Charles P. Gillen

Charles Patrick Gillen (August 6, 1876 – June 30, 1956) was the Democratic mayor of Newark, New Jersey, from 1917 to 1921.

He was the first mayor under the reincorporation as a City Commission form of government.

[1] He was born in County Roscommon, Ireland on August 6, 1876.

He was the son of Thomas Gillen and Mary A. Conry.

[1] He died on June 30, 1956, at Saint Michael's Medical Center in Newark, New Jersey, aged 79 and was buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Newark.