Mayor of Princeton, New Jersey

Mayor of the City of Princeton
Mayor of the City of Princeton
	Incumbent; Mark Freda; since January 1, 2021
Term length	Four years
First holder	Samuel Bayard
Website	www.princetonnj.gov

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Princeton was founded by Europeans in the latter part of the 17th century.^[1] Because of a dispute over school taxes, the municipality split into the Borough of Princeton and Princeton Township in 1894, and both became fully independent municipalities. On January 1, 2013, the two consolidated as Princeton under a borough form of government.^[2]

Princeton

1813–1893

Mayors of Princeton, New Jersey:

1813-05–1817-12: Samuel Bayard^[3]
1818-03–1823-02: Ercursion Beatty (died February 1823)
1824-01–1829-03: Robert Voorhees (resigned March 1829)
1829-03–1838-03: John Lowrey
1838-03–1843-11: Col. Alexander McWhorter Cumming (born 23 July 1802, died 16 July 1879; resigned November 1843)
1843-11–1844-04: Henry Clow (vacancy)
1844-04–1845-01: John Lowrey (died January 1845)
1845-01–1845-04: James Vandeventer (vacancy)
1845-04–1846-04: Col. Alexander McWhorter Cumming
1846-04–1850-04: John T. Robinson
1850-04–1851-01: J. I. Dunn (died January 1851)
1851-02–1853-04: John Conover
1853-04–1854-04: George T. Olmsted
1854-04–1855-04: Richard Stockton Cumming (born 29 November 1833, died 18 January 1895)
1855-04–1856-04: Augustus S. Martin
1856-04–1858-04: Martin Voorhees
1858-04–1860-04: Col. Alexander McWhorter Cumming
1860-04–1861-04: O. H. Bartine
1861-04–1862-04: Alex. M. Hudnut
1862-04–1863-04: James T. L. Anderson
1863-04–1864-04: Alex. M. Hudnut
1864-04–1865-04: Hezekial Mount
1865-04–1866-04: Richard Runyon
1866-04–1868-04: Alex. M. Hudnut
1868-04–1870-04: Eli R. Stonaker
1870-04–1871-04: George T. Olmsted
1871-04–1872-04: Charles O. Hudnut
1872-04–1873-04: George T. Olmsted
1873-04–1874-04: LeRoy Anderson (mayor) (resigned 1874)
1874-04–1875-04: Richard Runyon (vacancy)
1875-04–1877-04: F. S. Conover
1877-04–1880-04: Charles S. Robinson (resigned)
1880-04–1881-04: William J. Gibby (vacancy)
1881-04–1883-04: John F. Hageman, Jr.
1883-04–1885-04: William J. Gibby
1885-04–1887-04: Josiah W. Wright
1887-04–1888-04: Crowell Marsh (resigned)
1888-04–1889-04: LeRoy H. Anderson (vacancy)
1889-04–1891-04: Richard Stockton Cumming
1891-04–1893-04: Augustus MacDonald

Since 2013

Mayors of Princeton, New Jersey:

2013-01-01–2020-12-31: Liz Lempert
2021-01-01–present: Mark Freda^[4]

Princeton Borough (1893–2013)

Mayors of Borough of Princeton, New Jersey:

1893-04–1897-04: James L. Briner
1897-04–1903-04: E. Mulford Updike
1903-04–1906-01: H. L. Robinson
1906-01–1911-02: H. L. Robinson (died 13 February 1911)
1911-02–1916-01: Alexander Hamilton Phillips^[5]
1916-01–1923-02-06: Charles Browne (born 1875, died 1947; resigned 6 February 1923)
1923-02-06–1928-01: E. Mulford Updike
1928-01–1930-01: B. Franklin Bunn
1930-01–1936-01: Joseph S. Hoff
1936-01–1946-01-01: Charles R. Erdman, Jr.
1946-01-01–1948-01-01: Minot C. Morgan, Jr.
1948-01-01–1950-01-01: Charles Rosenberry Erdman, Jr. (born 1897, died 1984)
1950-01-01–1958-01-01: P. MacKay Sturges
1958-01-01–1962-01-01: Raymond F. Male
1962-01-01–1970-01-01: Henry S. Patterson, II
1970-01-01–1984-01-01: Robert W. Cawley
1984-01-01–1990-10-10: Barbara Boggs Sigmund (born 1939, died 10 October 1990)^[6]
1990-11-08–1991-01-01: Marvin R. Reed, succeeded Barbara Boggs Sigmund upon her death, then reelected to three terms on his own.^[7]
1991-01-01–2004-01-01: Marvin R. Reed
2004-01-01–2005-10-21: Joseph P. O'Neill (died 21 October 2005)
2005-11-09–2011-01-01: Mildred T. Trotman (born 6 May 1941)
2011-01-01–2013-01-01: Yina Moore

