List of mayors of Paterson, New Jersey

Mayors of Paterson, New Jersey:^[1]

Year	Mayor	Party
1854	John J. Brown	Whig
1855	Brant Van Blarcom	Democrat
1856	Samuel Smith	Democrat
1857-1858	Peregrin Sandford (1796-1884)[2]	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 (1817–1887)	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 (1838-1927)	Democrat
1887-1888	Charles Dyer Beckwith (1838-1921)[3]	Republican
1889-1890	Nathan Barnert (1838-1927)	Democrat
1891-1892	Thomas Beveridge	Republican
1893-1896	Christian Braun	Democrat
1897-1903	John Hinchliffe	Democrat
1904-1905	William Henry Belcher (1851-?)	Republican
1905	David Young	(Acting Mayor)
1906-1907	John Johnson	Democrat
1907	William Berdan	(Acting Mayor)
1908-1913	Andrew Francis McBride (1869-?)	Democrat
1914-1915	Robert H. Fordyce (1856-?)	Republican
1916-1919	Amos Henry Radcliffe (1870-1950)[4]	Republican
1919	Clifford L. Newman	(Acting Mayor)
1920-1923	Frank J. Van Noort	Democrat
1924-1927	Colin M. McLean	Republican
1928	Raymond J. Newman	Democrat
1928	Wilmer A. Cadmus	(Acting Mayor)
1929-1937	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
1960	William H. Dillistin	(Acting Mayor)
1961-1966	Frank Xavier Graves, Jr. (1923–1990)[5]	Democrat
1967-1971	Lawrence Francis Kramer (1934-)	Republican
1971-1972	Arthur C. Dwyer	(Acting Mayor)
1972-1975	Thomas Rooney	Democrat
1975-1982	Lawrence Francis Kramer (1934-)	Republican
1982-1990	Frank Xavier Graves, Jr. (1923–1990)[5]	Democrat
1990	Anna Lisa Dopirak	(Acting Mayor)
1990-1996	William Pascrell, Jr. (born January 25, 1937)	Democrat
1997-2002	Martin G. Barnes (March 15, 1948 – December 28, 2012)[6]	Republican
2002-2010	Jose "Joey" Torres	Democrat
2010- 2014	Jeffery Jones	Democrat
2014–present	Jose "Joey" Torres	Democrat

References

1. "Mayors of Paterson". Paterson, New Jersey. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
2. "Obituary. Ex-Judge Peregrin Sandford". New York Times. November 16, 1884. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
3. "Charles Dyer Beckwith". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2011-09-29. Beckwith, Charles Dyer, a Representative from New Jersey; born near Coveville, Saratoga County, N.Y., October 22, 1838; attended private schools in Troy, N.Y., Philadelphia, Pa., Worcester, Mass., and a military institution in New Haven, Conn.; moved to Paterson, Passaic County, N.J., in 1860 and engaged in the manufacture of iron; member of the board of aldermen in 1882; mayor of Paterson, N.J., 1885-1889; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first Congress (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1891); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress; resumed manufacturing pursuits; returned to the State of New York and settled on a farm in the town of Chatham, Columbia County, in 1897 and engaged in the management of his farm until his death near Chatham Center, Columbia County, N.Y., on March 27, 1921; interment in Chatham Center Rural Cemetery.
4. "Amos H. Radcliffe, Ex-congressman, 80". New York Times. December 30, 1950. Retrieved 2011-09-19. Amos H. Radcliffe, a former Congressman from the Seventh District of New Jersey, died today at near-by Baleville. His age was 80. ...
5. "Frank X. Graves Jr. Is Dead at 66. Hard-Driving Mayor of Paterson". New York Times. March 5, 1990. Retrieved 2009-10-24. Frank X. Graves Jr., the longtime Mayor of Paterson, N.J., and also a State Senator for many years, died after a heart attack yesterday morning at his home in the Lakeview section of the city. He was 66 years old. Mr. Graves was stricken shortly before 10:30 A.M. and was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:15.
6. "Former Mayor of Paterson Is Given 37 Months for Bribery". New York Times. April 29, 2003. Retrieved 2011-09-29. Former Mayor Martin G. Barnes of Paterson was sentenced to 37 months in prison today on charges of taking $200,000 to $350,000 in bribes and gratuities from city contractors. During the sentencing, a federal judge expressed concern that Mr. Barnes failed to take responsibility for his actions even after pleading guilty. ...