A history of Paterson NJ

John J. Brown 1854	Charles D. Beckwith 1887-1888	John Hinchliffe 1929-1937
Brant Van Blarcom 1855	Nathan Barnert 1889-1890	Bernard L. Stafford 1938-1940
Samuel Smith 1856	Thomas Beveridge 1891-1892	William P. Furrey 1941-1947
Peregrine Sandford 1857-1858	Christian Braun 1893-1896	Michael U. De Vita 1948-1951
Silas D. Canfield 1859	John Hinchliffe 1897-1903	Lester F. Titus 1952-1955
Edwin S. Prall 1860-1861	William Belcher 1904-1905	Edward J. O'Byrne 1956-1959
Henry A. Williams 1867	David Young 1 1905	William H. Dillistin 5 1959-1960
William G. Watson 1866	John Johnson 1906-1907	Frank X. Graves Jr. 1961-1966
Henry A. Williams 1867	William Berdan 2 1907	Lawrence F. Kramer 1967-1971
Nathaniel Townsend 1868	Andrew F. McBride 1908-1913	Arthur Dwyer 6 1971-1972
John Ryle 1869-1870	Robert H. Fordyce 1914-1915	Thomas C. Rooney Jr. 1971-1975
Socrates Tuttle 1871-1872	Amos H. Radcliffe 1916-1919	Lawrence F. Kramer 1975-1979
Nathaniel Townsend 1873-1874	Clifford L. Newman 3 1919	Frank X. Graves 1980-1990
Benjamin Buckley 1875-1878	Frank J. Van Noort 1920-1923	Anna-Lisa Dopirak 7 1990
Joseph R. Graham 1879-1880	Colin McLean 1924-1927	William J. Pascrell Jr. 1990- 1997
David S. Gilmore 1881-1882	Raymond J. Newman 1928	Martin G. Barnes 8 1997 - 2002
Nathan Barnert 1883-1886	Wilmer Cadmus 4 1928	Jose (Joey) Torres 2002 - present .
Notes 1. In 1905 David Young, president of the Board of Alderman, served as acting mayor when William H. Belcher resigned from office. 2. In 1907 William Berdan, President of the Board of Finance, became acting mayor, filling the vacancy caused by the death of Mayor Johnson. 3. Clifford L. Newman, president of the Board of Finance, became acting mayor in 1919 when Mayor Amos H. Radcliff resigned to serve in Congress. 4. Mayor Raymond J. Newman died June 13, 1928, five months and two weeks after he took office. William Cadmus, president of the board of Finance, filled the vacancy until the general election in November when Mayor John V. Hinchliffe was elected for the unexpired term. 5. Following the death of Mayor O'Bryne in December, 1959, William H. Dillistin, president of the Board of Finance, served as mayor for the unexpired term ending December 31, 1960. 6. Mayor Lawrence F. Kramer resigned from office to become the commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs. Arthur C. Dwyer, president of the Board of Finance, became acting mayor October 15, 1971. 7. Mayor Frank X. Graves Jr. died march 4, 1990. Anna Lisa Dopirack, City Business Administrator, filled the vacancy until a general election was held in May, when Mayor William Pascrall was elected. 8. Martin G. Barnes, 3rd Ward Councilman, became acting mayor in 1997, when Mayor William Pascrell resigned to serve in Congress.