List of mayors of Newark, New Jersey
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Newark, New Jersey
Newark is the largest city in the American state of New Jersey, and the seat of Essex County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Newark had a population of 277,140, maintaining its status as the largest municipality in New Jersey. It is the 68th largest city in the U.S...
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- 1836–1837: William HalseyWilliam Halsey (mayor)William Halsey was the first mayor of Newark, New Jersey serving from 1836 to 1837. He was 66 years of age and an attorney when elected. Halsey Street in downtown Newark is named after him. He also served as director of the The Newark Aqueduct Company.-External...
William Halsey was the first mayor of Newark, New Jersey. - 1837–1838: Theodore FrelinghuysenTheodore FrelinghuysenTheodore Frelinghuysen was an American politician, serving as New Jersey Attorney General, United States Senator, and Mayor of Newark, New Jersey before running as a candidate for Vice President with Henry Clay on the Whig ticket in the election of 1844...
(1787–1862) - 1838–1840: James Miller
- 1840–1841: Oliver Spencer Halstead
- 1841–1843: William WrightWilliam Wright (politician)William Wright was an American politician who served as Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, represented as a Whig in the United States House of Representatives from 1843 to 1847, and represented New Jersey in the United States Senate as a Democrat from 1853 to 1859, and again from 1863 until his...
(1794–1866) - 1844–1845: Stephen Dod
- 1845–1846: Isaac Baldwin
- 1846–1848: Beach Vanderpool
- 1848–1851: James Miller
- 1851–1854: James M. Quinby
- 1854–1857: Horace J. Poinier
- 1857–1864: Moses Bigelow
- 1864–1866: Theodore RunyonTheodore RunyonTheodore Runyon was a United States politician, diplomat, and Civil War brigadier general in the Union army.-Biography:...
- 1866–1870: Thomas Baldwin PeddieThomas Baldwin Peddie-External links:* at The Political Graveyard...
(1808–1889) - 1870–1874: Frederick W. Ricord
- 1874–1876: Nehemiah PerryNehemiah Perry (congressman)Nehemiah Perry was an American clerk, cloth manufacturer and Democratic Party politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1861 to 1865....
(1816–1881) - 1876–1880: Henry J. Yates
- 1880–1882: William Henry Frederick Fiedler (1847–1919)
- 1882–1884: Henry Lang
- 1884–1894: Joseph E. HaynesJoseph E. HaynesJoseph Emmett Haynes was the twentieth mayor of Newark, New Jersey 1884 to 1894. A Democrat who explicitly appealed to the working class, Haynes is chiefly remembered for securing Newark a safe and abundant water supply, and his mayoralty is seen as a turning point in the prosperity of...
- 1894–1896: Julius A. Lebkuecher
- 1896–1903: James M. Seymour, Sr.
- 1903–1907: Henry Meade DoremusHenry Meade DoremusHenry Meade Doremus was the Republican Mayor of Newark, New Jersey from January 1, 1903 to January 1, 1907.-Biography:He was born on May 23, 1851 in Jacksonville, New Jersey. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1904, 1916, 1920. He was buried at Fairmount...
- 1907–1915: Jacob HausslingJacob HausslingJacob Haussling was the four time Democratic Mayor of Newark, New Jersey who took his own life on February 25, 1921.- References :...
- 1915–1917: Thomas Lynch RaymondThomas Lynch RaymondThomas Lynch Raymond, Jr. served two non-consecutive terms as Mayor of Newark, New Jersey from 1915 to 1917 and again from 1925 to 1928.-Biography:...
(1st term) - 1917–1921: Charles P. GillenCharles P. GillenCharles P. Gillen was the Democratic mayor of Newark, New Jersey from 1917 to 1921....
(1876–1956) - 1921–1922: Alexander ArchibaldAlexander Archibald (politician)Alexander Archibald served as Mayor of Newark, New Jersey from 1921 until his death the following year.-Biography:Archibald was born in December 1869 in Scotland to William and Margaret Archibald...
- 1922–1925: Frederick C. BreidenbachFrederick C. BreidenbachFrederick C. Breidenbach served as Mayor of Newark, New Jersey from 1922 to 1925.-Biography:F. C. Breidenbach was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1875.He died Saturday, May 21, 1955 at the age of 78.-References:...
(1876–1955) - 1925–1928: Thomas Lynch RaymondThomas Lynch RaymondThomas Lynch Raymond, Jr. served two non-consecutive terms as Mayor of Newark, New Jersey from 1915 to 1917 and again from 1925 to 1928.-Biography:...
(2nd term) - 1928–1933: Jerome T. CongletonJerome T. CongletonJerome T. Congleton served as Mayor of Newark, New Jersey from 1928 to 1933.-Biography:Jerome Taylor Congleton was born in Newark, New Jersey on August 25, 1876, the son of Joseph Norton Congleton and the former Mary Isabel Wade....
(1876–1936) - 1933–1941: Meyer C. EllensteinMeyer C. EllensteinMeyer C. Ellenstein served as Mayor of Newark, New Jersey from 1933 to 1941.-Biography:Ellenstein was born in New York City on October 15, 1886, the son of Max Ellenstein and the former Libby Bzuroff....
(1885–1963) - 1941–1949: Vincent J. MurphyVincent J. MurphyVincent Joseph Murphy was an American labor leader and Democratic Party politician from New Jersey. He was Mayor of Newark, New Jersey from 1941 to 1949 and the Democratic nominee for Governor of New Jersey in 1943....
(1893–1976) - 1949–1953: Ralph A. VillaniRalph A. VillaniRalph A. Villani served as Mayor of Newark, New Jersey from 1949 to 1953.-Biography:Villani was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey on September 11, 1901, the eldest child of Anna and Carmine Villani...
(1901–1974) - 1953–1962: Leo P. CarlinLeo P. CarlinLeo P. Carlin was the Democratic Mayor of Newark, New Jersey from 1953 to 1962.-Biography:He was born on August 12, 1908 in Newark, New Jersey to Hugh Carlin and Annie Duffy. He was one of 22 children that his father had with his two wives...
(1908–1999) - 1962–1970: Hugh Joseph Addonizio (1914–1981)
- 1970–1986: Kenneth A. GibsonKenneth A. GibsonKenneth Allen Gibson is an American Democratic Party politician, who was elected in 1970 as the 34th Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, the largest city in the state. He was the first African American elected mayor of any major Northeastern U.S. city...
(born 1932) Kenneth A. Gibson was the first African American mayor of Newark, New Jersey. - 1986–2006: Sharpe JamesSharpe JamesSharpe James is a Democratic politician and convicted felon from New Jersey, who served as State Senator for the 29th Legislative District and was 35th Mayor of Newark, New Jersey. James was the second African American Mayor of Newark and served five four-year terms before declining to run for...
(born 1936) - 2006— : Cory BookerCory BookerCory Anthony Booker is the Mayor of Newark, New Jersey. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Booker is a former Newark City Councilman...
(born 1969)