Mayor of New Brunswick, New Jersey

The Mayor of New Brunswick is head of the executive branch of the government of New Brunswick, New Jersey.[1]

#[2]Term of officeMayorBorn and diedNotes and references
621991–James M. Cahill62nd mayor. James M. Cahill is the current mayor of New Brunswick, New Jersey. He has been serving for 29 years, 166 days.
611979–1991John A. Lynch, Jr.born 1938Son of the prior mayor of the same name, served three terms.
601978–1978Gilbert L. Nelson1942-2011Appointed to finish Mayor Mulligan's term.
591975–1978Richard J. Mulliganborn 1942Resigned during his first and only term and moved to Jackson, Wyoming.
581974–1975Aldrage B. Cooper II1937-2016Appointed to finish Mayor Sheehan's term. He was New Brunswick's first African-American mayor.
571967–1974Patricia Q. Sheehanborn 1934Last mayor under the Commission form of government and the first under Faulkner Act form of government, where the mayor is directly elected. She was the first female Mayor in the history of New Brunswick, and resigned from office to become the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs.
561955–1967Chester W. PaulusAfter Mayor Lynch's departure, Paulus was again selected by his fellow city commissioners to serve as mayor.
551951–1954John A. Lynch, Sr.1908–1978Served on City Commission since 1946, elevated to mayor in 1951, left to run for State Senate in 1955.[3]
541943–1951Chester W. PaulusSelected from among the City Commission to serve as mayor, Paulus continued to serve on the Commissioner after Mayor Lynch replaced him. Was re-installed as mayor after Lynch left the Commission in 1955.
531942–1943Harry W. DwyerSelected from among the City Commission to serve as mayor.
521939–1942Richard V. MulliganSelected from among the City Commission to serve as mayor.
511935–1939Frederick F. RichardsonSelected from among the City Commission to serve as mayor.
501918–1935John J. MorrisonAlready a member of the City Commission, Morrison was elevated to mayor after death of Mayor Farrington.[4]
491915–1918Edward Farrington?-1918First mayor under the Commission form of government. He was selected from among his fellow commissioners, led the city government during World War I, but died in office during the 1918 flu epidemic.[4]
481914–1915Austin Scott1848–1922Last mayor under aldermanic form of government. Former Rutgers University president.[4][5]
471910–1914John J. MorrisonThis was his first term. He later served as mayor under the Commission form of government.[4]
461908–1910W. Edwin Florance[4]
451906–1908Drury W. Cooper[4]
441904–1906William S. Meyers[4]
431902–1904George A. Viehmann[4]
421895–1902Nicholas Williamson[4]
411889–1895James H. Van Cleef[4]
401881–1889William S. Strong[4]
391879–1881T. DeWitt Reiley[4]
381877–1879Lyle Van Nuis[4]
371875–1877Isaiah Rolfe[4]
361873–1875Thomas M. DeRussy[4]
351871–1873Garret Conover1817–?[4] Some sources use the years 1874-1875.
341869–1871George J. Janeway[4]
331867–1869Miles Ross1827–1903[4]
321865–1867John T. JenkinsHe resigned from office.
311865–1865Augustus T. Stout1816-1865He died in office shortly after being elected.[4]
301863–1865Richard McDonaldHe was the first mayor under the seventh city charter of 1863.[4]
291861–1863Lyle van Nuis
281860–1861Ezekiel M. Patterson
271859–1860Peter Conover Onderdonk1811-1894
261858–1859Tunis Van Doren Hoagland1813-1872
251857–1858John Bayard Kirkpatrick
241856–1857Lyle van Nuis
231855–1856Abraham V. Schenk
221853–1855John B. Hill
211851–1852Peter N. Wyckoff
201849–1851David Fitz Randolph
191848–1849Augustus R. TaylorHe was a physician.
181847–1848Martin A. Howell
171846–1847John Van Dyke1807–1878
161845–1846William H. Leupp
151843–1845John Acken
141842–1843Fitz Randolph Smith
131841–1842Littleton Kirkpatrick1787–1859
121840–1841David W. Vail?-1842
111838–1840Augustus R. Taylor1782-?Elected directly by voters. He was a physician.[6]
1829–1838Cornelius Low Hardenbergh1790–1860
1824–1829Augustus R. TaylorHe was a physician.
1821–1824James Schureman1756–1824
1813–1821James Bennett?-1821He died in office.
1801–1813James Schureman1756–1824He was appointed to serve by the Legislature under the 1801 charter.
1796–1801Abraham Schuyler
1794–1796John Bubenheim Bayard1738–1807
1793–1794Lewis DunhamHe was a physician. Other sources use the term 1792-1794.
1790–1793John Bubenheim Bayard1738–1807
51784–1790Azariah Dunham1718–1790
41778–1784William HarrisonTerm ended when New Jersey granted New Brunswick's State Charter.
31762–1778William OukeHe died in office
21747–1762James HudeBuilding of Presbyterian Church
11730–1747Thomas FarmerThomas Farmer was the first mayor of New Brunswick, under the Royal charter.
Mayor of New Brunswick
Incumbent
James M. Cahill
since 1991
Inaugural holderThomas Farmer
Formation1747
WebsiteMayor's Office
Elections in 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.
  4. 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.
  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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