Editing Madison, New Jersey (section)

==Government==
===Local government===
[[Image:Harley Dodge Memorial in Madison NJ.jpg|thumb|[[Marcellus Hartley Dodge Jr.|Hartley Dodge]] Memorial, donated by Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge, houses Madison's local government seat and faces the railroad station.]]
Madison is governed under the [[Borough (New Jersey)|borough]] form of New Jersey municipal government, which is used in 218 municipalities (of the 564) statewide, making it the most common form of government in New Jersey.<ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/inventory_of_municipal_forms_of_government_in_new_jersey.pdf ''Inventory of Municipal Forms of Government in New Jersey''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601184216/https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/inventory_of_municipal_forms_of_government_in_new_jersey.pdf |date=June 1, 2023 }}, [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies, July 1, 2011. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> The governing body is comprised of the mayor and the borough council, with all positions elected [[at-large]] on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. The [[List of mayors of Madison, New Jersey|Mayor of Madison]] is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The borough council includes 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.<ref name=DataBook>''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'', [[Rutgers University]] [[Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy]], March 2013, p. 94.</ref> The borough form of government used by Madison, 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 [[veto override|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.<ref>Cerra, Michael F. [http://www.njslom.org/magart0307_p14.html "Forms of Government: Everything You've Always Wanted to Know, But Were Afraid to Ask"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924045019/http://www.njslom.org/magart0307_p14.html |date=September 24, 2014 }}, [[New Jersey State League of Municipalities]]. Accessed November 30, 2014.</ref><ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=6 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604040836/https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=6 |date=June 4, 2023 }}, p. 6. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref>

The Madison Municipal Building is the location since 1935 of a portrait of [[Abraham Lincoln]], attributed to [[German Americans|German immigrant]] artist W.F.K. Travers, painted from life in 1865. The painting, one of three known full-length paintings of Lincoln, is {{convert|9|ft|adj=on}} high,<ref>[[Edward L. Widmer|Widmer, Ted]]. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/02/18/abraham-lincoln-painting-restored/ "A rare painting of Lincoln restores the emancipator to his full height"], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', February 18, 2022. Accessed February 22, 2022. "Eventually, it was bought by one Rockefeller, then acquired by another, Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge, who installed it in a building she donated to the town of Madison, N.J., in memory of her son. That building, dedicated in 1935, became the borough hall and a shrine to local democracy."</ref> and was loaned to the National Portrait Gallery in February 2023<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brockell |first=Gillian |date=February 11, 2023 |title=After Obscurity, 'Lifelike' Lincoln Portrait Is on Display |language=en-US |volume=146 |page=B3 |newspaper=Washington Post |issue=53393 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/02/10/abraham-lincoln-portrait-gallery-travers/ |access-date=2023-02-17 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> until December 2027.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Westhoven |first=William |date=January 10, 2023 |title=After 80 years Hiding 'In Plain Sight,' Madison's Lincoln Portrait Heads to Smithsonian |url=https://www.dailyrecord.com/story/news/local/morris-county/2023/01/10/madison-nj-museum-loans-historic-lincoln-portrait-to-smithsonian/69784475007/ |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=Daily Record |language=en-US}}</ref>

{{As of|2025}}, the mayor of Madison is [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] Robert H. Conley, whose term of office ends December 31, 2027. Members of the borough council are Council President Rachel F. Ehrlich (D, 2025), John Forte (D, 2026), Thomas Haralampoudis (D, 2025), Melissa Honohan (D, 2027), Robert E. Landrigan (D, 2026) and Eric Range (D, 2027).<ref name=MayorCouncil>[https://www.rosenet.org/229/Mayor-Council Mayor and Council], Borough of Madison. Accessed April 26, 2023.</ref>

