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:
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
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
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-