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Meyer C. Ellenstein (October 15, 1886 – February 11, 1967) served as mayor of Newark, New Jersey from 1933 to 1941. Biography. Ellenstein was born in New York City on October 15, 1886, the son of Max Ellenstein and the former Libby Bzuroff. Ellenstein assumed the office as mayor of Newark in 1933.
Ellenstein Tops Field, Becomes Mayor. In the 1933 election, Ellenstein, a resident of Newark's heavily Jewish Third Ward, running in a field of 29 candidates, won handily with 75, 181 votes. He became Newark's first (and only) Jewish mayor.
21 de feb. de 2014 · Funeral services were held here for Meyer C. Ellenstein, a prominent Jewish dentist, attorney and the only Jew ever to serve as Mayor of Newark, who died at New York Hospital, White Plains,...
WHITE PLAINS, Feb. 11 Meyer C. Ellenstein, mayor of Newark for eight years in the nineteen-thirties, died yesterday at the Westchester Division of New York Hospital here. He was 78 years old...
28 de dic. de 2017 · Ellenstein had 75,181 votes assumed the office as Mayor of Newark in 1933. He became Newark’s first and only Jewish mayor. When Ellenstien assumed office in 1933, many residents were on relief and unemployment was rampant.
Meyer Charles Ellenstein. Birth. 15 Oct 1886. New York, New York County, New York, USA. Death. 11 Feb 1967 (aged 80) White Plains, Westchester County, New York, USA. Burial. Oheb Shalom Cemetery. Hillside, Union County, New Jersey, USA Add to Map. Memorial ID. 45280470. · View Source. Suggest Edits. Memorial. Photos 2. Flowers 6. Memorials. Region.
ELLENSTEIN, MEYER C. (1886–1967), U.S. politician. Ellenstein was born in New York City and raised in Patterson, New Jersey. He graduated from Columbia University 's dental school (1912) and opened a practice in Newark, meanwhile studying law at the New Jersey Law School.
