Editing Morristown, New Jersey (section)

===Local government===
Morristown is governed within the [[Faulkner Act]], formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law, under a Plan F [[Faulkner Act (mayor–council)|Mayor-Council]] system of New Jersey municipal government, which went into effect on January 1, 1974.<ref name=DataBook>''2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book'', [[Rutgers University]] [[Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy]], March 2013, p. 116.</ref><ref>[https://njdatabook.rutgers.edu/sites/njdatabook.rutgers.edu/files/documents/forms_of_municipal_government_in_new_jersey_9220.pdf#page=10 "Forms of Municipal Government in New Jersey"], p. 10. [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070423164200/http://www.morriscountyclerk.com/Manual2006-Final.pdf#page=51 Morris County Manual 2006: Town of Morristown], [[Morris County, New Jersey]], backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of April 23, 2007. Accessed June 3, 2020.</ref> The town is one of 71 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form of government.<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''], [[Rutgers University]] Center for Government Studies, July 1, 2011. Accessed June 1, 2023.</ref> The Morristown Town Council is comprised of seven members, of which three members are elected [[at-large]] representing the entire town and one representative is chosen from each of the town's four [[Ward (United States)|wards]]. Members are elected on a partisan basis to four-year terms of office on a staggered basis in odd-numbered years as part of the November general election, with the four ward seats up for vote together and the at-large and mayoral seats up for vote together two years later. As the legislative arm of the government, the council is responsible for making and setting policy for the town.

{{As of|2024}}, the [[Mayor]] of Morristown is [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] Timothy Dougherty, whose term of office ends December 31, 2025.<ref name=Mayor>[https://www.townofmorristown.org/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={3296E4C6-4A1E-4F69-9BE2-306D732A52D6} Mayor Timothy Dougherty], Town of Morristown. Accessed April 26, 2023.</ref> Members of the Morristown Town Council are Council President Nathan Umbriac (D; At Large, 2025), Council Vice President David Silva (D; At Large, 2025), Toshiba Foster (D; At Large, 2025), Robert Iannaccone ([[Independent politician|I]], Ward I, 2027), Tina Lindsey (D, Ward II, 2027), Steven Pylypchuk (D, Ward III, 2027), and Christopher Russo (D; Ward IV, 2027).<ref>[https://www.townofmorristown.org/index.asp?Type=B_DIR&SEC={6271CCD1-1E4F-4A39-8761-63779701D8BE} Town Council Directory], Town of Morristown. Accessed February 14, 2024</ref><ref>[https://www.townofmorristown.org/vertical/sites/%7B0813EA2E-B627-4F82-BBB0-DDEE646947B5%7D/uploads/2023_Budget_STATE_DOC_adopted_june_13.pdf 2023 Municipal Data Sheet], Town of Morristown. Accessed February 17, 2024.</ref><ref name=MorrisManual>[https://www.morriscountyclerk.org/files/sharedassets/clerk/v/3/manual/mc-manual-2024-web-040924.pdf#page=48 ''Morris County Manual 2024''], [[Morris County, New Jersey]] Clerk. Accessed May 1, 2024.</ref><ref name=MorrisOfficials>[https://www.morriscountyclerk.org/files/sharedassets/clerk/v/9/elections/2024-municipal-elected-officials-032224.pdf ''Morris County Municipal Elected Officials For The Year 2024''], [[Morris County, New Jersey]] Clerk, updated March 20, 2024. Accessed May 1, 2024.</ref><ref name=Morris2023>[https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NJ/Morris/119045/web.317647/#/summary General Election November 7, 2023 Official Results], [[Morris County, New Jersey]], updated December 11, 2203. Accessed January 1, 2024.</ref><ref name=Morris2021>[https://www.morriscountyclerk.org/files/sharedassets/clerk/elections/past-results/2021-general-winners-121421.pdf General Election Winners For November 2, 2021], [[Morris County, New Jersey]] Clerk. Accessed January 1, 2022.</ref>

