Oliver Spencer Halstead

{{Short description|American politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Oliver Spencer Halstead

|image =

|caption =

|office = 4th Mayor of Newark

|term_start = 1840

|term_end = 1841

|predecessor = James Miller

|successor = William Wright

|birth_name =

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1792|9|22}}

|birth_place = Elizabeth, New Jersey

|death_date = {{Death date and age|1877|8|29|1792|9|22}}

|death_place = Newark, New Jersey

|party = Whig

}}

Oliver Spencer Halstead (September 22, 1792 – August 29, 1877) was an American politician who served as the Mayor of Newark from 1840 to 1841.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K40MAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA649 |title=A History of the city of Newark, New Jersey: embracing practically two and a ... - Frank John Urquhart, Lewis Historical Publishing Company |year=1913 |access-date=2016-08-29}}