Arthur G. Elvin (1865 – October 12, 1934) was an American mechanical engineer, inventor, and politician who served as Mayor of the Villages of Plandome and Flower Hill, New York.
[1] He eventually became the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad's superintendent of motive power, during which time he resided in Huntington, West Virginia.
[1][2][3][4][5] He eventually moved onto Long Island, New York, where he would be a founding member of the First National Bank of Manhasset and enter politics.
[1][7] He then served as the 1st Mayor of the Incorporated Village of Flower Hill between May and September 1931, stepping down from the post shortly after the death of his wife; the Mayorship was subsequently given to William John Logan.
[1] Elvin died from heart failure on October 12, 1934 at his summer home at 65 Abbey Road in Munsey Park, New York.