List of Newark, New Jersey mayors

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The seal of the city of Newark , New Jersey .
Various early mayors of the city; created on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the first settlement in what is now Newark (1916).
The mayor Ras J. Baraka, who has been in office since July 1, 2014 (2016)

This list shows all the Mayor of Newark in the US state of New Jersey on since the official incorporation of the city in the 1836th Any other people at the top of Newark who operated before 1836 are not listed here. Newark was officially founded in 1666, became a township on October 31, 1693 and became an official parish on February 21, 1798 as part of a legal treatment of the New Jersey Legislature , before the place was granted city rights in 1836.

The respective term of office lasts four years, the elections are impartial and are held on the second Tuesday in May.

The incumbent mayor is Ras J. Baraka , born in 1970 , who officially took office on July 1, 2014.

The longest-serving mayor was Sharpe James , who was in office from 1986 to 2006, followed by his predecessor Kenneth A. Gibson (1970-1986).

mayor Term of office
William Halsey 1836-1837
Theodore Frelinghuysen 1837-1838
James Miller 1838-1840
Oliver Spencer Halstead 1840-1841
William Wright 1841-1843
Stephen Dod 1844-1845
Isaac Baldwin 1845-1846
Beach Vanderpool 1846-1848
James Miller 1848-1851
James M. Quinby 1851-1854
Horace J. Poinier 1854-1857
Moses Bigelow 1857-1864
Theodore Runyon 1864-1866
Thomas Baldwin Peddie 1866-1870
Frederick William Ricord 1870-1874
Nehemiah Perry 1874-1876
Henry J. Yates 1876-1880
William HF Fiedler 1880-1882
Henry Lang 1882-1884
Joseph Emmett Haynes 1884-1894
Julius A. Lebkuecher 1894-1896
James M. Seymour 1896-1903
Henry Meade Doremus 1903-1907
Jacob Haussling 1907-1915
Thomas Lynch Raymond 1915-1917
Charles P. Gillen 1917-1921
Alexander Archibald 1921-1922
Frederick C. Breidenbach 1922-1925
Thomas Lynch Raymond 1925-1928
Jerome T. Congleton 1928-1933
Meyer C. Ellenstein 1933-1941
Vincent J. Murphy 1941-1949
Ralph A. Villani 1949-1953
Leo P. Carlin 1953-1962
Hugh Joseph Addonizio 1962-1970
Kenneth A. Gibson 1970-1986
Sharpe James 1986-2006
Cory Booker 2006-2013
Luis A. Quintana 2013-2014
Ras J. Baraka since 2014

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ NJ municipalities consider moving non-partisan elections from May to November , accessed April 20, 2016
  2. ↑ The book Voters, Elections, and Parties: The Practice of Democratic Theory by Gerald M. Pomper from 1988
  3. ↑ Ras Baraka to be sworn in today as Newark's 40th mayor , accessed April 20, 2016