Mayor of Montclair, New Jersey

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Mayors of Montclair, New Jersey (not all mayors listed):

  • David Doremus Duncan, 1904 to 1907.{{cite book |title=Delta Phi catalogue, 1827-1907 |year=1907 |publisher=Delta Phi | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_F07AAAAMAAJ&dq=%22mayor+of+montclair%22&pg=PA223 }}
  • Henry V. Crawford, c. 1907.
  • Ernest C. Hinck, c. 1911.
  • Louis F. Dodd, c. 1914.
  • Howard F. McConnell, (1873-1933) 1920 to 1924.{{cite book |title=Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey |page=417 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F9kGAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22mayor+of+montclair%22&pg=PA417 }}{{cite news |title=New Montclair Board Organizes Next Week |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1928/05/10/archives/new-montclair-board-organizes-next-week-cg-phillips-only-candidate.html |newspaper=New York Times |date=May 10, 1928 |access-date=2011-10-13 }}
  • Bayard H. Faulkner, (1894–1983) c. 1950.
  • Harold S. Osborne, 1961 to 1964.{{Cite news |date=1986-01-02 |title=Harold Osborne, Chief Of A.T.&T. Engineers |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/02/obituaries/harold-osborne-chief-of-at-t-engineers.html |access-date=2023-02-26 |issn=0362-4331}}
  • Harold Hayes, c. 1966.
  • Matthew G. Carter, 1968 to 1972. First black mayor of Montclair.{{cite news |title=Mostly White Newark Suburb Gets Negro Mayor |date=June 6, 1968 |publisher=Jet magazine | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RTgDAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22mayor+of+montclair%22&pg=PA5 }}
  • Peter Bonastia, 1972-1976. {{cite news |title=Commission, School Board Top Changes in 1976 |date=December 29, 1976 |publisher=The Montclair Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/516101218/}}
  • Grant Gille, 1976 to 1980. Gille was the last mayor to serve in Montclair under its commission form of government before the township reconfigured to a Township Council/Township Manager model.
  • Mary V. Mochary (born 1942), 1980 to 1984.{{cite news |title=New Jersey Senate Campaign: Two Profiles in Determination |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9B05E2D71239F932A05753C1A962948260 |newspaper=New York Times |date=October 31, 1984 |access-date=2011-10-14 }}
  • James Ramsey, 1984 to 1986.
  • Laurence H. Olive, 1986 to 1987.
  • Robert D. Jackson, 1987 to 1988.
  • Clifford Lindholm II, 1988 to 1992. Per a change in Montclair's charter, Lindholm was the first mayor of Montclair under the Council-Manager system to be elected directly by the people rather than by the Council.
  • James Bishop, 1992 to 1996.
  • William Farlie, 1996 to 2000.
  • Robert J. Russo, 2000 to 2004.
  • Ed Remsen, 2004 to 2008.
  • Jerry Fried, 2008 to 2012.
  • Robert D. Jackson, 2012 to 2020. Jackson is the only mayor under the Council-Manager system to be elected by the council and by the people, and as of July 1, 2024, he is the only mayor under the Council-Manager system to serve two full four-year terms, and the only mayor under the Council-Manager system to serve non-consecutive terms.
  • Sean M. Spiller, 2020 to 2024.
  • Renée E. Baskerville, July 1, 2024 to present.

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