Douglas Gunn (August 31, 1841–November 26, 1891) was an American Republican politician from California. Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link Events 43 BC - The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian" later "Caesar Augustus" Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean.
Douglas Gunn was born 1841 in Ohio to Dr. and Mrs. Lewis C. Gunn. His family moved to Sonora, California 1852, where his father bought and ran the Sonora Herald. Sonora is the County seat of Tuolumne County California. As of the 2000 census the city population was 4423 Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year In 1860 his family moved to San Francisco, California where his father edited the Times, then they moved again in 1868 to San Diego. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap During this time Douglas Gunn learned the newspaper trade, working for San Diego Union. The San Diego Union-Tribune is a daily Newspaper published in San Diego California, by the Copley Press. He lived in New Town San Diego and walked daily to Old Town, where the paper was published. In 1871 he bought the paper, moved it to New Town, and made it a daily paper. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Gunn ran the paper until about 1886. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
Gunn was mayor of San Diego from 1889 until 1891. This is a list of Mayors of San Diego California. See also the list of alcaldes (mayors for the Pueblo of San Diego prior to statehood. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common He was the first mayor to serve after a new city charter, with a mayoral form of government replaced a Board of Trustees that served from 1852 to 1889. Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Although a Republican, the party ran two separate tickets in the mayoral election, with Gunn on the "Citizens' Non-Partisan" ticket.
Gunn's civic works include establihing a metropolitan police department for San Diego, having the Santa Fe Railroad build tracks to San Diego, organizing a company of the National Guard, and publishing an illustrated history of the county, Picturesque San Diego (1887). The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, often abbreviated as Santa Fe, was one of the larger railroads in the United States.
Gunn died in 1891 and his father died next year, on October 15, 1892. Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year
See also
- Obituary, Daily San Diegan, November 30, 1891 reprinted in a biography in the San Diego Historical Society
- Records of a California family; journals and letters of Lewis C. Gunn and Elizabeth Le Breton Gunn (1928), edited by Anna Gunn. Available online from "California As I Saw It", American Memory, Library of Congress exhibit
- Elliott, Wallace W. (1883). History of San Bernardino and San Diego Counties, California. . Reprinted 1956 by Riverside Museum Press. Mentioned in connection with Union Press on p. 182.
| Preceded by George P. Tebbetts |
Mayor of San Diego, California 1889—1891 |
Succeeded by Matthew Sherman |
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