Mayor of Montclair, New Jersey

Political office in New Jersey, US

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

* David Doremus Duncan, 1904 to 1907.[1]
* Henry V. Crawford, c. 1907.
* Ernest C. Hinck, c. 1911.
* Louis F. Dodd, c. 1914.
* Howard F. McConnell, (1873-1933) 1920 to 1924.[2][3]
* Bayard H. Faulkner, (1894–1983) c. 1950.
* Harold S. Osborne, 1961 to 1964.[4]
* Harold Hayes, c. 1966.
* Matthew G. Carter, 1968 to 1972. First black mayor of Montclair.[5]
* Peter Bonastia, 1972-1976. [6]
* 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.[7]
* 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.

## References

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1. ^ Delta Phi catalogue, 1827-1907. Delta Phi. 1907.
2. ^ Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey. p. 417.
3. ^ "New Montclair Board Organizes Next Week". New York Times. May 10, 1928. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
4. ^ "Harold Osborne, Chief Of A.T.&T. Engineers". The New York Times. 1986-01-02. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
5. ^ "Mostly White Newark Suburb Gets Negro Mayor". Jet magazine. June 6, 1968.
6. ^ "Commission, School Board Top Changes in 1976". The Montclair Times. December 29, 1976.
7. ^ "New Jersey Senate Campaign: Two Profiles in Determination". New York Times. October 31, 1984. Retrieved 2011-10-14.