Andrew Jackson Bryant
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Andrew Jackson Bryant was the 17th Mayor of San Francisco
serving from December 6, 1875 to November 30, 1879.
Bryant was born in Ettingham, New Hampshire. He was elected mayor of San Francisco in 1875 to replace James Otis
. On May 11, 1888, Bryant, retired, was crossing the San Francisco Bay
on a ferry. Bryant committed suicide by falling off a ferry into San Francisco Bay, and drowned.
A headline in the May 12, 1888 New York Times read; AN EX-MAYOR'S SUICIDE.; THE UNHAPPY END OF ONE OF SAN FRANCISCO'S OLD CITIZENS. SAN FRANCISCO, May 11.--A.J. Bryant, ex-Mayor of San Francisco, committed suicide this morning by jumping from the ferry steamer Encinal just after the boat had started on the 9:15 trip to Oakland. Mr. Bryant was very nervous and trembling when he bought his ticket, and the gate-keeper appears to be the last man who talked with him.
Mayor of San Francisco
The Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco is the head of the executive branch of San Francisco's city and county government. The mayor has the duty to enforce city laws, and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, the legislative branch....
serving from December 6, 1875 to November 30, 1879.
Bryant was born in Ettingham, New Hampshire. He was elected mayor of San Francisco in 1875 to replace James Otis
James Otis (politician)
James Otis was a politician from San Francisco. James Otis was born in Boston, Massachusetts on August 11, 1826 Otis then moved to San Francisco for the 1849 California Gold Rush. Otis then became an importer and exporter in San Francisco. He then became a member of the Board of Supervisors in...
. On May 11, 1888, Bryant, retired, was crossing the San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining from approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean...
on a ferry. Bryant committed suicide by falling off a ferry into San Francisco Bay, and drowned.
A headline in the May 12, 1888 New York Times read; AN EX-MAYOR'S SUICIDE.; THE UNHAPPY END OF ONE OF SAN FRANCISCO'S OLD CITIZENS. SAN FRANCISCO, May 11.--A.J. Bryant, ex-Mayor of San Francisco, committed suicide this morning by jumping from the ferry steamer Encinal just after the boat had started on the 9:15 trip to Oakland. Mr. Bryant was very nervous and trembling when he bought his ticket, and the gate-keeper appears to be the last man who talked with him.