Bernard Cohn
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This article refers to Bernard Cohn the businessman and politician. For information on Bernard Cohn the historian and anthropologist, please see Bernard Cohn (anthropologist)
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Bernard Cohn (1835 – 1889) was an American businessman and politician. The 15th Mayor of Los Angeles
for only 15 days, between November 21, 1878 and December 5, 1878, he was appointed to the position after the death of Frederick A. MacDougal
in 1878. He would later run for reelection, but would lose to J. R. Toberman
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Bernard Cohn (anthropologist)
Bernard S. Cohn was an anthropologist and scholar of British colonialism in India, primarily affiliated with the University of Chicago. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Cohn received a B.A. in history from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1949 and a Ph.D. in anthropology from Cornell University...
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Bernard Cohn (1835 – 1889) was an American businessman and politician. The 15th Mayor of Los Angeles
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for only 15 days, between November 21, 1878 and December 5, 1878, he was appointed to the position after the death of Frederick A. MacDougal
Frederick A. MacDougal
Frederick A. MacDougal, the 14th Mayor of Los Angeles from 1876-78. He was a physician and the first Los Angeles Chief of Police. He died in 1878 in office and Bernard Cohn was appointed to be mayor for only 2 weeks....
in 1878. He would later run for reelection, but would lose to J. R. Toberman
James R. Toberman
James Robert Toberman served six one year terms as Mayor of Los Angeles. He first served between 1872 and 1874 and again from 1878 to 1882. Mayor James R Toberman switched on the city's first electric streetlights. He helped map out the first street car grid and water and sewer systems...
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