Alexander J. Clements
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Alexander J. Clements (c. 1866 − 4 December 1933) was a local politician in Hudson County, New Jersey.
Life
Alexander J. Clements was born on March 3, 1868. His father, A. J. Clements, was a lumber inspector for the Pennsylvania Railroad.[1]
Clements was supervisor of roads in Hudson County, New Jersey, for twenty years before his death. He worked as a cabinetmaker and then at the Pennsylvania Railroad before going into politics; he became leader of the First Ward in Jersey City. He owned a saloon named the Old Stone House, at Newark Avenue and Grove Street. He made failed attempts to run for office, as Sheriff and as Councilman, both in Jersey City.[2]
In 1911 he and thirteen other men were indicted for fraud in connection with contracting bids for the building of the courthouse in Jersey City, for which the budget was $3,500,000.[3] The indictment was nolled in 1913.[4]
He died of a heart condition on 4 December 1933 at the Medical Center in Jersey City.[2]
Sources
- Lee, Francis Bazley (1895). History of Trenton, New Jersey. Trenton, New Jersey: J. L. Murphy. OCLC 235782376.
References
- ^ Lee (1895), p. 37.
- ^ a b "Alexander J. Clements". New York Times. 5 December 1933. p. 23.
- ^ "Indict 14 for taking Jersey City graft". New York Times. 11 November 1911. p. 23.
- ^ "Probably The End of the Court House Scandal: State Nolle Prosses Indictments against Clements, McGovern and Smith". wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org. Hudson Observer. 3 May 1913. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
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