List of mayors of Moorestown, New Jersey

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Moorestown Township, New Jersey was incorporated on March 11, 1922. The municipal government operates within the Faulkner Act (formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law) under Council-Manager plan E, which was implemented as of January 1, 1967, based on the recommendations of a Charter Study Commission.[1] A five-member Council is elected at-large on a partisan basis, with each member serving a four-year term of office on a staggered basis, with either two or three seats coming up for election in even years.[2] At a reorganization meeting held in January after each election, the council selects a mayor and a deputy mayor from among its members.

Mayors[]

Mayor birth and death In office Left office Notes
Nicole Gillespie 2020 Gillespie is the current mayor of Moorestown, New Jersey.[3]
Lisa Petriello (born May 6, 1979) 2019 2020 [4]
Stacey Jordan (born September 29, 1970) 2018 2019 Jordan served a previous term during 2013 and is the first and only Mayor to serve multiple terms as Mayor non-consecutively.
Manny Delgado (born January 23, 1970) 2017 2018 Manny Delgado was the first Hispanic mayor, deputy mayor, and councilmember of Moorestown, New Jersey.[5]
Phil Garwood (born February 22, 1959) 2016 2017
Victoria Napolitano (born August 16, 1988) 2015 2016 Victoria Napolitano was the youngest mayor of Moorestown, New Jersey and youngest woman to become Mayor in New Jersey state history at the age of 26.[6] She was also the first sitting councilmember to give birth while in office.[7]
Chris Chiacchio (born March 8, 1967) 2014 2015 [8]
Stacey Jordan (born September 29, 1970) 2013 2014 Stacey Jordan was the first female mayor of Moorestown, New Jersey.[9] She later served a second term during 2018 and is the first and only Mayor to serve multiple terms non-consecutively.
John Button (born November 14, 1942) 2011 2012 [10]
Daniel Roccato (born July 20, 1961) 2009 2010 [11]
Kevin E. Aberant (born November 7, 1969) 2005 2008 He was the first Democratic mayor of Moorestown, New Jersey.
Michael L. Sanyour (1931-2017) 2003 2004 [12]
Howard Miller (born August 2, 1937) 1997 2002
Walter T. Maahs, Jr. (1927-2011) 1988 1996 [13]
Francis L. Bodine (born January 10, 1936) 1981 1987
James Euel Palmer (1932-2000) 1976 1980 [14]
William A. Angus, Jr. (1923-2006) 1971 1976 [15]
John L. Call 1969 1970
Charles Walton 1967 1968
Albert Ellis 1962 1966
Edwin Bell Forsythe (1916-1984) 1957 1962 [16]
William J. Hall, Jr. 1954 1956
Allen Nixon 1943 1953
Fred P. Smith 1938 1942
Benjamin Haines 1935 1937
John C. Dudley 1932 1934
Frederick W. Grube (1871-1961) 1929 1931 [17]

References[]

  1. ^ "The Faulkner Act: New Jersey's Optional Municipal Charter Law", New Jersey State League of Municipalities, July 2007. Accessed October 8, 2013.
  2. ^ 2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, March 2013, p. 43.
  3. ^ "Gillespie sworn in as mayor of Moorestown". 7 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Lisa Petriello sworn in as mayor of Moorestown". 9 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Moorestown Council Appoints First Mayor of Hispanic Descent [UPDATED]". 3 January 2017.
  6. ^ "Moorestown - 0114 PDF | PDF".
  7. ^ "Baby on board: Napolitano balancing office and motherhood". 9 May 2019.
  8. ^ [1]
  9. ^ "CORRECTION: Moorestown Makes History with First Female Mayor". 8 January 2013.
  10. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-20. Retrieved 2013-06-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-06-20. Retrieved 2013-06-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. ^ [2]
  13. ^ "Moorestown Remembers Walter Maahs". Moorestown Patch. April 27, 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-01. Services for Walter T. Maahs were held Tuesday in Moorestown. Maahs, a Moorestown resident and former mayor, died April 20. He was 84.... Lenola Fire Company Board of Fire Commissioners from 1961 to 1979; serving as president from 1961 to 1979; Moorestown town council from 1977 to 1996; mayor of Moorestown from 1988 to 1996 ...
  14. ^ S. Joseph Hagenmayer (October 27, 2000). "J. Palmer, Ex-moorestown Mayor". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2011-11-01. James Euel Palmer, 68, a retired telecommunications executive and former Moorestown mayor, died Tuesday of cancer at his home in Avalon. He was a Moorestown resident since 1964 and was born and raised in Philadelphia. Mr. Palmer, a Republican, served on the Moorestown Township Council from 1973 until 1980; for four of those years, from 1976 through 1980, he was mayor.
  15. ^ "Our Campaigns - Candidate - William A. Angus".
  16. ^ Walter H. Waggoner (March 30, 1984). "Edwin Forsythe, Congressman, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-11-01. Representative Edwin B. Forsythe, a New Jersey Republican who served in the House of Representatives for 14 years, died of lung cancer yesterday at his home in Moorestown, N.J. He was 68 years old.
  17. ^ [3]
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