Thomas Lynch Raymond

Thomas Lynch Raymond, Jr. (April 26, 1875 – October 4, 1928) served two non-consecutive terms as Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, from 1915 to 1917 and again from 1925 to 1928.

[1] Due to a technicality, however, he did not receive his Bachelor of Laws degree until the commencement ceremony in 1915 when he was already mayor of Newark.

On Thursday, April 23, 1903, Raymond married Elizabeth Gummere, daughter of Chief Justice William S.

[3] In 1904, Raymond was appointed Judge of the First District Court of New Jersey by Governor Franklin Murphy.

Raymond died at 1 AM on October 4, 1928, in his Kinney Street house in Newark, after suffering from a cold and high blood pressure.

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