List of mayors of New Brunswick, New Jersey
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Mayors of New Brunswick, New Jersey
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New Brunswick, New Jersey
New Brunswick is a city in Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA. It is the county seat and the home of Rutgers University. The city is located on the Northeast Corridor rail line, southwest of Manhattan, on the southern bank of the Raritan River. At the 2010 United States Census, the population of...
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| Year | Mayor | Born and died | Notes and references |
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| 1991– | James M. Cahill James M. Cahill James "Jim" M. Cahill is the 62nd and present mayor of New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States. He has held the office since 1991.-Biography:He is a lifelong resident of the city and a 1970 graduate of St. Peter's High School... |
62nd mayor | |
| 1979–1991 | John A. Lynch, Jr. John A. Lynch, Jr. John A. Lynch, Jr. is a former American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey, who served in the New Jersey Senate representing the 19th District from 1981 to 2001, where he represented the 17th Legislative District, and was Senate President from 1990 to 1992... |
(born 1938) | 61st mayor |
| 1978–1978 | Gilbert L. Nelson | appointed | |
| 1975–1978 | Richard J. Mulligan | resigned | |
| 1974–1975 | Aldrage B. Cooper II | appointed | |
| 1967–1974 | Patricia Q. Sheehan | Last Mayor-Commission Form/First Mayor-Mayor Council Form; resigned | |
| 1955–1967 | Chester W. Paulus | ||
| 1951–1954 | John A. Lynch, Sr. John A. Lynch, Sr. John A. Lynch, Sr. was an American Democratic Party politician who served in the New Jersey Senate for 22 years, where he represented the 17th legislative District, and as Mayor of New Brunswick, New Jersey from 1951 to 1955.-Biography:Lynch was born in New Brunswick in 1908 to John T. Lynch and... |
(1908–1978) | |
| 1943–1951 | Chester W. Paulus | ||
| 1942–1943 | Harry W. Dwyer | ||
| 1939–1942 | Richard V. Mulligan | ||
| 1935–1939 | Frederick F. Richardson | ||
| 1918–1935 | John J. Morrison | ||
| 1915–1918 | Edward Farrington (mayor) | (?-1918) | He died in office. |
| 1914–1915 | Austin Scott Austin Scott Austin Scott was the tenth President of Rutgers College , serving from 1891 to 1906.-Biography:Scott was born in Toledo, Ohio, to Jeremiah Austin Scott and Sarah Remey... |
(1848–1922) | |
| 1910–1914 | John J. Morrison | ||
| 1908–1910 | W. Edwin Florance | ||
| 1906–1908 | Drury W. Cooper | ||
| 1904–1906 | William S. Meyers | ||
| 1902–1904 | George A. Viehmann | ||
| 1895–1902 | Nicholas Williamson | ||
| 1889–1895 | James H. VanCleef | ||
| 1881–1889 | William S. Strong | ||
| 1879–1881 | T. DeWitt Reiley | ||
| 1877–1879 | Lyle van Nuis | ||
| 1875–1877 | Isaiah Rolfe | ||
| 1873–1875 | Thomas M. deRussey | ||
| 1871–1873 | Garrett Conover | b. 1817 | Some sources use the years 1874-1875. |
| 1869–1871 | George J. Janeway | ||
| 1867–1869 | Miles Ross Miles Ross Miles Ross was an American Democratic Party politician and businessman who represented New Jersey's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1875 to 1883.-Biography:... |
(1827–1903) | |
| 1865–1867 | John T. Jenkins | ||
| 1865–1865 | Augustus T. Stout | (1816-1865) | He died in office shortly after being elected. |
| 1863–1865 | Richard McDonald (mayor) | He was the first mayor under the seventh city charter of 1863. | |
| 1861–1863 | Lyle van Nuis | ||
| 1860–1861 | Ezekiel M. Patterson | ||
| 1859–1860 | Peter C. Onderdonk | ||
| 1858–1859 | Tunis V.D. Hoagland | ||
| 1857–1858 | John Bayard Kirkpatrick | ||
| 1856–1857 | Lyle van Nuis | ||
| 1855–1856 | Abraham V. Schenk | ||
| 1853–1855 | John B. Hill | ||
| 1851–1852 | Peter N. Wyckoff | ||
| 1849–1851 | David Fitz Randolph | ||
| 1848–1849 | Augustus R. Taylor | He was a physician. | |
| 1847–1848 | Martin A. Howell | ||
| 1846–1847 | John Van Dyke John Van Dyke John Van Dyke was an American jurist and Whig Party politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1847 to 1851.-Biography:... |
(1807–1878) | |
| 1845–1846 | William H. Leupp | ||
| 1843–1845 | John Acken | ||
| 1842–1843 | Fitz Randolph Smith | ||
| 1841–1842 | Littleton Kirkpatrick Littleton Kirkpatrick Littleton Kirkpatrick was an American Whig Party politician, who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1853 to 1855... |
(1787–1859) | |
| 1840–1841 | David W. Vail | (?-1842) | |
| 1838–1840 | Augustus R. Taylor | (1782-?) | He was a physician. |
| 1829–1838 | C. L. Hardenbergh | ||
| 1824–1829 | Augustus R. Taylor | He was a physician. | |
| 1821–1824 | James Schureman James Schureman James Schureman was an American merchant and statesman from New Brunswick, New Jersey. He represented New Jersey in the Continental Congress as well as the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate.... |
(1756–1824) | He died in office. |
| 1813–1821 | James Bennett (mayor) | (?-1821) | He died in office. |
| 1801–1813 | James Schureman James Schureman James Schureman was an American merchant and statesman from New Brunswick, New Jersey. He represented New Jersey in the Continental Congress as well as the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate.... |
(1756–1824) | |
| 1796–1801 | Abraham Schuyler | ||
| 1794–1796 | John Bubenheim Bayard | (1738–1807) | |
| 1793–1794 | Lewis Dunham (mayor) | He was a physician. Other sources use the term 1792-1794 | |
| 1790–1793 | James Schureman James Schureman James Schureman was an American merchant and statesman from New Brunswick, New Jersey. He represented New Jersey in the Continental Congress as well as the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate.... |
(1756–1824) | other sources put Bayard in this term |
| 1784–1790 | Azariah Dunham | (1718–1790) | |
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| 1757 | James Hude | Building of Presbyterian Church | |
| 1730–1747 | Thomas Farmar | First Mayor of New Brunswick, New Jersey | |