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Mayors of Newark, New Jersey

Mayors of Newark, 1837-2007 (may be incomplete!)
Theodore Frelinghuysen 1837-38 William Wright 1840-43 Theodore Runyon 1864-66 Thomas B. Peddie 1866-69 Nehemiah Perry 1873 William H. F. Fiedler 1880-82 Henry M. Doremus 1903-07 Charles P. Gillen 1917-21 Jerome T. Congleton 1928-33 Meyer C. Ellenstein 1933-41 Ralph A. Villani 1950-53 Leo P. Carlin 1953-62 Hugh J. Addonizio 1962-70 Kenneth A. Gibson 1970-86 Sharpe James 1986-2006 Cory A. Booker 2007

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1904: William H. F. Fiedler, defeated.
  • 1954: Leo P. Carlin, elected.
  • 1958: Leo P. Carlin, elected.
  • 1962: Hugh J. Addonizio, elected; Leo P. Carlin, defeated.
  • 1966: Hugh J. Addonizio, elected; Kenneth A. Gibson, defeated.
  • 1970 May 12: Kenneth A. Gibson, advanced to runoff; Hugh J. Addonizio, advanced to runoff; Anthony Imperiale, defeated; John Pershing Caulfield, defeated; Alexander J. Matturri, defeated; George C. Richardson, defeated; Harry J. Wheeler, defeated.
  • 1970 Jun 16: Kenneth A. Gibson, elected; Hugh J. Addonizio, defeated.
  • 1974: Anthony Imperiale, defeated.
  • 2002: Cory A. Booker, defeated.
  • 2006: Cory A. Booker, elected.

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