Orange, New Jersey is governed within the Faulkner Act, formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law, under the Mayor-Council form of municipal government, with a directly elected mayor and a City Council consisting of four ward representatives and three at-large representatives. Councilmembers are elected to serve four-year terms of office in non-partisan elections on a staggered basis with the four ward seats and the three at-large seats coming up for election on an alternating cycle every two years.
Mayors
- Dwayne D. Warren, 2012 to Present
- Eldridge Hawkins Jr. 2008 to 2012
- Mims Hackett 1996 to 2008
- Robert L. Brown 1988 to 1996, the city's first African-American mayor
- Paul Monacelli (1984-88).
- Joel L. Shain (1980-84)
- Russell A. Riley
- Joseph Promollo
- William Howe Davis, 1942 to 1954.
- Ovid C. Bianchi (July 1, 1938 - June 30, 1942).
- Daniel Francis Minahan .
- Arthur Browne Seymour, 1908 to 1912
- George Huntington Hartford, 1878 to 1890.
References
- 2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, March 2013, p. 125.
- Office of the Mayor, City of Orange Township. Accessed July 4, 2016.
- “Orange Mayor Mims Hackett pleads guilty to corruption change” The Star-Ledger May 27, 2008. Accessed March 25, 2011.
- Staff. "Ex-Mayor Mims Hackett faces sentencing for official misconduct", The Star-Ledger, January 23, 2009. Accessed December 27, 2017. "A native of Birmingham, Ala., Hackett served as North Ward councilman in Orange from 1988 to 1996, the city's mayor from 1996 until he resigned May 27 - the same day he entered his guilty plea - and three terms in the Assembly."
- Chen, David W. (May 28, 2008). "Mayor of Orange Resigns and Pleads Guilty to Extortion". The New York Times.
Afterward, Mr. Hackett, who resigned as mayor effective 8 a.m. Tuesday, declined to comment.
- "Mayor Davis of Orange Quits", The New York Times, March 6, 1954. Accessed December 27, 2017. "William H. Davis, who was appointed last month as state Alcoholic Beverage Commissioner, resigned today as Mayor of Orange, effective next Tuesday. He has been Mayor since 1942.
- Daniel Francis Minahan, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 23, 2007.