Mayors of the Borough of Monmouth Beach, NJ (1906 – Present): 15 persons have held the town’s highest office since the municipality was formed.
William H. Heitzman (Jan. 1907–Dec. 1908) Born in Kingston, NY in 1874, he died in November 1948.
Garrett H. White (Jan. 1909–Dec. 1910). Born in Long Branch in February 1838; he died in January 1919 at Monmouth Beach.
Jesse P. Manahan (Jan. 1911–Dec. 1916). Born in Long Branch in May 1861, he died in April 1922 in Red Bank (where was a councilman).
Abram O. Johnson (Jan. 1917–Dec. 1926). Born in North Long Branch in October 1878, he died in August 1950 at his Riverdale Avenue home.
George Y. Van Brunt (Jan. 1927–Dec. 1928). Born in Long Branch in 1898, he died in January 1981 in Ocean Grove.
Maxwell B. Smith (Jan. 1929–Oct. 1929). Born in 1883 in New York, he died in January 1935.
John J. Campbell (Oct. 1929–May 1933). Born in NYC, he also died there in March 1934. He was the borough’s first mayor under the commission form of government.
William F. Carhart (May 1933–May 1937). Born in New York City in 1899, he died in March 1964 in Monmouth Beach.
Abram O. Johnson (May 1937–May 1945).
G. Henry Mihm (May 1945–May 1949). Born in Monmouth Beach in 1898, he died there in November 1979.
Sidney B. Johnson (May 1949–June 1978). Born in Monmouth Beach in 1915, he died there in March 2001.
F. Brent Neale (June 1978–May 1981). Born in New York in 1919, he died in February 1992.
Louis P. Sodano (May 1981–May 1997). Born in Madison, NJ.
James P. McConville, III (May 1997–May 2005).
Susan Howard (May 2005–August 2020).
David F. Stickle (August 2020–Present). Born February 1959 in Malpewood, NJ (Jack Flaherty Photo).
First Municipal Government in Monmouth Beach, NJ — Long Branch Daily Record, January 1907.
Young Sid looks so much like his father and Abram. It’s scary!