James Mather [SEP] position held
James Mather
James Mather (c. 1750 in England – 1821 in St. James Parish, Louisiana) was mayor of New Orleans from March 9, 1807 to May 23, 1812, at which time he resigned. Mather's five-year administration overlapped, by a few weeks, the transition from the United States' Territory of Orleans period to the State of Louisiana's antebellum period, with New Orleans serving as the first state capital.
His place of birth is variously given as Coupland in Northumberland;
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In the 1970s, Interlake disposed of a large number of its smaller ships and built three long Great Lakes freighters: the "James R. Barker", the "Mesabi Miner", and the "William De Lancey". In 1973, Elton Hoyt III was named president and chief executive officer of Pickands Mather, a position he held until his retirement in 1983. Continuing downward price pressure on commodities and shipping rates significantly harmed Pickands Mather's revenues in the 1970s and 1980s. In July 1986, LTV