Maurice Carey Blake

Maurice Carey Blake
19th Mayor of San Francisco
In office December 5, 1881 – January 7, 1883
Preceded by	Isaac Smith Kalloch
Succeeded by	Washington Bartlett
Personal details
Born	(1815-10-20)October 20, 1815 Otisville, Maine
Died	September 26, 1897(1897-09-26) (aged 81) San Francisco
Political party	Republican

Maurice Carey Blake (October 20, 1815 – September 26, 1897)^[1] was the 19th Mayor of San Francisco, serving from December 5, 1881, to January 7, 1883.^[2]

Blake was born on October 20, 1815, in Otisville, Maine.^[3] After graduating from Bowdoin College, he came to San Francisco in 1853.^[3] He became a lawyer in California and practiced law there. In 1857, he first became a county judge (which he served until 1862) and then a probate judge.^[3] At the same time, in 1857, he served as a member of the California State Assembly until 1858.^[3] In 1881, he became the Mayor of San Francisco and served for only two years.^[4] Just one year after leaving office, he became a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1884. Blake died of a heart attack in San Francisco on September 26, 1897. He is interred at Mount Tamalpais Cemetery in San Rafael, California.

His nephew's daughter, Anna Blake Mezquida, became a writer and journalist in San Francisco.^[5]

References

1. Kestenbaum, Lawrence. "Index to Politicians: Blaise to Blake". PoliticalGraveyard.com. Retrieved November 16, 2011.
2. "Mayor of San Francisco". NDDB. Soylent Communications. Retrieved November 16, 2011.
3. Shuck, Oscar T. (1901). History of the Bench and Bar of California (PDF). The Commercial Printing House. p. 551. ISBN 978-1584777069.
4. Shuck, Oscar T. (1901). History of the Bench and Bar of California (PDF). The Commercial Printing House. p. 552. ISBN 978-1584777069.
5. Guide to the Anna Blake Mezquida Papers, 1788-1975 (bulk 1898-1965), Bancroft Library, Berkeley CA.