Boroughs of New York City
- ️Ben Cahoon
Boroughs of New York City
Party abbreviations:
Con
= Conservative Party; Dem = Democratic Party (liberal); Fus
= Fusion (representing more than one party/coalition of parties); Ind
= Independent;
Lib = Liberal Party; Rep = Republican Party
(conservative);
- Former parties: MOL = Municipal Ownership League (William Randolph Hearst coalition, split from Dem, 1904-1906); Whg = Whig Party (pro-federal
govt., anti-Jacksonian Democrat, 1834-1854/60)
Bronx
![[The Bronx Borough flag, New York City]](https://web.archive.org/web/20120211145920/http://www.worldstatesmen.org/us-nycbx.gif)
Adopted 19121654 Permanent settlement begins.
1 Nov 1683 Part of Westchester County.
1 Jan 1874 Western Bronx annexed to Manhattan County.
1 Jun 1895 Eastern Bronx annexed to Manhattan County.
1 Jan 1898 Part of New York City (Borough of The Bronx).
1 Jan 1914 Bronx County.
Presidents
1 Jan 1898 - 30 Aug 1909 Louis F. Haffen
(b. 1854 - d. 1935) Dem
30 Aug 1909 - 1910
John F. Murray
(b. 1862 - d. 1928) Dem
(acting to 9 Sep 1909)
1910 - 1914
Cyrus C. Miller
(b. 1867? - d. 1956) Dem
1914 - 1918
Douglas Mathewson
(b. 1870? - d. 1948) Rep/Fus
1918 - 1934
Henry Bruckner
(b. 1871 - d. 1942) Dem
1934 - Jan 1962
James Joseph Lyons
(b. 1890 - d. 1966) Dem
Jan 1962 - Jan 1966 Joseph
F. Periconi
(b. 1910 - d. 1994) Rep/Lib
Jan 1966 - 7 Jan 1970 Herman Badillo
(b. 1929)
Dem
7 Jan 1970 - 28 Jan 1979 Robert Abrams
(b. 1938)
Dem
28 Jan 1979 - 15 Apr 1987 Stanley Simon
(b. c.1930)
Dem
15 Apr 1987 - 6 Jan 2002 Fernando Ferrer
(b. 1950)
Dem
6 Jan 2002 - 21 May 2009 Adolfo Carrión, Jr.
(b. 1961) Dem
21 May 2009 -
Ruben Diaz, Jr.
(b. 1973) Dem
Brooklyn
1646
Founded as Breuckelen by the Dutch.
1 Nov 1683
Brooklyn part of Kings County.
1816
Brooklyn village
1 Apr 1834
City of Brooklyn
1 Jan 1852 - 1 Jan 1855
Williamsburgh a separate city under Mayors 1852-1853
Abraham J. Berry (b. 1798 - d. 1865) Dem, then
1854-1855 William Wall (b. 1800 - d. 1871) Whg.
1 Jan 1855
Brooklyn, Williamsburgh, Bushwick consolidated.
1 Jan 1898
City of Brooklyn becomes a borough of New York City
(Kings County).
Mayors
1834
George Hall (1st time)
(b. 1795 - d. 1868) Whg
1835 - 1836
Jonathan Trotter
(b. 1797 - d. 1865) Dem
1837 - 1838
Jeremiah Johnson
(b. 1768 - d. 1852) Whg
1838 - 1841
Cyrus P. Smith
(b. 1800 - d. 1877) Whg
1842
Henry C. Murphy
(b. 1810 - d. 1882) Dem
1843 - 1844
James Sprague
(b. 1783 - d. 1854) Dem
1845
Thomas G. Talmage
(b. 1801 - d. 1863) Dem
1846 - 1848
Francis B. Stryker
(b. 1811 - d. 1892) Whg
1849
Edward Copeland
(b. 1793 - d. 1859) Whg
1850
Samuel Smith
(b. 1788 - d. 1872) Dem
1851 - 1852
Conklin Brush
(b. 1794 - d. 1870) Whg
1853 - 1854
Edward A. Lambert
(b. 1813 - d. 1885) Dem
1855 - 1856
George Hall (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Rep
1857 - 1860
Samuel S. Powell (1st time) (b.
1815 - d. 1879) Dem
1861 - 1863
Martin Kalbfleisch (1st time) (b. 1804 -
d. 1873) Dem
1864 - 1865
Alfred M. Wood
(b. 1825 - d. 1895) Rep
1866 - 1867
Samuel Booth
(b. 1818 - d. 1902) Rep
1868 - 1871
Martin Kalbfleisch (2nd time) (s.a.)
Dem
1872 - 1873
Samuel S. Powell (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1874 - 1875
John W. Hunter
(b. 1807 - d. 1900) Dem
1876 - 1877
Frederick A. Schroeder
(b. 1833 - d. 1899) Rep
1878 - 1881
James Howell
(b. 1829 - d. 1897) Dem
1882 - 1885
Seth Low
(b. 1850 - d. 1916) Rep
1886 - 1887
Daniel D. Whitney
(b. 1818 - d. 1914) Dem
1888 - 1891
Alfred C. Chapin
(b. 1848 - d. 1936) Dem
1892 - 1893
David A. Boody
(b. 1837 - d. 1930) Dem
1894 - 1895
Charles A. Schieren
(b. 1842 - d. 1915) Rep
1896 - 1898
Frederick W. Wurster
(b. 1850 - d. 1917) Rep
Presidents
1 Jan 1898 - Dec 1901 Edward
Marshall Grout (b. 1861 - d. 1931) Dem
Jan 1902 - Dec 1903 J.
