Beach Vanderpool | |
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8th Mayor of Newark | |
In office 1846–1848 | |
Preceded by | Isaac Baldwin |
Succeeded by | James Miller |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] New Jersey | October 25, 1808
Died | March 12, 1884 Newark, New Jersey | (aged 75)
Political party | Whig |
Beach Vanderpool (October 25, 1808 – March 12, 1884) was an American politician who served as the Mayor of Newark from 1846 to 1848. [2]
Vanderpool was a member of a prominent family in Newark. He was one of the founders of the Morris and Essex Railroad and was a major shareholder at the time of his death. He was also the president of the Howard Savings Bank and Commissioner of the Morris Plains Lunatic Asylum. [3] One of his sons, Eugene Vanderpool (1844–1903), was president of the Newark Gas Light Company. [4]