John Bryson (Mayor)

John Bryson (Mayor)

John Bryson served as Mayor of Los Angeles for a few months in 1889. In that time, he appointed all 6 of his sons to the then 80-man Los Angeles Police Department(1). He would later serve as President of the San Gabriel Valley Rapid Transit Railroad (2).

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* [http://www.csupomona.edu/~reshaffer/lawx.htm Law and Order]
* [http://www.erha.org/sangabvalraptrannotes.html Notes]


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