====Mayors of Madison====
{{Complete list|date=October 2022}}
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Mayor
! Term Begins
! Term Ends
|-
| James Preston Albright
| January 14, 1890
| December 31, 1905
|-
| Calvin Anderson
| January 1, 1906
| December 31, 1907
|-
| William F. Redmond
| January 1, 1908
| December 31, 1909
|-
| Calvin Anderson
| January 1, 1910
| May 6, 1910
|-
| George W. Downs
| July 25, 1910
| December 31, 1913
|-
| Benyew D. Philhower
| January 1, 1914
| December 31, 1915
|-
| Otto Ross
| January 1, 1916
| December 31, 1919
|-
| William A. Starrett
| January 1, 1920
| December 31, 1921
|-
| Edward D. Merikle
| January 1, 1922
| December 31, 1923
|-
| John E. Clarey
| January 1, 1922
| December 31, 1923
|-
| Harry A. Crane
| May 12, 1924
| December 31, 1924
|-
| Frank A. Cook
| January 1, 1925
| December 31, 1927
|-
| Frank F. Gibney
| January 1, 1928
| December 31, 1929
|-
| Walter F. Speir
| January 1, 1930
| December 31, 1931
|-
| Frank A. Cook 
| January 1, 1932
| December 31, 1933
|-
| Alan H. Brown
| January 1, 1934
| December 31, 1935
|-
| Wilson S. Morris
| January 1, 1936
| December 31, 1937
|-
| Samuel A. Gruver
| January 1, 1938
| June 29, 1945
|-
| Norman J. Griffiths
| June 29, 1945
| December 31, 1951
|-
| Donald A. Morrison
| January 1, 1952
| December 31, 1953
|-
| Alfred P. Smith Jr.
| January 1, 1954
| December 31, 1955
|-
| Thomas T. Taber
| January 1, 1956
| December 31, 1959
|-
| Earl J. Reddert
| January 1, 1960
| December 31, 1965
|-
| William G. Nordling
| January 1, 1966
| December 31, 1971
|-
| Glen O. Head
| January 1, 1972
| December 31, 1975
|-
| Roger B. Vernon
| January 1, 1976
| December 31, 1979
|-
| Elizabeth G. Baumgartner<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/07/realestate/if-youre-thinking-of-living-in-madison.html|title=If You're Thinking of Living in:; MADISON|first=Rachelle|last=Garbarine|work=The New York Times |date=June 7, 1987|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>
| January 1, 1980
| December 31, 1987
|-
| Ralph G. Engelsman<ref>{{cite web |title=Ralph G. Engelsman, Former Mayor of Madison |url=https://www.tapinto.net/towns/madison/articles/ralph-g-engelsman-former-mayor-of-madison |website=www.tapinto.net |access-date=30 October 2022}}</ref>
| January 1, 1988
| December 31, 1991
|-
| Donald R. Capen<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary of Donald R. Capen |url=https://madisonmemorialhome.com/tribute/details/923/Donald-Capen/obituary.html |website=madisonmemorialhome.com |access-date=30 October 2022}}</ref>
| January 1, 1992
| December 31, 1995
|-
| Gary E. Ruckelshaus<ref>{{cite web |last1=Easton |first1=Louise |title=Former Madison mayor discovers he's related to Bottle Hill founder |url=https://www.newjerseyhills.com/madison_eagle/news/former-madison-mayor-discovers-hes-related-to-bottle-hill-founder/article_d2fe05f0-e2a0-5098-8353-156cc787ef00.html |website=www.newjerseyhills.com |publisher=Madison Eagle |access-date=30 October 2022}}</ref>
| January 1, 1996
| December 31, 1999
|-
| John J. Dunne
| January 1, 2000
| December 31, 2003
|-
| Ellwood R. Kerkeslager<ref>{{cite web |title=Madison funds dump cleanup; Officials visit sister city |url=https://www.newjerseyhills.com/madison-funds-dump-cleanup-officials-visit-sister-city/article_5ef1e9ea-fdad-52ba-838c-bfe80ef898e6.html |website=www.newjerseyhills.com |access-date=6 November 2022}}</ref>
| January 1, 2004
| December 31, 2007
|-
| Mary-Anna Holden<ref>{{cite web |title=Commissioner Holden |url=https://www.state.nj.us/bpu/about/commissioners/holden.html |website=www.state.nj.us/ |publisher=State of New Jersey Board of Public Utilities |access-date=30 October 2022}}</ref>
| January 1, 2008
| December 31, 2011
|-
| Robert H Conley<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert Conley |url=https://l4ca.org/leaders/robert-conley |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221106031252/https://l4ca.org/leaders/robert-conley |url-status=usurped |archive-date=November 6, 2022 |website=l4ca.org |publisher=Leaders for Climate Accountability |access-date=6 November 2022}}</ref>
| January 1, 2012
| Incumbent
|-
|}

===Federal, state, and county representation===
Madison is located in the 11th Congressional District<ref name=PCR2012>[https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/2012-congressional-districts/njcd-2011-plan-components-county-mcd.pdf Plan Components Report], [[New Jersey Redistricting Commission]], December 23, 2011. Accessed February 1, 2020.</ref> and is part of New Jersey's 25th state legislative district.<ref>[https://nj1015.com/whats-your-new-nj-legislative-district-20-moved-on-new-map/ Districts by Number for 2023-2031], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed September 18, 2023.</ref>

