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Smith Ely Jr.

Mayor of New York City

Centurion, 1859–1911

Proposed by
Charles M. Leupp
born April 17, 1825
Hanover, New Jersey
died July 1, 1911
Livingston, New Jersey
elected June 4, 1859
Age thirty-four
buried Ely Cemetery,
Livingston, New Jersey
seconder of
Member portrait of Smith Ely Jr.
Member Photograph Albums CollectionAlbum 2, Leaf 46
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Century Memorial

So for their civic services must we pause to consecrate the memory of Smith Ely, James Hampden Robb, and Cornelius Newton Bliss. The first of these was a school trustee more than fifty years ago, and his subsequent struggles as a member of the Board of Supervisors against the iniquities of Boss Tweed are still remembered; then he was Congressman, and Commissioner of Public Works, and at last, in 1876, Mayor of New York, when he conducted an administration noted for its honesty and economy.

Henry Osborn Taylor
1912 Century Association Yearbook

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