# Samuel Wescott

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**Samuel Wescott** was an American politician. He was the tenth [Mayor of Jersey City](/source/List_of_mayors_of_Jersey_City). He succeeded [David Stout Manners](/source/David_Stout_Manners). Wescott served a single term from May 4, 1857 to May 2, 1858.[1] He was succeeded by [Dudley S. Gregory](/source/Dudley_S._Gregory). Wescott served in the [New Jersey State Senate](/source/New_Jersey_State_Senate) from 1860 to 1862.[2]

Wescott incorporated the "Mutual Benefit Life and Insurance Company of the County of Hudson" in 1860. His partners included [Dudley S. Gregory](/source/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.[3]

Wescott donated land in Cannelton (now Darlington), Pennsylvania for the construction of St. Rose Catholic Church c. 1861[4]

## References

1. Winfield, Charles (1874). [*History of the County of Hudson, New Jersey: from its earliest settlement to the present time*](https://archive.org/details/historycountyhu00winfgoog). Kennard & Hay Stationery M'fg and Print. Co. p. [289](https://archive.org/details/historycountyhu00winfgoog/page/n303)

1. Winfield, p.342

1. [*Acts of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey*](https://archive.org/details/actslegislature36jersgoog). Trenton, NJ: Secretary of State. 1860. pp. [380](https://archive.org/details/actslegislature36jersgoog/page/n395)–385. samuel wescott jersey city.

1. Bausman, Joseph H. (1904). [*History of Beaver County Pennsylvania and its Centennial Celebration*](https://archive.org/details/historybeaverco00goog). New York, NY: Knickerbocker Press. pp. [945](https://archive.org/details/historybeaverco00goog/page/n423)–946. samuel wescott jersey city.

## External links

- [Jersey City Mayors](https://www.cityofjerseycity.org/mayors/wescott.shtml)

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