Thomas A. Alexander was the fourth mayor of Jersey City in New Jersey

New Jersey

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. He succeeded Dudley S. Gregory

Dudley S. Gregory

Dudley Sanford Gregory was the first Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey, and was elected as a Whig to represent in the United States House of Representatives from 1847 to 1849.-Biography:...

. He served a single one-year term from April 1842 to April 1843. He was succeeded by Peter Bentley, Sr.

Peter Bentley (mayor)

Peter Bentley, Sr. was the fifth mayor of Jersey City in New Jersey. He succeeded Thomas A. Alexander. He served a single one-year term from April 1843 to April 1844. He was succeeded by Phineas C. Dummer....

Biography

Born in Pennsylvania

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, he moved to Harsimus

Harsimus

Harsimus is a neighborhood within Downtown Jersey City. The neighborhood stretches from the Harsimus Stem Embankment in the north to Christopher Columbus Drive in the south between Coles Street and Grove Street or more broadly, to Marin Boulevard...

 (now a section of Jersey City). Outside of his term as mayor, he worked as an insurance underwriter. He died in Bergen Township (now a part of Jersey City) at age 67. The funeral was held at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Jersey City.