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Mayor of the City of Los Angeles
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Government of Los Angeles
StyleHer Honor
ResidenceGetty House
Term lengthFour years (renewable once)
Inaugural holderAlpheus P. Hodges
Formation1850
Salary$269,365
Websitemayor.lacity.gov

The mayor of Los Angeles is the head of the executive branch of the government of Los Angeles and the chief executive of Los Angeles. The office is nonpartisan.[1]

List[change]

No. Portrait Name Term in office Length of service Party affiliation[a] Election Previous office
1 File:Alpheus P. Hodges (cropped).jpg Alpheus P. Hodges
(1821–1858; aged 37) 		July 1, 1850
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May 7, 1851 		340 days Democratic 1850 None
2 File:Benjamin (Don Benito) Wilson, a portrait.jpg Benjamin D. Wilson
(1811–1878; aged 66) 		May 7, 1851
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May 4, 1852 		363 days Democratic 1851 Member of the Los Angeles Common Council
(1850–1851)
3 File:John Gregg Nichols, a portrait.jpg John G. Nichols
(1812-1898; aged 85) 		May 4, 1852
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May 3, 1853 		364 days Democratic 1852 Los Angeles City Recorder
(1850–1851)
4 File:Portret Antonio Coronela.jpg Antonio F. Coronel
(1817–1894; aged 76) 		May 3, 1853
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May 4, 1854 		1 year, 1 day Democratic 1853 1st Los Angeles County Assessor
(1850–1853)
5 File:Stephen Clark Foster.jpg Stephen C. Foster
(1820–1898; aged 77) 		May 4, 1854
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January 13, 1855[b] 		254 days Democratic 1854 Member of the Los Angeles Board of Education
(1853–1854)
– File:Portrait of Judge Manuel Requena, ca.1830-1880 (CHS-870) (cropped).jpg Manuel Requena[b]
(1802–1876; aged 74) 		January 13, 1855
–
January 25, 1855 		12 days Republican Member of the Los Angeles Common Council
(1850–1855)
(5) File:Stephen Clark Foster.jpg Stephen C. Foster[c]
(1820-1898; aged 77) 		January 25, 1855[b]
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May 9, 1855 		138 days Democratic 1855 (J) Mayor of Los Angeles
(1854–1855)
6 Thomas Foster
(unknown birth or death) 		May 9, 1855
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May 7, 1856 		364 days Democratic 1855 (M) Member of the Board of Education School Commission
(1860–1862)
(5) File:Stephen Clark Foster.jpg Stephen C. Foster[c]
(1820-1898; aged 77) 		May 7, 1856
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September 22, 1856[d] 		138 days Democratic 1856 (M) Mayor of Los Angeles
(1855)
– File:Portrait of Judge Manuel Requena, ca.1830-1880 (CHS-870) (cropped).jpg Manuel Requena
(1802–1876; aged 74) 		September 22, 1856
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October 4, 1856 		12 days Republican Member of the Los Angeles Common Council
(1856–1867)
(3) File:John Gregg Nichols, a portrait.jpg John G. Nichols[c]
(1812-1898; aged 85) 		October 4, 1856
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May 9, 1859 		2 years, 217 days Democratic 1856 (O)

1857

1858

Member of the Los Angeles Common Council
(1855–1856)
7 File:Damien Marchesseault.jpg Damien Marchesseault
(1818–1868; aged 49) 		May 9, 1859
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May 9, 1860 		1 year Democratic 1859 None
8 File:Major Henry Mellus, 1860.jpg Henry Mellus †[e]
(1816–1860; aged 44) 		May 9, 1860
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December 26, 1860 		231 days Democratic 1860 None
– File:Wallace Woodworth, 1860.jpg Wallace Woodworth[e]
(1832–1882; aged 50) 		December 26, 1860
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January 7, 1861 		12 days Democratic Member of the Los Angeles Common Council
(1860–1861)
(7) File:Damien Marchesseault.jpg Damien Marchesseault[c]
(1818–1868; aged 49) 		January 7, 1861
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May 5, 1865 		4 years, 119 days Democratic 1861

1862

1863

1864

Member of the Los Angeles Common Council
(1860)
9 File:Jose Mascarel, circa 1920.jpg Jose Mascarel
(1816–1899; aged 83) 		May 5, 1865
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May 10, 1866 		1 year, 5 days Republican 1865 Member of the Los Angeles Common Council
(1864–1865)
10 File:José Cristóbal Aguilar (crop 2).jpg Cristobal Aguilar
(1816–1886; aged 70) 		May 10, 1866
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May 8, 1867[f] 		363 days Democratic 1866 Member of the Los Angeles Common Council
(1861–1862)
(7) File:Damien Marchesseault.jpg Damien Marchesseault[c]
(1818–1868; aged 49) 		May 8, 1867
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August 8, 1867[f] 		92 days Democratic 1867 Zanjero of Los Angeles
(1866–1867)
(10) File:José Cristóbal Aguilar (crop 2).jpg Cristobal Aguilar[c]
(1816–1886; aged 70) 		August 8, 1867
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December 7, 1868 		1 year, 121 days Democratic Mayor of Los Angeles
(1866–1867)
11 Joel Turner
(1820–1888; aged 68) 		December 9, 1868
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December 9, 1870 		2 years Democratic 1868

