Jerome T. Congleton
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Jerome Taylor Congleton (August 25, 1876 – December 10, 1936) served as
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of
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in 1928. In a wave of anti-incumbent backlash, he lost re-election.The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
'', December 11, 1936. Accessed September 30, 2009. On December 10, 1936, Congleton suffered a heart attack while driving his car and died. He was 60 years old.


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1876 births 1936 deaths 20th-century New Jersey politicians 20th-century mayors of places in New Jersey Mayors of Newark, New Jersey {{NewJersey-mayor-stub