About Samuel Wescott
Lived 1811 – 1861 (aged 49–50). Samuel Wescott was an American politician.
Samuel Wescott was an American politician. He was the tenth Mayor of Jersey City. He succeeded David Stout Manners. Wescott served a single term from May 4, 1857 to May 2, 1858. He was succeeded by Dudley S. Gregory. Wescott served in the New Jersey State Senate from 1860 to 1862.
Wescott incorporated the "Mutual Benefit Life and Insurance Company of the County of Hudson" in 1860. His partners included Dudley S. Gregory, John Van Vorst, Edmund Kingsland, Garret Sip, John M. Cornelison, Hery F. Cox, Peter Bentley, Augustus A. Hardenburgh, and Jonathan D. Miller.
Wescott donated land in Cannelton (now Darlington), Pennsylvania for the construction of St. Rose Catholic Church c. 1861
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American politician
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Samuel Wescott was born in 1811 in Massachusetts.
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Samuel Wescott died on 13 November 1861 in Jersey City.
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Samuel Wescott was a politician.
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Samuel Wescott was American.
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