Thomas Lynch Raymond

Thomas Lynch Raymond, Jr. was born on April 26, 1875, in East Orange, New Jersey, to Thomas Lynch Raymond and Eugenia A. Raymond née Launitz. Launitz was the daughter of sculptor Robert Eberhard Launitz. Raymond's father was the President of Produce National Bank in New York. Thomas L. Raymond, Jr. began his schooling at the East Orange Public School System and then went to boarding school at Trinity College School in Port Hope, Ontario. Raymond then went to Newark Academy in Downtown Newark followed by New York University for his law degree.Urquhart, Frank John. "A History of the City of Newark, New Jersey: embracing practically two and a half centuries, 1666-1913, Volume 3". New York: The Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1913. Pg 319. Due to a technicality, however, he did not receive his Bachelor of Laws degree until the commencement ceremony in 1915 when he was already mayor of Newark."New York University to Confer Many Honors at Commencement" New York Times. June 9, 1915

Raymond passed the New Jersey bar exam in November 1896. He began a partnership with Andrew Van Blarcom. In 1908, Judge Worrall F. Mountain and Theodore McCurdy Marsh became partners in their firm. On Thursday, April 23, 1903, Raymond married Elizabeth Gummere, daughter of Chief Justice William S. Gummere.[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1903/04/06/101988092.pdf Justice Gummere's Daughter to Be Married], The New York Times, April 6, 1903. Accessed September 30, 2009. In 1904, Raymond was appointed Judge of the First District Court of New Jersey by Governor Franklin Murphy. In 1908, Raymond became First Assistant Prosecutor of Essex County. In this year, he also ran for State Senate against Everett Colby. Raymond lost by 1300 votes and Newark was the only municipality of the twenty in the county, which he won.

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During his first term as mayor of Newark, the Newark Meadows were filled in to construct the beginnings of Port Newark."A Greater Newark in Reclaimed Land". The New York Times. October 21, 1915 In 1920, Raymond ran in the Gubernatorial primary and lost. In 1925, Thomas L. Raymond began his second term as mayor of Newark. In 1927, he announced his potential candidacy for the nomination of Governor (for 1929) and in 1928 a possible run for US Senate before his untimely death. Other offices Raymond held during his life included Supreme Court Commissioner, District Court Judge, Special Master in Chancery and Prosecutor of Essex County. Raymond died at 1 AM on October 4, 1928, in his Kinney Street house in Newark, after suffering from a cold and high blood pressure."T.L. Raymond, Mayor of Newark Dies" New York Times, October 7, 1928

• Raymond, Thomas Lynch. "Stephen Crane". Carteret: The Carteret Book Club, 1923.
• Raymond, Thomas Lynch. "Events which led to the development of the literature of the middle ages". Newark: Newark Public Library, 1926.

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