{{NJ Congress 11}} {{NJ Senate}}

{{NJ Legislative 25}}

{{NJ Morris County Commissioners}}

===Politics===
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As of March 2011, there were a total of 9,769 registered voters in Madison, of which 2,577 (26.4%) were registered as [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]], 3,312 (33.9%) were registered as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] and 3,869 (39.6%) were registered as [[Unaffiliated (New Jersey)|Unaffiliated]]. There were 11 voters registered as [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarians]] or [[Green Party (United States)|Greens]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/election-results/2011-morris-co-summary-report.pdf Voter Registration Summary – Morris], [[New Jersey Department of State]] Division of Elections, March 23, 2011. Accessed December 18, 2012.</ref>

In the [[2024 United States presidential election in New Jersey|2024 presidential election]], Democrat [[Kamala Harris]] received 60.8% of the vote (5,378 cast), ahead of Republican Donald Trump with 37.4% (3,309 votes), and other candidates with 1.9% (165 votes), among the 8,993  ballots cast cast by the borough's 12,442 registered voters, for a turnout of 72.0%<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date= |title=Division of Elections |url=https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2024/2024-official-general-result-ballotscast-morris.pdf |access-date=29 December 2024 |website=New Jersey Department of State}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2024/2024-official-general-results-president-morris.pdf|title=United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2024|website=Division of Elections |publisher=New Jersey Department of State |access-date=29 December 2024}}</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2020|2020 presidential election]], Democrat [[Joe Biden]] received 62.6% of votes cast (5,838 cast), ahead of Republican Donald Trump with 35.8% (3,340 votes), and other candidates with 1.6% (148 votes), among the 9,503 ballots cast cast by the borough's 12,284 registered voters, for a turnout of 77.0%<ref>{{Cite web |title=Division of Elections |url=https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2020/2020-official-general-result-ballotscast-morris.pdf |access-date=29 December 2024 |website=New Jersey Department of State}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2020/2020-official-general-results-president-morris.pdf|title=United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2020|website=Division of Elections |publisher=New Jersey Department of State |access-date=15 February 2021}}</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2016|2016 presidential election]], Democrat [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]] received 55.0% of the vote (4,421 cast), ahead of Republican [[Donald Trump]] with 37.1% (2,980 votes), and other candidates with 4.5% (359 votes), among the 8,032 ballots cast by the borough's 11,073 registered voters, for a turnout of 73.0%.<ref>{{cite web |title=Division of Elections |url=https://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2016/2016-gen-elect-ballotscast-results-morris.pdf |website=New Jersey Department of State |access-date=15 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Presidential General Election Results Morris County |url=https://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2016/2016-gen-elect-presidential-results-morris.pdf |website=Division of Elections |publisher=New Jersey Department of State |access-date=15 February 2021}}</ref> In the [[United States presidential election in New Jersey, 2012|2012 presidential election]], Republican [[Mitt Romney]] received 50.3% of the vote (3,715 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Barack Obama]] with 48.6% (3,589 votes), and other candidates with 1.0% (76 votes), among the 7,416 ballots cast by the borough's 10,438 registered voters (36 ballots were [[Spoilt vote|spoiled]]), for a turnout of 71.0%.<ref name=2012Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-presidential-morris.pdf |title=Presidential General Election Results – November 6, 2012 – Morris County |date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref><ref name=2012VoterReg>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2012-results/2012-ballotscast-morris.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast – November 6, 2012 – General Election Results – Morris County|date=March 15, 2013 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref>

In the [[New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2013|2013 gubernatorial election]], Republican [[Chris Christie]] received 65.2% of the vote (3,051 cast), ahead of Democrat [[Barbara Buono]] with 33.0% (1,544 votes), and other candidates with 1.8% (83 votes), among the 4,778 ballots cast by the borough's 10,249 registered voters (100 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 46.6%.<ref name=2013Elections>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-results-governor-morris.pdf |title=Governor – Morris County |date=January 29, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref><ref name=2013VoterReg>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/2013-results/2013-general-election-ballotscast-morris.pdf |title=Number of Registered Voters and Ballots Cast – November 5, 2013 – General Election Results – Morris County|date=January 29, 2014 |publisher=New Jersey Department of Elections |access-date=December 24, 2014}}</ref>