Edward Swanstrom
(b. 1853 - d. 1911) Fus
Jan 1904 - Dec 1905 Martin
Wiley Littleton (b. 1872 - d. 1934)
Dem/Ind
Jan 1906 - Dec 1909 Bird
Sim Coler
(b. 1864 - d. 1941) MOL:1906 Dem
Jan 1910 - Jun 1913 Alfred
E. Steers
(b. 1860? - d. 1948) Dem/Ind
Jun 1913 - Dec 1917 Lewis
Humphrey Pounds (b. 1861 - d. 1947)
Rep/Fus
Jan 1918 - Dec 1924 Edward
J. Riegelmann (b. 1870 - d. 1941)
Dem
Jan 1925 - Sep 1926 Joseph
A. Guider
(b. 1870 - d. 1926) Dem
Sep 1926 - 14 Mar 1930 James J. Byrne
(b. 1863 - d. 1930) Dem
Mar 1930 - Dec 1933 Henry
Hesterberg (b. 1881 - d. 1950) Dem
Jan 1934 - 24 Feb 1940 Raymond
Vail Ingersoll (b. 1875 - d. 1940)
Dem/Fus
Feb 1940 - 7 May 1961 John Cashmore
(b. 1895 - d. 1961) Dem
7 May 1961 - 31 Dec 1961 John F. Hayes
(b. 1915 - d. 2001) Dem
(acting to 10 Jul 1961)
1 Jan 1962 - 9 Sep 1970 Abe Stark
(b. 1894 - d. 1972) Dem
9 Sep 1970 - 31 Dec 1976 Sebastian Leone
(b. 1924)
Dem
3 Jan 1977 - 31 Dec 2001 Howard Golden
(b. 1925)
Dem
13 Jan 2002 -
Marty Markowitz
(b. 1945)
Dem
Manhattan 1 Nov 1683 County of New York
1 Jan 1898 Part of New York City (Borough of Manhattan)
(New York County).
Presidents
1 Jan 1898 - 29 Dec 1898 Augustus
W. Peters (b. 1844
- d. 1898) Dem
5 Jan 1899 - 1901
James J. Coogan (b. 1845 - d. 1915) Dem
1902 - 1903
Jacob A. Cantor
(b. 1854 - d. 1921) Dem
1904 - Dec 1909
John F. Ahearn
(b. 1853 - d. 1920) Dem
Dec 1909 (4 days)
John Cloughen (acting) (b. 1849 - d. 1911) Dem
Jan
1910 - 1913
George McAneny
(b. 1869 - d. 1953) Rep/Fus
1914 - 1917
Marcus M. Marks (b. 1858 - d. 1934) Rep
1918 - 1919
Frank L. Dowling (b.c.1865 - d. 1919) Dem
1919
Edward F. Boyle
(b.c.1876 - d. 1943) Dem
1919
Michael F. Loughman (acting) (b.c.1867 - d. 1937)
Dem
1920 - 1921
Henry H. Curran
(b. 1877 - d. 1966) Rep
1922 - 1930
Julius Miller
(b. 1880 - d. 1955) Dem
1931 - 1937
Samuel Levy
Dem
1938 - 1941
Stanley M. Isaacs
(b. 1882 - d. 1962) Rep
1942 - 1945
Edgar J. Nathan, Jr.
(d. 1965) Rep
1946 - 1949
Hugo E. Rogers
(b. 1899 - d. 1974) Dem
1 Jan 1950 - 31 Dec 1953 Robert F. Wagner, Jr.
(b. 1910 - d. 1991) Dem
1 Jan 1954 - 16 Jan 1961 Hulan E. Jack
(b. 1906 - d. 1986) Dem
31 Jan 1961 - 31 Dec 1964 Edward R. Dudley
(b. 1911 - d. 2005) Dem
24 Feb 1965 - 13 Sep 1966 Constance Baker Motley (f)
(b. 1921 - d. 2005) Ind/Dem
13 Sep 1966 - 31 Dec 1977 Percy Ellis Sutton
(b. 1920 - d. 2009) Dem
1 Jan 1978 - 31 Dec 1985 Andrew J. Stein
(b. 1945)
Dem
1 Jan 1986 - 31 Dec 1989 David Norman Dinkins
(b. 1927)
Dem
1 Jan 1990 - 31 Dec 1997 Ruth W. Messinger (f)
(b. 1940)
Dem
1 Jan 1998 - 31 Dec 2005 C. Virginia Fields (f)
(b. 1946)
Dem
1 Jan 2006 -
Scott M. Stringer
(b. 1960)
Dem
Queens
1637
Settlement begins.
