Andrew Jackson Bryant
Politician
1823 – 1888
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Who was Andrew Jackson Bryant?
Andrew Jackson Bryant, known as A.J. Bryant, was the seventeenth mayor of San Francisco, California, serving from December 1875 to December 1879 during a lengthy economic depression that struck San Francisco and the rest of the country. Bryant was a strong advocate for an eight-hour work day as well as legislation to halt the immigration of Chinese laborers into the state. A prominent insurance man and a sportsman, he drowned in the San Francisco Bay after falling from a ferryboat.
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- Born
- Oct 30, 1823
Effingham - Profession
- Died
- May 11, 1888
San Francisco
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on July 23, 2013
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