Thomas G. Dunn
Thomas Gerard Dunn (April 9, 1921 – February 11, 1998) was an American
Democratic Party politician who was a longtime
Mayor of Elizabeth, New Jersey. His 28 years leading the city made him what some believed was the
longest-serving mayor of a city in the United States with more than 100,000 people. (However,
Joseph P. Riley Jr. was mayor of
Charleston, South Carolina, (population 120,000) for over 40 years.) Dunn also served in the
New Jersey Senate from 1973 to 1977, representing the
21st Legislative District, and in the
New Jersey General Assembly from 1992 to 1994 where he represented the
20th Legislative District. During the
1972 presidential election, Dunn served as a national co-chairman of
Democrats for Nixon and was a frequent supporter of other Republican national and state candidates.
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