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Robert Gilchrist (mayor)

Robert Gilchrist (mayor)

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Robert Gilchrist was the eighth mayor of Jersey City in New Jersey.

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Born around 1790, Gilchrist became the president of the Jersey Board of Selectmen from 1835 to 1836.[1] He succeeded Henry C. Taylor as mayor. He served two years from April 19, 1850 to May 2, 1852.[1] He was succeeded by David S. Manners. He was the Clerk of Hudson County from 1840 to 1865.[2]

Gilchrist's son Robert Jr. became the Attorney General of New Jersey and served from 1870 to 1875.

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  1. [1]
    Winfield, Charles (1874). History of the County of Hudson, New Jersey: from its earliest settlement to the present time. Kennard & Hay Stationery M'fg and Print. Co. p. 289.
  2. [2]
    Winfield, p.341


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