Mayor of Long Branch, New Jersey

The Mayor of Long Branch, New Jersey is the chief administrative officer of that jurisdiction.

What is now Long Branch, New Jersey was split off from Shrewsbury, New Jersey in 1849 to became a part of Ocean Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Long Branch was split off from Ocean Township and incorporated on April 11, 1867 with a commission form of government, the Long Branch Commission. Long Branch was reincorporated on April 8, 1903 as a city. It is currently governed under the Mayor-Council (Plan A) form of municipal government under the Faulkner Act, enacted by direct petition as of July 1, 1966.[1]

The government of Long Branch consists of a mayor and a five-member City Council, whose members are elected at-large in nonpartisan elections to serve four-year terms of office on a concurrent basis.[2] Being non-partisan elections, party affiliations of candidates are not mentioned on the ballots. The elections are held in May rather than the more usual month of November.[3]

Mayors

Mayor Birth and death Term Notes
John Pallone (Mayor)2018 to presentHe was elected over incumbent Mayor Adam Schneider winning over 60% of the vote on May 8, 2018.[4] His first term as Mayor ends in 2022. He was sworn in on July 1, 2018 by Governor Phil Murphy.[5] He ran on Schneider's team for City Council in 1990 and then ran against him for Mayor in 1994. In that election, he lost by around 500 votes.[6] Pallone ran for City Council again in 2010 narrowly winning a seat in a crowded field of candidates. He then won re-election on Schneider’s ticket in 2014, and decided to run against him again in 2018; this time almost doubling what Schneider garnered in the final results.
Adam Schneider1990 to 2018He was first elected in 1990 over former Mayor Cioffi after being elected to the City Council in a special election in 1988. His seventh term ended[7] on June 30, 2018.
Philip D. Huhn1982 to 1990[8]
Henry R. "Skip" Cioffi1970 to 1982[9]
Vincent J. Mazza1965 to 1970He was appointed in 1965.[10] In 1966 Long Branch switched from the council–manager government to the mayor-council government. This was the second time in 5 years that Long Branch switched its form of government.[11]
Milton Ferdinand Untermeyer Jr.(1913/14-1980)1963 to 1965He served on the commission that recommended that Long Branch change to a new government system.[12]
Thomas L. McClintock(1926-2016)1961 to 1963[13] He also served as the Mayor of Colts Neck, New Jersey. He appears to be the only person to have served as mayor of two different municipalities in Monmouth County, New Jersey. He served in the positions 12 years apart.[14] Long Branch adopts a council–manager government.[11]
Paul Kiernan1958 to 1961
Daniel Joseph Maher(1893-1980)1955 to 1958
Alexander Vineburg1953 to 1955
J. William Jones1948 to 1953 (?)This was his second term.
Paul Kiernan(1906/07-1989)1944 to 1948This is his first term. He became mayor on May 9, 1944. He also served as the Sheriff of Monmouth County, New Jersey.[15][16]
Alton Verran Evans(1904-1989)1933 to 1944He became mayor for his second consecutive term on May 12, 1936. He was born on August 8, 1904 in Larchmont, New York to Lillian and Moses E. Evans. He attended Swarthmore College and in 1928 he graduated from New York Law School. He was admitted to the New Jersey Bar Association in 1929. He married Getrude M. Hunt on June 24, 1931.[17] He was a member of the District Court of the County of Monmouth, New Jersey from 1943 to 1948. He was the presiding judge on the same court from 1948 to 1965. He served on the New Jersey Superior Court from 1972 to 1974.[15][18]
Charles Dorman McFaddin1932 to 1936He became mayor in 1932.[19]
J. William Jones1928 to 1932This was his first term. He was born in Long Branch and became mayor in 1928. He also served as the commissioner of parks and public property.[20]
Frank Leslie Howland(1877-1946)1924 to 1928He became mayor in 1924.[21]
Clarence James Housman(1869-1932)1920 to 1924He became mayor in 1920. There was an attempt to recall him as mayor.[22] He died on November 14, 1932.[23][24]
John Walter Flock Sr.(1873-1952)1918 to 1920He became mayor in May of 1918. He was born in Allentown, New Jersey on July 30, 1873. He died on December 7, 1952 in Oceanport, New Jersey.
