Allison C. Bonnell was an American politician

Politician

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 and businessman. He was elected as Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

's second mayor

Mayor

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 in 1852, succeeding Hugh O'Bryant

Hugh O'Bryant

Hugh D. O'Bryant was the first mayor of Portland, Oregon, United States, serving from 1851–1852. He later served as the President of the Oregon Territory’ Council chamber of the legislature, and was a member of Washington Territory’s legislature.-Early life:Hugh O’Bryant was born in 1813 in...

. Bonnell then served as the city's recorder in 1853. He owned and operated a lumber mill, using wood. When the mill burnt down in 1856, he moved to the San Francisco area, which is in California. Bonnell is not that widely known, but he is remembered as being Portland's second mayor, and played a part in the history of Portland, and the United States as a whole.