Mayors of New Brunswick, New Jersey

Last updated August 21, 2019

Mayors of New Brunswick, New Jersey:^[1]

#^[2]	Term of office	Mayor	Born and died	Notes and references
62	1991–	James M. Cahill		62nd mayor. James M. Cahill is the current mayor of New Brunswick, New Jersey. He has been serving for 28 years, 231 days.
61	1979–1991	John A. Lynch, Jr.	born 1938	Son of the prior mayor of the same name, served three terms.
60	1978–1978	Gilbert L. Nelson	1942-2011	Appointed to finish Mayor Mulligan's term.
59	1975–1978	Richard J. Mulligan	born 1942	Resigned during his first and only term and moved to Jackson, Wyoming.
58	1974–1975	Aldrage B. Cooper II	1937-2016	Appointed to finish Mayor Sheehan's term. Cooper was New Brunswick's first African-American mayor.
57	1967–1974	Patricia Q. Sheehan	born 1934	Last mayor under the Commission form of government and the first under Faulkner Act form of government, where the mayor is directly elected. She resigned to become the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs.
56	1955–1967	Chester W. Paulus		After Mayor Lynch's departure, Paulus was again selected by his fellow city commissioners to serve as mayor.
55	1951–1954	John A. Lynch, Sr.	1908–1978	Served on City Commission since 1946, elevated to mayor in 1951, left to run for State Senate in 1955.^[3]
54	1943–1951	Chester W. Paulus		Selected 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.
53	1942–1943	Harry W. Dwyer		Selected from among the City Commission to serve as mayor.
52	1939–1942	Richard V. Mulligan		Selected from among the City Commission to serve as mayor.
51	1935–1939	Frederick F. Richardson		Selected from among the City Commission to serve as mayor.
50	1918–1935	John J. Morrison		Already a member of the City Commission, Morrison was elevated to mayor after death of Mayor Farrington.^[4]
49	1915–1918	Edward Farrington	?-1918	First 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]
48	1914–1915	Austin Scott	1848–1922	Last mayor under aldermanic form of government. Former Rutgers University president.^[4]^[5]
47	1910–1914	John J. Morrison		This was his first term. He later served as mayor under the Commission form of government.^[4]
46	1908–1910	W. Edwin Florance		^[4]
45	1906–1908	Drury W. Cooper		^[4]
44	1904–1906	William S. Meyers		^[4]
43	1902–1904	George A. Viehmann		^[4]
42	1895–1902	Nicholas Williamson		^[4]
41	1889–1895	James H. VanCleef		^[4]
40	1881–1889	William S. Strong		^[4]
39	1879–1881	T. DeWitt Reiley		^[4]
38	1877–1879	Lyle van Nuis		^[4]
37	1875–1877	Isaiah Rolfe		^[4]
36	1873–1875	Thomas M. DeRussy		^[4]
35	1871–1873	Garret Conover	1817–?	^[4] Some sources use the years 1874-1875.
34	1869–1871	George J. Janeway		^[4]
33	1867–1869	Miles Ross	1827–1903	^[4]
32	1865–1867	John T. Jenkins		^[4]
31	1865–1865	Augustus T. Stout	1816-1865	He died in office shortly after being elected.^[4]
30	1863–1865	Richard McDonald		He was the first mayor under the seventh city charter of 1863.^[4]
29	1861–1863	Lyle van Nuis
28	1860–1861	Ezekiel M. Patterson
27	1859–1860	Peter Conover Onderdonk	1811-1894
26	1858–1859	Tunis Van Doren Hoagland	1813-1872
25	1857–1858	John Bayard Kirkpatrick
24	1856–1857	Lyle van Nuis
23	1855–1856	Abraham V. Schenk
22	1853–1855	John B. Hill
21	1851–1852	Peter N. Wyckoff
20	1849–1851	David Fitz Randolph
19	1848–1849	Augustus R. Taylor		He was a physician.
18	1847–1848	Martin A. Howell
17	1846–1847	John Van Dyke	1807–1878
16	1845–1846	William H. Leupp
15	1843–1845	John Acken
14	1842–1843	Fitz Randolph Smith
13	1841–1842	Littleton Kirkpatrick	1787–1859
12	1840–1841	David W. Vail	?-1842
11	1838–1840	Augustus R. Taylor	1782-?	He was a physician.^[6]
10	1829–1838	Cornelius Low Hardenbergh	1790–1860
9	1824–1829	Augustus R. Taylor		He was a physician.
8	1821–1824	James Schureman	1756–1824	This was his third term. He died in office.
7	1813–1821	James Bennett	?-1821	He died in office.
6	1801–1813	James Schureman	1756–1824	This was his second term.
5	1796–1801	Abraham Schuyler
4	1794–1796	John Bubenheim Bayard	1738–1807
3	1793–1794	Lewis Dunham		He was a physician. Other sources use the term 1792-1794.
	1790–1793	James Schureman	1756–1824	This was his first term. Other sources put Bayard in this term.
	1784–1790	Azariah Dunham	1718–1790
	...
	1757	James Hude		Building of Presbyterian Church^{[ clarification needed ]}
1	1730–1747	Thomas Farmar		Thomas Farmar was the first mayor of New Brunswick.

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References

↑ "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
↑ Non consecutive terms are not counted as a new mayoral number
↑ "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.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 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.
↑ "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. ...
↑ "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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[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

[obit-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.

[his-4] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 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.