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Los Angeles Common Council

Former council in Los Angeles, USA

Summary

Former council in Los Angeles, USA

Field	Value
name	Los Angeles Common Council
foundation
disbanded
succeeded_by	Los Angeles City Council
leader1_type	First president
leader1	David W. Alexander
leader2_type	Last president
leader2	Jacob Kuhrts
seats	7 seats (until 1867)
10 seats (until 1870)
3 wards (until 1877)
5 wards (1878 onwards)
term_length	About 1 year
seats8_title
seats8
voting_system1	First-past-the-post voting

10 seats (until 1870) 3 wards (until 1877) 5 wards (1878 onwards) The Los Angeles Common Council was the predecessor of the Los Angeles, California, City Council. It was formed in 1850 under state law, when the city had only 1,610 residents, and it existed until 1889, when the city had about 50,400 residents and a city charter was put into effect. It succeeded the council of the Ciudad de Los Angeles.

From 1850 through 1869, council members were elected at large under a first-past-the-post voting system, in which the top vote-getters were seated. From 1870 they were elected by electoral districts called wards.

History

Actors recreating the first meeting of the Los Angeles Common Council in 1948.

The Los Angeles Common Council was created in 1850 as the city of Los Angeles grew from a remote town of 5,000 residents to a city of 15,000 residents. Between 1850 and 1858, the council had 7 seats and for two years after had 10 seats drawn by lots. From 1870 to 1889, the council had a ward system with three (until 1877) and five (1877 onwards) seats.

The Council had various responsibilities for governing the city, including the responsibility of governing the school system as several members were appointed to serve on a committee for the governance of schools.

In 1857, the officials that were elected on May 6 were deposed and the officials from the previous year were reinstated, though they never took office.

Members

At-large (1850–1870)

Year	President		colspan="10" align="left"		1850	1851	1852	1853
David W. Alexander	David W. Alexander	Cristobal Aguilar	Alexander Bell	Julian Chavez	Morris L. Goodman	Manuel Requena	Juan Temple	Vacant}}
Wilson W. Jones	Alexander W. Hope	Benjamin Davis Wilson	Jose Vicente Guerrero	Stephen Clark Foster
Ygnacio Coronel	Agustín Olvera	Tomas Avila Sanchez
Joseph Lancaster Grant	Joseph Lancaster Grant	John Ozias Wheeler
Manuel Requena	John G. Downey	Myron Norton	Mathew Keller	Ygnacio del Valle	Narciso Botello
John F. Jones	William Taylor Barnes Sanford	Arnold Jacobi	Pio Pico*	William R. Rand	Jose Maria Doporto
Henry R. Myles	Ezra Drown	Juan Maria Sepulveda	Collins Wadhams
Francis Mellus	Francis Mellus	Lewis Granger	Solomon Lazard	Collins Wadhams	Antonio F. Coronel	Vacant}}
Manuel Requena	Obed Macy	Alexander W. Hope	Ezra Drown
John G. Nichols	John G. Nichols	Ira H. Stuart	Horace Z. Wheeler	J. W. Ross	Will Lloyd
Ezra Drown	Henry Uhrbrook	Cristobal Aguilar	Robert Glass	Paul R. Hunt	Timothy Foster
John Schumacher
Manuel Requena	Ygnacio del Valle	John Gately Downey	Nehemiah A. Potter	August Ulyard	Manuel Requena	Ira Gilchrist
Myron Norton	George Henry Carson
Antonio F. Coronel	Antonio F. Coronel	Joseph Mullaly	John Frohling	Hiram McLaughlin	John Barre
George N. Whitman
John Strother Griffin	John Goller	Cristobal Aguilar	Phineas Banning	David M. Porter	Stephen Clark Foster
Nehemiah A. Potter	Nehemiah A. Potter	Ezra Drown	James Baldwin	Geronimo Ybarra	Arthur McKenzie Dodson	Wallace Woodworth
Vincent A. Hoover
Abel Stearns	Abel Stearns	Damien Marchesseault	T.B. Collins	Elijah Moulton	James Edwards	Peter Baltz
James Edwards	William Moore	Joseph Huber Sr.	William H. Peterson	David Anderson
Wallace Woodworth	Wallace Woodworth
Nehemiah A. Potter	Nehemiah A. Potter	Solomon Lazard	Antonio F. Coronel	Cristobal Aguilar	Ezra Drown	Arthur McKenzie Dodson	James Brown Winston
Augustine Poulain	John Turner	Jacob Weizel	Philip Sichel	Joseph Huber Sr.
Joseph Huber Sr.	James Brown Winston	Eli Taylor	Felix Signoret
Manuel Requena	Jose Mascarel	Wallace Woodworth	Vincent A. Hoover
William H. Perry	William H. Perry	Julian A. Chavez	John Goller	Harley Taft	John Jones	Juan C. Vejar	W. S. Van Dusen
Murray Morrison	Murray Morrison	Elijah H. Workman	Louis Roeder	John Schumacher	Moritz Morris	John King	Vacant}}
Jose Mascarel
Antonio F. Coronel
John King	Dionisio Botiller	Andrew A. Boyle	George Dalton
Caro W. Childs	Henry Wartenberg	Mathew Keller	Moritz Morris	William H. Perry	Jacob Metzger
Ozro W. Childs	Samuel Bradford Caswell	Elijah H. Workman
Andrew A. Boyle	James R. Toberman		Luis B. Martinez	Juan C. Vejar

