Stephen Clark Foster
Stephen Clark Foster (December 17, 1820 – January 27, 1898) was a politician, the first American mayor of Los Angeles under United States military rule.Mason appointed José del Carmen Lugo, a prominent and mature Californio, as mayor following Foster.Foster achieved his first political office after statehood in 1850, when he was elected to the Los Angeles Common Council for a one-year term.[4] The surrounding territory was overrun by bandits driven from the gold mines of northern California southward into the cattle ranching counties.[4] Mayor Foster, like most of the city's prominent citizens, was a member of the local vigilance committee and of the Los Angeles Rangers, the mounted body of volunteer police.After the lynching, the people held a special election and returned Foster to office for the remainder of his regular term.