Wildwood, New Jersey, was incorporated on May 1, 1895, as a borough. and was reincorporated on January 1, 1912, as a city and merged with Holly Beach, New Jersey. It is governed by a three-member commission under the Walsh Act Commission form of municipal government. All three commissioners are elected at-large on a nonpartisan basis to serve concurrent four-year terms of office, with the vote taking place as part of the November general election. At a reorganization conducted after each election, the commission selects one of its members to serve as mayor and gives each commissioner an assigned department to oversee and operate.[1] The mayors were:[2]
| Mayor | Term | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ernest Troiano, Jr. | 2011 | This was his second term. He was voted out of office in a recall election.[3] [4] | |
| Gary S. DeMarzo | 2009 to 2011 | [5] | |
| Ernest Troiano, Jr. | 2003 to 2009 | This was his first term. | |
| Duane Sloan | 1999 to 2003 | ||
| Fred Wager | 1995 to 1999 | [6] | Frank McCall, 1986.[7] --> |
| Edmund J. Grant Jr. | 1991 to 1995 | ||
| Ralph Sheets | 1987 to 1991 | ||
| Victor Di Sylvester | 1984 to 1987 | ||
| Earl B. Ostrander | 1983 to 1984 | He was voted out of office in a recall election.[8] | |
| Guy F. Muziani | 1972 to 1983 | [9] | |
| Charles Masciarella | 1968 to 1972 | ||
| Ralph G. James | 1956 to 1968 | He served the longest term, 12 years, as Mayor of Wildwood, New Jersey.[10] | |
| W. Harry Steele Jr. | 1948 to 1956 | [11] | |
| George Wagner Krogman Sr. | 1945 to 1948 | This was his second term. | |
| Benjamin Charles Ingersoll | 1944 to 1945 | He was born in Ocean City, New Jersey, and moved to Wildwood with his family when he was three years old. He worked as an undertaker and served as the Coroner of Cape May County, New Jersey. He died in office as mayor on December 6, 1945.[12] | |
| George Wagner Krogman Sr. | 1938 to 1944 | This was his first term. He was born on June 7, 1896, in Pennsylvania.[13] | |
| Doris W. Bradway | 1933 to 1938 | Doris W. Bradway was the first female mayor for the state of New Jersey.[14] She was a Republican. She was voted out of office in a recall election.[15] | |
| William H. Bright | 1933 | ||
| Robert G. Pierpont | 1927 to 1933 | ||
| Edward Culver | 1924 to 1927 | ||
| W. Courtwright Smith | 1921 to 1924 | ||
| Frank E. Smith | 1912 to 1920 | ||
| Jacob Thompson Baker | 1911 to 1912 | This was his second term.[16] | Latimer R. Baker, 1895 to 1911.[17] |
| W. Courtwright Smith | 1921 to 1924 | ||
| W. C. Hendee | 1920 to 1921 | ||
| Frank E. Smith | 1912 to 1920 | ||
| Jacob Thompson Baker | 1912 | This was his first term. Jacob Thompson Baker was the first mayor of Wildwood, New Jersey under the 1912 consolidation. The consolidation merged Wildwood Borough with Holly Beach City, New Jersey to form Wildwood, New Jersey. He served the shortest term as Mayor of Wildwood, New Jersey, at 11 months, because he was elected to the United States Congress.[18] | |
| Latimer R. Baker | 1895 to 1911 | He served during the pre-consolidation as the Mayor of Wildwood Borough, New Jersey which merged with Holly Beach City, New Jersey to form Wildwood, New Jersey. | |
Holly Beach, New Jersey, was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 14, 1885, from portions of Lower Township, based on the results of a referendum held on March 31, 1885. The borough was reincorporated on April 1, 1890, based on a referendum held the previous day.[19] The borough was reincorporated as Holly Beach City on May 4, 1897.[19] On January 1, 1912, the area was included as part of the newly created Wildwood, New Jersey, and the borough was dissolved.[19] The mayors were:[20]
| Mayor | Term | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Frank E. Smith | 1892 to 1911 | Frank E. Smith was the last Mayor of Holly Beach City, New Jersey. In 1911 the town was merged with Wildwood Borough, New Jersey to form Wildwood, New Jersey. |
| William E. Forcum | 1891 | This was his second term. |
| J.B. Osborn | 1890 | |
| William E. Forcum | 1886 to 1889 | This was his first term.[21] |
| Franklin J. Van Valin | 1885 | He was killed when he was struck by a train at a railroad crossing. Franklin J. Van Valin was the first Mayor of Holly Beach City, New Jersey. |