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The Mayor of the City of Newark is the head of the executive branch of government of Newark, New Jersey , United States. The mayor has the duty to enforce the municipal charter and ordinances ; prepare the annual budget; appoint deputy mayors , department heads, and aides; and approve or veto ordinances passed by the City Council.
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 on the 2nd Tuesday in May.[ 4] The current mayor Ras J. Baraka was elected in the Newark mayoral election on May 13, 2014.[ 5]
List
Mayors of Newark
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Mayor
Term start
Term end
Party
1
William Halsey
1836
1837
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Whig
2
Theodore Frelinghuysen
1837
1838
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Whig
3
James Miller
1838
1840
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Whig
4
Oliver Spencer Halstead
1840
1841
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Whig
5
William Wright
1841
1843
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Whig
6
Stephen Dod
1844
1845
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Whig
7
Isaac Baldwin
1845
1846
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Whig
8
Beach Vanderpool
1846
1848
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Whig
9
James Miller
1848
1851
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Whig
10
James M. Quinby
1851
1854
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Whig
11
Horace J. Poinier
1854
1857
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Republican
12
Moses Bigelow
1857
1864
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Democratic
13
Theodore Runyon
1864
1866
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Democratic
14
Thomas Baldwin Peddie
1866
1870
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Republican
15
Frederick William Ricord
1870
1874
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Republican
16
Nehemiah Perry
1874
1876
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Democratic
17
Henry J. Yates
1876
1880
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Republican
18
William H. F. Fiedler
1880
1882
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Democratic
19
Henry Lang
1882
1884
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Republican
20
Joseph E. Haynes
1884
1894
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Democratic
21
Julius A. Lebkuecher
1894
1896
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Republican
22
James M. Seymour
January 1, 1896
January 1, 1903
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Democratic
23
Henry Meade Doremus
January 1, 1903
January 1, 1907
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Republican
24
Jacob Haussling
January 1, 1907
January 1, 1915
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Democratic
25
Thomas Lynch Raymond
January 1, 1915
January 1, 1917
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Republican
26
Charles P. Gillen
January 1, 1917
January 1, 1921
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Democratic
27
Alexander Archibald
January 1, 1921
February 11, 1922
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Democratic
28
Frederick C. Breidenbach
February 11, 1922
January 1, 1925
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Republican
29
Thomas Lynch Raymond
January 1, 1925
January 1, 1928
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Republican
30
Jerome T. Congleton
January 1, 1928
January 1, 1933
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Republican
31
Meyer C. Ellenstein
January 1, 1933
January 1, 1941
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Republican
32
Vincent J. Murphy
January 1, 1941
January 1, 1949
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Democratic
33
Ralph A. Villani
January 1, 1949
January 1, 1953
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Republican
34
Leo P. Carlin
July 1, 1953
July 1, 1962
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Democratic
35
Hugh Joseph Addonizio
July 1, 1962
July 1, 1970
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Democratic
36
Kenneth A. Gibson
July 1, 1970
July 1, 1986
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Democratic
37
Sharpe James
July 1, 1986
July 1, 2006
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Democratic
38
Cory Booker
July 1, 2006
October 31, 2013
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Democratic
39
Luis A. Quintana
November 4, 2013
July 1, 2014
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Democratic
40
Ras J. Baraka
July 1, 2014
Incumbent
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Democratic
See also
References
^ Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968 , Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 130. Accessed February 14, 2012.
^ "Newark celebrates 175 years as incorporated city" . NJ.com. 2011-11-10. Retrieved 2016-08-30 .
^ 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 .
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