List of mayors of Cranford, New Jersey
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The Mayor of Cranford, New Jersey is the chief elected official in the Township of Cranford
, in Union County
, New Jersey
. The township elects five commissioners at-large to three year terms and the members of the Township Committee elect one of their own as mayor
and one as deputy mayor
for one year terms.
The Mayor of Cranford is the Chairman of the Township Committee and presides over meetings, sets agendas, oversees township government, and performs ceremonial functions. The Mayor has the same one vote as other commissioners and is a part time ceremonial function. The Mayor of Cranford possesses other duties assigned to mayors under New Jersey
law. Daniel Aschenbach was mayor 4 times.
Terms are for the calendar year given unless otherwise noted.
Mayors of Cranford, New Jersey
Cranford, New Jersey
Cranford is a township in Union County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the township population was 22,625.Cranford was incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 14, 1871, from portions of the Townships of Clark, Linden,...
, in Union County
Union County, New Jersey
Union County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 536,499. It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Elizabeth. Union County ranks 93rd among the highest-income counties in the United States. It also ranks 74th in...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
. The township elects five commissioners at-large to three year terms and the members of the Township Committee elect one of their own as mayor
Mayor
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
and one as deputy mayor
Deputy Mayor
Deputy mayor is an elective or appointive office of the second-ranking official in many local governments. Many elected deputy mayors are members of the city council who are given the title and serve as acting mayor in the mayor's absence...
for one year terms.
The Mayor of Cranford is the Chairman of the Township Committee and presides over meetings, sets agendas, oversees township government, and performs ceremonial functions. The Mayor has the same one vote as other commissioners and is a part time ceremonial function. The Mayor of Cranford possesses other duties assigned to mayors under New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
law. Daniel Aschenbach was mayor 4 times.
Terms are for the calendar year given unless otherwise noted.
Mayors of Cranford, New Jersey
- Sylvester Cahill, Sr. - 1871
- Alexander Purves (mayor) - 1872 - April 1875
- Henry Harrison (Cranford mayor) - April 1875 - 1876
- Chales Leo Abry - 1877
- James McGowen (mayor) - 1878
- William Wood (mayor) - 1879
- Alexander Purves (mayor) - 1880
- William Wood (mayor) - 1881
- John Banker - 1882
- William Wood (mayor) - 1883 - 1884
- Edward Beadle, Sr. - 1885
- Charles Leo Abry - 1886 - 1887
- Robert Rindell - 1888
- George Littell - 1889 - March 1890
- Robert Rindell - March - December 1890
- Jaspur Hunt - 1891
- Edmund Horton - 1892 - 1895
- Jasper Hunt - 1896 - 1898
- John Cromwell - 1899 - 1900
- J.C.W. Rankin - 1901
- William Hall - January to April 1902
- J.C.W. Rankin - April - December 1902
- Edmund Horton - 1903 - 1908
- J.C.W. Rankin - January - June 1909
- John Heins - July 1909 - 1916
- George Moon - 1917 - 1918
- John Roach - 1919 - 1924
- Roger Aldrich - 1925 - 1931
- George Lutz - 1932 - 1933
- George Osterheldt - 1934 - 1951
- Emory Stanley - 1952
- Fred Andersen - 1953 - 1956
- Joseph Brennen - 1957 - 1958
- Ira Dorian - 1959 - 1960
- C. Van Chamberlin - 1961
- Nicholas St. John LaCorte - 1962 - 1963
- H. Raymond Kirwin - 1964 - 1965
- Wesley Philo - 1966
- Edward K. GillEdward K. GillEdward K. Gill was an American Republican Party politician who served as Mayor of Cranford, New Jersey and was elected to two terms of office in the New Jersey General Assembly, from 1982 until his death, where he represented the 21st Legislative District.-Biography:Gill was born in England on...
- 1967 - 1969 - Malcolm Pringle - 1970 - 1971
- Jack McVey - 1972 - 1973
- Henry Hinsenkamp, Jr. - 1974
- Burton Goodman - 1975
- Daniel Mason - 1976
- Barbara Brande - 1977
- Ronald Marotta - 1978
- Raymond Molnar - 1979
- Henry Dreyer - 1980
- Gene Marino - 1981
- Richard Salway - 1982
- Edward Robinson - 1983
- Gene Marino - 1984
- Douglas Nordstrom - 1985 - 1986
- Paul Lacorte - 1987
- Vincent Brinkerhoff - 1988
- Edwin Force - 1989 - 1991
- Edward Robinson - 1992
- Daniel Aschenbach - 1993
- Carolyn Vollero - 1994
- Norman Albert - 1995
- J. Robert Hoeffler - 1996 - 1997
- Wally Shackell Jr. - 1998
- Thomas Denny - 1999
- Philip J. Morin III - 2000
- George Jorn - 2001
- Barbara Bilger - 2002
- Daniel Aschenbach - 2003
- Barbara Bilger - 2004
- George Jorn - 2005
- Daniel Aschenbach - 2006
- Michael Plick - 2007
- Robert I. Puhak - 2008
- David W. Robinson - 2009
- Mark C. Smith - 2010
- Daniel Aschenbach - 2011