Allison Clark Bonnell (March 16, 1801 – August 16, 1875), better known as A. C. Bonnell, was an American politician and businessman. He served as the second mayor of

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, in 1852. Bonnell was born near Chatham,

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, in 1801. In the 1840s, he was working in the retail business in

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, until deciding to move west, arriving in

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on November 1, 1849. He worked as a recorder clerk in the administration of mayor

John W. Geary John White Geary (December 30, 1819February 8, 1873) was an American lawyer, politician, Freemason, and a Union general in the American Civil War. He was the final alcalde and first mayor of San Francisco, a governor of the Kansas Territory, a ...

until August 1850, when he moved to Portland, Oregon. He was elected as Portland's second mayor in 1852, succeeding

Hugh O'Bryant Hugh Donaldson O'Bryant (1813–1883) 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 ...

. He served as mayor for six months, then resigned to take a long business trip. In April 1853, after his return, Bonnell was elected to the position of city recorder. He served three months, then moved permanently to San Francisco, California. He died in San Francisco in 1875.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bonnell, Allison C. 1801 births 1875 deaths Mayors of Portland, Oregon 19th-century American politicians