Mayor of Elizabeth, New Jersey:[1][2]
Thomas G. Dunn, the blunt, often irascible former Mayor of Elizabeth, N.J., who was a major figure in the city's politics over four decades, died Wednesday at his home in the city. He was 76 years old. ... Mr. Dunn, a maverick Democrat and former union official, had served as mayor of the largely working-class city for 28 years, but he was defeated in his own party's primary in June 1992. Still, his tenure earned him the distinction as the nation's longest-serving mayor of a city of more than 100,000 people.
The Honorable Steven J., former Union County, NJ, judge, Waterfront Commissioner for New Jersey and ex-Mayor of Elizabeth, died Saturday, June 14, 2003. He was elected Mayor of Elizabeth from 1956-64 and established the Elizabeth Human Relations Commission. Appointed by Gov. Richard Hughes for the post of New Jersey Waterfront Commissioner of New York Harbor from 1966-71. Appointed in 1972 as judge to the Juvenile and Domestics Court of Union County, NJ, serving as Presiding Judge from 1977-88, when he retired. ...
Nicholas Saint LaCorte, Republican Assemblyman of Union County, died last night in Overlook Hospital of a heart attack. He was 47 years old and lived at 101 ...
James T. Kirk, who was mayor of Elizabeth from 1939 to 1952, died today at the age of 78. He leaves a son and two daughters. In 1954 Mr. Kirk was named a full-time State deputy attorney general by Attorney General Grover C. Richman. ...
The Mayors of Elizabeth since its incorporation in 1855 have been: Elias Darby, May 1, 1855, to May 1, 1860 ; James Jenkins, May 1, 1860, to May 1, 1861 ; James B. Burnet, May 1, 1861, to May 1, 1862; Philip H. Grier, May 1, 1862, to January 1, 1871; Francis B. Chetwood, January 1, 1871, to January 1, 1873; William A. Coursen, January 1, 1873, to January 1, 1875; Robert W. Townley, January 1, 1875, to January 1, 1878; James S. Green, January 1, 1878, to January 1, 1879; Robert W. Townley, January 1, 1879, to January 1, 1880; Peter Bonnett, January 1, 1880, to January 1, 1882; Seth B. Ryder, January 1, 1882, to January 1, 1883; Joseph H. Grier, January 1, 1883, to date.
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