Horace Carpentier
Horace Walpole Carpentier (1824–1918) was a lawyer and the first mayor of Oakland, California. He is also remembered as president of the Overland Telegraph Company and for defrauding the Peralta family, a prominent Californio family who historically owned much of the East Bay during the Spanish and Mexican eras, from their lands.
Horace Walpole Carpentier | |
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| Born | July 19, 1824 Galway, New York, United States |
| Died | January 31, 1918 (aged 93) New York City, New York |
| Alma mater | Columbia University (BA) |
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