1869

Member of the Los Angeles Common Council
(1862–1864)
(10) File:José Cristóbal Aguilar (crop 2).jpg Cristobal Aguilar[c]
(1816–1886; aged 70) 		December 9, 1870
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December 5, 1872 		1 year, 362 days Democratic 1870

1871

Mayor of Los Angeles
(1867–1868)
12 File:Portret James R. Tobermana (cropped).jpg James R. Toberman
(1836–1911; aged 75) 		December 5, 1872
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December 18, 1874 		2 years, 13 days Democratic 1872

1873

Member of the Los Angeles Common Council
(1870)
13 File:Portret Prudenta Beaudry'ego.jpg Prudent Beaudry
(1819–1893; aged 74) 		December 18, 1874
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December 8, 1876 		1 year, 356 days Democratic 1874

1875

Member of the Los Angeles Common Council
(1871–1874)
14 File:Frederick Alexander MacDougall, 1863.jpg Frederick A. MacDougall †[g]
(1818–1878) 		December 8, 1876
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November 16, 1878 		1 year, 348 days Democratic 1876

1877

None
– Bernard Cohn[g]
(1835–1889; aged 53) 		November 16, 1878
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November 21, 1878 		5 days Democratic Member of the Los Angeles Common Council
(1876–1878)
15 November 21, 1878
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December 5, 1878 		14 days
(12) File:Portret James R. Tobermana (cropped).jpg James R. Toberman[c]
(1836–1911; aged 75) 		December 5, 1878
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December 9, 1882 		4 years, 4 days Democratic 1878

1879

1880

1881

Mayor of Los Angeles
(1872–1874)
16 File:Portret Camerona Erskina Thoma.jpg Cameron E. Thom
(1825–1915; aged 89) 		December 9, 1882
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December 9, 1884 		2 years Democratic 1882

1883

15th Los Angeles County District Attorney
(1877–1879)
17 File:Portet Edwarda Spence'a (cropped).jpg Edward F. Spence
(1832–1892; aged 59) 		December 9, 1884
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December 14, 1886 		2 years, 5 days Republican 1884

1885

Member of the Los Angeles Common Council
(1879–1881)
18 File:William-Henry-Workman (cropped).jpg William H. Workman
(1839–1918; aged 79) 		December 14, 1886
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December 10, 1888 		1 year, 362 days Democratic 1886

1887

Member of the Los Angeles Common Council
(1878–1880)
19 File:Portret Johna Brysona.jpg John Bryson
(1852–1915; aged 63) 		December 10, 1888
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February 25, 1889[h] 		77 days Democratic 1888 Member of the Board of Police Commissioners
(1890–1891)
20 File:Henry T. Hazard, a portrait (00034067).jpg Henry T. Hazard
(1844–1921; aged 77) 		February 25, 1889
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December 5, 1892[i] 		3 years, 291 days Republican 1889

1890

Member of the Los Angeles Board of Freeholders
(1887–1888)
– File:William Hartshorn Bonsall, 1905 (cropped).jpg William H. Bonsall[i]
(1846–1905; aged 59) 		December 5, 1892
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December 12, 1892 		7 days Republican Member of the Los Angeles City Council
(1889–1892)
21 File:Thomas E. Rowan (00034071) (cropped).jpg Thomas E. Rowan
(1842–1901; aged 59) 		December 12, 1892
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December 12, 1894 		2 years Democratic 1892 8th Los Angeles City Treasurer
(1868–1870)
22 File:Portret Franka Radera (cropped).jpg Frank Rader
(1848–1897; aged 48) 		December 12, 1894
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December 16, 1896 		2 years, 4 days Republican 1894 Member of the Los Angeles Street Commission
(1890–1894)
23 File:Portret Mereditha P. Snydera.jpg Meredith P. Snyder
(1859–1937; aged 77) 		December 16, 1896
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December 15, 1898 		1 year, 364 days Democratic 1896 Member of the Los Angeles City Council
(1894–1896)
24 File:Fred-Eaton-inoffice.jpg Frederick Eaton
(1856–1934; aged 78) 		December 15, 1898
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December 12, 1900 		1 year, 362 days Republican 1898 Los Angeles City Engineer
(1889–1890)
(23) File:Meredith P. Snyder, 1904.png Meredith P. Snyder[c]
(1859–1937; aged 77) 		December 12, 1900
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December 8, 1904 		3 years, 362 days Democratic 1900

