List of mayors of Newark, New Jersey

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.

Mayor of Newark
Incumbent Ras Baraka since July 1, 2014
Style	His Honor
Residence	Private
Term length	Four years; may serve consecutive terms
Inaugural holder	William Halsey
Formation	1836
Salary	$130,721 in 2015
Website	Office of the Mayor (Official)

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

Mayors of Newark up to 1916

#	Mayor	Term start	Term end	Party		Notes
1	William Halsey	1836	April 13, 1837[7]		Whig	William Halsey was the first mayor of Newark.
2	Theodore Frelinghuysen	April 13, 1837[7]	1838		Whig
3	James Miller	1838	1840		Whig
4	Oliver Spencer Halstead	1840	1841		Whig
5	William Wright	1841	1843		Whig
6	Stephen Dod	1844	April 3, 1845[8]		Whig
7	Isaac Baldwin	April 3, 1845[8]	April 21, 1846[9]		Whig	Baldwin did not attend the first meeting; he was unwell.[8]
8	Beach Vanderpool	April 21, 1846[9]	1848		Whig
9	James Miller	1848	January 7, 1851[10]		Whig
10	James M. Quinby	January 7, 1851[10]	January 3, 1854[11]		Whig
11	Horace J. Poinier	January 3, 1854[11]	1857		Whig
12	Moses Bigelow	1857	1864		Democratic
13	Theodore Runyon	1864	1866		Democratic
14	Thomas Baldwin Peddie	1866	Jan 4, 1870[12]		Republican
15	Frederick William Ricord	Jan 4, 1870[12]	Jan 6, 1874[13]		Republican
16	Nehemiah Perry	Jan 6, 1874[13]	Jan 4, 1876[14]		Democratic
17	Henry J. Yates	Jan 4, 1876[14]	January 6, 1880[15]		Republican
18	William H. F. Fiedler	January 6, 1880[15]	January 3, 1882[16]		Democratic
19	Henry Lang	January 3, 1882[16]	January 8, 1884[17]		Republican
20	Joseph E. Haynes	January 8, 1884[17]	May 7, 1894[18]		Democratic
21	Julius A. Lebkuecher	May 7, 1894[18]	May 1, 1896[19]		Republican
22	James M. Seymour	May 1, 1896[19]	January 1, 1903[20]		Democratic	Sworn in May 4[21]
23	Henry Meade Doremus	January 1, 1903[20]	January 1, 1907[22]		Republican
24	Jacob Haussling	January 1, 1907[22]	January 1, 1915[23]		Democratic
25	Thomas Lynch Raymond	January 1, 1915[23]	Nov 20, 1917[24]		Republican
26	Charles P. Gillen	Nov 20, 1917[24]	May 17, 1921[25]		Democratic
27	Alexander Archibald	May 17, 1921[25]	Feb 11, 1922[26]		Democratic	Term ends with death[26]
28	Frederick C. Breidenbach	Feb 11, 1922[27]	May 19, 1925[28]		Republican	Elected by board on the death of Archibald[27]
29	Thomas Lynch Raymond	May 19, 1925[28]	Oct 6, 1928[29]		Republican	Term ends with death[29]
30	Jerome T. Congleton	Oct 22, 1928[29]	May 16, 1933[30]		Republican	Appointed on the death of Raymond[29]
31	Meyer C. Ellenstein	May 16, 1933[30]	May 19, 1941[31]		Republican
32	Vincent J. Murphy	May 19, 1941[31]	May 17, 1949[32]		Democratic
33	Ralph A. Villani	May 17, 1949[32]	May 15, 1953[33]		Republican
34	Leo P. Carlin	May 15, 1953[33]	July 1, 1962[34]		Democratic
35	Hugh Joseph Addonizio	July 1, 1962[34]	July 1, 1970		Democratic
36	Kenneth Allen Gibson	July 1, 1970	July 1, 1986		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	July 1, 1986	July 1, 2006		Democratic	Served for 20 years.
38	Cory Booker	July 1, 2006	October 31, 2013		Democratic	Ran against Sharpe James in 2002 and lost; won in 2006 (incumbent James did not seek reelection).
39	Luis A. Quintana	November 4, 2013	July 1, 2014		Democratic	Became acting mayor after Cory Booker's resignation to become a Class 2 member of the United States Senate.
40	Ras Baraka	July 1, 2014	Incumbent		Democratic	Ras Baraka is the current mayor of Newark. He has been serving for 10 years, 4 months and 14 days.

See also

• List of elected officials in Newark, New Jersey
• 2014 Newark mayoral election
• History of Newark, New Jersey

References

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