Mayor of East Newark, New Jersey
was incorporated on July 3, 1895. It is governed under the Borough form of New Jersey municipal government. The governing body consists of a Mayor and a Borough Council comprising six council members, with all positions elected at-large on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. A Mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The Borough Council consists of six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year in a three-year cycle. The Borough form of government used by East Newark, the most common system used in the state, is a "weak mayor / strong council" government in which council members act as the legislative body with the mayor presiding at meetings and voting only in the event of a tie. The mayor can veto ordinances subject to an override by a two-thirds majority vote of the council. The mayor makes committee and liaison assignments for council members, and most appointments are made by the mayor with the advice and consent of the council.
Mayors
The individuals who have served as the borough's mayor are:| # | Mayor | Birth and death | Term start | Term end | Notes |
| 1 | Edward Kenny | 1906 | Edward Kenny was the first mayor of East Newark, New Jersey. | ||
| 2 | Cornelius Augustine McGlennon | 1919 | Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 8th congressional district from 1919 to 1921. | ||
| 3 | Thomas Keenan | 1921 | - | ||
| 4 | 1923 | He was born in 1862 in Troy, New York. He died on April 4, 1935, at the home of his daughter, in Harrison, New Jersey. | |||
| 5 | Thomas Keenan | ||||
| 6 | Thomas Walsh | ||||
| 7 | Owen Coogan | ||||
| 8 | John Reynolds | ||||
| 9 | William Seeds | ||||
| 10 | Harry Lawson | 1956 | |||
| 11 | 1957 | 1961 | He was born on August 4, 1887 and he married Katherine Brennen. He worked as an insurance broker and lived at 545 North Third Street and also served on the East Newark, New Jersey town council. He served as the Mayor of East Newark, New Jersey from 1957 to 1961. He died on June 23, 1968 in West Hudson Hospital in Kearney, New Jersey at age 80. | ||
| 12 | Wilbert Hotaling | 1962 | |||
| 13 | Raymond Graham Sr. | ||||
| 14 | Joseph R. Smith | 1987 | 2020 | Held position for 8 terms, 32 years Eight years on the borough council; lost 1983 Democratic mayoral primary; became Republican in 1987 won mayoral by 61 votes, and then switched back. | |
| 15 | Dina Grilo | 2020 |