Berret, James Gabriel (2/12/1815-4/14/1901)

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Summary

  • Occupation: Postmaster, commissioner of police
  • Number of Terms: 1

Subject

  • Berret, James Gabriel
  • Board of Regents
  • District of Columbia. Mayor

Category

Smithsonian Board of Regents

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Regent type

Mayor

State

District of Columbia

Notes

  • In 1861, Berret refused to take the loyalty oath, was imprisoned for a month in New York, and resigned his position as mayor of Washington, D.C., thereby removing himself from the Board of Regents. (The Papers of Joseph Henry, Volume 10.)
  • Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Volume 6. Published by the Society, 1903. The Papers of Joseph Henry, The Smithsonian Years, January 1858 to December 1865, Volume 10, Washington, D.C.: The Smithsonian Institution and Science History Publications, 2003, introduction.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

  • Regent Tenure: 05/1858-05/1860
  • Civil War, 1861-1865

Topic

  • Politicians
  • History
  • Regents
  • Mayors

Place

  • United States
  • Washington (D.C.)

Form/Genre

Biographies

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