1902

Mayor of Los Angeles
(1896–1898)
25 File:Portret Owena McAleera.jpg Owen McAleer
(1858–1944; aged 86) 		December 8, 1904
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December 13, 1906 		2 years, 5 days Republican 1904 Member of the Los Angeles City Council
(1902–1904)
26 File:ArthurCyprianHarper.jpg Arthur C. Harper
(1866–1948; aged 82) 		December 13, 1906
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March 11, 1909[j] 		2 years, 88 days Democratic 1906 Member of the Los Angeles Charter Revision Committee
(1906)
– File:Niles Pease, 1910 (cropped).jpg Niles Pease
(1838–1921; aged 83) 		March 11, 1909
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March 15, 1909 		4 days Republican Member of the Los Angeles City Council
(1906–1909)
27 File:William Stephens, 1909.jpg William Stephens[j]
(1859–1944; aged 84) 		March 15, 1909
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March 26, 1909 		11 days Republican Member of the Los Angeles Board of Education
(1906)
28 File:LAmayor-GeorgeAlexander.jpg George Alexander
(1839–1923; aged 83) 		March 26, 1909
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July 1, 1913 		4 years, 97 days Republican 1909 (M)

1909 (N)

1911

Member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
(1901–1909)
29 File:Portrait of Henry H. Rose (cropped).jpg Henry H. Rose
(1856–1923; aged 67) 		July 1, 1913
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July 1, 1915 		2 years Independent 1913 Judge of the Los Angeles Police Judges
(1905–1913)
30 File:Portet Charlesa Sebastiana.jpg Charles E. Sebastian
(1873–1929; aged 56) 		July 1, 1915
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September 2, 1916 		1 year, 63 days Democratic 1915 Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department
(1911–1915)
– File:Martin F. Betkouski, 1909.png Martin F. Betkouski
(1860–1942; aged 81) 		September 2, 1916
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September 5, 1916 		3 days Democratic Member of the Los Angeles City Council
(1909–1917)
31 File:Frederick T. Woodman.jpg Frederic T. Woodman
(1871–1949; aged 77) 		September 5, 1916
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July 1, 1919 		2 years, 299 days Republican 1917 Member of the Los Angeles Harbor Commission
(1902–1916)
(23) File:Meredith P. Snyder, 1919.jpg Meredith P. Snyder[c]
(1859–1937; aged 77) 		July 1, 1919
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July 1, 1921 		2 years Democratic 1919 Commissioner of the Los Angeles Ethics Commission
(1913–1917)
32 File:George Cryer, Mayor of Los Angeles, 1920s.jpg George E. Cryer
(1875–1961; aged 86) 		July 1, 1921
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July 1, 1929 		8 years Republican 1921

1923

1925

Chief Los Angeles County District Attorney
(1915–1919)
33 File:John C. Porter, 1933.jpg John C. Porter
(1871–1959; aged 88) 		July 1, 1929
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July 1, 1933 		4 years Democratic 1929 None
34 File:Frank L. Shaw, 1935.jpg Frank L. Shaw
(1877–1958; aged 80) 		July 1, 1933
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September 26, 1938[k] 		5 years, 87 days Republican 1933

1937

Member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
(1928–1933)
35 File:FletcherBowron (cropped).jpg Fletcher Bowron
(1887–1968; aged 81) 		September 26, 1938
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July 1, 1953 		14 years, 278 days Republican 1938

1941

1945

1949

Judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court
(1926–1938)
36 File:Norris Poulson, 1959.jpg Norris Poulson
(1895–1982; aged 82) 		July 1, 1953
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July 1, 1961 		8 years Republican 1953

1957

U.S. Representative for California
(1947–1953)
37 File:Sam Yorty, 1964.jpg Sam Yorty
(1909–1998; aged 88) 		July 1, 1961
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July 1, 1973 		12 years Democratic 1961

1965

1969

U.S. Representative for California
(1951–1955)
38 File:Tom Bradley, 1980.jpg Tom Bradley
(1917–1998; aged 80) 		July 1, 1973
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July 1, 1993 		20 years Democratic 1973

1977

1981

1985

1989

Member of the Los Angeles City Council
(1963–1973)
39 File:Richard Riordan, 1997.jpg Richard Riordan
(1930–2023; aged 92) 		July 1, 1993
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July 1, 2001 		8 years Republican 1993

1997

Member of the Board of Recreation and Parks Commissioners
(1987–1992)
40 File:James Hahn, 2002 (cropped).jpg James Hahn
(born 1950; age 74) 		July 1, 2001
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July 1, 2005 		4 years Democratic 2001 15th Los Angeles City Attorney
(1985–2001)
41 File:AntonioVillaraigosaHWOFMay2013 (1).jpg Antonio Villaraigosa
(born 1953; age 72) 		July 1, 2005
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July 1, 2013 		8 years Democratic 2005

