Tag: Aaron A. Thompson
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Aaron A. Thompson
AARON A. THOMPSON served one term as Mayor of Camden, from 1990 to 1993. He replaced Melvin “Randy” Primas. Upon election as Mayor, Aaron Thompson made a good faith effort to stand up for the people of the city against the influence of political power broker George Norcross. When the next election came around, he…
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Camden’s Mayors
1828 – 2024 Mayor Term Political Party Samuel Lanning 1828-1830 Gideon V. Stivers 1830-1838 Elias Kaighn 1838-1840 Lorenzo F. Fisler 1840-1844 John K. Cowperthwaite 1844-1845 Richard W. Howell (Declined) Charles Kaighn 1845-1846 Thomas B. Wood 1846-1848 Benjamin A. Hammell 1848-1849 Charles Sexton 1849-1851 Lorenzo F. Fisler 1851-1852 Charles D. Hineline 1852-1853 Lorenzo F. Fisler 1853-1855…
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Aaron A. Thompson Obituary
Camden Courier-Post – March 27, 2019 Aaron A. Thompson, 88, former Mayor of Camden, passed on March 17, 2019. A viewing will be held Friday 4-8pm at Carl Miller Funeral Home, 831 Carl Miller Blvd., Camden. Services will be held 11am Saturday at St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church, Broadway and Royden st., Camden where the viewing…
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Camden legend Ron ‘Itchy’ Smith enters County Hall of Fame
Camden Courier-Post — October 21, 2006 By Celeste E. Whittaker, Courier-Post Staff Ron "Itchy" Smith is a basketball legend in Camden. Just don’t tell him that. There are old-timers who still call him the best player in South Jersey history. Stories of the feats Smith accomplished on the court are still being recounted at reunions,…
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Thompson endorsed by firefighters
By KEVIN RIORDAN, Courier-Post Staff Camden Courier-Post – May 4, 1993 CAMDEN – A fraternal organization of city firefighters has endorsed Mayor Aaron Thompson’s bid for re-election. “The mayor has moved the city forward,” Frank McGuckin, president of Local 5 of the Fireman’s Mutual Benevolent Association, said during a City Hall press conference Monday. He…