Meyer C. Ellenstein

Meyer C. Ellenstein (1886–1967) served as Mayor of Newark, New Jersey from 1933 to 1941.

Biography

Ellenstein was born in New York City on October 15, 1886, the son of Max Ellenstein and the former Libby Bzuroff.

Ellenstein assumed the office as Mayor of Newark in 1933. He was a vocal critic of New York City Mayor LaGuardia's attempt to expand North Beach Airport (later known as LaGuardia Airport) for commercial flights.^[1]

He died on February 11, 1967.

He was the father of Robert Ellenstein.^[2]

References

↑ Ellenstein Scores Mayor on Airport; Newark Executive Charges 'Political Expediency' in Building North Beach Airport, The New York Times, September 3, 1938. Accessed September 30, 2009.
↑ Thursby, Keith (2010-11-04). "Robert Ellenstein dies at 87; actor and director". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2014-10-07.

External links

Biographical information for Meyer C. Ellenstein from The Political Graveyard

Preceded by Jerome T. Congleton	Mayor of Newark 1933–41	Succeeded by Vincent J. Murphy

Mayors of Newark

Halsey Frelinghuysen Miller Halstead Wright Dod Baldwin Vanderpool Miller Quinby Poinier Bigelow Runyon Peddie Ricord Perry Yates Fiedler Henry Lang Haynes Lebkuecher Seymour, Sr. Doremus Haussling Raymond Gillen Archibald Breidenbach Raymond Congleton Ellenstein Murphy Villani Carlin Addonizio Gibson James Booker Quintana Baraka

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