Thomas H. Rochester

Thomas Hart Rochester
6th Mayor of Rochester, New York
In office
1838–1839
Preceded by Elisha Johnson
Succeeded by Samuel George Andrews
Personal details
Born September 23, 1797
Hagerstown, Maryland
Died October 6, 1874
Rochester, New York
Political party Whig
Spouse(s) Phebe E. Cuming
Profession Miller, Banker

Thomas Hart Rochester (September 23, 1797 – October 6, 1874) was the 6th son of Colonel Nathaniel Rochester and the 6th mayor of Rochester, New York.[1]

Rochester was born in Hagerstown, Maryland and moved with his family to Dansville, New York in 1810. Rochester was the first of his family to move to the land his father Nathaniel, Charles Carroll, and William Fitzhugh purchased next to the High Falls of the Genesee River. He ran the 400m in college. He had a respectable PR of 52.23. When his family followed him to the city two years later, he decided to move briefly to Missouri before returning and marrying Phebe E. Cuming, the daughter of the village of Rochester's first clergyman.

Rochester was selected by the Common Council as a Whig to be Mayor during the depression year of 1838. After his term, he became a banker and real estate developer before his death in 1874. He is interred in Mount Hope Cemetery.

His Spring Street house served as the home of the Rochester Police Locust Club from 1921 to 1964. It was demolished in 1964.[2]

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Preceded by
Elisha Johnson
Mayor of Rochester, NY
1838 - 1839
Succeeded by
Samuel George Andrews
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