List of elected officials in Newark, New Jersey

Elected Officials, Past and Present

Newark, New Jersey was governed by a mayor and common council from 1836 to 1917, and then by a five-member commission until 1954. The present charter provides for a nine-member Council- four-elected city wide and five chosen from wards. The Council members choose their own President and Vice President. The list was prepared with the help of the Newark Public Library.

Mayors of Newark, New Jersey:

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

Council Presidents

• John A. Brady, 1954–1958
• Michael A. Bontempo, 1958–1962
• Ralph A. Villani 1962-1970
• Louis Turco, 1970–1973
• Frank G. Megaro, 1973–1974
• Earl Harris, 1974–1982
• Ralph T. Grant, Jr. 1982-1986
• Henry Martinez 1986-1990
• Ralph T. Grant, Jr. 1990-1991
• Doanld Tucker, 1991–1992
• Donald Bradley, 1992–1993
• Gary Harris, 1993–1994
• Donald Bradley, 1994–2006
• Mildred C. Crump 2006-2010
• Donald M. Payne, Jr. 2010-

Council Vice President

• Luis A. Quintana, 2006–2010
• Anibal Ramos, Jr. 2010-

Council Members At-Large

Michael A. Bontempo, 1954–1966, 1970–1974

John A. Brady, 1954–1966

James T. Callaghan, 1954–1962, 1966–1968

Jack Waldor, 1954–1958

Raymond V. Santoro, 1958–1962

Anna Santoro, 1962

Anthony Giuliano, 1962–1968

Ralph A. Villani, 1962–1973

Leon Ewing, 1968

• Anthony J. Giuliano, 1968–1978

• Anthony Imperiale, 1968–1970

• Calvin D. West, 1966–70

Sharpe James, 1982–1986

Earl Harris, 1970–1982, 1986–1988

Marie L. Villani, 1973–1993

Ralph T. Grant, Jr. 1978-1994

Gary Harris, 1988–1995

Mildred C. Crump, 1994–1998, 2006–2010, 2010-

Donald K. Tucker, 1974–2005

Luis A. Quintana, 1994–1998, 1998–2002, 2002–2006, 2006–2010, 2010-

Gayle Chaneyfield-Jenkins, 1995–2006

Bessie Walker, 1998–2006

Ras Baraka, 2005–2006

Carlos M. Gonzalez 2006-2010, 2010-

Donald M. Payne, Jr. 2006-2010, 2010

North Ward Council Members

Mario V. Farco, 1954–1958

Joseph V. Melillo, 1958–1970

Frank G. Megaro, 1970–1974

Anthony Carrino, 1974–2002

Hector M. Corchado, 2002–2006

Anibal Ramos, Jr., 2006–2010, 2010-

East Ward Council Members

Phillip Gordon, 1954–1968

Louis Turco, 1968–1974

Finney J. Alati 1974

Henry Martinez, 1974–1998

Augusto Amador, 1998–2002, 2002–2006, 2006–2010, 2010-

West Ward Council Members

M. Joseph Gallagher, 1954–1958

Frank Addonizio, 1958–1970

Michael P. Bottone, 1970–1982

Ronald L. Rice, 1982–1998

Mamie Bridgeforth, 1998–2006

Ronald C. Rice, 2006–2010, 2010-

South Ward Council Members

Samuel Cooper, 1954–1957

Sophie Cooper, 1957–1962

Lee Bernstein, 1962–1969

Horace P. Sharper, 1969–1970

Sharpe James, 1970–1982

Doanld M. Payne, Sr., 1982–1989

Donald Bradley 1989-2006

Oscar S. James, II, 2006–2010

Ras J. Baraka, 2010-

Central Ward Council Members

Irvine Turner, 1954–1970

Dennis Westbrooks, 1970–1974

Jesse Allen, 1974–1978

Benjamin F. Johnson, III, 1978–1982

George Branch, 1982–1998

Cory A. Booker, 1998–2002

Charles A. Bell 2002-2006, 2008–2010

Dana Rone, 2006–2008

Darrin S. Sharif, 2010-