Mayor of Absecon, New Jersey


was incorporated on February 29, 1872 as a town. It was reincorporated on March 24, 1902 as a city. It currently operates under the city form of New Jersey municipal government, led by a Mayor and a seven-member City Council. The City Council consists of six members elected from the city's two wards to three-year terms on a staggered basis, with one seat from each ward up for election each year, along with one member elected at-large to a four-year term in office, all of whom are elected on a partisan basis as part of the November general election.

Mayors

The term of office runs from January 1 to December 31 for a four year period. The mayors are the following:
MayorTerm startTerm endNotes
Kim Hoton20192020Replaces Former Mayor Armstrong who stepped down early in 2019.
John R. Armstrong20132019He has been serving for.
Peter C. Elco19892012He was a member of the Democratic party. He was first elected as Mayor in 1988 and served for 24 years. and was added to the New Jersey League of Municipalities Mayors Hall of Fame in 1998. He also taught English at Holy Spirit High School in Absecon until 2006.
Orvis R. Leopardi19771988He served for 12 years.
David S. Hodgson19731976He served for 4 years.
Joseph L. McGahn19691972He served for 4 years.
Warren C. Irelan 19541968He was acting mayor starting on November 23, 1954 at the death of McCarthy. He served for.
Franklin D. McCarthy19541954He died in office on November 23, 1954. He served for.
Leo Howlett, Sr.19511953
John Potter Reilly19411950This was his second term.
Ira L. Giberson19371940
John Potter Reilly19351936This was his first term.
Alfred J. Kurtz19311934
Harry E. Mattson Sr.19171930He served for 14 years.
J. Alton Mitchell19151916He served for 2 years.
Elmer C. Bates19131914He served for 2 years.
Westley C. Smith19091912He served for 4 years.
Edward Armstrong Wilson19031908Edward Armstrong Wilson was the first Mayor of Absecon, New Jersey. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 2, 1862. He worked as a paper bag manufacturer. He died on Christmas Day, December 25, 1924. He served for 6 years.