Beach Vanderpool (October 25, 1808 – March 12, 1884) was an American

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who served as the

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from 1846 to 1848.

Biography

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. One of his sons, Eugene Vanderpool (1844–1903), was president of the Newark Gas Light Company.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vanderpool, Beach 1808 births 1884 deaths American people of Dutch descent Mayors of Newark, New Jersey New Jersey Whigs 19th-century American politicians