Isaac Smith Kalloch

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name = Isaac Smith Kalloch

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order = 18^th
office = Mayor of San Francisco
term_start = December 1, 1879
term_end = December 4, 1881
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predecessor = Andrew Jackson Bryant
successor = Maurice Carey Blake
birth_date = July 10, 1832
birth_place = Rockland, Maine
death_date = death date and age |1887|12|9|1832|7|10
death_place = Bellingham, Washington
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Isaac Smith Kalloch (July 10 1832 -December 9 1887) was the 18th Mayor of San Francisco serving from December 1 1879 to December 4 1881. He was born at Rockland, Maine and was a native of Maine. Kalloch was a Baptist minister and came to California looking to spread the Baptist religion.

In 1879, he decided to run for mayor of San Francisco. It wasn't long before he came under attack from the San Francisco Chronicle's editor-in-chief, Charles DeYoung, who was backing another candidate [ [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Kalloch&GSfn=Isaac&GSmn=Smith&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=15212520& Isaac Smith Kalloch (1832 - 1887) - Find A Grave Memorial ] ] . DeYoung, with the hopes of taking Kalloch out of the mayoral race, accused the minister of having an affair. Kalloch responded by accusing Charles' mother, Amelia, of running a brothel. In response, Charles DeYoung ambushed Kalloch in the streets of San Francisco and shot him twice. Kalloch survived the wounds and with the sympathy of voters was elected the 18th Mayor of San Francisco. He served from 1879 until 1881. On April 23, 1880, Kalloch's son, Isaac Milton Kalloch, entered the Chronicle building and shot and killed Charles DeYoung. After his time in office, Kalloch left San Francisco and moved to the Washington Territory, where he died. He died of diabetes in Bellingham, Washington [ [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kabzinski-kanczuzewski.html#0O90PDDXT The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Kaan to Kandlik ] ] , aged 55.

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