Mayors of Newark

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 the 2nd Tuesday in May.^[4] Ras J. Baraka was elected in the Newark mayoral election on May 13, 2014.^[5]

List of mayors since 1836 incorporation

Mayors of Newark

1. 1836–1837: William Halsey
2. 1837–1838: Theodore Frelinghuysen (1787–1862)
3. 1838–1840: James Miller
4. 1840–1841: Oliver Spencer Halstead
5. 1841–1843: William Wright (1794–1866)
6. 1844–1845: Stephen Dod
7. 1845–1846: Isaac Baldwin
8. 1846–1848: Beach Vanderpool
9. 1848–1851: James Miller
10. 1851–1854: James M. Quinby
11. 1854–1857: Horace J. Poinier
12. 1857–1864: Moses Bigelow
13. 1864–1866: Theodore Runyon
14. 1866–1870: Thomas Baldwin Peddie (1808–1889)
15. 1870–1874: Frederick William Ricord
16. 1874–1876: Nehemiah Perry (1816–1881)
17. 1876–1880: Henry J. Yates
18. 1880–1882: William Henry Frederick Fiedler (1847–1919)
19. 1882–1884: Henry Lang
20. 1884–1894: Joseph Emmett Haynes
21. 1894–1896: Julius A. Lebkuecher
22. 1896–1903: James M. Seymour
23. 1903–1907: Henry Meade Doremus
24. 1907–1915: Jacob Haussling
25. 1915–1917: Thomas Lynch Raymond (1st term)
26. 1917–1921: Charles P. Gillen (1876–1956)
27. 1921–1922: Alexander Archibald
28. 1922–1925: Frederick C. Breidenbach (1876–1955)
29. 1925–1928: Thomas Lynch Raymond (2nd term)
30. 1928–1933: Jerome Taylor Congleton (1876–1936)
31. 1933–1941: Meyer C. Ellenstein (1885–1963)
32. 1941–1949: Vincent Joseph Murphy (1893–1976)
33. 1949–1953: Ralph A. Villani (1901–1974)
34. 1953–1962: Leo P. Carlin (1908–1999)
35. 1962–1970: Hugh Joseph Addonizio (1914–1981) *
36. 1970–1986: Kenneth Allen Gibson (born 1932), first African American mayor *
37. 1986–2006: Sharpe James (born 1936) *
38. 2006–2013: Cory Booker (born 1969)
39. 2013–2014: Luis A. Quintana (born 1960) first Latino Hispanic mayor
40. 2014–present Ras Baraka (born 1970)

* = Indicted for political corruption

See also

• List of elected officials in Newark, New Jersey
• Newark mayoral election, 2014
• History of Newark, New Jersey

Mayors of Newark Halsey Frelinghuysen Miller Halstead Wright Dod Baldwin Vanderpool Miller Quinby Poinier Bigelow Runyon Peddie Ricord Perry Yates Fiedler Lang Haynes Lebkuecher Seymour, Sr. Doremus Haussling Raymond Gillen Archibald Breidenbach Raymond Congleton Ellenstein Murphy Villani Carlin Addonizio Gibson James Booker Quintana Baraka

Mayor and Municipal Council of Newark, New Jersey Mayor Ras Baraka Members-At-Large Mildred C. Crump (President) Carlos M. Gonzalez Eddie Osborne Luis A. Quintana Ward North: Anibal Ramos, Jr. South: John Sharpe James Central: Gayle Chaneyfield-Jenkins East: Augusto Amador West: Joe McCallum

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