Charles T. Perry Explained

Charles T. Perry
Birth Date:January 10, 1812
Birth Place:Massachusetts
Death Date:January 9, 1872
Residence:Hoboken, New Jersey
Office:Mayor of Hoboken
Order:7th
Term Start:April 1864
Term End:April 1865
Predecessor:Lorenzo W. Elder
Successor:Frederick B. Ogden
Party:Whig[1]
Democratic[2]

Charles T. Perry (January 10, 1812 – January 9, 1872) was an American politician who served as the seventh Mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey, from 1864 to 1865.[3] Perry was a Whig in 1852, but was the Democratic nominee for City Treasurer in 1858 when George W. Morton ran for mayor.[2] He was President of the Hudson County Gaslight Company and a director of the First National Bank of Hoboken.

Biography

He was born on January 10, 1812, in Massachusetts to George Perry. On December 13, 1838, in Sandwich, Massachusetts, he married Caroline Goodson.

He served as the seventh mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey, from 1864 to 1865

By 1867 he was president of the Hudson County Gaslight Company and a director of the First National Bank of Hoboken.[4]

Perry died of a self-inflicted gunshot to the head at 11:00 pm on January 9, 1872.[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: The New York Times . Hoboken . October 23, 1852 . December 10, 2010.
  2. News: The New York Times . April 10, 1858 . New Jersey Items. Treasurer - Charles T. Perry . December 10, 2010.
  3. Book: Winfield, Charles . 1874 . Kennard & Hay Stationery M'fg and Print. Co . New York, NY . History of the County of Hudson, New Jersey: from its earliest settlement to the present time . 319.
  4. Book: Costa, Isaac . Gopsill's Jersey City and Hoboken directory for the year ending 30th April, 1867 . 1867 . . 431 .
  5. News: . January 10, 1872 . Suicide of the Ex-Mayor of Hoboken . December 23, 2010.