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Elbridge Van Syckel Besson (December 22, 1839 – 1915) was an American Republican Party politician who served two non-consecutive terms as the 14th and 16th Mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey. He also served a term in the New Jersey General Assembly.

Biography

Besson was born on December 22, 1839, in Hoboken, New Jersey, to Jacob Besson and Sarah Carhart Runkle. He was President of the Hoboken City Council in 1865. He was a member of New Jersey General Assembly in 1869. Besson was the Republican nominee for mayor again in 1884 and 1895. He died in 1915.

References

1. "A Notable Inaugural" (PDF). The New York Times. May 4, 1881. Retrieved 2011-01-06. The new Republican Mayor of Hoboken, the Hon. E.V.S. Besson, exploded a bomb-shell ... He was elected on April 9th ... In referring to the monopoly which Hoboken, Mayor Besson said in his ...
2. ^ "Elbridge Besson". Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2011-01-06. Besson, Elbridge V. S. — of Hoboken, Hudson County, N.J. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Hudson County, 1869; mayor of Hoboken, N.J., 1878-80, 1881-83. Burial location unknown.
3. "Hoboken". New York Daily Tribune. January 20, 1896. Retrieved 2015-02-14.
4. "Hoboken". The New York Times. May 3, 1865. Retrieved January 13, 2011. The Hoboken Board of Councilmen met on Monday evening, and organized for the ensuing year by the election of E.V.S. Besson for President. ...
5. "Nominations in Hoboken" (PDF). The New York Times. March 25, 1884. Retrieved January 13, 2011.
6. "Hoboken Primaries and Conventions" (PDF). The New York Times. March 26, 1895. Retrieved January 13, 2011.

• Mayors of Hoboken, New Jersey
• 1839 births
• 1915 deaths
• Republican Party members of the New Jersey General Assembly
• 19th-century mayors of places in New Jersey
• 19th-century members of the New Jersey Legislature