William Hartshorn Bonsall

William Hartshorn Bonsall (born February 10, 1846 in Cincinnati , Ohio , †  July 20, 1905 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American politician . In 1892 he was acting mayor of Los Angeles for a week.

Career

William Bonsall attended public schools in his home country. Despite his youth, he took part in the civil war as a soldier in the Union Army from 1862 . By the end of the war he had made it to major. After the war he worked in the insurance industry in Portsmouth . He then moved to Portsmouth in the newspaper industry. Eventually he moved to Elizabeth , New Jersey , where he returned to working in the insurance industry. He also edited an insurance magazine. In November 1886 he moved to Los Angeles.

In his new home, William Bonsall worked again in the insurance business, but also in the real estate industry. Politically, he joined the Republican Party . In 1891 he was appointed to the city council elected by Los Angeles. Two years later he was confirmed in this mandate. At the same time he became chairman of this body. Between December 5 and December 12, 1892, he served as acting mayor of Los Angeles. He bridged the time between the departure of Mayor Henry T. Hazard and the assumption of office by his elected successor Thomas E. Rowan .

Between 1897 and 1903 Bonsall was a member of the board of directors of the home for the war injured in Los Angeles. He was himself a member of the veterans' organization Grand Army of the Republic . William Bonsall died in Los Angeles on July 20, 1905.

Web links

• William Hartshorn Bonsall in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• The Political Graveyard
• Municipal Reference Library