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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 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 Mayor of Newark is elected for a four-year term. Municipal elections (for mayor and Municipal Council) are nonpartisan [3] and are held on the 2nd Tuesday in May.[4] The 2018 Newark mayoral election took place on May 8, 2018.
The current mayor Ras Baraka was first elected in the Newark mayoral election on May 13, 2014.[5]
Mayors
Mayors of Newark
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Mayor
Term start / Date of oath of office
Term end
Notes
Party
Notes
1
William Halsey
1836
April 13, 1837 [6]
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Whig
William Halsey was the first Mayor of Newark.
2
Theodore Frelinghuysen
April 13, 1837 [6]
1838
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Whig
3
James Miller
1838
1840
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Whig
4
Oliver Spencer Halstead
1840
1841
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Whig
5
William Wright
1841
1843
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Whig
6
Stephen Dod
1844
April 3, 1845 [7]
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Whig
7
Isaac Baldwin
April 3, 1845 [7]
April 21, 1846 [8]
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Whig
Baldwin did not attend the first meeting, he was unwell[7]
8
Beach Vanderpool
April 21, 1846 [8]
1848
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Whig
9
James Miller
1848
January 7, 1851 [9]
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Whig
10
James M. Quinby
January 7, 1851 [9]
January 3, 1854 [10]
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Whig
11
Horace J. Poinier
January 3, 1854 [10]
1857
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Republican
12
Moses Bigelow
1857
1864
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Democratic
13
Theodore Runyon
1864
1866
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Democratic
14
Thomas Baldwin Peddie
1866
Jan 4, 1870 [11]
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Republican
15
Frederick William Ricord
Jan 4, 1870 [11]
Jan 6, 1874 [12]
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Republican
16
Nehemiah Perry
Jan 6, 1874 [12]
Jan 4, 1876 [13]
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Democratic
17
Henry J. Yates
Jan 4, 1876 [13]
January 6, 1880 [14]
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Republican
18
William H. F. Fiedler
January 6, 1880 [14]
January 3, 1882 [15]
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Democratic
19
Henry Lang
January 3, 1882 [15]
January 8, 1884 [16]
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Republican
20
Joseph E. Haynes
January 8, 1884 [16]
May 7, 1894 [17]
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Democratic
21
Julius A. Lebkuecher
May 7, 1894 [17]
May 1, 1896 [18]
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Republican
22
James M. Seymour
May 1, 1896 [18]
January 1, 1903 [19]
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Democratic
Sworn in May 4th[20]
23
Henry Meade Doremus
January 1, 1903 [19]
January 1, 1907 [21]
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Republican
24
Jacob Haussling
January 1, 1907 [21]
January 1, 1915 [22]
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Democratic
25
Thomas Lynch Raymond
January 1, 1915 [22]
Nov 20, 1917 [23]
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Republican
26
Charles P. Gillen
Nov 20, 1917 [23]
May 17, 1921 [24]
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Democratic
27
Alexander Archibald
May 17, 1921 [24]
Feb 11, 1922 [25]
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Democratic
Term ends with death[25]
28
Frederick C. Breidenbach
Feb 11, 1922 [26]
May 19, 1925 [27]
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Republican
Elected by board on the death of Archibald[26]
29
Thomas Lynch Raymond
May 19, 1925 [27]
Oct 6, 1928 [28]
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Republican
Term ends with death[28]
30
Jerome T. Congleton
Oct 22, 1928 [28]
May 16, 1933 [29]
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Republican
Appointed on the death of Raymond[28]
31
Meyer C. Ellenstein
May 16, 1933 [29]
May 19, 1941 [30]
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Republican
32
Vincent J. Murphy
May 19, 1941 [30]
May 17, 1949[31]
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Democratic
33
Ralph A. Villani
May 17, 1949 [31]
May 15, 1953 [32]
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Republican
34
Leo P. Carlin
May 15, 1953 [32]
July 1, 1962 [33]
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Democratic
35
Hugh Joseph Addonizio
July 1, 1962 [33]
July 1, 1970
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Democratic
36
Kenneth Allen Gibson
July 1, 1970
July 1, 1986
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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.[34]
37
Sharpe James
July 1, 1986
July 1, 2006
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Democratic
He served for 20 years.
38
Cory Booker
July 1, 2006
October 31, 2013
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Democratic
39
Luis A. Quintana
November 4, 2013
July 1, 2014
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Democratic
40
Ras Baraka
July 1, 2014
Incumbent
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Democratic
Ras Baraka is the current Mayor of Newark. He has been serving for 10 years and 22 days.
See also
References
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^ a b "NEWARK'S NEW MAYOR.; Henry M. Doremus Sworn In by His Predecessor, James M. Seymour" . timesmachine.nytimes.com . Retrieved 2019-01-07 .
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^ a b "Gillen is Mayor of Newark, Blow for Nugent" . Jersey Journal . Nov 21, 1917. Retrieved Jan 7, 2019 .
^ a b "Archibald Newark Mayor" . New York Times . May 18, 1921. Retrieved Jan 7, 2018 .
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^ a b "Briedenbach of Essex GOP is Mayor" . Jersey Journal . Feb 21, 1922. Retrieved Jan 7, 2019 .
^ a b "Raymond is Elected Newark Mayor Today" . Jersey Journal . May 19, 1925. Retrieved Jan 7, 2019 .
^ a b c d "Congleton Chosen Mayor of Newark" . New York Times . Oct 23, 1928. Retrieved Jan 7, 2019 .
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^ a b "Murphy Is Chosen Mayor of Newark" . New York Times . May 20, 1941. Retrieved Jan 7, 2019 .
^ a b "Villani is Chosen As Newark Mayor" . New York Times . May 18, 1949. Retrieved Jan 7, 2019 .
^ a b "NEWARK COMMISSION NAMES CARLIN MAYOR" . New York Times . May 16, 1953. Retrieved Jan 7, 2019 .
^ a b "Addonizio Defeats Carlin in Newark: ADDONIZO BEATS CARLIN IN NEWARK" . New York Times . May 9, 1962. Retrieved Jan 7, 2019 .
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