Mayors of
Montclair, New Jersey
Montclair is a Township (New Jersey), township in Essex County, New Jersey, Essex County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Situated on the cliffs of the Watchung Mountains, Montclair is a commercial and cultural hub of North Jersey and a diverse ...
(not all mayors listed):
*David Doremus Duncan, 1904 to 1907.
*Henry V. Crawford, c. 1907.
*Ernest C. Hinck, c. 1911.
*Louis F. Dodd, c. 1914.
*Howard F. McConnell, (1873-1933) 1920 to 1924.
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Bayard H. Faulkner, (1894–1983) c. 1950.
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Harold S. Osborne, 1961 to 1964.
*Harold Hayes, c. 1966.
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Matthew G. Carter, 1968 to 1972. First black mayor of Montclair.
*Peter Bonastia, 1972-1976.
* Grant Gille, 1976 to 1980. Gille was the last mayor to serve in Montclair under its commission form of government before the township reconfigured to a Township Council/Township Manager model.
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Mary V. Mochary
Mary Veronica Kasser Mochary (born September 2, 1942) is an American attorney, philanthropist, farmer and politician who served as Mayor of Montclair, New Jersey between 1980 and 1984 for the Republican Party as well as Principal Deputy Legal ...
(born 1942), 1980 to 1984.
*James Ramsey, 1984 to 1986.
*Laurence H. Olive, 1986 to 1987.
*Robert D. Jackson, 1987 to 1988.
*Clifford Lindholm II, 1988 to 1992. Per a change in Montclair's charter, Lindholm was the first mayor of Montclair under the Council-Manager system to be elected directly by the people rather than by the Council.
*James Bishop, 1992 to 1996.
*William Farlie, 1996 to 2000.
*Robert J. Russo, 2000 to 2004.
*Ed Remsen, 2004 to 2008.
*Jerry Fried, 2008 to 2012.
*Robert D. Jackson, 2012 to 2020. Jackson is the only mayor under the Council-Manager system to be elected by the council and by the people, and as of July 1, 2024, he is the only mayor under the Council-Manager system to serve two full four-year terms, and the only mayor under the Council-Manager system to serve non-consecutive terms.
*Sean M. Spiller, 2020 to 2024.
*Renée E. Baskerville, July 1, 2024 to present.
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