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Cornelius V. Clickener (c. 1817 – February 17, 1864) was the first Mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey, serving from 1855 to 1857. ==Biography== He was born around 1817. He had a business in New York which in 1852 obtained the rights to sell "Dalley's magical pain extractor", a medicated ointment.〔(Library Company of Phiiladelphia )〕〔Christopher Hoolihan, ''(An Annotated Catalogue of the Edward C. Atwater Collection of American Popular Medicine and Health Reform ),'' University Rochester Press, 2008, p. 184〕 Clickener served as director of the Columbia Fire Insurance Company in New York City.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cornelius V. Clickener )〕 In 1855, he spearheaded the effort to incorporate Hoboken as a city. Hoboken residents approved the city charter by a vote of 237 to 185 on March 28, 1855. Clickener was elected as the first mayor on April 10, 1855.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=April in Hoboken History )〕 In 1856, Clickener was appointed as Bank Commissioner for the State of New Jersey by Governor Rodman M. Price. He was defeated for re-election for mayor in 1857. A Democrat, he served as a member of the New Jersey Senate from Hudson County from 1857 to 1859.〔 Clickener died at the age of 46 on February 17, 1864. He was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cornelius V. Clickener」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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