Mayors of Paterson, New Jersey explained

Mayors of Paterson, New Jersey:[1]

Year Image Mayor Party
1854 John J. Brown Whig
1855 Democrat
1856 Samuel SmithDemocrat
1857–1858 Peregrin Sandford (1796–1884)[2] Democrat
1859 Silas D. CanfieldDemocrat
1860–1861Edwin T. PrallRepublican
1862–1865Henry A. WilliamsRepublican
1866William G. WatsonDemocrat
1867Henry A. WilliamsRepublican
1868 Nathaniel TownsendDemocrat
1869–1870 John Ryle (1817–1887) Democrat
1871–1872Socrates Tuttle (1819–1885)Republican
1873–1874Nathaniel TownsendDemocrat
1875–1878Benjamin BuckleyRepublican
1879–1880Joseph R. GrahamDemocrat
1881–1882David S. GillmorRepublican
1883–1886Nathan Barnert (1838–1927)Democrat
1887–1888Charles Dyer Beckwith (1838-1921)[3] Republican
1889–1890Nathan Barnert (1838–1927)Democrat
1891–1892Thomas BeveridgeRepublican
1893–1896Christian BraunDemocrat
1897–1903John HinchliffeDemocrat
1904–1905William Henry Belcher (1851-?)Republican
1905David Young(Acting Mayor)
1906–1907John JohnsonDemocrat
1907 William Berdan(Acting Mayor)
1908–1913Andrew Francis McBride (1869–1946)Democrat
1914–1915Robert H. Fordyce (1856-1928) Republican
1916–1919Amos Henry Radcliffe (1870–1950)[4] Republican
1919 Clifford L. Newman(Acting Mayor)
1920–1923Frank J. Van NoortDemocrat
1924–1927Colin M. McLeanRepublican
1928Raymond J. NewmanDemocrat
1928Wilmer A. Cadmus(Acting Mayor)
1929–1937John V. HinchliffeDemocrat
1938–1939Bernard L. StaffordDemocrat
1940–1947William P. FurreyRepublican
1948–1951Michael U. DeVitaDemocrat
1952–1955Lester F. TitusRepublican
1956–1959Edward J. O'Byrne (1904–1959)Democrat
1960William H. Dillistin(Acting Mayor)
1961–1966Frank Xavier Graves, Jr. (1923–1990)[5] Democrat
1967–1971Lawrence Francis Kramer (1934–2023)Republican
1971–1972Arthur C. Dwyer(Acting Mayor)
1972–1975Thomas Rooney[6] Democrat
1975–1982Lawrence Francis Kramer (1934–2023)Republican
1982–1990Frank Xavier Graves, Jr. (1923–1990)Democrat
1990 Anna Lisa Dopirak(Acting Mayor)
1990–1997William Pascrell, Jr. (1937–2024)Democrat
1997–2002Martin G. Barnes (1948–2012)[7] Republican
2002–2010Jose "Joey" Torres (born 1958)Democrat
2010–2014Jeffery Jones (born 1958)Democrat
2014–2017Jose "Joey" Torres (born 1958)Democrat
2017–2017Ruby Cotton (interim mayor)Democrat
2017–2018Jane Williams-Warren (born 1947)Democrat
2018–Andre Sayegh (born 1974)Democrat

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mayors of Paterson . 2011-09-29 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130118025232/http://www.patersonpl.org/3MAYORS.html . 2013-01-18 .
  2. News: Obituary. Ex-Judge Peregrin Sandford . . November 16, 1884 . 2011-09-29 .
  3. Web site: Charles Dyer Beckwith . 2011-09-29 . Beckwith, Charles Dyer, a Representative from New Jersey; born near Coveville, Saratoga County, N.Y., October 22, 1838; attended private schools in Troy, N.Y., Philadelphia, Pa., Worcester, Mass., and a military institution in New Haven, Conn.; moved to Paterson, Passaic County, N.J., in 1860 and engaged in the manufacture of iron; member of the board of aldermen in 1882; mayor of Paterson, N.J., 1885-1889; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first Congress (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1891); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress; resumed manufacturing pursuits; returned to the State of New York and settled on a farm in the town of Chatham, Columbia County, in 1897 and engaged in the management of his farm until his death near Chatham Center, Columbia County, N.Y., on March 27, 1921; interment in Chatham Center Rural Cemetery. . .
  4. News: Amos H. Radcliffe, Ex-congressman, 80 . Amos H. Radcliffe, a former Congressman from the Seventh District of New Jersey, died today at near-by Baleville. His age was 80. ... . . December 30, 1950 . 2011-09-19 .
  5. News: Frank X. Graves Jr. Is Dead at 66. Hard-Driving Mayor of Paterson . Frank X. Graves Jr., the longtime Mayor of Paterson, N.J., and also a State Senator for many years, died after a heart attack yesterday morning at his home in the Lakeview section of the city. He was 66 years old. Mr. Graves was stricken shortly before 10:30 A.M. and was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:15. . . March 5, 1990 . 2009-10-24 . Glenn Fowler-->.
  6. Web site: OHP Thomas Rooney - Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service).
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