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Mayors of New Brunswick, New Jersey:[1]

#[2] Term of office Mayor Born and died Notes and references
62 1991– James M. Cahill 62nd mayor. James M. Cahill is the current Mayor of New Brunswick, New Jersey. He has been serving for 33 years, 316 days.
61 1979–1991 John A. Lynch, Jr. (born 1938) This was his second term.
60 1978–1978 Gilbert L. Nelson Appointed
59 1975–1978 Richard J. Mulligan Resigned
58 1974–1975 Aldrage B. Cooper II Appointed
57 1967–1974 Patricia Q. Sheehan Last under Mayor Commission and first under Mayor Council. He resigned
56 1955–1967 Chester W. Paulus
55 1951–1954 John A. Lynch, Sr. (1908–1978) This was his first term.[3]
54 1943–1951 Chester W. Paulus
53 1942–1943 Harry W. Dwyer
52 1939–1942 Richard V. Mulligan
51 1935–1939 Frederick F. Richardson
50 1918–1935 John J. Morrison This was his second term.[4]
49 1915–1918 Edward Farrington (mayor) (?-1918) He died in office.[4]
48 1914–1915 Austin Scott (1848–1922) [4][5]
47 1910–1914 John J. Morrison This was his first term.[4]
46 1908–1910 W. Edwin Florance [4]
45 1906–1908 Drury W. Cooper [4]
44 1904–1906 William S. Meyers [4]
43 1902–1904 George A. Viehmann [4]
42 1895–1902 Nicholas Williamson [4]
41 1889–1895 James H. VanCleef [4]
40 1881–1889 William S. Strong [4]
39 1879–1881 T. DeWitt Reiley [4]
38 1877–1879 Lyle van Nuis [4]
37 1875–1877 Isaiah Rolfe [4]
36 1873–1875 Thomas M. DeRussy [4]
35 1871–1873 Garret Conover (born 1817) [4] Some sources use the years 1874-1875.
34 1869–1871 George J. Janeway [4]
33 1867–1869 Miles Ross (1827–1903) [4]
32 1865–1867 John T. Jenkins [4]
31 1865–1865 Augustus T. Stout (1816-1865) He died in office shortly after being elected.[4]
30 1863–1865 Richard McDonald (mayor) He was the first mayor under the seventh city charter of 1863.[4]
29 1861–1863 Lyle van Nuis
28 1860–1861 Ezekiel M. Patterson
27 1859–1860 Peter Conover Onderdonk (1811-1894)
26 1858–1859 Tunis Van Doren Hoagland (1813-1872)
25 1857–1858 John Bayard Kirkpatrick
24 1856–1857 Lyle van Nuis
23 1855–1856 Abraham V. Schenk
22 1853–1855 John B. Hill
21 1851–1852 Peter N. Wyckoff
20 1849–1851 David Fitz Randolph
19 1848–1849 Augustus R. Taylor He was a physician.
18 1847–1848 Martin A. Howell
17 1846–1847 John Van Dyke (1807–1878)
16 1845–1846 William H. Leupp
15 1843–1845 John Acken
14 1842–1843 Fitz Randolph Smith
13 1841–1842 Littleton Kirkpatrick (1787–1859)
12 1840–1841 David W. Vail (?-1842)
11 1838–1840 Augustus R. Taylor (1782-?) He was a physician.[6]
10 1829–1838 Cornelius Low Hardenbergh (1790-1860)
9 1824–1829 Augustus R. Taylor He was a physician.
8 1821–1824 James Schureman (1756–1824) This was his third term. He died in office.
7 1813–1821 James Bennett (mayor) (?-1821) He died in office.
6 1801–1813 James Schureman (1756–1824) This was his second term.
5 1796–1801 Abraham Schuyler
4 1794–1796 John Bubenheim Bayard (1738–1807)
3 1793–1794 Lewis Dunham (mayor) He was a physician. Other sources use the term 1792-1794.
1790–1793 James Schureman (1756–1824) This was his first term. Other sources put Bayard in this term.
1784–1790 Azariah Dunham (1718–1790)
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1757 James Hude Building of Presbyterian Church
1 1730–1747 Thomas Farmar Thomas Farmar was the first Mayor of New Brunswick, New Jersey.