In 2019, Mary Dougherty, wife of Mayor Tim Dougherty was criminally charged with accepting bribe money from Attorney Matt O'Donnell. Mary had been running for a seat on the Morris County Board of Chosen Freeholders in 2018 when O'Donnell offered her $10,000, presumably to help him get awarded more contracts from the county for legal work.<ref name=Mary_Dougherty_Charged>[https://www.nj.gov/oag/newsreleases19/pr20191219a.html "AG Grewal Announces Criminal Charges Against Five Public Officials and Political Candidates in Major Corruption Investigation"], [[New Jersey Attorney General]], December 19, 2019. Accessed July 12, 2022. "Mary Dougherty, a real estate agent from Morristown, allegedly accepted a bribe of $10,000 from the cooperating witness – initially delivered as cash but later converted to checks from 'straw donors' – for her unsuccessful campaign for Morris County Freeholder in 2018. In return, she allegedly promised to support the reappointment of the cooperating witness as counsel for Morris County."</ref><ref name=Morristown_Corruption>[https://www.nj.gov/oag/newsreleases21/O'Donnell%20Indictment.pdf Mary Dougherty Criminal Complaint], [[New Jersey Attorney General]], December 19, 2019. Accessed July 12, 2022.</ref> In a plea agreement, Mary pled guilty in February 2021 to a reduced charge of falsifying a campaign finance report in exchange for dropping the bribery charge; she would face probation and a fine of $10,000.<ref>Coughlin, Kevin. [https://morristowngreen.com/2021/02/19/a-g-drops-bribery-charge-mary-dougherty-pleads-to-lesser-offense/ "A.G. drops bribery charge; Mary Dougherty pleads to lesser offense"], Morristown Green, February 19, 2021.Accessed July 12, 2022. "Mary Dougherty, the fifth defendant in a state political corruption investigation, on Friday pleaded guilty to a fourth-degree charge of falsifying a campaign finance report when she was running for Morris County freeholder in 2018. She will receive probation, for a term to be determined next month by Superior Court Judge Stephen Taylor, and pay a $10,000 fine–the amount she was charged with accepting unlawfully."</ref>
====Mayors====
{{Main|Mayor of Morristown, New Jersey}}
*Tim Dougherty, 2010 to present
*[[Donald Cresitello]], 2006 to 2010
*Jay DeLaney, 1998 to 2006
*Norman Bloch, 1990 to 1998
*David Manahan, 1986 to 1989
*Emilio J. Gervasio 1982 to 1986
*Donald Cresitello, 1977 to 1981
*David Manahan, 1974 to 1977
*John Bickford, 1963.
* William Parsons Todd, 1953&ndash;1954.<ref>Political Graveyard.[http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/morristown.html Morristown mayors]. Accessed 21 April 2015.</ref>
*Clyde W. Potts (1876–1950), 1921 to 1934. He was born on November 1, 1876, in [[Libertyville, Iowa]]. He died on May 19, 1950.<ref name=daily>{{cite news |url=http://iagenweb.org/boards/jefferson/biographies/index.cgi?read=111856 |title=Clyde W. Potts, Internationally known Sewer And Water Engineer; Once Head N.J. Health Bd. |access-date=2011-09-19|date=May 20, 1950|newspaper=[[Morristown Daily Record]] }}</ref>
*Theodore Ayers, 1909 to 1910<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xc8wAQAAMAAJ|title=A History of Morris County, New Jersey: Embracing Upwards of Two Centuries, 1710–1913 ...|last1=Pitney|first1=Henry Cooper|last2=Co|first2=Lewis Historical Publishing|date=1914-01-01|publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Company|pages=18|language=en}}</ref>
*Thomas W. Cauldwell, 1908 to 1909 (Died)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xc8wAQAAMAAJ|title=A History of Morris County, New Jersey: Embracing Upwards of Two Centuries, 1710–1913 ...|last1=Pitney|first1=Henry Cooper|last2=Co|first2=Lewis Historical Publishing|date=1914-01-01|publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Company|pages=12–13|language=en}}</ref>
*Alexander Bennell, 1906 to 1907<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/nelsonsbiographi02nels|title=Nelson's Biographical Cyclopedia of New Jersey|date=1913-01-01|publisher=Eastern historical publishing society|pages=[https://archive.org/details/nelsonsbiographi02nels/page/n303 212]|language=en}}</ref>
*Rev. Dr. Norman Fox, 1902<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tjI5AQAAIAAJ|title=The Municipal Year Book|date=1902-01-01|publisher=Engineering News Publishing Company|pages=78|language=en}}</ref>
*Edward Quayle, 1894, 1896, 1898 (Mayor during [[Spanish–American War]])<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xc8wAQAAMAAJ|title=A History of Morris County, New Jersey: Embracing Upwards of Two Centuries, 1710–1913 ...|last1=Pitney|first1=Henry Cooper|last2=Co|first2=Lewis Historical Publishing|date=1914-01-01|publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Company|pages=412–413|language=en}}</ref>
*James Sullivan (1837–1899), was born about 1837. Democrat. Grocer; mayor of Morristown, N.J.. Baptist. Member, Freemasons. Died May 9, 1899 <ref>Political Graveyard. [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sullivan5.html#679.44.16 Sullivan]. Accessed 21 April 2015.</ref>
*[[George Theodore Werts]] (1846–1910), 1886 to 1892.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ex-Gov. G. T. Werts Dead. Last Democratic Governor Of New Jersey And Old Politician. |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F05EFDC1139E333A2575BC1A9679C946196D6CF |quote=George T. Werts of New Jersey, one of the best-known Democratic politicians in that State, died yesterday of pneumonia at his home, 275 Union Street, ... |work=[[New York Times]] |date=January 18, 1910 |access-date=2008-06-18 }}</ref>
*Henry W. Miller, 1880 to 1881
*Theodore Ayers, 1876 to 1879
*Alfred Mills, 1874 to 1875
*Joseph W. Ballentine, 1872 to 1873
*Samuel S. Halsey, 1870 to 1871
*[[George Thomas Cobb]] (1813–1870), 1865 to 1869
*John Edwards Taylor (1834 – November 23, 1914).<ref>{{cite news |title=John E. Taylor Dies at 80. Ex-Mayor of Morristown and Long Prominent in City's Civic Life |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1914/11/24/archives/john-e-taylor-dies-at-80-exmayor-of-morristown-and-long-prominent.html |quote= John Edwards Taylor, 80 years old, former Mayor of Morristown died tonight at his home on McCulloch Avenue from pneumonia. Taylor was born in Brooklyn ... |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=November 24, 1914 |access-date=2011-09-19 }}</ref>