Hugh O'Brien (July 13, 1827 – August 1, 1895) served as the mayor of Boston from 1884 to 1888. O'Brien is notable as Boston's first Irish and Catholic mayor, having emigrated from Ireland to America in the early 1830s. O'Brien was the editor of the Shipping and Commercial List and served as a Boston alderman from 1875 to 1883. He was chairman of the Boston Board of Aldermen from 1879 through 1881 and again in 1883.
See also
Timeline of Boston, 1880s
1883 Boston mayoral election
1884 Boston mayoral election
1885 Boston mayoral election
1886 Boston mayoral election
1887 Boston mayoral election
1888 Boston mayoral election
References
Mayors of Boston: An Illustrated Epitome of who the Mayors Have Been and What they Have Done, Boston, MA: State Street Trust Company, Page 39, (1914).
External links
Political graveyard information on Hugh O'Brien (1827–1895)