Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Oelrichs ya kasance memba ne na Jam'iyyar Democrat kuma yana aiki a siyasar New York City, har ma ya ƙi yin takarar magajin garin New York City, kafin ya koma San Francisco, California. Iyalin Oelrichs sun taimaka wajen sake gina birnin San Francisco bayan girgizar ƙasa da ta auku a shekara ta 1906
a matsayin wani ɓangare na Kwamitin Hamsin.