Peter McMartin

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Peter McMartin

| image = Peter McMartin (1805-1870) circa 1840.jpg

| birth_date = May 11, 1805

| birth_place =New York, U.S.

| death_date = after 1870

| death_place =

| residence = Jersey City, New Jersey

| office = Mayor of Jersey City

| order = 2nd

| term_start = April 1840

| term_end = April 1841

| predecessor = Dudley S. Gregory

| successor = Dudley S. Gregory

| party =

| religion =

| spouse = Harriet Lyon

| children =

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Peter McMartin (born May 11, 1805) was an American politician. He was the second Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey.

Biography

When Jersey City was incorporated as a municipality on February 22, 1838, McMartin was a member of the first Common Council. He succeeded Dudley S. Gregory as mayor two years later. He served a single one-year term from April 1840 to April 1841.{{cite book | last=Winfield | first=Charles | year=1874 | publisher=Kennard & Hay Stationery M'fg and Print. Co. | title=History of the County of Hudson, New Jersey: from its earliest settlement to the present time | url=https://archive.org/details/historycountyhu00winfgoog | page=[https://archive.org/details/historycountyhu00winfgoog/page/n305 289]}} He was succeeded by Gregory. He served as Jersey City freeholder in 1847 and 1848.

On November 16, 1830, Martin married Harriet Lyon at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Jersey City.{{cite book | title=Bergen County Marriage Records }}

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