Princeton Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine ...

was founded by Europeans in the latter part of the 17th century. Because of a dispute over school taxes, the municipality split into the

Borough of Princeton The Borough of Princeton was a borough until December 31, 2012, that is now one of the two former municipalities making up Princeton, New Jersey. It was located in Mercer County, New Jersey, and was completely surrounded by the former Princeton T ...

and Princeton Township in 1894, and both became fully independent

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

. On January 1, 2013, the two consolidated as Princeton under a

borough A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. History In the Middle Ag ...

form of government.

Princeton

1813–1893

Mayors of

Princeton, New Jersey Princeton is a municipality with a borough form of government in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It was established on January 1, 2013, through the consolidation of the Borough of Princeton and Princeton Township, both of whi ...

: * 1813-05–1817-12:

Samuel Bayard Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Vetch Bayard (born 1757, New York – d. 28 May 1832 Wilmot, Nova Scotia) was a Loyalist military officer in the American Revolution who served in the King's Orange Rangers (KOR). He is the son of William Bayard who foun ...

* 1818-03–1823-02: Ercursion Beatty (died February 1823) * 1824-01–1829-03: Robert Voorhees (resigned March 1829) * 1829-03–1838-03: John Lowrey * 1838-03–1843-11: Col. Alexander McWhorter Cumming (born 23 July 1802, died 16 July 1879; resigned November 1843) * 1843-11–1844-04: Henry Clow (vacancy) * 1844-04–1845-01: John Lowrey (died January 1845) * 1845-01–1845-04: James Vandeventer (vacancy) * 1845-04–1846-04: Col. Alexander McWhorter Cumming * 1846-04–1850-04:

John T. Robinson John Talbot Robinson FRSSAf (10 January 1923 – 12 October 2001) was a distinguished South African hominin paleontologist. His most famous discovery (with Robert Broom) was the nearly complete fossil skull of the hominin species ''Australopi ...

* 1850-04–1851-01:

J. I. Dunn ''J. The Jewish News of Northern California'', formerly known as ''Jweekly'', is a weekly print newspaper in Northern California, with its online edition updated daily. It is owned and operated by San Francisco Jewish Community Publications In ...

(died January 1851) * 1851-02–1853-04: John Conover * 1853-04–1854-04: George T. Olmsted * 1854-04–1855-04:

Richard Stockton Cumming Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'stron ...

(born 29 November 1833, died 18 January 1895) * 1855-04–1856-04: Augustus S. Martin * 1856-04–1858-04: Martin Voorhees * 1858-04–1860-04: Col. Alexander McWhorter Cumming * 1860-04–1861-04:

O. H. Bartine O is the fifteenth letter of the modern Latin alphabet. O may also refer to: Letters * Օ օ, (Unicode: U+0555, U+0585) a letter in the Armenian alphabet * Ο ο, Omicron, (Greek), a letter in the Greek alphabet * O (Cyrillic), a letter of the ...

* 1861-04–1862-04: Alex. M. Hudnut * 1862-04–1863-04: James T. L. Anderson * 1863-04–1864-04: Alex. M. Hudnut * 1864-04–1865-04: Hezekial Mount * 1865-04–1866-04:

Richard Runyon Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'stron ...

* 1866-04–1868-04: Alex. M. Hudnut * 1868-04–1870-04: Eli R. Stonaker * 1870-04–1871-04: George T. Olmsted * 1871-04–1872-04: Charles O. Hudnut * 1872-04–1873-04: George T. Olmsted * 1873-04–1874-04:

LeRoy Anderson (mayor) LeRoy Hagen Anderson (February 2, 1906 – September 25, 1991) was a U.S. Representative from Montana. Biography Born in Ellendale, North Dakota, Anderson, the grandson of Norwegian immigrants, moved with his parents to Conrad, Montana, in ...

