Col. James G. Berret | |
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| 18th Mayor of the City of Washington, D.C. | |
| In office June 14, 1858 – August 26, 1861 | |
| Preceded by | William B. Magruder |
| Succeeded by | Richard Wallach |
| Delegate of the Maryland House of Delegates | |
| In office 1835–1837 | |
| Delegate of the Maryland House of Delegates | |
| In office 1891–1892 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | James Gabriel Berret February 1, 1815 Carroll County, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | April 14, 1901 (aged 86) Washington, DC |
| Resting place | Congressional Cemetery |
| Political party | Anti-Know-Nothing-Party, Democratic |
James Gabriel Berret (February 12, 1815 – April 14, 1901) was an American politician who served as a Maryland state legislator from 1837 to 1839 and again in 1891 and as the eighteenth Mayor of Washington, District of Columbia, from 1858 to 1861, when he was forced to resign from office after being jailed by the Lincoln administration for sedition. He was also President of the Electoral College in 1888.[1]