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John B. Felton
American mayor

John B. Felton

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American mayor
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Saugus, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
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50 years
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Harvard University
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John Brooks Felton(June 9, 1827, in Saugus, Massachusetts, died May 2, 1877, in Oakland, California) was an American jurist and politician who served as the 14th Mayor of Oakland, California.

Felton was the son of an almshouse superintendent in Cambridge, Massachusetts and brother of Cornelius Conway Felton, a classics scholar at Harvard University and Samuel Morse Felton, Sr., a railroad executive. He graduated from Harvard in 1847 and briefly served as a Greek tutor before pursuing the law. He studied the Napoleonic code in Paris for one year and became fluent in French and Spanish. In 1854, Felton moved to San Francisco to open a law practice with Harvard classmate, E.J. Pringle. The firm, which was later joined by A. C. Whitcomb, became known for successfully litigating land claims and their clients included Kelsey Hazen, José Yves Limantour, and James LickFuture Congressman Binger Hermann apprenticed under Felton before moving to Oregon. Felton was a legal advisor to Levi Parsons of the San Francisco Dock and Wharf Company during Parsons' attempt to have the "Bulkhead Bill" passed.

Felton campaigned unsuccessfully for a seat in the U.S. Senate in 1867 and 1874. He was Mayor of Oakland from 1869-1870 and a Presidential Elector for California during the 1868, 1872, and 1876 Presidential Elections.

Felton was the first President of the Board of Trustees of Toland Medical College (Now University of California, San Francisco) and was tasked with obtaining the school's charter, which he failed to do. He was a regent of the University of California from its inception in 1868 until his death. Felton also served as the President of the San Francisco and Oakland Railroad.

The town of Felton, CA, is named after John Brooks Felton.

His wife, Kate S. Baldwin, was the daughter of Joseph G. Baldwin, his law partner who served on the California Supreme Court.

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