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====List of mayors==== {|class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" |- ! align=center|# ! Mayor ! Term start ! Term end ! colspan=2 | Party ! Elections won ! Notes |- |align=center|1 |John G. Webb |align=center|{{Dts|1894}} |align=center|{{Dts|1897}} |bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}| |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | |Webb was the first mayor of River Edge following incorporation. |- |align=center|2 |Joseph A. Brohel |align=center|{{Dts|1897}} |align=center|{{Dts|1899}} |bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}| |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | |Resigned in August 1899. |- |align=center|3 |David A. Zabriskie |align=center|{{Dts|1899}} |align=center|{{Dts|1900}} |bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}| |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | |Acting mayor following Brohel's resignation. |- |align=center|4 |Louis L. Rolland |align=center|{{Dts|1900}} |align=center|{{Dts|1903}} |bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}| |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | |Resigned in November 1903 |- |align=center|5 |Henry Lozier |align=center|{{Dts|1903}} |align=center|{{Dts|1904}} |bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}| |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |N/A |Acting mayor following Rolland's resignation. Did not seek election to a full term. |- |align=center|6 |Joseph A. Brohel |align=center|{{Dts|1904}} |align=center|{{Dts|1912}} |bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}| |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |1903, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1911 |Only Mayor to serve non-consecutive terms. Resigned in January 1912. |- |align=center|7 |Albert Z. Bogert |align=center|{{Dts|1912}} |align=center|{{Dts|1930}} |bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}| |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |1912 (special), 1913, 1915, 1917, 1919, 1921, 1923, 1925, 1927 |Acting mayor following Brohel's resignation. Selected to fill balance of the term. Did not seek reelection to a ninth full term. |- |align=center|8 |Elmer F. Howell |align=center|{{Dts|1930}} |align=center|{{Dts|1931}} |bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}| |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |1929 |Resigned in February 1931. Name of the Borough changed from Riverside to River Edge during his tenure. |- |align=center|9 |J. Pell Zabriskie |align=center|{{Dts|1931}} |align=center|{{Dts|1938}} |bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}| |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |1931, 1933, 1935 |Acting mayor following Howell's resignation. Selected to fill balance of the term. Did not seek reelection to a third full term. |- |align=center|10 |Martin J. Ferber |align=center|{{Dts|1938}} |align=center|{{Dts|1948}} |bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}| |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |1937, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1945 |Also elected Bergen County Freeholder in 1943. Did not seek reelection to a sixth term. |- |align=center|11 |James Farrell |align=center|{{Dts|1948}} |align=center|{{Dts|1956}} |bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}| |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |1947, 1949, 1951, 1953 |Did not seek reelection to a fifth term. |- |align=center|12 |F. Walton Wanner |align=center|{{Dts|1956}} |align=center|{{Dts|1962}} |bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}| |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |1955, 1957, 1959 |Retired to run for [[New Jersey General Assembly|General Assembly]]. |- |align=center|13 |Kenneth B. George |align=center|{{Dts|1962}} |align=center|{{Dts|1965}} |bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}| |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |1961, 1963 |Died in February 1965. |- |align=center|14 |Karl C. Christiansen |align=center|{{Dts|1965}} |align=center|{{Dts|1972}} |bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}| |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |1965, 1967, 1969 |Acting mayor following George's death. Selected to fill balance of the term. Did not seek reelection to a fourth full term. |- |align=center|15 |John Curran |align=center|{{Dts|1972}} |align=center|{{Dts|1978}} |bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| |[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |1971, 1975 |First Democratic mayor. First mayor elected to a four-year term. Resigned upon election to the Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders in December 1978. |- |align=center|16 |William Doyle |align=center|{{Dts|1978}} |align=center|{{Dts|1984}} |bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| |[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |1979 |Acting mayor following Curran's resignation. Selected to fill balance of the term. Lost reelection to a second full term. |- |align=center|17 |Edward P. Raffo |align=center|{{Dts|1984}} |align=center|{{Dts|1988}} |bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}| |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |1983 |Lost reelection to a second term. |- |align=center|18 |Robert Graillat |align=center|{{Dts|1988}} |align=center|{{Dts|1988}} |bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| |[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |1987 |Resigned in December 1988. |- |align=center|19 |Kevin Rigby |align=center|{{Dts|1988}} |align=center|{{Dts|1992}} |bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| |[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |1989 (special) |Acting mayor following Graillat's resignation. Selected to fill balance of the term. Did not seek reelection to a full term. |- |align=center|20 |James T. Kirk |align=center|{{Dts|1992}} |align=center|{{Dts|2000}} |bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| |[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |1991, 1995 |Lost reelection to a third term. |- |align=center|21 |Margaret Falahee Watkins |align=center|{{Dts|2000}} |align=center|{{Dts|2012}} |bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}| |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |1999, 2003, 2007 |First female mayor of River Edge. Lost reelection to a fourth term. |- |align=center|22 |Sandy Moscaritolo |align=center|{{Dts|2012}} |align=center|{{Dts|2016}} |bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| |[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |2011 |Lost reelection to a second term. |- |align=center|23 |Edward Mignone |align=center|{{Dts|2016}} |align=center|{{Dts|2019}} |bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}| |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |2015 |Resigned in August 2019. |- |align=center|24 |Ellen Busteed |align=center|{{Dts|2019}} |align=center|{{Dts|2020}} |bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| |[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |N/A |Acting mayor following Mignone's resignation. Did not seek election to a full term. |- |align=center|25 |Thomas R. Papaleo |align=center|{{Dts|2020}} |align=center|Incumbent |bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}| |[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |2019 |Papaleo is the current mayor of River Edge. |}
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