James Henry Gorbey (July 30, 1920 – October 24, 1977) was an American politician and judge from Pennsylvania.
Mayor Gorbey issued "The Police Position to Preserve the Public Peace", a ten-point statement promising an immediate return to law and order.
[6] Over 600 people were arrested during two months of civil rights rallies, marches, pickets, boycotts and sit-ins.
[7] The protests ended in November 1964, when the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission ordered the desegregation of Chester public schools.
He died in office on October 24, 1977,[1] and was interred at the Calvary Cemetery in West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.