Lorenzo Welton Elder

Lorenzo Welton Elder (April 15, 1820 - May 11, 1892) was an American physician and politician who served as the sixth mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey, from 1863 to 1864 during the American Civil War. It was through his efforts that the Hudson County Board of Health was established.

Biography Elder was born in Guilford, New York, on April 15, 1820. He attended Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, graduating in 1847.

From 1851 to 1861 he was the brigade surgeon for the New Jersey Army National Guard. In 1853 he married Helen Hall Craig of Philadelphia. From 1859 to 1863 he was the superintendent of the Hoboken Public Schools. From 1870 to 1872 he was an attending physician at the Hudson County Hospital and was the health commissioner and president of the board of health and vital statistics for Hudson County, New Jersey.