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Mayors of Paterson
| TERM |
NAME |
PARTY |
| 1854 |
John J. Brown |
Whig |
| 1855 |
Brant Van Blarcom |
Democrat |
| 1856 |
Samuel Smith |
Democrat |
| 1857-1858 |
Peregrin Sandford |
Democrat |
| 1859 |
Silas D. Canfield |
Democrat |
| 1860-1861 |
Edwin T. Prall |
Republican |
| 1862-1865 |
Henry A. Williams |
Republican |
| 1866 |
William G. Watson |
Democrat |
| 1867 |
Henry A. Williams |
Republican |
| 1868 |
Nathaniel Townsend |
Democrat |
| 1869-1870 |
John Ryle |
Democrat |
| 1871-1872 |
Socrates Tuttle |
Republican |
| 1873-1874 |
Nathaniel Townsend |
Democrat |
| 1875-1878 |
Benjamin Buckley |
Republican |
| 1879-1880 |
Joseph R. Graham |
Democrat |
| 1881-1882 |
David S. Gillmor |
Republican |
| 1883-1886 |
Nathan Barnert |
Democrat |
| 1887-1888 |
Charles D. Beckwith |
Republican |
| 1889-1890 |
Nathan Barnert |
Democrat |
| 1891-1892 |
Thomas Beveridge |
Republican |
| 1893-1896 |
Christian Braun |
Democrat |
| 1897-1903 |
John Hinchliffe |
Democrat |
| 1904-1905 |
William H. Belcher |
Republican |
| 19051 |
David Young |
(Acting Mayor) |
| 1906-1907 |
John Johnson |
Democrat |
| 19072 |
William Berdan |
(Acting Mayor) |
| 1908-1913 |
Andrew F. McBride |
Democrat |
| 1914-1915 |
Robert H. Fordyce |
Republican |
| 1916-1919 |
Amos H. Radcliffe |
Republican |
| 19193 |
Clifford L. Newman |
(Acting Mayor) |
| 1920-1923 |
Frank J. Van Noort |
Democrat |
| 1924-1927 |
Colin M. McLean |
Republican |
| 1928 |
Raymond J. Newman |
Democrat |
| 19284 |
Wilmer A. Cadmus |
(Acting Mayor) |
| 1829-1937 |
John V. Hinchcliffe |
Democrat |
| 1938-1939 |
Bernard L. Stafford |
Democrat |
| 1940-1947 |
William P. Furrey |
Republican |
| 1948-1951 |
Michael U. DeVita |
Democrat |
| 1952-1955 |
Lester F. Titus |
Republican |
| 1956-1959 |
Edward J. O’Byrne |
Democrat |
| 19605 |
William H. Dillistin |
(Acting Mayor) |
| 1961-1966 |
Frank X. Graves Jr. |
Democrat |
| 1967-1971 |
Lawrence F. Kramer |
Republican |
| 1971-19726 |
Arthur C. Dwyer |
(Acting Mayor) |
| 1972-1975 |
Thomas Rooney |
Democrat |
| 1975-1982 |
Lawrence F. Kramer |
Republican |
| 1982-1990 |
Frank X. Graves Jr. |
Democrat |
| 19907 |
Anna Lisa Dopirak |
(Acting Mayor) |
| 1990-1996 |
William Pascrell Jr. |
Democrat |
| 19978- |
Martin G. Barnes |
Republican |
| 2002 |
Jose "Joey" Torres |
Democrat |
NOTES:
1In 1905 David Young, president of the Board of Alderman,
served as acting mayor when Mayor William H. Belcher resigned from office.
2In 1907 William Berdan, President of the Board of Finance,
became acting mayor, when Mayor John Johnson died on September 24, 1907.
3Clifford L. Newman, president of the Board of Finance, became
acting mayor in 1919 when Mayor Amos H. Radcliffe resigned to serve in
Congress.
4Mayor Raymond J. Newman died June 13, 1928, five months
and two weeks after he took office. William Cadmus, president of the Board
of Finance, filled the vacancy until the general election in November when
Mayor John V. Hinchliffe was elected for the unexpired term.
5Following the death of Mayor Edward J. O'Bryne on December
6, 1959, William H. Dillistin, president of the Board of Finance, served
as mayor for the unexpired term ending December 31, 1960.
6Mayor Lawrence F. Kramer resigned from office to become
the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs. Arthur
C. Dwyer, president of the Board of Finance, became acting mayor October
15, 1971.
7Mayor Frank X. Graves Jr. died march 4, 1990. Anna Lisa Dopirack,
Paterson Business Administrator, filled the vacancy until a general
election was held in May, when Mayor William Pascrall was elected.
8Martin G. Barnes, 3rd Ward Councilman, became
acting mayor in 1997, when Mayor William Pascrell resigned to serve in
Congress. Elected mayor November 4, 1997 to finish William Pascrell's term of
office. Reelected May 12, 1998 to his first four-year term as mayor.
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