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Winning Portland's first mayoral election by a mere four votes over challenger Joseph Showalter Smith^[2], O'Bryant's one-year reign was known for the failure of Portland's first government to effectively govern the city, leading to a new city charter in 1852.^[3]

In O'Bryant's only year as mayor, he missed seven out of thirty-one council meetings. Although the council passed resolutions to build roads, build a jail, and purchase a fire engine, none of these materialized under O'Bryant's leadership. Funds for the fire engine were authorized by city-wide vote on May 26, 1851, but it was only a week before his term ended, the following March, that O'Bryant notified the council that the bills authorizing this purchase were sitting on his desk, unsigned.^[4] This page is related to transport; you may be looking for the 2002 Bollywood movie Road. ... Fire Engine in South Bend, Indiana. ...

O'Bryant was many things in his personal life. He went off to fight "hostile" Indians, performed justice of the peace duties, and was a gold prospector. However, perhaps his greatest assets in Portland were his carpentry skills, which were in great demand with new immigrants flooding Portland.^[5]

Two years after his term as mayor ended, O'Bryant left Portland, moving to the Puget Sound region, serving in the Washington territorial legislature. He later moved to Salem, then to Roseburg, where he married his wife, Matilda, and had seven children. He moved on to Walla Walla, and finally Merced County, California, where he passed away sometime between 1880 and 1890.^[6] Puget Sound Puget Sound (pronounced IPA ) is a sound connected to the Pacific Ocean via the Strait of Juan de Fuca in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. ... Categories: Historical stubs | Washington history | U.S. historical regions and territories ... Nickname: The Cherry City Location in the state of Oregon Coordinates: County Marion County, Polk County Founded 1842 Government  - Mayor Janet Taylor Area  - City 120. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Walla Walla is both the county seat of Walla Walla County, Washington, USA, and the countys largest city. ...

O'Bryant Square in Portland is named after O'Bryant.^[7]

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References

• Lansing, Jewel. (2003). Portland: People, Politics, and Power, 1851-2001.