Mayors of Atlantic City, New Jersey

Mayors of Atlantic City, New Jersey:^[1]

no.	Name	Starting year of Office	Ending year of Office	Political Party
1	Chalkley Steelman Leeds	1854	1856
2	Richard Hackett	1856	1856
3	John G.W. Avery	1856	1857
4	Lewis Reed	1857	1861
5	James Harper	1861	1862
	Chalkley Steelman Leeds	1862	1863
6	Jacob Middleton	1863	1865
7	Jacob T. Evard[2]	1865	1866	Republican
8	David W. Belisle	1866	1868	Republican
9	Lemuel G. Eldridge	1868	1868 (3 months)	Republican
10	John James Gardner	1868	1872	Republican
11	Charles Souder	1872	1874	Republican
	John James Gardner	1874	1876	Republican
12	Willard Wright	1876	1878	Democratic
13	John L. Bryant	1878	1879	Republican
	Willard Wright	1879	1880	Democratic
14	Harry L. Slape	1880	1881	Republican
	Willard Wright	1881	1882	Democratic
15	Charles Maxwell	1882	1885	Republican
16	Thomas C. Garrett	1885	1887	Republican
17	Samuel D. Hoffman	1887	1891	Republican
	Willard Wright	1891	1894	Democratic
18	Franklin Pierce Stoy[3]	1894	1897	Republican
19	Joseph Thompson	1897	1900	Democratic
	Franklin Pierce Stoy[3]	1900	1911	Republican
20	George Carmany	1911	1912 (6 months)	Republican
21	Harry Bacharach[4]	1912	1912 (6 months)	Republican
22	William Riddle	1912	1916	Democratic
	Harry Bacharach[4][5]	1916	1920	Republican
23	Edward L. Bader[6]	1920	1927	Republican
24	Anthony Michael Ruffu, Jr.[7]	1927	1930	Republican
25	Joseph A. Paxson	1930	1930 (3 weeks)	Republican
	Harry Bacharach[4]	1930	1935	Republican
26	Charles D. White	1935	1940	Republican
27	Thomas D. Taggart, Jr.[8]	1940	1944	Democratic
28	Joseph Altman	1944	1967	Republican
Acting	John A. O'Donnell	1967	1967 (1 week)	Republican
29	Richard S. Jackson	1967	1969	Republican
30	William T. Somers	1969	1972	Democratic
31	Joseph Bradway, Jr.	1972	1976	Republican
32	Joseph Lazarow[9]	1976	1982	Republican
33	Michael J. Matthews	1982	1984	Democratic
34	James L. Usry[10]	1984	1990	Republican
35	Jim Whelan	1990	2002	Democratic
36	Lorenzo Langford[11]	2002	2006	Democratic
37	Robert W. Levy, Sr.	2006	2007	Democratic
Acting	William H. Marsh[12]	2007	2007	Democratic
38	Scott K. Evans[13]	2007	2008	Democratic
	Lorenzo Langford[14]	2008	2014	Democratic
39	Don Guardian[15]	2014	present	Republican

References

1. "Mayors of Atlantic City, New Jersey". Atlantic City, New Jersey. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
2. "In All Parts of Jersey". Philadelphia Record. February 25, 1890. Retrieved 2012-09-14. Robert T. Evard, one of Atlantic City's first Mayors, died on Sunday after short illness. He was 70 years of age.
3. David G. Schwartz. "The Dandy Mayor". New York Times. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
4. "Died". Time magazine. May 26, 1947. Retrieved 2011-09-30. Harry Bacharach, 73, five times mayor (1911-20, 1930-35) and longtime "No. 1 Booster" of Atlantic City; in Atlantic City. An ardent publicity-grabber (he once carried on the city's business in an amusement-pier office flanked by an educated chimpanzee and a half-man-half-woman), he nonetheless worked noisily at keeping his resort free of known thugs and 'undesirables.'
5. "Bacharach Slated To Succeed Ruffu. Jersey Utility Commissioner to Fill Unexpired Term of Late Atlantic City Mayor. Long Deadlock Is Broken. New Executive Is Expected to Reorganize the Government of Shore Resort". New York Times. July 7, 1930. Retrieved 2012-09-14. Harry Bacharach, State Public Utility Commissioner and Mayor of Atlantic City from 1916 to 1920, will again act as the city's chief executive beginning Thursday. He will fill the unexpired term of the late Anthony M. Ruffu Jr., which ends in May, 1932. ...
6. "Mayor Bader Dies. Atlantic City Head. Succumbs to Appendicitis Early This Morning. Under Knife on Thursday. Elected For Eight Years. Former Member of University of Pennsylvania's Football Team. A Contractor for Many Years". New York Times. January 29, 1927. Retrieved 2012-08-08. ... He became Mayor of Atlantic City for the first time in 1920, after his election to the City Commission. His four colleagues chose him as their executive. ...
7. "Mayor Ruffu Killed With Three Others As Train Hits Auto". Associated Press in the New York Times. June 23, 1930. Retrieved 2012-09-14. Mayor Anthony M. Ruffu Jr., Mayor of Atlantic City, two unidentified women, and a man believed to have been Assemblyman Anthony J. Siracusa, were killed when a train struck an automobile here early today. ...
8. "New Board Pledges Montclair Economy. Commissioners Installed There and in Atlantic City". New York Times. May 22, 1940. Retrieved 2012-09-14. Thomas D. Taggart, Jr. was installed as Mayor of Atlantic City today. Mr. Taggart, who is 38, is the youngest Mayor in Atlantic ...
9. Atlantic City Free Public Library FAQ
10. "James L. Usry, the first Black mayor of Atlantic City, Succumbs At 79"
11. "Mayoral Showdown: Interview with Lorenzo Langford", Gros, Roger, Casino Connection, May 2005
12. "And the newly sworn-in Atlantic City mayor is ... William 'Speedy' Marsh", The Press of Atlantic City, October 10, 2007
13. "New AC mayor promises stability", The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 21, 2007
14. "Langford back as Atlantic City mayor", The Press of Atlantic City, November 5, 2008
15. "Vote count appears to seal win for AC mayoral challenger Guardian", "Philadelphia Inquirer", December 1, 2014.