Lewis Van Syckle Fitz Randolph

Lewis Van Syckle Fitz Randolph (May 16, 1838 – January 2, 1921) was an American businessman and Mayor of Plainfield, New Jersey from 1881 to 1882.[1][2]

Biography

Lewis Van Syckle Fitz Randolph was born on May 16, 1838, in Somerville, New Jersey to Enoch Manning Fitz Randolph and Mary A. Van Syckle.[2]

He served in the Union Army during the United States Civil War. He became a director of the Illinois Central Railroad in 1875. He resigned in 1885 and moved to Texas to work in the cattle business. In 1886, he joined the Tilden Trust.[1]

He was the Mayor of Plainfield, New Jersey from 1881 to 1882.[1][2] From 1895 to 1903 he was president of the Atlantic Trust Company.[1][2][3][4]

In 1903 he became president of the Consolidated Stock Exchange.[3]

He died on January 2, 1921, in Plainfield, New Jersey.[1][4]

His widow, Emily Caroline Price (1840–1937) died in 1937.[5]

Footnotes
  1. "Lewis Van Syckle Fitz Randolph papers". New York Public Library. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
  2. "Lewis Van Syckle Fitz Randolph". Somerset County, New Jersey Archives Biographies. 1917. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
  3. "Consolidated Board Ticket. Lewis V.F. Randolph Named for President of the Exchange" (PDF). New York Times. May 29, 1903. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
  4. "Louis V.S.F. Randolph" (PDF). New York Times. January 3, 1921. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
  5. "Emily Caroline Price". New York Times. January 11, 1937. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
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