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Mayor of the City of Newark
Incumbent
Ras Baraka
since July 1, 2014
StyleHis Honor
ResidencePrivate
Term lengthFour years; may serve consecutive terms
Inaugural holderWilliam Halsey
Formation1836
Salary$130,721 in 2015
WebsiteOffice of the Mayor (Official)

The Mayor of the City 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 City 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 Mayor of Newark is elected for a four-year term. Municipal elections in city are nonpartisan[3] and are held on the 2nd Tuesday in May.[4] The current mayor Ras Baraka was elected in the Newark mayoral election on May 13, 2014.[5]

The 2018 Newark mayoral election took place on May 8, 2018.

Mayors

Mayors of Newark
# Mayor Term start Term end Notes   Party
1 William Halsey 1836 1837 bgcolor=Template:Whig Party (United States)/meta/color| Whig William Halsey was the first Mayor of Newark.
2 Theodore Frelinghuysen 1837 1838 bgcolor=Template:Whig Party (United States)/meta/color| Whig
3 James Miller 1838 1840 bgcolor=Template:Whig Party (United States)/meta/color| Whig
4 Oliver Spencer Halstead 1840 1841 bgcolor=Template:Whig Party (United States)/meta/color| Whig
5 William Wright 1841 1843 bgcolor=Template:Whig Party (United States)/meta/color| Whig
6 Stephen Dod 1844 1845 bgcolor=Template:Whig Party (United States)/meta/color| Whig
7 Isaac Baldwin 1845 1846 bgcolor=Template:Whig Party (United States)/meta/color| Whig
8 Beach Vanderpool 1846 1848 bgcolor=Template:Whig Party (United States)/meta/color| Whig
9 James Miller 1848 1851 bgcolor=Template:Whig Party (United States)/meta/color| Whig
10 James M. Quinby 1851 1854 bgcolor=Template:Whig Party (United States)/meta/color| Whig
11 Horace J. Poinier 1854 1857 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Republican
12 Moses Bigelow 1857 1864 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
13 Theodore Runyon 1864 1866 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
14 Thomas Baldwin Peddie 1866 1870 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Republican
15 Frederick William Ricord 1870 1874 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Republican
16 Nehemiah Perry 1874 1876 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
17 Henry J. Yates 1876 1880 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Republican
18 William H. F. Fiedler 1880 1882 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
19 Henry Lang 1882 1884 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Republican
20 Joseph E. Haynes 1884 1894 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
21 Julius A. Lebkuecher 1894 1896 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Republican
22 James M. Seymour January 1, 1896 January 1, 1903 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
23 Henry Meade Doremus January 1, 1903 January 1, 1907 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Republican
24 Jacob Haussling January 1, 1907 January 1, 1915 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
25 Thomas Lynch Raymond January 1, 1915 January 1, 1917 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Republican
26 Charles P. Gillen January 1, 1917 January 1, 1921 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
27 Alexander Archibald January 1, 1921 February 11, 1922 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
28 Frederick C. Breidenbach February 11, 1922 January 1, 1925 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Republican
29 Thomas Lynch Raymond January 1, 1925 January 1, 1928 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Republican
30 Jerome T. Congleton January 1, 1928 January 1, 1933 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Republican
31 Meyer C. Ellenstein January 1, 1933 January 1, 1941 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Republican
32 Vincent J. Murphy January 1, 1941 January 1, 1949 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
33 Ralph A. Villani January 1, 1949 January 1, 1953 bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Republican
34 Leo P. Carlin July 1, 1953 July 1, 1962 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
35 Hugh Joseph Addonizio July 1, 1962 July 1, 1970 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
36 Kenneth Allen Gibson July 1, 1970 July 1, 1986 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/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.[6]
37 Sharpe James July 1, 1986 July 1, 2006 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic He served for 20 years.
38 Cory Booker July 1, 2006 October 31, 2013 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
39 Luis A. Quintana November 4, 2013 July 1, 2014 bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
40 Ras Baraka July 1, 2014 Incumbent bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic Ras Baraka is the current Mayor of Newark. He has been serving for 10 years, 22 days.

See also

References

  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.
  2. ^ "Newark celebrates 175 years as incorporated city". NJ.com. 2011-11-10. Retrieved 2016-08-30.
  3. ^ Pomper, Gerald M. (1988), Voters, Elections, and Parties: The Practice of Democratic Theory, Transaction Publishers
  4. ^ Moszczynski, Joe (September 26, 2010). "N.J. municipalities consider moving non-partisan elections from May to November". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
  5. ^ Nix, Naomi (May 14, 2014). "Baraka joins a long list of Newark mayors". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  6. ^ "Newark Elects Kenneth Gibson, Negro, Mayor". St. Petersburg Times. 1970-06-17. Retrieved 2013-09-27 – via New York Times Wire Services.

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