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.
#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.
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.
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.
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.
481914-1915Austin Scott1848–1922Last mayor under aldermanic form of government. Former Rutgers University president.
471910-1914John J. MorrisonThis was his first term. He later served as mayor under the Commission form of government.
461908-1910W. Edwin Florance
451906-1908Drury W. Cooper
441904-1906William S. Meyers
431902-1904George A. Viehmann
421895-1902Nicholas Williamson
411889-1895James H. Van Cleef
401881-1889William S. Strong
391879-1881T. DeWitt Reiley
381877-1879Lyle Van Nuis
371875-1877Isaiah Rolfe
361873-1875Thomas M. DeRussy
351871-1873Garret Conover1817–?Some sources use the years 1874-1875.
341869-1871George J. Janeway
331867-1869Miles Ross1827–1903
321865-1867John T. JenkinsHe resigned from office.
311865-1865Augustus T. Stout1816-1865He died in office shortly after being elected.
301863-1865Richard McDonaldHe was the first mayor under the seventh city charter of 1863.
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.
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.