Marshall Woolley1916 to 1918He became mayor on May 9, 1916.
Bryant Baxter Newcomb(1867-1945)1912 to 1916He became mayor on May 7, 1912. He also served on the Board of Chosen Freeholders for Monmouth County. He died on February 1, 1945 at Monmouth Memorial Hospital after being struck by a taxicab.[25][26]
Henry Joline1912Henry Joline was the city council president and was briefly acting mayor in the absence of Edwin Washington Packer from February of 1912.[27] Packer resigned as mayor on April 9, 1912[28] and Joline's role as acting mayor ended with the appointment of Bryant Baxter Newcomb in May.[25]
Edwin Washington Packer(died 1926)1910 to 1912He became mayor in November of 1910. Packer left on vacation in February 1912 and during his absence was charged with corruption. His whereabouts were unknown for some time after his due date of return.[27] Upon his reappearance, he pleaded non vult, was fined US$500 and resigned as mayor on April 9, 1912.[28] He died on May 18, 1926.[29]
Charles O. McFaddin(1859-1920)1906 to 1910He became mayor on November 6, 1906. He was born on September 25, 1859 in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. He married Emma Price of Oceanport, New Jersey and was the father of future mayor Charles Dorman McFaddin. McFaddin was twice president of the Long Branch Chamber of Commerce. He was the superintendent of freight and passenger rates for the New York and Long Branch Railroad. He also served as a Long Branch city commissioner. He died on February 25, 1920 in Long Branch of heart failure.[30]
Charles Asa Francis(1855-1934)1903 to 1906He was the first mayor under the reincorporation of Long Branch as a city on April 8, 1903. He was born on October 28, 1855 in Ardena, New Jersey. He died on April 18, 1934 in Long Branch, New Jersey.[31]
Walter S. Reed1901 to 1903He became mayor on February 22, 1901. He was a physician.
Benjamin Morris1900 to 1901His term ended in February 22, 1901.
Augustus Chandler1899 to 1900He was born in March of 1849 in New Jersey and he died on June 19, 1922 in Long Branch, New Jersey.
Rufus Blodgett(1834-1910)1894 to 1898This was his first term. He served seven terms as mayor. He also served as the superintendent of the New York & Long Branch Railroad for 25 years.[32][33][34]
George W. Brown1890 to 1893This was his second term.
Thomas Ridge Wooley1886 to 1887This was his second term. He was elected on September 13, 1886.[35][36]
Wilbur Arthur Heisley1887 to 1890His biography states that he was elected in 1886. Thomas Ridge Wooley also appears in this time slot in an account in the New York Times.[37]
George W. Brown1884 to 1886This was his first term.
Richard Woodward1883 to 1884
Thomas Ridge Wooley(1841-?)1879 to 1883This was his first term. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 10, 1841 to Jordan Woolley. Jordan Woolley was the Sheriff of Monmouth County, New Jersey and Coroner of Monmouth County, New Jersey and a Monmouth County Freeholder. The family moved to Long Branch in 1862 and Thomas was appointed under sheriff of Monmouth County, serving three years with his father as the sheriff, and two years with his successor, William B. Sutphen.[36]
Joseph E. Cooper1867 to 1879Joseph E. Cooper was the first Mayor of Long Branch, New Jersey. Long Branch was incorporated on April 11, 1867 with a commission form of government.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Faulkner Act: New Jersey's Optional Municipal Charter Law", New Jersey State League of Municipalities, July 2007. Accessed September 17, 2013.
  2. ↑ 2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, March 2013, p. 58.
  3. ↑ "Long Branch's Election Should Be Moved to November". Atlantic Highlands Herald. October 16, 2017. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
  4. ↑ "Pallone Swamps Schneider In Long Branch Mayoral Race". Long Branch Patch. May 8, 2018. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  5. ↑ "Long Branch: Governor Murphy Swears in New Mayor John Pallone". Long Branch Patch. July 1, 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-01.
  6. ↑ "Mayoral Campaign Threatens to Divide City". New York Times. May 8, 1994. Retrieved 2018-02-01. Mayor Adam Schneider, a 39-year-old lawyer who came into office in 1990
