Antonio F. Coronel

Antonio F. Coronel

Antonio Francisco Coronel (born October 21, 1817 in Mexico City , †  April 17, 1894 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American politician of Mexican origin. He was mayor of Los Angeles in 1853 and 1854.

Career

In 1834 Antonio Coronel and his parents came to California, still in Mexico. In 1838 and 1839 he was a teacher in what was then a small town that later became known as Los Angeles. In 1843 he was a Justice of the Peace and in 1844 he was appointed Inspector of Southern California by the Mexican Provincial Governor. During the Mexican-American War he was captain of a Mexican artillery unit. In doing so, he fought against the United States. After the lost war for Mexico and the transition of California to the United States, he took American citizenship and stayed in Los Angeles.

Politically, he later joined the Democratic Party . From 1850 to 1856, also during his time as mayor, he was an assessor in the district administration of Los Angeles County . From 1854 to 1867 he was a member of the Los Angeles City Council . In 1853 he was elected mayor of the then small city of Los Angeles. He held this office between May 3, 1853 and May 4, 1854.

After the end of his time as mayor, Antonio Coronel remained politically active. He was a member of several organizations and associations in his home country. In 1860 he was the Los Angeles County district manager. He held his most important political office between 1866 and 1870. At that time he was the successor of Romualdo Pacheco State Treasurer of California. After that he retired from politics and worked in the real estate industry. He died on April 17, 1894.

Web links

• Antonio F. Coronel in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• The Political Graveyard
• The Mayors of Los Angeles