Preceded by Lorenzo W. Elder Residence Hoboken, New Jersey Political party Whig
Democratic | Died January 9, 1872 Succeeded by Frederick B. Ogden Name Charles Perry | |
Charles T. Perry (January 10, 1812 - January 9, 1872) was an American politician who served as the seventh Mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey from 1864 to 1865. Perry was a Whig in 1852, but was the Democratic nominee for City Treasurer in 1858 when George W. Morton ran for mayor. He was President of the Hudson County Gaslight Company and a director of the First National Bank of Hoboken.
Biography
He was born on January 10, 1812 in Massachusetts to George Perry. On December 13, 1838 in Sandwich, Massachusetts he married Caroline Goodson.
He served as the seventh mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey from 1864 to 1865
By 1867 he was president of the Hudson County Gaslight Company and a director of the First National Bank of Hoboken.
Perry died of a self-inflicted gunshot to the head at 11:00 pm on January 9, 1872.