Editing Madison, New Jersey (section)

===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
|-
|}