Wards (1870–1889)

Year	President	Ward	1	2	3	4	5	1870	1871	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880
John Jones	Julian A. Chavez	Bernard Dubourdin	John Jones	Vacant}}	William Ferguson	George Fall	Matthew Teed	Vacant}}	Heinrich Dockweiler	William S. Hammel Sr.	John Osborn	Vacant}}	Vacant}}	Vacant}}
Frank Sabichi
H.K.S. O'Melveny	Thornton P. Campbell	Oscar Macy	Julian Valdes	Prudent Beaudry	H.K.S. O'Melveny	William H. Dennison	Elijah H. Workman
Frank Sabichi	Joseph Mullaly	George R. Long	William H. Workman	Eulogio F. de Celis	William Osborn	Heinrich Dockweiler
Julian A. Chavez	Jacob F. Gherkins	Jose Mascarel	Charles E. Huber
Prudent Beaudry	Joseph Mullaly	Thornton P. Campbell	Ramon R. Sotelo	Joseph G. Carmona	William Whipple Robinson	Matthew Teed	Louis Lichtenberger	Louis Wolfskill	Thomas Leahy	Elijah H. Workman
Thornton P. Campbell
Jacob F. Gherkins	Jacob Kuhrts	William H. Workman	D.V. Waldron
Frederick A. MacDougall	F. Tamiet	B. Valle	John S. Thompson	Bernard Cohn	Elisha K. Green	John B. Thompson
Bernard Cohn	Joseph Mullaly	Cayetano Apalblasa	John Edward Hollenbeck	C. C. Lips	James W. Potts	John S. Thompson	John H. Jones	Albert Fenner Kercheval	Elisha K. Green
Samuel J. Beck	Ezra Hamilton	Louis Meinzer	John Schaeffer	Vacant}}	Richard Molony	Jesse Houston Butler	John Bobenreith	Vacant}}	Charles Brode	Simon A. Francis	S.H. Buchanan	Vacant}}	Samuel J. Beck	Samuel Marshall Perry	William H. Workman	Nathan R. Vail	William B. Lawlor	James Greer McDonald
William B. Lawlor	R.L. Beauchet	William Norton Monroe	Jacob Kuhrts	H. Schumacher	Richard Molony	Edward Falles Spence	Elisha K. Green	S.H. Buchanan	O.H. Bliss	John P. Moran
Edward Falles Spence	J.G. Bower	Matthew Teed	Jose Mascarel	George Gephard	Vacant}}	Bernard Cohn	Burdette Chandler	Walter Scott Moore
John P. Moran	Joseph Mullaly	Clinton S. Scheiffelin	Andrew S. Ryan	Robert Steere	J.B. O'Neil	George Kerckhoff	Otto G. Weyse
Charles W. Schroeder	Pascal Ballade	Henry Hammel	Charles Gassen	Alfred Louis Bush	Joseph W. Wolfskill
Walter Scott Moore	Ezra Hamilton	William Thomas Lambie	Frank R. Day	Charles H. Johnson	Loring A. French	D.E. Miles	Frank Sabichi	Daniel Michael McGarry	John B. Niles
D.E. Miles	James Velsir	John Frederick Holbrook	Martin V. Biscailuz	Albert Brown	Milton Santee	James D. Bullis	Hiram Sinsabaugh
Hiram Sinsabaugh	Thomas Goss	George L. Stearns	Jacob Kuhrts	Levi Newton Breed	Edward Wadsworth Jones	Samuel Marshall Perry	Cyrus Willard	Jacob Frankenfield
Levi Newton Breed	William Thomas Lambie	Michael Thomas Collins	Matthew Teed	Charles R. Johnson	Edward Wadsworth Jones	John Lovell	Joseph Hyans	Horace Hiller
Edward A. Gibbs
John F. Humphreys	James Hanley	Newell Mathews	Thomas J. Cuddy	Edward C. Bosbyshell	John F. Humphreys	Bernard Cohn	Burdette Chandler	Hiram Sinsabaugh	A.W. Barrett
John Moriarty	J.H. Book
Jacob Kuhrts	George O. Ford	C.N. Earl	Jacob Kuhrts	H.T.D. Wilson	John Henry Bryant	Anthony McNally	Edward R. Threlkeld	Austin Conrad Shafer

References

Notes

Except for the population figures (see below), all data is from Chronological Record of Los Angeles City Officials,1850–1938, compiled under direction of Municipal Reference Library, City Hall, Los Angeles (March 1938, reprinted 1966). "Prepared ... as a report on Project No. SA 3123-5703-6077-8121-9900 conducted under the auspices of the Works Progress Administration."
Population figures are from

References

Spitzzeri, Paul R.. (2005). "Judge Lynch in Session: Popular Justice in Los Angeles, 1850–1875". [[University of California Press]].
''Chronological Record of Los Angeles City Officials,1850-1938,'' 1868-1869 section, page 11
"Gerrymandering by Number: The Los Angeles City Council".
Splitter, Henry Winfred. (1951). "Education in Los Angeles: 1850–1900". [[University of California Press]].
''Chronological Record of Los Angeles City Officials, 1850–1938'', 1867–1868 section, page 1, second iteration

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