Burlington, New Jersey was incorporated on December 21, 1784. It is governed within the Faulkner Act (formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law) under the Mayor-Council form of municipal government (Plan 4), implemented based on the recommendations of a Charter Study Commission as of January 1, 1992. The governing body consists of a mayor and a seven-member Common Council, all elected on a partisan basis in a vote held as part of the November general election.[1] The Mayor serves a four-year term of office. The Common Council consists of seven members, each serving four-year terms of office: three at-large Councilpersons representing the entire City and one representing each of the four voting wards, with the at||large and mayoral seats up for election as a group and the ward seats up for vote two years later.[2] The term for mayor runs from January 1 to December 31.

Mayors

Mayors are as follows:[3][4]

Mayor Term start Term end Notes
Bowes Reed17851794Burlington, New Jersey was incorporated on December 21, 1784. Bowes Reed was the first Mayor of Burlington, New Jersey. (November 1740 – July 20, 1794) was a Revolutionary officer, politician, and public servant from New Jersey. He was the brother of Joseph Reed, a member of the Continental Congress and President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania (equivalent to Governor).
Joseph Bloomfield17951800(October 18, 1753 – October 3, 1823) was the fourth Governor of New Jersey. The township of Bloomfield, New Jersey is named for him.
James Sterling (mayor)18011806
William Coxe, Jr.18071815(May 3, 1762 – February 25, 1831) was a pioneer pomologist and a U.S. Representative from New Jersey.
Joseph McIlvaine18161823(October 2, 1769 – August 19, 1826) was a United States senator from New Jersey from 1823 until his death.
William Griffith18241826(1766 – June 7, 1826) was a United States federal judge.
John E. Harris18271833
John Larzalere18341836
Samuel W. Earl18371841
William R. Allen18421850
James Walter Wall18511854(May 26, 1820 – June 9, 1872) was a United States senator from New Jersey during the American Civil War. He was the son of U.S. Senator Garret Dorset Wall.
Archibald W. Burns18551857
William R. Allen18581862
Henry H. Hollembaek18631866He died on November 5, 1896. He attended Thomas Jefferson University for his medical degree.
Joseph L. Powell (mayor)18671869
Henry Moffett18701872
Joseph L. Powell (mayor)18731875
Hamilton McDowell18761878
George Rigg (mayor)18791882
Albert H. Silpath18831891
Joseph P. Woolman18921894
William E. McNeal18951898
Charles Y. Flanders18991903
George A. Allinson19041907
C. Taylor Rue19081909
Charles P. Farner19101912
Elsworth E. Mount19131921
Thomas S. Mooney19221927
...19281929
Harold Voorhees Holmes19301934He was a Republican. He defeated George Gunn, the Democratic opponent.
...19351949
Richard P. Hughes1950
...1951
Anthony T. Greski ?1966
Herman Thomas Costello19671991
...19921995
Herman Thomas Costello19962007
Darlene A. Scocca20072007
James Fazzone20082015
Barry W. Conaway20162023Barry W. Conaway is the current Mayor of Burlington, New Jersey.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, March 2013, p. 38.
  2. ↑ Council Function and Duties, City of Burlington. Accessed June 20, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Mayors of Burlington, New Jersey". Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  4. ↑ Charter of the City of Burlington: With the Ordinances; Revised and Printed. Burlington, New Jersey Common Council. p. 1.
  5. ↑ Mayor Barry W. Conaway, City of Burlington. Accessed June 20, 2016.
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