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Hamilton Boyd
18th Mayor of Portland, Oregon
In office
1868–1869
Preceded byJ. A. Chapman
Succeeded byBernard Goldsmith
Personal details
Bornc. 1831[citation needed]
DiedMarch 1883 or October 1886

Hamilton Boyd was an American politician who served as mayor of Portland, Oregon, in 1868-69. He is thought to have come to Portland in 1860, worked as an assistant county clerk, and later worked as an accountant in the Ladd & Tilton bank. He was elected to a two-year term as county commissioner in 1868 and served as mayor from 1868 to 1869. He was elected mayor on June 16, 1868,[1] and assumed office later that month. He was succeeded as mayor by Bernard Goldsmith in 1869.[1]

Sources differ on when Boyd died, with at least one source saying he died in Portland in 1886,[2] while The Oregonian reported that he died in March 1883.[3]

He is buried in the Lone Fir Cemetery in Portland.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b City Auditor's Office. "Mayors of Portland". City of Portland, Oregon. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  2. ^ Scott, H.W., editor, "History of Portland..", D. Mason & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N.Y., 1890, p. 196
  3. ^ "Fifty Years Ago: From The Oregonian of March 27, 1883". The Morning Oregonian. March 27, 1933. p. 4.
  4. ^ findagrave.com
Preceded by Mayor of Portland, Oregon
1868–1869
Succeeded by