List of mayors of Moorestown, New Jersey

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

Mayorbirth and deathIn officeLeft officeNotes
Nicole Gillespie2020Gillespie is the current mayor of Moorestown, New Jersey.[3]
Lisa Petriello(born May 6, 1979)20192020[4]
Stacey Jordan(born September 29, 1970)20182019Jordan 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)20172018Manny Delgado was the first Hispanic mayor, deputy mayor, and councilmember of Moorestown, New Jersey.[5]
Phil Garwood(born February 22, 1959)20162017
Victoria Napolitano(born August 16, 1988)20152016Victoria 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)20142015[8]
Stacey Jordan(born September 29, 1970)20132014Stacey 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)20112012[10]
Daniel Roccato(born July 20, 1961)20092010[11]
Kevin E. Aberant(born November 7, 1969)20052008He was the first Democratic mayor of Moorestown, New Jersey.
Michael L. Sanyour(1931-2017)20032004[12]
Howard Miller(born August 2, 1937)19972002
Walter T. Maahs, Jr.(1927-2011)19881996[13]
Francis L. Bodine(born January 10, 1936)19811987
James Euel Palmer(1932-2000)19761980[14]
William A. Angus, Jr.(1923-2006)19711976[15]
John L. Call19691970
Charles Walton19671968
Albert Ellis19621966
Edwin Bell Forsythe(1916-1984)19571962[16]
William J. Hall, Jr.19541956
Allen Nixon19431953
Fred P. Smith19381942
Benjamin Haines19351937
John C. Dudley19321934
Frederick W. Grube19291931

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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-20. Retrieved 2013-06-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-06-20. Retrieved 2013-06-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "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 ...
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
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