predecessor successor profession office order term_start article_title term_end name
stephen clark foster stephen clark foster physician mayor of los angeles 6th may 9 , 1855 thomas foster -lrb- los angeles -rrb-
 may 7 , 1856 thomas foster
thomas foster -lrb- los angeles -rrb-

thomas foster served as the sixth mayor of los angeles .
he was a physician and responsible for the first schoolhouse to be built at spring and 2nd streets .
he was not related to mayor stephen c. foster .
he was elected in may 1855 over william g. dryden , 192 votes to 179 .
