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Bayonne, New Jersey
including Bergen Point
Mayors, Postmasters


Mayors of Bayonne, 1869-2007 (may be incomplete!)
Henry Meigs, Jr. 1869-79 Stephen K. Lane 1879-83 David W. Oliver 1883-87 John Newman 1887-91 William C. Farr 1891-95 Egbert Seymour 1895-1904 Thomas Brady 1904-06 Pierre P. Garven 1906-10 John J. Cain 1910-12 Matthew T. Cronin 1912-14 Bert J. Daly 1914-15 Pierre P. Garven 1915-19 W. Homer Axford 1919-23 Robert J. Talbot 1923-27 Bert J. Daly 1927-31 Lucius F. Donohoe 1931-39 James J. Donovan 1939-43 Bert J. Daly 1943-47 Charles A. Heiser 1947-51 Edward F. Clark 1951-55 G. Thomas DiDomenico 1955-59 Alfred V. Brady 1959-62 Francis G. Fitzpatrick 1962-74 Dennis P. Collins 1974-90 Richard A. Rutkowski 1990-94 Leonard P. Kiczek 1994-98 Joseph V. Doria, Jr. 1998- Vincent LoRe, Jr. as of 2007

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1909 Nov 2: John J. Cain (Dem), elected; Garret L. Post (Rep), defeated.
  • 1910: Pierre P. Garven (Rep), defeated.
  • 1915: Pierre P. Garven, elected.
  • 1951: G. Thomas DiDomenico, defeated.
  • 1962 May 8: Francis G. Fitzpatrick, elected; G. Thomas DiDomenico, defeated; Alfred V. Brady, defeated; John E. Januszewski, defeated; George J. Prendeville, defeated; Stephen Zelinski, defeated.
  • 1998: Leonard P. Kiczek, defeated.


    Postmasters at Bayonne, 1874-1971 (may be incomplete!)
    Luther Van Buskirk 1874-78 James Murphy, Jr. 1878-85 Nicholas McDonald 1885-87 James E. Malloy 1887-89 Thomas Brady 1889-90 Edward Gardner 1890-91 Frederick Boorman 1891-95 Edward O'Farrell 1895-96 John W. Goddard 1896-98 Frank H. Melville 1898-1902 Edwin Cadmus 1902-07 Otto C. W. Lang 1907 Otto C. W. Lang 1907-13 Peter A. Donovan 1913-22 Charles H. Conner 1922-34 James T. Brady 1934-35 James T. Brady 1935-41 Charles A. Heiser 1941 Charles A. Heiser 1941-42 Patrick J. McGrath 1942-44 Michael J. Meehan 1944-45 Patrick J. McGrath 1945-56 Americus C. Stabile 1956-58 Harold G. Tucker 1958-71


    Bergen Point
    (now part of Bayonne)

    Postmasters at Bergen Point, 1849-89 (may be incomplete!)
    Joshua Van Name 1849-55 David L. Zabriskie 1855 Jasper G. Cadmus 1855-58 William L. Beaumont 1858-62 Robert A. Ansart 1862-80 Annie Ansart 1880-81 David L. Shafer 1881-82 Charles T. Munn 1882-86 Thomas Brady 1886-89

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