Gilbert Collins
{{Short description|American judge}}
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{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Gilbert Collins
| image =Gilbert Collins (1846–1920).png
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1846|08|26}}
| birth_place = Stonington, Connecticut
| death_date = {{death date and age|1920|01|29|1846|08|26}}
| death_place = Jersey City, New Jersey
| residence = Jersey City, New Jersey
| office = Mayor of Jersey City
| order = 23rd
| term_start = May 5, 1884
| term_end = May 2, 1886
| predecessor = Isaac W. Taussig
| successor = Orestes Cleveland
| party = Republican
| spouse = {{Marriage|Harriet Kingsbury Bush|January 2, 1870}}
| children = Walter, Blanche & Marjorie
| signature = Signature of Gilbert Collins (1846–1920).png
}}
Gilbert Collins (August 26, 1846 – January 29, 1920) was the 23rd mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey from May 5, 1884, to May 2, 1886.
Biography
Collins was born on August 26, 1846, in Stonington, Connecticut the son of Sarah Quinn and Daniel Webster Collins. His family immigrated to American from Kent, England before the American Revolution. His grandfather, Daniel Collins was a lieutenant in a Connecticut regiment during the Revolution. He attended Yale University, but the death of his father in 1862 forced him to leave school for financial reasons. In 1863, he moved to Jersey City and studied law under Jonathan Dixon (who was appointed an associate justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court in 1875). Collins began practicing law in Jersey City in 1869. On January 2, 1870, he married Harriet Kingsbury Bush of Jersey City
A Republican, Collins unsuccessfully ran for the New Jersey Senate in 1880.[http://www.getnj.com/hudberg/genealogical14.shtml Genealogical History Of Hudson And Bergen Counties New Jersey], accessed March 18, 2008 On March 25, 1884, Collins was nominated for mayor by the Independents of Jersey City.{{cite news|title=For Mayor of Jersey City.; Gilbert Collins Nominated by the Independent Citizens.|newspaper=The New York Times |date=1884-03-25 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-new-york-times-for-mayor-of-jersey-c/127586419/ |page=2 |access-date=2023-07-04 |via=Newspapers.com}} He was also later nominated by the Republicans. In the election, Collins easily defeated Democrat John D. McGill by a 3,250 majority in the heavily Democratic city.{{cite news|title=Jersey City's Reform Mayor. |newspaper=The New York Times |date=1884-04-09 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-new-york-times-jersey-citys-reform/127586490/ |page=5 |access-date=2023-07-04 |via=Newspapers.com}} He served one term and was succeeded by Democrat Orestes Cleveland.
In 1892, Collins was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis that re-nominated Benjamin Harrison.
On March 2, 1897, Collins was appointed by Governor John W. Griggs as an associate justice to the New Jersey Supreme Court and served until his resignation in 1903. He continued to practice law.
Collins died of pneumonia in his home in Jersey City on January 29, 1920. He was buried in the family vault in Hilliard Cemetery in Stonington.{{cite news|title=Gilbert Collins Dies at 73; Ex-Justice of Supreme Court and Ex-Mayor of Jersey City.|newspaper=The New York Times |date=1920-01-30 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-new-york-times-gilbert-collins-dies/127586528/ |page=15 |access-date=2023-07-04 |via=Newspapers.com}}
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Category:19th-century mayors of places in New Jersey