Mayor of Plainfield, New Jersey

Plainfield, New Jersey was incorporated on April 21, 1869.[1] Mayors are sworn in on January 1 of the new year, so there are no overlaps in years unless someone has died in office or resigned.

Years Image Mayor Birth/death Party Notes
1869–1870 Job Male (1808-1891) Republican Job Male was the first mayor of Plainfield, New Jersey. He took office on April 21, 1869.[2]
1871–1872 John H. Evans Anti-Bond party
1873–1874 Dr. Charles Henry Stillman (1817–1881) Republican
1875–1876 Dr. John C. Sutphen Law & Order party or Citizen's Ticket
1877–1878 Job Male (1808-1891) Republican He also received the Democratic endorsement.
1879–1880 Nathan Harper (mayor) Democrat
1881–1882 Lewis Van Syckel Fitz Randolph (1838–1921) Republican
1883–1884 William B. Maxson People's Union (United States)
1885–1886 George W. Rockefellow Citizens party
1887–1890 Job Male Republican
1891–1896 Alexander Gilbert Republican
1897–1898 Charles J. Fisk Republican
1899–1900 George W. Rockefellow Republican
1901–1904 Dr. Olin L. Jenkins Republican
1905–1906 James F. Buckle Republican
1907–1910 Charles J. Fisk Republican
1911–1912 George W. V. Moy (1866–?) Democrat
1913–1914 Percy Hamilton Stewart (1867–1951) Democrat
1915–1920 Leighton Calkins Republican
1921–1924 Charles E. Loizeaux Republican
1925–1930 James T. MacMurray Republican
1931–1932 Martin B. Stutsman Republican
1933–1934 Charles Benson Wigton (1885-?) Republican
1935–1936 Martin B. Stutsman Republican
1937–1938 DeWitt Dukes Barlow Republican
1939–1942 Harvey R. Linbarger Republican
1943–1946 Dixon C. Phillips Republican
1947–1948 John W. Zerega Republican
1949–1954 Carlyle W. Crane Republican
1955–1958 Allen D. Tompkins Republican
1959–1962 Richard P. Dyckman Republican
1963–1966 Robert C. Maddox Republican
1967–1968 George F. Hetfield Republican
1969–1973 Frank F. Blatz, Jr. Republican
1974–1981 Paul J. O'Keeffe Republican
1982–1984 Everett C. Lattimore Democrat First African-American mayor
1984–1989 Richard L. Taylor Democrat
1990–1993 Harold D. Mitchell Democrat
1994–1997 Mark A. Fury Democrat
1998–2005 Albert T. McWilliams Democrat
2006–2013 Sharon Robinson-Briggs Democrat Sharon Robinson-Briggs was the first female mayor of Plainfield, New Jersey.
2014–Present Adrian Mapp Democrat


  1. ^ "Mayors of Plainfield". Plainfield, New Jersey. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
  2. ^ "Job Male, Plainfield's Grand Old Man". Plainfield, New Jersey. Retrieved 2011-11-03.