Robert Lurting

Robert Lurting (died 3 July 1735)^[1] was the 36th Mayor of New York City from 1726 to 1735 and the first mayor of the city to die while in office.^[2]

Robert Lurting
36th Mayor of New York City
In office 1726–1735
Preceded by	Johannes Jansen
Succeeded by	Paul Richard
Personal details
Died	1735

Lurting Avenue in the Morris Park section of The Bronx is named after him.

References

1. Society, New-York Historical (1886). Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year ... Society. p. 127.
2. HERSHKOWITZ, LEO (2002). "Original Inventories of Early New York Jews (1682–1763) (Concluded)". American Jewish History. 90 (4): 385–448. ISSN 0164-0178. JSTOR 23887216.