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

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 municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

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

borough A borough is an administrative division in various English language, 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 ...

form of government.

Princeton

1813–1893

Mayors of

Princeton, New Jersey The Municipality of Princeton is a Borough (New Jersey), borough in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. It was established on January 1, 2013, through the consolidation of the Borough of Princeton, New Jersey, Borough of Princeton and Pri ...

: * 1813-05–1817-12: Samuel Bayard * 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 ''Australop ...

* 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

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 of New Jersey that existed from 1813 until the end of 2012. On January 1, 2013, it merged with Princeton Township to form Princeton, New Jersey; both the Borough of Princeton and Princeton Township were d ...

: * 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 (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, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, that existed from 1838 until the end of 2012. On January 1, 2013, it merged with the Borough of Princeton to form Princeton, New Jersey; both Princeton Towns ...

: * 1900–1911: Moses Taylor Pyne * 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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