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Style | His Honor |
Residence | Private |
Term length | Four years; may serve consecutive terms |
Inaugural holder | William Halsey |
Salary | $130,721 in 2015 |
Website | Office of the Mayor (Official) |
The Mayor of Newark is elected for a four year term. Municipal elections in city are nonpartisan and are held the 2nd Tuesday in May, Ras J. Baraka was elected in the Newark mayoral election on May 13, 2014.
List of mayors
- 1836–1837: William Halsey
- 1837–1838: Theodore Frelinghuysen (1787–1862)
- 1838–1840: James Miller
- 1840–1841: Oliver Spencer Halstead
- 1841–1843: William Wright (1794–1866)
- 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 (1808–1889)
- 1870–1874: Frederick W. Ricord
- 1874–1876: Nehemiah Perry (1816–1881)
- 1876–1880: Henry J. Yates
- 1880–1882: William Henry Frederick Fiedler (1847–1919)
- 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 (1st term)
- 1917–1921: Charles P. Gillen (1876–1956)
- 1921–1922: Alexander Archibald
- 1922–1925: Frederick C. Breidenbach (1876–1955)
- 1925–1928: Thomas Lynch Raymond (2nd term)
- 1928–1933: Jerome T. Congleton (1876–1936)
- 1933–1941: Meyer C. Ellenstein (1885–1963)
- 1941–1949: Vincent J. Murphy (1893–1976)
- 1949–1953: Ralph A. Villani (1901–1974)
- 1953–1962: Leo P. Carlin (1908–1999)
- 1962–1970: Hugh Joseph Addonizio (1914–1981) *
- 1970–1986: Kenneth A. Gibson (born 1932), first African American mayor *
- 1986–2006: Sharpe James (born 1936) *
- 2006–2013: Cory Booker (born 1969)
- 2013–2014: Luis A. Quintana (born 1960) first Latino Hispanic mayor
- 2014–present Ras Baraka (born 1970)
- = Indicted for political corruption
See also
References
- Pomper, Gerald M. (1988), Voters, Elections, and Parties: The Practice of Democratic Theory, Transaction Publishers
- Moszczynski, Joe (September 26, 2010). "N.J. municipalities consider moving non-partisan elections from May to November". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
- Nix, Naomi (May 14, 2014). "Baraka joins a long list of Newark mayors". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved 2014-05-14.