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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 / Date of oath of office Term end Notes Party Notes
1 William Halsey 1836 April 13, 1837[6] bgcolor=Template:Whig Party (United States)/meta/color| Whig William Halsey was the first Mayor of Newark.
2 Theodore Frelinghuysen April 13, 1837[6] 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 April 3, 1845[7] bgcolor=Template:Whig Party (United States)/meta/color| Whig
7 Isaac Baldwin April 3, 1845[7] April 21, 1846 [8] bgcolor=Template:Whig Party (United States)/meta/color| Whig Baldwin did not attend the first meeting, he was unwell[7]
8 Beach Vanderpool April 21, 1846[8] 1848 bgcolor=Template:Whig Party (United States)/meta/color| Whig
9 James Miller 1848 Dts|1851|January|7[9] bgcolor=Template:Whig Party (United States)/meta/color| Whig
10 James M. Quinby January 7, 1851[9] Jan 3,1854[10] bgcolor=Template:Whig Party (United States)/meta/color| Whig
11 Horace J. Poinier Jan 3,1854[10] 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 Jan 6, 1880[11] bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Republican
18 William H. F. Fiedler Jan 6, 1880[11] Jan 3, 1882[12] bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
19 Henry Lang Jan 3, 1882[12] Jan 8, 1884[13] bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Republican
20 Joseph E. Haynes Jan 8, 1884[13] May 7,1894[14] bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
21 Julius A. Lebkuecher May 7,1894[14] May 1, 1896[15] bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Republican
22 James M. Seymour May 1, 1896[15] January 1, 1903[16] bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic Sworn in May 4th[17]
23 Henry Meade Doremus January 1, 1903[16] 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[18] Nov 20, 1917[19] bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Republican
26 Charles P. Gillen Nov 20, 1917[19] May 17, 1921[20] bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
27 Alexander Archibald May 17, 1921[20] February 11, 1922[21] bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic Term ends with death[21]
28 Frederick C. Breidenbach Feb 20, 1922[22] May 19, 1925[23] bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Republican Elected by board on the death of Archibald[22]
29 Thomas Lynch Raymond May 19, 1925[23] Oct 6, 1928[24] bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Republican Term ends with death[24]
30 Jerome T. Congleton Oct 22, 1928[24] May 16, 1933[25] bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Republican Appointed on the death of Raymond[24]
31 Meyer C. Ellenstein May 16, 1933[25] May 19, 1941[26] bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Republican
32 Vincent J. Murphy May 19, 1941[26] May 17, 1949[27] bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
33 Ralph A. Villani May 17, 1949[27] May 15, 1953[28] bgcolor=Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color| Republican
34 Leo P. Carlin May 15, 1953[28] July 1, 1962[29] bgcolor=Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color| Democratic
35 Hugh Joseph Addonizio July 1, 1962[29] 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.[30]
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 and 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. ^ a b "Interesting Ceremony". Newark Daily Advertiser. April 14, 1837. Retrieved Jan 7, 2018.
  7. ^ a b c "Organization of the Common Council". Centinel Of Freedom. April 29, 1845. Retrieved Jan 9, 2018.
  8. ^ a b "Organization of the City Government for 1846". Centinel Of Freedom. April 28, 1846. Retrieved Jan 9, 2018.
  9. ^ a b "Local Matters". Newark Daily Advertiser. Jan 8, 1851. Retrieved Jan 9, 2019.
  10. ^ a b "Installation of the New Common Council". Newark Daily Advertiser. Jan 4, 1854. Retrieved Jan 9, 2019.
  11. ^ a b "Newark". New York Tribune. Jan 7, 1880. Retrieved Jan 9, 2019.
  12. ^ a b "Newark". New-York daily tribune. Jan 4, 1882. Retrieved Jan 9, 2018.
  13. ^ a b "Democrats Wholly In Control". New York Herald. Jan 9, 1884. Retrieved Jan 9, 2019.
  14. ^ a b "New Rule In Newark". New York Herald. May 8, 1894. Retrieved Jan 9, 2019.
  15. ^ a b "Seymour's Hollow Victory". New York Tribune. April 16, 1896. Retrieved Jan 9, 2018.
  16. ^ a b "NEWARK'S NEW MAYOR.; Henry M. Doremus Sworn In by His Predecessor, James M. Seymour". timesmachine.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  17. ^ "Seymour Takes the Oath". New York Tribune. May 5, 1896. Retrieved Jan 9, 2018.
  18. ^ "New Heads in New Jersey Towns". New York Times. Jan 2, 1915. Retrieved Jan 7, 2019.
  19. ^ a b "Gillen is Mayor of Newark, Blow for Nugent". Jersey Journal. Nov 21, 1917. Retrieved Jan 7, 2019.
  20. ^ a b "Archibald Newark Mayor". New York Times. May 18, 1921. Retrieved Jan 7, 2018.
  21. ^ a b "Newark Mourns Mayor". New York Times. Feb 12, 1922. Retrieved Jan 7, 2019.
  22. ^ a b "Briedenbach of Essex GOP is Mayor". Jersey Journal. Feb 21, 1922. Retrieved Jan 7, 2019.
  23. ^ a b "Raymond is Elected Newark Mayor Today". Jersey Journal. May 19, 1925. Retrieved Jan 7, 2019.
  24. ^ a b c d "Congleton Chosen Mayor of Newark". New York Times. Oct 23, 1928. Retrieved Jan 7, 2019.
  25. ^ a b "00026127". cdm17229.contentdm.oclc.org. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  26. ^ a b "Murphy Is Chosen Mayor of Newark". New York Times. May 20, 1941. Retrieved Jan 7, 2019.
  27. ^ a b "Villani is Chosen As Newark Mayor". New York Times. May 18, 1949. Retrieved Jan 7, 2019.
  28. ^ a b "NEWARK COMMISSION NAMES CARLIN MAYOR". New York Times. May 16, 1953. Retrieved Jan 7, 2019.
  29. ^ a b "Addonizio Defeats Carlin in Newark: ADDONIZO BEATS CARLIN IN NEWARK". New York Times. May 9, 1962. Retrieved Jan 7, 2019.
  30. ^ "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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