Charles R. Erdman, Jr.

Charles Rosenbury Erdman Jr. (August 25, 1897 – October 15, 1984) was an American Republican Party politician who served as Mayor of the Borough of Princeton, New Jersey and Chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee.

Biography Erdman was born in Philadelphia to Charles R. and Estelle P. (Pardee) Erdman in 1897 and moved with his parents to Princeton in 1905. He attended the Lawrenceville School and then Princeton University. His studies were interrupted by World War I, during which time he served with the United States Navy Aviation Corps. Returning to Princeton, he was captain of the track team in 1919 and 1920 and intercollegiate hurdle champion. After receiving his B.A. degree in 1920, he went on to postgraduate work in political science, also at Princeton. He received his M.A. degree in 1924 and his Ph.D. degree in 1928. He married Lucy Bulkley (April 22, 1901 – May 1995) on June 14, 1922. He resigned in 1961 to protest campaign tactics by James P. Mitchell in that year's campaign for Governor of New Jersey.

Erdman died in 1984 at his home in Princeton at the age of 87 after battling Parkinson's disease for several years.