Mayor of Orange, New Jersey explained

Orange, New Jersey is governed within the Faulkner Act, formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law, under the Mayor-Council form of municipal government, with a directly elected mayor and a City Council consisting of four ward representatives and three at-large representatives. Councilmembers are elected to serve four-year terms of office in non-partisan elections on a staggered basis with the four ward seats and the three at-large seats coming up for election on an alternating cycle every two years.^[1]

Mayors

• Dwayne D. Warren, 2012 to Present^[2]
• Eldridge Hawkins Jr. 2008 to 2012^[3]
• Mims Hackett 1996 to 2008^{[4] [5]}
• Robert L. Brown 1988 to 1996, the city's first African-American mayor
• Paul Monacelli (1984-88).
• Joel L. Shain (1980-84)
• Russell A. Riley
• Joseph Promollo
• William Howe Davis, 1942 to 1954.^[6]
• Ovid C. Bianchi (July 1, 1938 - June 30, 1942).
• Daniel Francis Minahan .^[7]
• Arthur Browne Seymour, 1908 to 1912
• George Huntington Hartford, 1878 to 1890.

Notes and References

1. 2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, March 2013, p. 125.
2. http://www.ci.orange.nj.us/mayors_office.html Office of the Mayor
3. http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/05/orange_mayor_mims_hackett_is.html “Orange Mayor Mims Hackett pleads guilty to corruption change”
4. Staff. "Ex-Mayor Mims Hackett faces sentencing for official misconduct", The Star-Ledger, January 23, 2009. Accessed December 27, 2017. "A native of Birmingham, Ala., Hackett served as North Ward councilman in Orange from 1988 to 1996, the city's mayor from 1996 until he resigned May 27 - the same day he entered his guilty plea - and three terms in the Assembly."
5. News: David W.. Chen . Mayor of Orange Resigns and Pleads Guilty to Extortion . The New York Times. May 28, 2008 . Afterward, Mr. Hackett, who resigned as mayor effective 8 a.m. Tuesday, declined to comment..
6. https://www.nytimes.com/1954/03/06/archives/mayor-davis-of-orange-quits.html "Mayor Davis of Orange Quits"
7. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000789 Daniel Francis Minahan