References

  1. ^ "Mayors of New Brunswick, New Jersey". Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2011-10-25. John Bubenheim Bayard 1790 James Schureman 1801-13 James Bennett 1813-21 James Schureman 1821-24 Augustus R. Taylor 1824-29 C. L. Hardenbergh 1829-38 Augustus R. Taylor 1838-40 David M. Vail 1840-41 Littleton Kirkpatrick 1841-42 Fitz Randolph Smith 1842-43 John Acken 1843-45 William H. Leupp 1845-46 John Van Dyke 1846-47 Martin A. Howell 1847-48 Augustus F. Taylor 1848-49 David F. Randolph 1849-51 Peter N. Wyckoff 1851-52 John Van Dyke 1852-53 John B. Hill 1853-55 Abraham V. Schenck 1855-56 Lyle Van Nuis 1856-57 John B. Kirkpatrick 1857-58 Tunis V. D. Hoagland 1858-59 Peter C. Onderdonk 1859-60 Ezekiel M. Peterson 1860-61 Lyle Van Nuis 1861-63 Richard McDonald 1863-65 Augustus T. Stout 1865 John T. Jenkins 1865-67 Miles Ross 1867-69 George J. Janeway 1869-71 Garret Conover 1871-73 Thomas M. De Russy 1873-75 Isaiah Rolfe 1875-77 Lyle Van Nuis 1877-79 T. De Witt Reiley 1879-81 William S. Strong 1881-82 James H. Van Cleef 1892 John J. Morrison 1932 John A. Lynch 1951-55 James M. Cahill 2007
  2. ^ Non consecutive terms are not counted as a new mayoral number
  3. ^ "John A. Lynch, Senator in Jersey. Mayor of New Brunswick, 1951-55". New York Times. 1978-03-04. Retrieved 2009-05-03. John A. Lynch, a former Mayor of New Brunswick and a 22-year veteran of the New Jersey Senate, died today at Whitestone Hospital in Queens. He was 69 years old, and had fought a losing battle with cancer for the last four years. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u History of Middlesex County, New Jersey. 1921. p. 298. New Brunswick was to receive her seventh city charter in 1863. Legislation, however, did not greatly affect the provisions of the previous charter. The term of office of the mayor was made two years. The first mayor under the new charter was Richard McDonald; his successors have been as follows: Augustus T. Stout, 1865; John T. Jenkins, 1865-67; Miles Ross, 1867-69; Dr. George J. Janeway, 1869-71; Garret Conover, 1871-73; Thomas DeRussy, 1873-75; Isaiah Rolfe, 1875-77; Dewitt T. Reiley, 1879-81; William S. Strong, 1881-89; James H. Van Cleef, 1889-95; Nicholas Williamson, 1895-1902; George A. Viehmann, 1902-04; William S. Myers, 1904-06; Drury W. Cooper, 1906-08; W. Edwin Florance, 1908-10; John J. Morrison, 1910-14; Austin Scott, 1914-15; Edward F. Farrington, 1915-18; John J. Morrison, 1918. New Brunswick adopted the commission form of government March 7, 1915, under the State law for governing cities, passed by the legislature of 1914. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  5. ^ "Austin Scott (1891-1906)". Rutgers University. Retrieved 2010-12-21. An eminent and influential teacher, Dr. Austin Scott (1848-1922), was Professor of History, Political Economy, and Constitutional Law in Rutgers College when the Trustees elected him to succeed Merrill Gates as president in 1891. He was born in Maumee, near Toledo, Ohio, graduated from Yale College in 1869, and spent a year at the University of Michigan, where in 1870 he received a master of arts degree. ...
  6. ^ "Augustus R. Taylor". Journal of the Medical Society of New Jersey. Medical Society of New Jersey. September 1, 1916. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
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