Mayor of Asbury Park, New Jersey

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Asbury Park, New Jersey was incorporated on March 26, 1874 as a borough. It was reincorporated on February 28, 1893 as a city. The city has seen various changes in its form of government. It had directly elected mayors under its first two forms of government beginning in 1874. In 1915, the city adopted mayor-council form of government with a commission. It reorganized under the 1923 Municipal Manager Law in that year. In 2011, it became mayor-council.[1]

Mayors[]

# Name Term Party Notes Ref
John Moor [2][3][4]
Myra Campbell First African-American female mayor [5][6]
2009-2013 Served as Mayor 2009 - 2013, Served three terms on Asbury Park City Council. Appointed to vacancy as City Councilman in 2005, Elected City Councilman in 2005 and reelected in 2009. Appointed to Asbury Park Urban Enterprise Zone Board in 1998. Served as Chairman of Urban Enterprise Zone Board 1999 - 2004 rebuilding the Board of Directors and Asbury Park UEZ Operations. Served as Mayor during the historic start of the ongoing city-wide redevelopment of Asbury Park. Created the Springwood Avenue Advisory Committee (SAAC) and served as SAAC Chairman which developed on-going Springwood Avenue Redevelopment Plan recognized by 2008 Planning Merit Award for the Amended Springwood Avenue Redevelopment Plan and the 2008 Achievement in Planning Award from the New Jersey Planning Officials for community-based planning. Founded the Transportation Station Subcommittee charged with the repairs and upgrades to the Asbury Park Transportation Center bolstering commuter and tourism rail service to the city. Oversaw preparation and reconstruction of the city during August 2011 Earthquake, 2011 Hurricane Irene and 2012 Superstorm Sandy. Developed Sister City Exchange Program with Casalgrande, Italy hosting Mayor Andrea Rossi in Asbury Park and leading a City delegation to Italy in 2012. Honored with Presidential visit to the city by President Barack Obama in May 2013. Retired as Mayor on June 30, 2019. Entered private life as President and Founder of Ed Johnson AP International civic engagement consulting firm. Continues public service as Honorary Member and Ambassador of the Global Parliament of Mayors. [7]
. [8][9]
Raymond Paul Kramer
(August 20, 1918 – August 27, 1992) 		Democratic Party Kramer was first councilman of Asbury Park in 1969.[10] He later became mayor. Elected to the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders in 1974. Ray Kramer was chosen as Director of the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders in April 1976 to succeed Philip N. Gumbs, who had been appointed to the Worker's Compensation Court, and served in that capacity for the balance of the year. He again served as Director in 1979 and 1980.[11] After serving two, three-year terms, he was defeated for reelection to a third term in 1980. In 1981, he attempted a return to the Board, but was again defeated. Kramer was elected to his third and final term in 1982, but was defeated by his Republican opponent, former County Administrator Theodore J. Narozanick. He lost a 1988 re-match with Narozanick [12]

(born 17 August 1944) 		1996 to 2001 [9][13]
Thomas S. Smith
(December 14, 1917 – September 26, 2002) 		1989 to 1993 Republican Party. Served on the Asbury Park Council from 1985–1989 and was Asbury Park Police Chief from 1968-1979 [14]
circa 1970 [15]
1950 to 1955 [9]
1941 to 1944 [9]
(1879-?) circa 1934 [16]
<bt>(1873-?) 1916-1941 [9][17]
1913 [9]
Thomas Frank Appleby<bt>(1864–1924) 1908 to 1912 [9][18]
circa 1905 [19][20]
James Adam Bradley
(1830-1921) 		February 28, 1893 to 1902 James Adam Bradley was the first Mayor of Asbury Park [21][22]

References[]