  7. ↑ "Long Branch Mayor Adam Schneider Elected To Seventh Term With Light Turnout". Asbury Park Press. May 13, 2014. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  8. ↑ "Ex-Long Branch Mayor to Hold Finance Post". Asbury Park Press. November 24, 1993. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  9. ↑ "Its Four More Years for Mayor Cioffi" (PDF). The Daily Register (Shrewsbury, New Jersey). May 10, 1978. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
  10. ↑ "Mazza Gets Votes To Win Mayoralty". Asbury Park Press. June 30, 1965. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
  11. 1 2 "Long Branch Changes to Mayor-Council". The Courier-News. February 24, 1966. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
  12. ↑ "Former Mayor Dies". Asbury Park Press. July 30, 1980. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
  13. ↑ "Judith Bradford Bride of Mayor of Long Branch. Teacher Wed in Jersey Community to Thomas McClintock, Engineer". New York Times. July 9, 1961. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  14. ↑ Carly Baldwin (March 4, 2016). "Former Long Branch Mayor, Thomas McClintock, Dies". Patch.com. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  15. 1 2 "New Long Branch Mayor". New York Times. May 17, 1944.
  16. ↑ Gabrielan, Randall (1998), Long Branch: People and Places, Arcadia Publishing, p. 125, ISBN 9780738564425
  17. ↑ "Alton V. Evans". Asbury Park Press. May 11, 1936. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
  18. ↑ "Alton Verran Evans". Prominent Families of New Jersey.
  19. ↑ "Brief Biographies of the Republican Candidates". Asbury Park Press. November 3, 1939. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  20. ↑ "J. William Jones". Asbury Park Press. May 11, 1936. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
  21. ↑ "F. Howland, Ex-mayor Of Long Branch, 68". New York Times. February 6, 1946. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  22. ↑ "Asking For Recall Of Mayor Housman. Petitions Circulated in Long Branch Attack New York Broker's Acts as Executive". New York Times. August 21, 1921. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  23. ↑ Paul Sniffen (1996). Long Branch. Arcadia Publishing. p. 78.
  24. ↑ "C. J. Housman Buried. Leaders in Many Fields Attend Service for Ex-Mayor of Long Branch". New York Times. November 16, 1932. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  25. 1 2 "B. B. Newcomb Killed. Long Branch Leader". New York Times. February 2, 1945. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
  26. ↑ Red Bank Register, February 8, 1945
  27. 1 2 "Uneasiness Is Felt At Packer's Absence". Asbury Park Press. March 27, 1912. Retrieved 2018-02-01. Henry Joline, president of the' city council, has been the acting mayor for a month or more.
  28. 1 2 "Packer Fined $500. Resigns as Mayor". Asbury Park Press. April 9, 1912. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  29. ↑ "E. W. Packer Dies, Railroad Official". The Courier-News. May 19, 1926. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  30. ↑ "C. O. M'Faddin Dies Suddenly". Asbury Park Press. February 26, 1920. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
  31. ↑ "C. A. Francis Dead. New Jersey Treasurer for Last 14 Years of Monmouth County and First Mayor of Long Branch". New York Times. April 19, 1934. Retrieved 2018-01-29. ... mayor in 1893 [sic]
  32. ↑ "Ex-Senator Blodgett Dead. Superintendent of New York & Long Branch Railroad for 25 Years". The New York Times. October 4, 1910. Retrieved 2010-10-20.
  33. ↑ "Rufus Blodgett". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  34. ↑ "Rufus Blodgett". New Jersey Biographical Dictionary. p. 54.
  35. ↑ "Election in Long Branch" (PDF). New York Times. September 14, 1886. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  36. 1 2 "Thomas R. Wooley". The National Cyclopedia of American Biography. 1893. p. 382. Mr. Woolley was elected mayor of Long Branch in 1879, and re-elected annually for five years ... In 1886, under the borough council law, Mr. Woolley was again elected mayor of Long Branch.
  37. ↑ "W. A. Heisley Dead. Ex-Jersey Jurist; Former Mayor And Solicitor Of Long; Branch Succumbs At Age Of 76". New York Times. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
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