List of mayors of Newark, New Jersey

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The mayor of Newark is the head of the executive branch of government of Newark, New Jersey, United States. The mayor has the duty to enforce the municipal charter and ordinances; prepare the annual budget; appoint deputy mayors, department heads, and aides; and approve or veto ordinances passed by the Municipal Council.

Newark, New Jersey, was founded in 1666 and became a township on October 31, 1693, and granted a Royal charter on April 27, 1713. It was incorporated by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798, and reincorporated as city in 1836.[1][2] The city is governed within the Faulkner Act, formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law, under the Mayor-Council Plan C form of local government, which became effective as of July 1, 1954, after the voters of the city passed a referendum held on November 3, 1953.[3]

The mayor of Newark is elected for a four-year term. Municipal elections (for mayor and municipal council) are nonpartisan[4] and are held on the 2nd Tuesday in May.[5] Mayor Ras Baraka was first elected in the Newark mayoral election on May 13, 2014.[6]

Mayors

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Mayors of Newark up to 1916
# Mayor Term start Term end Party Notes
1 William Halsey Template:Dts Template:Dts[7] bgcolor=Template:Party color| Whig William Halsey was the first mayor of Newark.
2 Theodore Frelinghuysen Template:Dts[7] Template:Dts bgcolor=Template:Party color| Whig
3 James Miller Template:Dts Template:Dts bgcolor=Template:Party color| Whig
4 Oliver Spencer Halstead Template:Dts Template:Dts bgcolor=Template:Party color| Whig
5 William Wright Template:Dts Template:Dts bgcolor=Template:Party color| Whig
6 Stephen Dod Template:Dts Template:Dts[8] bgcolor=Template:Party color| Whig
7 Isaac Baldwin Template:Dts[8] Template:Dts[9] bgcolor=Template:Party color| Whig Baldwin did not attend the first meeting; he was unwell.[8]
8 Beach Vanderpool Template:Dts[9] Template:Dts bgcolor=Template:Party color| Whig
9 James Miller Template:Dts Template:Dts[10] bgcolor=Template:Party color| Whig
10 James M. Quinby Template:Dts[10] Template:Dts[11] bgcolor=Template:Party color| Whig
11 Horace J. Poinier Template:Dts[11] Template:Dts bgcolor=Template:Party color| Whig
12 Moses Bigelow Template:Dts Template:Dts bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic
13 Theodore Runyon Template:Dts Template:Dts bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic
14 Thomas Baldwin Peddie Template:Dts Template:Dts[12] bgcolor=Template:Party color| Republican
15 Frederick William Ricord Template:Dts[12] Template:Dts[13] bgcolor=Template:Party color| Republican
16 Nehemiah Perry Template:Dts[13] Template:Dts[14] bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic
17 Henry J. Yates Template:Dts[14] Template:Dts[15] bgcolor=Template:Party color| Republican
18 William H. F. Fiedler Template:Dts[15] Template:Dts[16] bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic
19 Henry Lang Template:Dts[16] Template:Dts[17] bgcolor=Template:Party color| Republican
20 Joseph E. Haynes Template:Dts[17] Template:Dts[18] bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic
21 Julius A. Lebkuecher Template:Dts[18] Template:Dts[19] bgcolor=Template:Party color| Republican
22 James M. Seymour Template:Dts[19] Template:Dts[20] bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic Sworn in May 4[21]
23 Henry Meade Doremus Template:Dts[20] Template:Dts[22] bgcolor=Template:Party color| Republican
24 Jacob Haussling Template:Dts[22] Template:Dts[23] bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic
25 Thomas Lynch Raymond Template:Dts[23] Template:Dts[24] bgcolor=Template:Party color| Republican
26 Charles P. Gillen Template:Dts[24] Template:Dts[25] bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic
27 Alexander Archibald Template:Dts[25] Template:Dts[26] bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic Term ends with death[26]
28 Frederick C. Breidenbach Template:Dts[27] Template:Dts[28] bgcolor=Template:Party color| Republican Elected by board on the death of Archibald[27]
29 Thomas Lynch Raymond Template:Dts[28] Template:Dts[29] bgcolor=Template:Party color| Republican Term ends with death[29]
30 Jerome T. Congleton Template:Dts[29] Template:Dts[30] bgcolor=Template:Party color| Republican Appointed on the death of Raymond[29]
31 Meyer C. Ellenstein Template:Dts[30] Template:Dts[31] bgcolor=Template:Party color| Republican
32 Vincent J. Murphy Template:Dts[31] May 17, 1949[32] bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic
33 Ralph A. Villani Template:Dts[32] Template:Dts[33] bgcolor=Template:Party color| Republican
34 Leo P. Carlin Template:Dts[33] Template:Dts[34] bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic
35 Hugh Joseph Addonizio Template:Dts[34] Template:Dts bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic
36 Kenneth Allen Gibson Template:Dts Template:Dts bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic Kenneth Allen Gibson was the first African-American Mayor of Newark. He was the first African American elected mayor of any major Northeastern United States city.[35]
37 Sharpe James Template:Dts Template:Dts bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic Served for Script error: No such module "age". years.
38 Cory Booker Template:Dts Template:Dts bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic Ran against Sharpe James in 2002 and lost; won in 2006 (incumbent James did not seek reelection).
39 Luis A. Quintana Template:Dts Template:Dts bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic Became acting mayor after Cory Booker's resignation to become a Class 2 member of the United States Senate.
40 Ras Baraka Template:Dts Incumbent bgcolor=Template:Party color| Democratic Ras Baraka is the current mayor of Newark. He has been serving for Script error: No such module "age"..

See also

References

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  1. ↑ Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 130. Accessed February 14, 2012.
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