(resigned 1874) * 1874-04–1875-04: Richard Runyon (vacancy) * 1875-04–1877-04:

F. S. Conover F is the sixth letter of the Latin alphabet. F may also refer to: Science and technology Mathematics * F or f, the number 15 (number), 15 in hexadecimal and higher positional systems * ''p'F'q'', the hypergeometric function * F-distributi ...

* 1877-04–1880-04: Charles S. Robinson (resigned) * 1880-04–1881-04: William J. Gibby (vacancy) * 1881-04–1883-04: John F. Hageman, Jr. * 1883-04–1885-04: William J. Gibby * 1885-04–1887-04: Josiah W. Wright * 1887-04–1888-04: Crowell Marsh (resigned) * 1888-04–1889-04: LeRoy H. Anderson (vacancy) * 1889-04–1891-04: Richard Stockton Cumming * 1891-04–1893-04:

Augustus MacDonald Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian, was the first Roman emperor; he reigned from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. He is known for being the founder of the Roman Pr ...

Since 2013

Mayors of Princeton, New Jersey: * 2013-01-01–2020-12-31: Liz Lempert * 2021-01-01–present: Mark Freda

Princeton Borough (1893–2013)

Mayors of

Borough of Princeton, New Jersey The Borough of Princeton was a borough until December 31, 2012, that is now one of the two former municipalities making up Princeton, New Jersey. It was located in Mercer County, New Jersey, and was completely surrounded by the former Princeton T ...

: * 1893-04–1897-04: James L. Briner * 1897-04–1903-04: E. Mulford Updike * 1903-04–1906-01: H. L. Robinson * 1906-01–1911-02: H. L. Robinson (died 13 February 1911) * 1911-02–1916-01: Alexander Hamilton Phillips * 1916-01–1923-02-06: Charles Browne (born 1875, died 1947; resigned 6 February 1923) * 1923-02-06–1928-01: E. Mulford Updike * 1928-01–1930-01: B. Franklin Bunn * 1930-01–1936-01: Joseph S. Hoff * 1936-01–1946-01-01: Charles R. Erdman, Jr. * 1946-01-01–1948-01-01: Minot C. Morgan, Jr. * 1948-01-01–1950-01-01: Charles Rosenberry Erdman, Jr. (born 1897, died 1984) * 1950-01-01–1958-01-01:

P. MacKay Sturges P. is an abbreviation or acronym that may refer to: * Page (paper), where the abbreviation comes from Latin ''pagina'' * Paris Herbarium, at the ''Muséum national d'histoire naturelle'' * ''Pani'' (Polish), translating as Mrs. * The ''Pacific Repo ...

* 1958-01-01–1962-01-01: Raymond F. Male * 1962-01-01–1970-01-01: Henry S. Patterson, II * 1970-01-01–1984-01-01: Robert W. Cawley * 1984-01-01–1990-10-10:

Barbara Boggs Sigmund Barbara Boggs Sigmund (May 27, 1939 – October 10, 1990) was an American writer, Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician, and civic leader. She served as a Mercer County, New Jersey, Mercer County Freeholder and mayor of the Boro ...

(born 1939, died 10 October 1990) * 1990-11-08–1991-01-01: Marvin R. Reed, succeeded Barbara Boggs Sigmund upon her death, then reelected to three terms on his own. * 1991-01-01–2004-01-01: Marvin R. Reed * 2004-01-01–2005-10-21: Joseph P. O'Neill (died 21 October 2005) * 2005-11-09–2011-01-01:

Mildred T. Trotman Mildred may refer to: People * Mildred (name), a given name (including a list of people and characters with the name) * Saint Mildrith, 8th-century Abbess of Minster-in-Thanet * Milred (died 774), Anglo-Saxon prelate, Bishop of Worcester * Henry M ...

(born 6 May 1941) * 2011-01-01–2013-01-01:

Yina Moore Yina may refer to: *''Downingia yina ''Downingia yina'' is a distinctive, colorful wildflower known by the common name Cascade calico-flower. It bears small, easily recognizable flowers up to 1 centimeter in width. Each flower has three fused low ...

