Jerome T. Congleton Explained

Jerome T. Congleton
Office:30th Mayor of Newark
Term Start:1928
Term End:1933
Predecessor:Thomas Lynch Raymond
Successor:Meyer C. Ellenstein
Birth Date:25 August 1876
Birth Place:Newark, New Jersey
Death Place:Newark, New Jersey
Party:Republican

Jerome Taylor Congleton (August 25, 1876  - December 10, 1936) served as Mayor of Newark, New Jersey from 1928 to 1933.

Biography

He was born in Newark, New Jersey on August 25, 1876, the son of Joseph Norton Congleton and the former Mary Isabel Wade.[1]

Congleton was elected as Mayor of Newark in 1928. In a wave of anti-incumbent backlash, he lost re-election.[2] On December 10, 1936, Congleton suffered a heart attack while driving his car and died. He was 60 years old.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: World War I Draft Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line] ]. The Generations Network . . 1918. September 30, 2009.
  2. https://www.nytimes.com/1936/12/11/archives/jerome-congleton-0f-newark-60-dies-former-mayor-defeated-for.html Jerome Congleton of Newark, 60, Dies; Former Mayor Defeated for Re-Election After Effecting Depression Economies. Head of Trust Company. Carried Out Civic Improvement Plan -- Stricken in Car as He Stops at Curb