predecessor successor religion children party article_title office birth_date order residence term_start image spouse term_end name alma_mater
l. harvey smith steven fulop catholic jeremiah , susanne , catherine , and patrick democrat jerramiah healy
 mayor of jersey city 16 december 1950 48th jersey city , new jersey november 12 , 2004 jhealy.png maureen june 30 , 2013 jerramiah healy villanova university seton hall university school of law
jerramiah healy

jerramiah t. healy -lrb- born december 16 , 1950 -rrb- is a new jersey based politician who served as the 48th mayor of jersey city , new jersey serving from 2004-2013 .
he ran for the unexpired term of the late glenn d. cunningham and was elected in november 2004 .
in the special election , he defeated acting mayor l. harvey smith .
he was subsequently elected to a full term by a record landslide .
healy entered public service as an assistant prosecutor for the hudson county prosecutor 's office in 1977 .
from 1981 to 1991 , he maintained a private law practice in jersey city .
he was appointed chief judge in the jersey city municipal court in 1991 , and was reappointed in 1995 .
in 1997 , he ran unsuccessfully for mayor of jersey city against bret schundler , who later ran for governor of new jersey against jim mcgreevey .
healy resumed his private law practice until 2004 , when he was elected mayor .
healy lost to councilman steven fulop for mayor in 2013 .
