Elbridge Van Syckel Besson | |
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14th Mayor of Hoboken | |
In office April 1878 – April 1880 | |
Preceded by | Joseph Russel |
Succeeded by | John A. O'Neill |
16th Mayor of Hoboken | |
In office April 1881 – April 1883 | |
Preceded by | John A. O'Neill |
Succeeded by | Herman L. Timken |
Personal details | |
Born | Galveston, Texas, U.S. |
Died | Hoboken, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Residence | Hoboken, New Jersey |
Elbridge Van Syckel Besson (December 22, 1839 – 1915) was an American Republican Party politician who served two non-consecutive terms as the 14th and 16th Mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey. [1] He also served a term in the New Jersey General Assembly. [2]
Besson was born on December 22, 1839, in Hoboken, New Jersey, to Jacob Besson and Sarah Carhart Runkle. [3] He was President of the Hoboken City Council in 1865. [4] He was a member of New Jersey General Assembly in 1869. [2] Besson was the Republican nominee for mayor again in 1884 and 1895. [5] [6] He died in 1915.
The new Republican Mayor of Hoboken, the Hon. E.V.S. Besson, exploded a bomb-shell ... He was elected on April 9th ... In referring to the monopoly which Hoboken, Mayor Besson said in his ...
Besson, Elbridge V. S. — of Hoboken, Hudson County, N.J. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1869; mayor of Hoboken, N.J., 1878-80, 1881-83. Burial location unknown.
The Hoboken Board of Councilmen met on Monday evening, and organized for the ensuing year by the election of E.V.S. Besson for President. ...