Charles Patrick Gillen (August 6, 1876 – June 30, 1956) was the Democratic mayor of Newark, New Jersey from 1917 to 1921. He was the first mayor under the reincorporation as a City Commission form of government. Biography He was born in County Roscommon, Ireland on August 6, 1876. He was the son of Thomas Gillen and Mary A. Conry. He was Irish Catholic. He married Margaret Carey in 1923. He had a real estate business before entering politics. He was the mayor of Newark, New Jersey from 1917 to 1921. He was a delegate to the 1932 Democratic National Convention. He died on June 30, 1956 at Saint Michael's Medical Center in Newark, New Jersey, aged 79 and was buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Newark. See also List of mayors of Newark, New Jersey External links Charles P. Gillen at The Political Graveyard References 1876 births 1956 deaths New Jersey Democrats Mayors of Newark, New Jersey Politicians from County Roscommon Irish emigrants to the United States (before 1923)