody by the last name of O'Bryant shows up in the 1890 census in California, Oregon, or Washington.