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|[[Clarence J. Housman]]|| ||1920 to 1924||<ref>{{cite book |author=Paul Sniffen |title=Long Branch |year=1996 |publisher=[[Arcadia Publishing]] |page=78 |quote= | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vayE3PNbYuAC&pg=PA78 |isbn= }}</ref><!--https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LYTF-3YY-->
|[[Clarence James Housman]]|| ||1920 to 1924||<ref>{{cite book |author=Paul Sniffen |title=Long Branch |year=1996 |publisher=[[Arcadia Publishing]] |page=78 |quote= | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vayE3PNbYuAC&pg=PA78 |isbn= }}</ref><!--https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LYTF-3YY--> There was an attempt to recall him as mayor.<ref>{{cite news |author= |agency= |title=Asking For Recall Of Mayor Housman. Petitions Circulated in Long Branch Attack New York Broker's Acts as Executive |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D06E3DA153AEF33A25752C2A96E9C946095D6CF&legacy=true |quote= |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=August 21, 1921 |accessdate=2018-01-29 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92742276 |title=Clarence James Housman |date= |accessdate=2018-01-29 |quote= |publisher=[[Findagrave]] }}</ref>
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|[[Bryant Baxter Newcomb]]|| (1867-1945) ||1912 to 1916||He also served on the [[Board of Chosen Freeholders]] for [[Monmouth County, New Jersey]]. He died on February 1, 1945 at [[Monmouth Memorial Hospital]] after being struck by a [[taxicab]].<ref name=obit>{{cite news |author= |agency= |title=B. B. Newcomb Killed. Long Branch Leader |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E07E0DB1438E532A25751C0A9649C946493D6CF&legacy=true |quote= |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=February 2, 1945 |accessdate=2018-01-27 }}</ref><ref>''Red Bank Register'', February 8, 1945</ref>
|[[Bryant Baxter Newcomb]]|| (1867-1945) ||1912 to 1916||He also served on the [[Board of Chosen Freeholders]] for [[Monmouth County, New Jersey]]. He died on February 1, 1945 at [[Monmouth Memorial Hospital]] after being struck by a [[taxicab]].<ref name=obit>{{cite news |author= |agency= |title=B. B. Newcomb Killed. Long Branch Leader |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E07E0DB1438E532A25751C0A9649C946493D6CF&legacy=true |quote= |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=February 2, 1945 |accessdate=2018-01-27 }}</ref><ref>''Red Bank Register'', February 8, 1945</ref>

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Long Branch, New Jersey was incorporated on April 11, 1867 with a commission form of government. Long Branch was reincorporated on on April 8, 1903 as a city. It is currently governed under the Mayor-Council (Plan A) form of municipal government under the Faulkner Act, enacted by direct petition as of July 1, 1966.[1] The government consists of a mayor and a five-member City Council, whose members are elected at-large in nonpartisan elections to serve four-year terms of office on a concurrent basis.[2] Prior to 1960 the mayor was appointed by the City Council. After 1960 the mayor was elected.

Mayors

Mayor Birth and death Term Notes
Adam Schneider (mayor) 2007 to 2017 [3]
... 1955 to 2007
Alexander Vineburg 1953 to 1955 He was an optometrist.[3][4]
J. William Jones (mayor) 1950 to 1952 [3]
Paul Kiernan (1906-1989) 1944 to 1948 He also served as the Sheriff of Monmouth County, New Jersey.[5][6]
Alton Verran Evans (1904-1989) 1937 to 1944 He was born on August 8, 1904 in Larchmont, New York. In 1928 he graduated from the New York Law School. He was admitted to the New Jersey Bar Association in 1929. He was a member of the District Court of the County of Monmouth, New Jersey from 1943 to 1948. He was the presiding judge on the same court from 1948 to 1965. He served on the New Jersey Superior Court from 1972 to 1974.[3][5][7][8][9]
... 1932 to 1937
Dorman McFaddin 1932 [3]
... 1924 to 1932
Clarence James Housman 1920 to 1924 [10] There was an attempt to recall him as mayor.[11][12]
Bryant Baxter Newcomb (1867-1945) 1912 to 1916 He also served on the Board of Chosen Freeholders for Monmouth County, New Jersey. He died on February 1, 1945 at Monmouth Memorial Hospital after being struck by a taxicab.[13][14]
... 1904 to 1912
Rufus Blodgett (1834-1910) 1903 to 1904 He was the first mayor under the reincorporation as a city on April 8, 1903.
Walter Reede 1901 February to 1903
Benjamin Morris 1900 to 1901 February
Augustus Chandler 1899 to 1900
Rufus Blodgett (1834-1910) 1894 to 1898 This was his first term. He served seven terms as mayor. He also served as the superintendent of the New York & Long Branch Railroad for 25 years.[15][16][17]
George W. Brown 1887 to 1893 This was his second term.
Wilbur Heisley 1886 to 1887
George W. Brown 1884 to 1886 This was his first term.
Richard Woodward 1883 to 1884
Thomas Ridge Wooley 1879 to 1883 He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 10, 1841 to Jordan Woolley. Jordan Woolley was the Sheriff of Monmouth County, New Jersey and Coroner of Monmouth County, New Jersey and Monmouth County, New Jersey Freeholder. The family moved to Long Branch in 1862 and was appointed under sheriff of Monmouth County, serving three years with his father as the sheriff, and two years with his successor, William B. Sutphen.[18]
Joseph E. Cooper 1870 to 1879
Samuel Laird 1868 Long Branch was incorporated on April 11, 1867. There is disagreement on whether the heads of the government prior to the April 8, 1903 reincorporation should be considered mayors.

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Faulkner Act: New Jersey's Optional Municipal Charter Law", New Jersey State League of Municipalities, July 2007. Accessed September 17, 2013.
  2. ^ 2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, March 2013, p. 58.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Mayors of Long Branch, New Jersey". Political Graveyard.
  4. ^ Donald R. Vineburg. The Vineburg Family Story.
  5. ^ a b "New Long Branch Mayor". New York Times. May 17, 1944.
  6. ^ Randall Gabrielan. Long Branch. Arcadia Publishing. p. 125.
  7. ^ "Alton Verran Evans". Prominent Families of New Jersey.
  8. ^ "Alton Verran Evans". Findagrave. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  9. ^ "Judge Alton V. Evans, 84". Red Bank Register. January 12, 1989. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  10. ^ Paul Sniffen (1996). Long Branch. Arcadia Publishing. p. 78.
  11. ^ "Asking For Recall Of Mayor Housman. Petitions Circulated in Long Branch Attack New York Broker's Acts as Executive". New York Times. August 21, 1921. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  12. ^ "Clarence James Housman". Findagrave. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  13. ^ "B. B. Newcomb Killed. Long Branch Leader". New York Times. February 2, 1945. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
  14. ^ Red Bank Register, February 8, 1945
  15. ^ "Ex-Senator Blodgett Dead. Superintendent of New York & Long Branch Railroad for 25 Years". The New York Times. October 4, 1910. Retrieved 2010-10-20.
  16. ^ "Rufus Blodgett". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  17. ^ "Rufus Blodgett". New Jersey Biographical Dictionary. p. 54.
  18. ^ "Thomas R. Wooley". The National Cyclopedia of American Biography. 1893. p. 382.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mayor_of_Long_Branch,_New_Jersey&diff=822910428&oldid=822908387

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