1 Nov 1683
County of Queens
27 May 1870 - 31 Dec 1897 Long Island City incorporated (in
northwestern Queens County).
1 Jan 1898
County of Queens (including former Long Island City),
becomes a borough of New York City.
1 Jan 1899
Nassau made a separate county.
Mayors of Long Island City
1870 - 1871
Abram D. Ditmars (1st time) (b.
1822 - d. 1899) Dem
1872 - 1875
Henry S. DeBevoise (1st time)
Dem
1875
Abram D. Ditmars (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Dem
1876
John Quinn
(b. 1839 - d. 1903) Dem
1876 - Jan 1883
Henry S. DeBevoise (2nd time) Dem
Jan 1883 - 1886
George Petry (b. 18.. - d. 1890) Dem
1887 - Jan 1892
Patrick Jerome Gleason (1st time) (b. 1844 - d. 1901) Dem
Jan 1893 - 1895
Horatio S. Sanford (b. 18.. - d. 1933) Dem
1896
- 31 Dec 1897 Patrick
Jerome Gleason (2nd time) (s.a.)
Dem
Presidents
1 Jan 1898 - 31 Dec 1901 Frederick W. Bowley
(b. 1851 - d. 1916) Dem
1
Jan 1902 - 31 Dec 1905 Joseph Cassidy
(b. 1866? - d. 1920) Dem
1 Jan 1906 - 29 Apr 1908 Joseph Bermel
(b. 1860 - d. 1921) Dem
30 Apr 1908 - 28 Sep 1911 Lawrence Gresser
(b. 1851 - d. 1935) Dem
4 Oct 1911 - 3 Apr 1928 Maurice E. Connolly
(b. 1881 - d. 1935) Dem
18 Apr 1928 - 31 Dec 1928 Bernard M. Patten
(b. 1881 - d. 19..) Dem
1 Jan 1929 - 31 Dec 1941 George Upton Harvey
(b. 1881? - d. 1946) Rep
1 Jan 1942 - 31 Dec 1949 James A. Burke
(b. 1889 - d. 1965) Dem
1 Jan 1950 - 25 Aug 1951 Maurice A. Fitzgerald
(b. 1897 - d. 1951) Dem
26 Aug 1951 - 31 Dec 1951 Joseph F. Mafera
(b. 1895 - d. 1967) Dem
1 Jan 1952 - 31 Dec 1957 James A. Lundy
(b. 1903 - d. 1973) Rep
1 Jan 1958 - 31 Dec 1958 James J. Crisona
(b. 1907 - d. 2003) Dem
5 Jan 1959 - 31 Dec 1962 John T. Clancy
(b. 1903 - d. 1985) Dem
2 Jan 1963 - 31 Dec 1968 Mario J. Cariello
(b. 1907 - d. 1985) Rep; 1965
Dem+Rep+Lib
3
Jan 1969 - 17 Sep 1971 Sidney Leviss
(b. 1917 - d. 2007) Dem
22 Sep 1971 - 11 Feb 1986 Donald R. Manes
(b. 1934 - d. 1986) Dem
11 Feb 1986 - 31 Dec 2001 Claire K. Shulman (f)
(b. 1926) Dem
(acting to 12 Mar 1986)
3 Jan 2002 -
Helen M. Marshall (f)
(b. 1929)
Dem
Staten Island
3 Sep 1609
Named Staaten Eyelandt by the Dutch.
20 Aug 1661
Permanent settlement from this date.
18 Aug 1664
Staten Island
1 Nov 1683
County of Richmond
25 Jan 1898
Becomes a borough of New York City (Borough of Richmond)
(previously administered as 5 individual townships).
Apr 1975
Borough renamed Borough of Staten Island.
5 Nov 1993
Staten Island voters approve (65%) a draft charter for
independent City of Staten Island, but charter is not
approved New York City or New York state government.
Presidents
1 Jan 1898 - 1913
George Cromwell
(b. 1860 - d. 1934) Rep
1914 - 11 Jul 1915
Charles J. McCormack (b. 18.. - d. 1915) Dem
29 Jul 1915 - 1921
Calvin Decker Van Name (b. 1857 - d. 1924) Dem
Jan 1922 - Jul 1922
Matthew J. Cahill
(d. 1922)
Dem
18 Jul 1922 - 1933
John A. Lynch
Dem
1934 - 1945
Joseph A. Palma
(b. 1889 - d. 1969) Rep/Fus
1946 - Feb 1953
Cornelius A. Hall
(b. 1889 - d. 1953) Dem/Ind
1953 - 1954
Edward G. Baker
(b. 1906 - d. 1971) Dem
1955 - 1965
Albert V. Maniscalco
(b. 1908 - d. 1998) Dem
1966 - 1977
Robert T. Connor
(b. 1919 - d. 2009) Rep
1977 - 1984
Anthony R. Gaeta
(b. 1927 - d. 1988) Dem
1984 - 1989
Ralph J. Lamberti
(b. 1933) Dem
1990 - 31 Dec 2001
Guy V. Molinari
(b. 1928)
Rep
6 Jan 2002 -
James P. Molinaro
(b. 1931) Con/Rep
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