Cyrus Smith, Former Mayor of Brooklyn

When we visited Brooklyn Borough Hall last week for Dine in Brooklyn 2007 Kick Off, we ducked into a side room full of portraits of past Brooklyn politicians. One that caught our eye was Cyrus Smith. Born in 1800, Smith was a Whig Mayor of Brooklyn from 1839 to 1841 and a member of New York state senate 2nd District from 1856 to 1857. He died in 1877 and was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery. Anyone know anything else about him?
Cyrus Smith [Political Graveyard]

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he did well to sit as mayor from 1939 if he died 1877.

Posted by: Anonymous at March 9, 2007 9:42 AM

yeah, yeah, yeah...fixed now

Posted by: brownstoner at March 9, 2007 9:46 AM

I noticed that review of the conservation of six Borough Hall portraits is on the agenda for the March 12 Art Commission hearing: www.nyc.gov/html/artcom/downloads/pdf/3-12-07public_agenda.pdf. One-third of them are undated and unattributed. Nice to see; it's a pretty cool collection.

Posted by: Anonymous at March 9, 2007 11:50 AM

He was reincarnated as Andy Kaufman?

Posted by: Brenda from Flatbush at March 9, 2007 12:08 PM

love the historical stuff keep em coming. Was he the mayor of the brooklyn section of brooklyn?

Posted by: Anonymous at March 9, 2007 12:44 PM

the brooklyn section of brooklyn?

Posted by: Anonymous at March 9, 2007 3:45 PM

brooklyn annexed the towns of Flatbush, Gravesend, New Utrecht, Flatlands and Bushwick

Posted by: Anonymous at March 9, 2007 7:14 PM

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March 9, 2007

Cyrus Smith, Former Mayor of Brooklyn

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