Alexander Brush (February 8, 1824 – June 1, 1892) was a Scottish

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of the City of

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, serving 1870–1873 and 1880–1881.

Early life

He was born on February 8, 1824, at

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Career

In 1848, he moved to Buffalo and opened a brick making business. Brush first served as

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for the third Ward in 1861 and reelected to that position until becoming street commissioner. He was elected mayor November 2, 1869, as the Republican candidate. He was re-elected in a special election held in February 1872. During his term the cornerstone was laid for the

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, which was not completed until early in 1876. At the end of his second term, he declined to be a candidate for re-election. In 1879, six years after retiring from public office, on November 4, 1879, he was once again elected mayor and served until 1881.

Personal life

In April 1862, he married Lucinda Bucklin (1840–1862) of

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; she died within the year and he remarried in 1866 to Mrs. Sarah A. (

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Warner) Leonard (1835–1902) of

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. He died while traveling across the ocean to Europe on June 1, 1892. His body was laid to rest in Forest Lawn Cemetery.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brush, Alexander 1824 births 1892 deaths 19th-century mayors of places in New York (state) Mayors of Buffalo, New York Burials at Forest Lawn Cemetery (Buffalo) New York (state) Republicans People who died at sea Politicians from Edinburgh