Franklin Pierce Stoy | |
Office: | Mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey |
Term: | 1900–1911 |
Preceded: | Joseph Thompson |
Succeeded: | George Carmany |
Term2: | 1894–1897 |
Preceded2: | Willard Wright |
Succeeded2: | Joseph Thompson |
Birth Date: | 23 January 1853 |
Birth Place: | Camden County, New Jersey |
Death Place: | Wernersville, Pennsylvania |
Profession: | Politician |
Franklin Pierce Stoy (January 23, 1853 – July 22, 1911) was the Mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey from 1894–1897 and again from 1900 to 1911. Stoy became a Councilman at Large of the local government in 1891 and, three years later, was elected chief executive. Known as the "Dandy Mayor," he died of neuritis on July 22, 1911.[1]