The Political Graveyard: Mayors of Paterson, New Jersey

Mayors of Paterson, New Jersey

Mayors of Paterson, 1854-2007 (may be incomplete!)
John J. Brown 1854 Brant Van Blarcom 1855 Samuel Smith 1856 Peregrine Sandford 1857-58 Silas D. Canfield 1859 Edwin S. Prall 1860-61 Henry A. Williams 1862-65 William G. Watson 1866 Henry A. Williams 1867 Nathaniel Townsend 1868 John Ryle 1869-70 Socrates Tuttle 1871-72 Nathaniel Townsend 1873-74 Benjamin Buckley 1875-78 Joseph R. Graham 1879-80 David S. Gillmor 1881-82 Nathan Barnert 1883-86 Charles D. Beckwith 1887-88 Nathan Barnert 1889-90 Thomas Beveridge 1891-92 Christian Braun 1893-96 John Hinchliffe 1897-1903 William H. Belcher 1904-05 David Young 1905 John Johnson 1906-07 William Berdam 1907 Andrew F. McBride 1908-13 Robert H. Fordyce 1914-15 Amos H. Radcliffe 1916-19 Clifford L. Newman 1919 Frank J. Van Noort 1920-23 Colin M. McLean 1924-27 Raymond J. Newman 1928 William Cadmus 1928 John V. Hinchliffe 1928-37 Bernard L. Stafford 1938-39 William P. Furrey 1940-47 Michael U. DeVita 1948-51 Lester F. Titus 1952-55 Edward J. O'Byrne 1956-59 William Dillistin 1959-60 Frank F. Graves, Jr. 1961-66 Lawrence F. Kramer 1967-71 Arthur C. Dwyer 1971-72 Thomas Rooney 1972-75 Lawrence F. Kramer 1975-82 Frank X. Graves, Jr. 1982-90 Anna Lisa Dopirak 1990 William J. Pascrell, Jr. 1990-96 Martin G. Barnes 1997-2002 Jose Torres 2007

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1907 Sep 24: John Johnson, died in office.

1927 Nov 8: Raymond J. Newman (Dem), elected; George M. Mitchell, Jr. (Rep), defeated.

1928 Jun 13: Raymond J. Newman, died in office.

1943 Nov 2: William P. Furrey (Rep), elected.

1945 Nov 6: William P. Furrey (Rep), elected.

1959 Dec 6: Edward J. O'Byrne, died in office.

1990 Mar 4: Frank X. Graves, Jr., died in office.

2002: Martin G. Barnes, defeated.

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Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872

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