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 nin ...

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 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 form of government.

Princeton

1813–1893

Mayors of Princeton, New Jersey: * 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 (American Revolution), Loyalist military officer in the American Revolution who served in the King's Orange Rangers (KOR). He is th ...

* 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 Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

(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 * 1850-04–1851-01: J. I. Dunn (died January 1851) * 1851-02–1853-04: John Conover * 1853-04–1854-04: George T. Olmsted * 1854-04–1855-04: Richard Stockton Cumming (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 * 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 * 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) (resigned 1874) * 1874-04–1875-04: Richard Runyon (vacancy) * 1875-04–1877-04: F. S. Conover * 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 Pri ...

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 * 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 politician, and civic leader. She served as a Mercer County Freeholder and mayor of the Borough of Princeton, New Jersey from 1983 to 1990. She finishe ...

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

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 * 1916–1917: Charles McCarthy * 1918: James Margerum * 1919–1921: W. E. Dempsey * 1922–1923: Elwood J. Lawrence * 1924: Edward L. Howe * 1925–1930: Theodore Pierson * 1931–1934: R. Lawrence Benson * 1935–1940: B. L. Gulick, Jr. * 1940–1950: B. Franklin Bunn * 1951–1954: Albert Salzman * 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 * 1982–1986: Winthrop Pike * 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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