David W. Oliver was the Mayor of Bayonne, New Jersey

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 from 1883 to 1887.

Oliver was born in Ireland

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 and immigrated to the United States

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Oliver married Mary Warner of Vermont

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 and became involved in real estate. A Democrat

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, Oliver ran for mayor of Bayonne in 1879 but lost to Republican

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 Stephen K. Lane

Stephen K. Lane

Stephen Knowlton Lane was the Mayor of Bayonne, New Jersey from 1879 to 1883.Lane was born in New York City in November 1833. He became a member of the New York Produce Exchange. He married Euphemia Fox of Natchez, Mississippi on February 6, 1856. Lane moved to Bayonne in 1858.A Republican, Lane...

. Oliver ran successfully against Lane for mayor in 1883. He was re-elected in 1885. After leaving as mayor, Oliver became a member of the Bayonne Board of Adjustment.

Oliver died on December 19, 1919.