Hugh O'Brien
Hugh O'Brien (
July 13,
1827 -
1895) was the
mayor of Boston, from
1884-
1888. O'Brien is notable as Boston's first
Irish mayor; O'Brien was born in Ireland;
immigrating in the early
1830s. O'Brien was the editor of the
Shipping and Commercial List; he served as a Boston
alderman, from
1875-
83.