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Cristobal Aguilar

Cristobal Aguilar (1816-11 April 1886) was the Democratic Mayor of Los Angeles from 10 May 1866 to 8 May 1867 (succeeding Jose Mascarel and preceding Damien Marchesseault), from 8 August 1867 to 7 December 1868 (succeeding Marchesseault and preceding Joel Turner), and from 9 December 1870 to 5 December 1872 (succeeding Turner and preceding James R. Toberman).

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Cristobal Aguilar was born in Los Angeles, Alta California in 1816, and he held prominent office under Mexican rule before becoming involved in Democratic politics after the Mexican-American War. He served as Mayor from 1866 to 1867, from 1867 to 1868, and from 1870 to 1872, and he wrote for a Spanish-language newspaper until his death in 1886.

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