Princeton Township (1893–2013)

Mayors of Princeton Township, New Jersey:

1900–1911: Moses Taylor Pyne
1912: James Margerum
1913: Charles McCarthy
1914–1915: Reuben Fair
1916–1917: Charles McCarthy
1918: James Margerum
1919–1921: W. E. Dempsey
1922–1923: Elwood J. Lawrence
1924: Edward L. Howe
1925–1930: Theodore Pierson
1931–1934: R. Lawrence Benson
1935–1940: B. L. Gulick, Jr.
1940–1950: B. Franklin Bunn
1951–1954: Albert Salzman
1955–1956: John H. Wallace, Jr.
1956–1957: Ralph S. Maon
1958: Charles A. Hurford
1959–1963: Kenneth Fairman
1964: William L. Wilson
1965–1968: Carl C. Schafer, Jr.
1969–1970: John D. Wallace
1971: James A. Floyd (Twp. clerk seemed uncertain of this)
1972: John D. Wallace
1973–1976: Junius J. Bleiman
1977–1981: Josephine H. Hall
1982–1986: Winthrop Pike
1986–1987: Gail Firestone
1988: Cathleen R. “Kate” Litvak
1989: Phyllis L. Marchand
1990: Cathleen R. Litvak
1991–1992: Richard C. Woodbridge
1993: Laurence B. Glasberg
1994: Phyllis L. Marchand
1995: Michele Lois Tuck
1996–1997: Michele Lois Tuck-Ponder^[8]
1998–2008: Phyllis L. Marchand
2009–2010: Bernard P. Miller
2011–2013: Chad Goerner

References

^ Leitch, Alexander (1978). "Founding of Princeton, The". Princeton Companion. Princeton University Press. Archived from the original on 26 August 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
^ Adubato, Steve (September 29, 2017). "The Merger, Revisited: The Consolidation of Princeton, Four Years Later". New Jersey Monthly. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
^ "Settlement of Territory Dates Back Before 1685", The Local Express, 2 (48), Henry A. Rosso: 3, 1937-09-16, retrieved 28 February 2014, The first mayor of Princeton was Samuel Bayard.
^ [Official government page for Mayor Mark Freda]
^ Buddington, Arthur Francis (November 1937). "Memorial of Alexander Hamilton Phillips" (PDF). The American Mineralogist. 22 (11). Geological Society of America: 1094–1098. ISSN 1945-3027. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
^ "Barbara Boggs Sigmund, 1939–1990". Princeton Cemetery. Nassau Presbyterian Church. 2011-03-11. Archived from the original on 2013-08-27. Retrieved 28 February 2014. But her run for Mayor of Princeton in 1983 was a cakewalk. […] Following her re-election as mayor in 1987, with her cancer then five years in remission, Sigmund entered the Democratic gubernatorial primary in 1989.
^ "Biogpage". mandireed.org. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
^ "WEDDINGS: Michele L. Tuck, Rhinold Ponder". Archive. The New York Times. 1996-04-28. Retrieved 28 February 2014.

[1] Leitch, Alexander (1978). "Founding of Princeton, The". Princeton Companion. Princeton University Press. Archived from the original on 26 August 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2014.

[2] Adubato, Steve (September 29, 2017). "The Merger, Revisited: The Consolidation of Princeton, Four Years Later". New Jersey Monthly. Retrieved November 20, 2021.

[3] "Settlement of Territory Dates Back Before 1685", The Local Express, 2 (48), Henry A. Rosso: 3, 1937-09-16, retrieved 28 February 2014, The first mayor of Princeton was Samuel Bayard.

[4] [Official government page for Mayor Mark Freda]

[5] Buddington, Arthur Francis (November 1937). "Memorial of Alexander Hamilton Phillips" (PDF). The American Mineralogist. 22 (11). Geological Society of America: 1094–1098. ISSN 1945-3027. Retrieved 28 February 2014.

[6] "Barbara Boggs Sigmund, 1939–1990". Princeton Cemetery. Nassau Presbyterian Church. 2011-03-11. Archived from the original on 2013-08-27. Retrieved 28 February 2014. But her run for Mayor of Princeton in 1983 was a cakewalk. […] Following her re-election as mayor in 1987, with her cancer then five years in remission, Sigmund entered the Democratic gubernatorial primary in 1989.

[7] "Biogpage". mandireed.org. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2022.

[8] "WEDDINGS: Michele L. Tuck, Rhinold Ponder". Archive. The New York Times. 1996-04-28. Retrieved 28 February 2014.

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