Mayors of Paterson, New Jersey: [1]
Year | Image | Mayor | Party |
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1854 | John J. Brown | Whig | |
1855 | Brant Van Blarcom | Democrat | |
1856 | Samuel Smith | Democrat | |
1857–1858 | Peregrin Sandford (1796–1884) [2] | Democrat | |
1860–1861 | Edwin T. Prall | Republican | |
1862–1865 | Henry A. Williams | Republican | |
1866 | William G. Watson | Democrat | |
1867 | Henry A. Williams | Republican | |
1868 | Nathaniel Townsend | Democrat | |
1869–1870 | John Ryle (1817–1887) | Democrat | |
1871–1872 | Socrates Tuttle (1819–1885) | Republican | |
1873–1874 | Nathaniel Townsend | Democrat | |
1875–1878 | Benjamin Buckley | Republican | |
1879–1880 | Joseph R. Graham | Democrat | |
1881–1882 | David S. Gillmor | Republican | |
1883–1886 | Nathan Barnert (1838–1927) | Democrat | |
1887–1888 | Charles Dyer Beckwith (1838-1921) [3] | Republican | |
1889–1890 | Nathan Barnert (1838–1927) | Democrat | |
1891–1892 | Thomas Beveridge | Republican | |
1893–1896 | Christian Braun | Democrat | |
1897–1903 | John Hinchliffe | Democrat | |
1904–1905 | William Henry Belcher (1851-?) | Republican | |
1905 | David Young | (Acting Mayor) | |
1906–1907 | John Johnson | Democrat | |
1907 | William Berdan | (Acting Mayor) | |
1908–1913 | Andrew Francis McBride (1869–1946) | Democrat | |
1914–1915 | Robert H. Fordyce (1856-1928) | Republican | |
1916–1919 | Amos Henry Radcliffe (1870–1950) [4] | Republican | |
1919 | Clifford L. Newman | (Acting Mayor) | |
1920–1923 | Frank J. Van Noort | Democrat | |
1924–1927 | Colin M. McLean | Republican | |
1928 | Raymond J. Newman | Democrat | |
1928 | Wilmer A. Cadmus | (Acting Mayor) | |
1929–1937 | John V. Hinchliffe | Democrat | |
1938–1939 | Bernard L. Stafford | Democrat | |
1940–1947 | William P. Furrey | Republican | |
1948–1951 | Michael U. DeVita | Democrat | |
1952–1955 | Lester F. Titus | Republican | |
1956–1959 | Edward J. O'Byrne (1904–1959) | Democrat | |
1960 | William H. Dillistin | (Acting Mayor) | |
1961–1966 | Frank Xavier Graves, Jr. (1923–1990) [5] | Democrat | |
1967–1971 | Lawrence Francis Kramer (1934–2023) | Republican | |
1971–1972 | Arthur C. Dwyer | (Acting Mayor) | |
1972–1975 | Thomas Rooney [6] | Democrat | |
1975–1982 | Lawrence Francis Kramer (1934–2023) | Republican | |
1982–1990 | Frank Xavier Graves, Jr. (1923–1990) [5] | Democrat | |
1990 | Anna Lisa Dopirak | (Acting Mayor) | |
1990–1997 | William Pascrell, Jr. (1937–2024) | Democrat | |
1997–2002 | Martin G. Barnes (1948–2012) [7] | Republican | |
2002–2010 | Jose "Joey" Torres (born 1958) | Democrat | |
2010–2014 | Jeffery Jones (born 1958) | Democrat | |
2014–2017 | Jose "Joey" Torres (born 1958) | Democrat | |
2017–2017 | Ruby Cotton (interim mayor) | Democrat | |
2017–2018 | Jane Williams-Warren (born 1947) | Democrat | |
2018– | Andre Sayegh (born 1974) | Democrat | |
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