John B. Brisbin

{{Short description|American politician (1827–1898)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = John B. Brisbin | image = John Ball Brisbin (1827–1898).png | alt = | caption = | birth_name = John Ball Brisbin | birth_date = {{Birth date|1827|01|10}} | birth_place = Schuylerville, New York, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1898|03|22|1827|01|10}} | death_place = Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. | resting_place = | occupation = Lawyer, politician | awards = | spouse = {{Plainlist| * {{Marriage|Almira George|February 20, 1850|1863|end=d.}} * {{Marriage|Margaret M. Jones|May 3, 1865}} }} | children = 1 | education = Yale College | signature = Signature of John Ball Brisbin (1827–1898).png | party = Democratic | office1 = Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives | term1 = 1863 | office2 = Mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota | term_start2 = 1857 | term_end2 = 1858 }} '''John Ball Brisbin''' (January 10, 1827 – March 22, 1898) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the seventh mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota, from 1857 to 1858. He subsequently served as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1863.

==Biography== Brisbin was born in Schuylerville, New York and went to the Troy and Schuylerville public schools. He graduated from Yale College and studied law. In 1849, Brisbin was admitted to the New York bar. In 1853, Brisbin moved to Saint Paul, Minnesota Territory and continued to practice law. Brisbin served in the Minnesota Territorial Council in 1856 and 1857 and was president of the territorial council. He was a Democrat. He was elected to the Minnesota Territorial House of Representatives for the 1858-1859 session which never met in session. He served in the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1863. Brisbin served as Saint Paul city attorney in 1855 and as mayor of Saint Paul in 1857 and 1858.<ref>[http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=11429 Minnesota Legislators-Past and Present-John B. Brisbin]</ref><ref>"News in Brief-death of John B. Brisbin", ''Albert Lea Freeborn County Standard'', March 31, 1898, p. 13</ref>

He married Almira George on February 20, 1850. She died in 1863, and he remarried to Margaret M. Jones on May 3, 1865. They had one daughter together.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/biographicaldict02amer/page/970/mode/1up |title=The Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Representative Men of Chicago, Minnesota Cities and the World's Columbian Exposition |volume=2 |publisher=American Biographical Publishing Company |pages=970–973 |date=1892 |access-date=2023-01-22 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

Brisbin died from heart disease at his home in Saint Paul on March 22, 1898.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117064020/john-ball-brisbin-dead/ |title=John Ball Brisbin Dead |newspaper=The St. Paul Globe |page=1 |date=1898-03-23 |access-date=2023-01-22 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

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