Robert Lurting
Robert Lurting | |
|---|---|
| 36th Mayor of New York City | |
| In office 1726–1735 | |
| Preceded by | Johannes Jansen |
| Succeeded by | Paul Richard |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 1735 |
Robert Lurting (died 3 July 1735)[1] was the 36th Mayor of New York City from 1726 to 1735 and the first mayor of the city to die while in office.[2]
Lurting Avenue in the Morris Park section of The Bronx is named after him.
References
- ^ Society, New-York Historical (1886). Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year ... Society. p. 127.
- ^ HERSHKOWITZ, LEO (2002). "Original Inventories of Early New York Jews (1682–1763) (Concluded)". American Jewish History. 90 (4): 385–448. ISSN 0164-0178. JSTOR 23887216.