  1. ^ "Asbury Park mayor-elect Moor not fazed by place in history". 9 November 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Mayor & Council / Asbury Park, NJ". www.cityofasburypark.com. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Judge upholds Asbury Park mayoral election outcome after challenge". 13 March 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Mayor John Moor Switches Party Affiliation".
  5. ^ "N.J. community disputes first black female mayor". USA Today. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Asbury Park makes history, controversy with Campbell appointment to mayor". 2 July 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Former Asbury Park Mayor 'Seriously' Considering 2017 Guv Run". The New York Observer. 11 September 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Sanders seeks fourth term in Asbury". Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g "Mayors of Asbury Park, New Jersey". Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2011-09-30. T. Frank Appleby 1908-12 Reginald S. Bennett 1913 Clarence E. F. Hetrick 1916-41 Clarence V. Mooney 1941-44 George A. Smock II 1950-55 Kenneth E. Saunders, Sr. 1997-2001 Kevin G. Sanders 2001-
  10. ^ "Asbury Park Election" (PDF). Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  11. ^ Minutes, Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders
  12. ^ "Asbury Park Press from Asbury Park, New Jersey on May 27, 1973 · Page 3". Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  13. ^ "Former Mayor of Asbury Park Is Accused of Bribery Attempt". New York Times. April 3, 2003. Retrieved 2011-09-30. Kenneth E. Saunders Sr., 58, who was mayor from 1996 to 2001, and Rayfield James Jr., 46, a local political operative, were arrested this morning at their homes in Asbury Park, a city in central New Jersey.
  14. ^ "Tom Smith's legislative web page". Archived from the original on November 8, 2002. Retrieved February 23, 2018., New Jersey Legislature. Accessed April 23, 2008.
  15. ^ Fraser, C. Gerald (July 9, 1970). "Blacks on Patrol at Asbury Park". New York Times. Retrieved November 24, 2014. Mayor Daniel O. Hearn said the curfew would last at least as long as disturbances continue in Asbury Park, 10 miles away. There were no reports of injuries. ...
  16. ^ "Ship's Hulk Is Centre Of Asbury Park Dispute". New York Times. September 14, 1934. Retrieved 2011-09-30. Protests against 'commercialization' of the hulk of the illfated liner Morro Castle drew from Mayor Sherman O. Dennis, after a City Council meeting this morning, a denial that the Council intended to make a beach show of the hulk.
  17. ^ "Sick Mayor's Plea Quiets Depositors. Asbury Park Official Leaves Bed to Aid City's Biggest Institution in Emergency". New York Times. December 24, 1931. Retrieved 2011-09-30. Mayor Clarence E.F. Hetrick, who has been seriously ill, left the sickroom today to which he had been confined for the last six months. quieted the fears of a throng of anxious bank depositors and sent them away cheering after three Monmouth County banks were closed and taken over by the banking authorities.
  18. ^ "Theodore Frank Appleby". Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2011-09-30. Appleby, Theodore Frank (1864-1924) — also known as T. Frank Appleby — of Asbury Park, Monmouth County, N.J. Born in Old Bridge, Middlesex County, N.J., October 10, 1864. Son of Theodore Frelinguysen Appleby and Margaret Susanna (Mount) Appleby; married, April 10, 1889, to Alice C. Hoffman; father of Stewart Hoffman Appleby. Republican. Real estate and insurance business; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1896; mayor of Asbury Park, N.J., 1908-12; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 3rd District, 1921-23; defeated, 1922. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died, of heart trouble, in Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md., December 15, 1924 (age 60 years, 66 days). Interment at Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Old Bridge, N.J.
  19. ^ "Mayor Made Them Gasp. Charge That Liquor Was Sold In Ocean Grove Arouses Residents' Ire". New York Times. August 16, 1905. Retrieved 2011-09-30. 'Take the drinking population out of Asbury Park,' said the Mayor, 'and the Sheriff will soon have possession of the city'. Mayor Ten Broeck further ...
  20. ^ "Mayoralty Contest At Asbury Park. Unusual Interest in the Fight Between Founder Bradley and Mayor Ten Broeck". New York Times. October 1, 1901. Retrieved 2011-09-30. Local politicians are more interested in the coming Mayoralty election than they are in the battle being waged for Governor by Frankin Murphy and James N. Seymour. The fact that Founder James A. Bradley and Mayor Frank L. Ten Broeck will, oppose each other in the Republican primary next Tuesday evening is responsible for the unusual interest manifested in the charter election. ...
  21. ^ "Bradley No Longer Mayor. Paves The Way To Sale Of Boardwalk At Asbury Park". Baltimore Sun. December 2, 1902. Retrieved 2011-09-30. Founder James A. Bradley is no longer Mayor of Asbury Park. Mr. Bradley's resignation was formally accepted tonight to pave the way for the purchase of his Boardwalk and the city sewers, for which negotiations will be opened this week by a special committee, consisting of Dr. Bruce S. Keater ...
  22. ^ "Jas. A. Bradley Dies. Founder of Asbury. Pioneer Also of Ocean Grove and Bradley Beach Succumbs Here at 91 Years of Age". The New York Times. June 7, 1921. p. 14. Retrieved October 31, 2009. James A. Bradley, founder of the famous New Jersey resorts of Asbury Park, Ocean Grove and Bradley Beach, died at 10 o'clock last night in his ...
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