2009

Member of the Los Angeles City Council
(2003–2005)
42 File:Eric Garcetti in Suit and Tie (1).jpg Eric Garcetti
(born 1971; age 54) 		July 1, 2013
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December 11, 2022[l] 		9 years, 163 days Democratic 2013

2017

Member of the Los Angeles City Council
(2001–2013)
43 File:Mayor Karen Bass official portrait (crop 2).jpg Karen Bass
(born 1953; age 71) 		December 12, 2022
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Incumbent 		2 years, 195 days Democratic 2022 U.S. Representative for California
(2011–2022)
Notes
  1. ↑ In 1909, Los Angeles adopted a nonpartisan form of government, with the office and mayoral elections being officially nonpartisan since then.[2]
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Foster resigned as Mayor to help lead a lynch mob against David Brown, a man who had killed one of Foster's friends and was given a stay of execution by the California Supreme Court.[3] Manuel Requena, the President of the City Council, was the acting mayor in his absence.[4] Foster was then re-elected via a special election.[5]
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 The City of Los Angeles counts one mayoralty for those who served multiple non-consecutive terms.
  4. ↑ Foster resigned as mayor to attend to the executorship of the estate of his brother-in-law.[6] City Council president Manuel Requena served as acting mayor until a special election could be held.[7]
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Mellus died in office on December 26, 1860. City Council president Wallace Woodworth served as acting mayor until a special election could be held.[8]
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Aguilar was unseated for three months and replaced with Marchesseault, who as Zanjero of Los Angeles was considered more important than the mayor. Aguilar was reinstated on August 8, 1867.[9]
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 MacDougall died on November 16, 1878. City Council president Bernard Cohn served as acting mayor until he was appointed by the council to become Mayor.[10]
  8. ↑ Due to a change in the city's election calendar, Bryson's term was cut short due to voter's adoption of a new city charter and Hazard's subsequent election.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 City Council president William H. Bonsall served as acting mayor for a week during the vacancy between the terms of Hazard and Rowan's terms.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Harper resigned as Mayor on March 11, 1909 in the wake of a recall election against him.[11] William Stephens, who was named as Harper's opponent in the recall, was appointed as Mayor before the next election.[12][13]
  11. ↑ Recalled from office; first Mayor recalled in Los Angeles history.[14]
  12. ↑ Due to a change in the city's election calendar to align mayoral elections with statewide elections, Garcetti's second term was longer than the usual four years.[15]

References[change]

  1. ↑ "Los Angeles: structure of a city government" (PDF). League of Women Voters.
  2. ↑ "LOS ANGELES: STRUCTURE OF A CITY GOVERNMENT" (PDF). League of Women Voters.
  3. ↑ "The Hidden History of LA: The mayor who helped lynch a man". KPCC.
  4. ↑ Rasmussen, Cecilia (May 18, 2005). "From the 19th Century, a Look at City's Past Latino Mayors". Los Angeles Times.
  5. ↑ Spitzzeri, Paul R. (August 8, 2021). "Stephen Clark Foster's Recollections of "Los Angeles on the Eve of the Gold Rush," Part II, in "Touring Topics," August 1929". Homestead Museum.
  6. ↑ Chronological Record of Los Angeles City Officials: 1850—1938, Compiled under Direction of Municipal Reference Library City Hall, Los Angeles, March 1938 (Reprinted 1966)
  7. ↑ "The Four Latino Mayors of Los Angeles". HispanicVista. May 23, 2005. Archived from the original on September 1, 2007.
  8. ↑ ""Influences That Mastered and Destroyed the Strong Man That Has Just Fallen": The Tragedy of Damien Marchessault, 1818-1868". Homestead Museum. December 13, 2022.
  9. ↑ Martinez, Yoli (September 24, 2012). "Iconic Hispanic Angelenos in History: Cristóbal Aguilar". KCET.
  10. ↑ Cite error: The named reference Rasmussen was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  11. ↑ "HARPER'S RESIGNATION DOES NOT HALT RECALL; ELECTION MUST BE HELD, SAYS CITY ATTORNEY". Los Angeles Herald. March 16, 1909.
  12. ↑ "THE NEWS SUMMARY". Los Angeles Herald. February 2, 1909.
  13. ↑ "HERALD WINS ITS FIGHT FOR PURE GOVERNMENT". Los Angeles Herald. March 16, 1909.
  14. ↑ John R. Babcock, "When Los Angeles Was a World-Class City of Corruption," Los Angeles Herald-Examiner," May 12, 1989, page A-19
  15. ↑ O'Brien, Brendan (March 8, 2017). "Los Angeles mayor wins re-election in landslide". Reuters. Archived from the original on March 10, 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
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