Princeton Township (1893–2013)

Mayors of

Princeton Township, New Jersey Princeton Township was a township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, that existed from 1838 until it was dissolved after it was merged with Princeton Borough in 2013 to form Princeton, New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States Census, t ...

: * 1900–1911:

Moses Taylor Pyne Moses Taylor Pyne (December 21, 1855 – April 22, 1921), was an American financier and philanthropist, and one of Princeton University's greatest benefactors and its most influential trustee. Biography The son of Percy Rivington Pyne (182 ...

* 1912: James Margerum * 1913: Charles McCarthy * 1914–1915:

Reuben Fair Reuben or Reuven is a Biblical male first name from Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (Re'uven), meaning "behold, a son". In the Bible, Reuben was the firstborn son of Jacob. Variants include Rúben in European Portuguese; Rubens in Brazilian Portugues ...

* 1916–1917: Charles McCarthy * 1918: James Margerum * 1919–1921: W. E. Dempsey * 1922–1923: Elwood J. Lawrence * 1924:

Edward L. Howe Edward is an English language, English given name. It is derived from the Old English, Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements ''wikt:ead#Old English, ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and ''wikt:weard#Old English, weard'' "gua ...

* 1925–1930:

Theodore Pierson Theodore may refer to: Places * Theodore, Alabama, United States * Theodore, Australian Capital Territory * Theodore, Queensland, a town in the Shire of Banana, Australia * Theodore, Saskatchewan, Canada * Theodore Reservoir, a lake in Saskatche ...

* 1931–1934:

R. Lawrence Benson R. or r. may refer to: * ''Reign'', the period of time during which an Emperor, king, queen, etc., is ruler. * '' Rex'', abbreviated as R., the Latin word meaning King * ''Regina'', abbreviated as R., the Latin word meaning Queen * or , abbreviat ...

* 1935–1940:

B. L. Gulick, Jr. B is the second letter of the Latin alphabet. B may also refer to: Science, technology, and mathematics Astronomy * Astronomical objects in the Barnard list of dark nebulae (abbreviation B) * Latitude (''b'') in the galactic coordinate syste ...

* 1940–1950: B. Franklin Bunn * 1951–1954:

Albert Salzman Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Productions, a record label * Alber ...

* 1955–1956: John H. Wallace, Jr. * 1956–1957: Ralph S. Maon * 1958: Charles A. Hurford * 1959–1963: Kenneth Fairman * 1964: William L. Wilson * 1965–1968: Carl C. Schafer, Jr. * 1969–1970: John D. Wallace * 1971: James A. Floyd (Twp. clerk seemed uncertain of this) * 1972: John D. Wallace * 1973–1976: Junius J. Bleiman * 1977–1981:

Josephine H. Hall Josephine may refer to: People * Josephine (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) * Josephine (singer), a Greek pop singer Places *Josephine, Texas, United States *Mount Josephine (disambiguation) * Josephine Count ...

* 1982–1986:

Winthrop Pike Winthrop may refer to: Places United States *Winthrop, Arkansas *Winthrop, Connecticut is a village in Deep River, Connecticut *Winthrop, Indiana *Winthrop, Iowa *Winthrop, Maine **Winthrop (CDP), Maine *Winthrop, Massachusetts * Winthrop, Minnesot ...

* 1986–1987: Gail Firestone * 1988: Cathleen R. “Kate” Litvak * 1989: Phyllis L. Marchand * 1990: Cathleen R. Litvak * 1991–1992: Richard C. Woodbridge * 1993: Laurence B. Glasberg * 1994: Phyllis L. Marchand * 1995: Michele Lois Tuck * 1996–1997: Michele Lois Tuck-Ponder * 1998–2008: Phyllis L. Marchand * 2009–2010: Bernard P. Miller * 2011–2013: Chad Goerner

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