Peter McMartin (11 May 1805 – 1874) was Mayor of Jersey City from April 1840 to April 1841, interrupting Dudley S. Gregory's two terms.
Biography[]
Peter McMartin was born in New York in 1805, and he became a member of the first Jersey City common council in 1838. He succeeded Dudley S. Gregory as mayor two years later, serving from 1840 to 1841, when Gregory was re-elected. In 1847 and 1848, he served as a Jersey City freeholder.