Samuel Wescott was the tenth Mayor of Jersey City. He succeeded David Stout Manners

David Stout Manners

David Stout Manners was the ninth Mayor of Jersey City. He succeeded Robert Gilchrist. A Whig politician, he served five one-year terms from May 3, 1852 to May 3, 1857. He was succeeded by Samuel Wescott.He was the son of David Manners, an army captain during the War of 1812...

. Wescott served a single term from May 4, 1857 to May 2, 1858. He was succeeded by Dudley S. Gregory

Dudley S. Gregory

Dudley Sanford Gregory was the first Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey, and was elected as a Whig to represent in the United States House of Representatives from 1847 to 1849.-Biography:...

. Wescott served in the New Jersey State Senate from 1860 to 1862.

Wescott incorporated the "Mutual Benefit Life and Insurance Company of the County of Hudson" in 1860. His partners included Dudley S. Gregory

Dudley S. Gregory

Dudley Sanford Gregory was the first Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey, and was elected as a Whig to represent in the United States House of Representatives from 1847 to 1849.-Biography:...

, John Van Vorst, Edmund Kingsland, Garret Sip, John M. Cornelison, Hery F. Cox, Peter Bentley, Augustus A. Hardenburgh, and Jonathan D. Miller.

Wescott donated land in Cannelton (now Darlington), Pennsylvania for the construction of St. Rose Catholic Church circa 1861

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• Jersey City Mayors