NAME, Years Elected to City Council

John Towle1John Towle served three terms on City Council: 1889-1890, 1893-1894, and 1895-1896.

 

POLITICAL AFFILIATION

Republican2

BIO

John Towle was a Building Inspector and part of Towle & Broadwell Planing Mills. He was a very honest man: in 1909 someone snuck $10 into a box of candy in an attempt to bribe him. When he realized what happened he turned the money over to Mayor Mott.4

Towle was one of the councilmen arrested in February, 1895.3

He lived at 1934 Filbert St.5

OTHER POSITIONS IN CITY GOVERNMENT

 

 

REFERENCES

  1. Alameda County: The Eden of the Pacific. Tribune Publishing Co: 1898.
  2. "OAKLAND HAS A POLITICAL STORM." San Francisco Chronicle: Dec 15, 1896.
  3. "FACED THE PRISON." San Francisco Chronicle: Feb 13, 1895.
  4. "SWEETS FOR A CITY OFFICIAL." San Francisco Chronicle: Jan 7, 1909.
  5. "Husted's Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley Directory." 1884.

 

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