List of mayors of Newark, New Jersey
Mayors

List of mayors of Newark, New Jersey

Section Title: Mayors
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#	Mayor	Term start / Date of oath of office	Term end	Notes	Party	Notes

1	William Halsey	1836	April 13, 1837	Whig	William Halsey was the first Mayor of Newark.

2	Theodore Frelinghuysen	April 13, 1837	1838	Whig

3	James Miller	1838	1840	Whig

4	Oliver Spencer Halstead	1840	1841	Whig

5	William Wright	1841	1843	Whig

6	Stephen Dod	1844	April 3, 1845	Whig

7	Isaac Baldwin	April 3, 1845	April 21, 1846	Whig	Baldwin did not attend the first meeting, he was unwell

8	Beach Vanderpool	April 21, 1846	1848	Whig

9	James Miller	1848	January 7, 1851	Whig

10	James M. Quinby	January 7, 1851	January 3, 1854	Whig

11	Horace J. Poinier	January 3, 1854	1857	Republican

12	Moses Bigelow	1857	1864	Democratic

13	Theodore Runyon	1864	1866	Democratic

14	Thomas Baldwin Peddie	1866	Jan 4, 1870	Republican

15	Frederick William Ricord	Jan 4, 1870	Jan 6, 1874	Republican

16	Nehemiah Perry	Jan 6, 1874	Jan 4, 1876	Democratic

17	Henry J. Yates	Jan 4, 1876	January 6, 1880	Republican

18	William H. F. Fiedler	January 6, 1880	January 3, 1882	Democratic

19	Henry Lang	January 3, 1882	January 8, 1884	Republican

20	Joseph E. Haynes	January 8, 1884	May 7, 1894	Democratic

21	Julius A. Lebkuecher	May 7, 1894	May 1, 1896	Republican

22	James M. Seymour	May 1, 1896	January 1, 1903	Democratic	Sworn in May 4th

23	Henry Meade Doremus	January 1, 1903	January 1, 1907	Republican

24	Jacob Haussling	January 1, 1907	January 1, 1915	Democratic

25	Thomas Lynch Raymond	January 1, 1915	Nov 20, 1917	Republican

26	Charles P. Gillen	Nov 20, 1917	May 17, 1921	Democratic

27	Alexander Archibald	May 17, 1921	Feb 11, 1922	Democratic	Term ends with death

28	Frederick C. Breidenbach	Feb 11, 1922	May 19, 1925	Republican	Elected by board on the death of Archibald

29	Thomas Lynch Raymond	May 19, 1925	Oct 6, 1928	Republican	Term ends with death

30	Jerome T. Congleton	Oct 22, 1928	May 16, 1933	Republican	Appointed on the death of Raymond

31	Meyer C. Ellenstein	May 16, 1933	May 19, 1941	Republican

32	Vincent J. Murphy	May 19, 1941	May 17, 1949	Democratic

33	Ralph A. Villani	May 17, 1949	May 15, 1953	Republican

34	Leo P. Carlin	May 15, 1953	July 1, 1962	Democratic

35	Hugh Joseph Addonizio	July 1, 1962	July 1, 1970	Democratic

36	Kenneth Allen Gibson	July 1, 1970	July 1, 1986	Democratic	Kenneth Allen Gibson was the first African-American Mayor of Newark. He was the first African American elected mayor of any major Northeastern United States city.

37	Sharpe James	July 1, 1986	July 1, 2006	Democratic	He served for 20 years.

38	Cory Booker	July 1, 2006	October 31, 2013	Democratic

39	Luis A. Quintana	November 4, 2013	July 1, 2014	Democratic

40	Ras Baraka	July 1, 2014	Incumbent	Democratic	Ras Baraka is the current Mayor of Newark. He has been serving for 4 years, 9 months and 14 days.

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