death_place death_date predecessor successor children article_title office birth_date order residence term_start image spouse term_end name signature
jersey city , new jersey july 11 , 1866 henry c. taylor david s. manners robert jr. & mary robert gilchrist -lrb- mayor -rrb-
 mayor of jersey city c. 1790 8th jersey city , new jersey april 19 , 1850 robert gilchrist.png frances vashér may 2 , 1852 robert gilchrist gilchrist signature.png
robert gilchrist -lrb- mayor -rrb-

robert gilchrist was the eighth mayor of jersey city in new jersey .
born around 1790 , gilchrist became the president of the jersey board of selectmen from 1835 to 1836 .
he succeeded henry c. taylor as mayor .
he served two years from april 19 , 1850 to may 2 , 1852 .
he was succeeded by david s. manners .
gilchrist was the clerk of hudson county from 1840 to 1865 .
his son robert jr. became the attorney general of new jersey and served from 1870 to 1875 .
