Princeton was founded by Europeans in the latter part of the 17th century. Because of a dispute over school taxes, the municipality split into the Borough of Princeton and Princeton Township in 1894, and both became fully independent municipalities. On January 1, 2013, the two consolidated as Princeton under a borough form of government. Princeton 1813–1893 Mayors of Princeton, New Jersey: 1813-05–1817-12: Samuel Bayard 1818-03–1823-02: Ercursion Beatty (died February 1823) 1824-01–1829-03: Robert Voorhees (resigned March 1829) 1829-03–1838-03: John Lowrey 1838-03–1843-11: Col. Alexander McWhorter Cumming (born 23 July 1802, died 16 July 1879; resigned November 1843) 1843-11–1844-04: Henry Clow (vacancy) 1844-04–1845-01: John Lowrey (died January 1845) 1845-01–1845-04: James Vandeventer (vacancy) 1845-04–1846-04: Col. Alexander McWhorter Cumming 1846-04–1850-04: John T. Robinson 1850-04–1851-01: J. I. Dunn (died January 1851) 1851-02–1853-04: John Conover 1853-04–1854-04: George T. Olmsted 1854-04–1855-04: Richard Stockton Cumming (born 29 November 1833, died 18 January 1895) 1855-04–1856-04: Augustus S. Martin 1856-04–1858-04: Martin Voorhees 1858-04–1860-04: Col. Alexander McWhorter Cumming 1860-04–1861-04: O. H. Bartine 1861-04–1862-04: Alex. M. Hudnut 1862-04–1863-04: James T. L. Anderson 1863-04–1864-04: Alex. M. Hudnut 1864-04–1865-04: Hezekial Mount 1865-04–1866-04: Richard Runyon 1866-04–1868-04: Alex. M. Hudnut 1868-04–1870-04: Eli R. Stonaker 1870-04–1871-04: George T. Olmsted 1871-04–1872-04: Charles O. Hudnut 1872-04–1873-04: George T. Olmsted 1873-04–1874-04: LeRoy Anderson (mayor) (resigned 1874) 1874-04–1875-04: Richard Runyon (vacancy) 1875-04–1877-04: F. S. Conover 1877-04–1880-04: Charles S. Robinson (resigned) 1880-04–1881-04: William J. Gibby (vacancy) 1881-04–1883-04: John F. Hageman, Jr. 1883-04–1885-04: William J. Gibby 1885-04–1887-04: Josiah W. Wright 1887-04–1888-04: Crowell Marsh (resigned) 1888-04–1889-04: LeRoy H. Anderson (vacancy) 1889-04–1891-04: Richard Stockton Cumming 1891-04–1893-04: Augustus MacDonald Since 2013 Mayors of Princeton, New Jersey: 2013-01-01–2020-12-31: Liz Lempert 2021-01-01–present: Mark Freda Princeton Borough (1893–2013) Mayors of Borough of Princeton, New Jersey: 1893-04–1897-04: James L. Briner 1897-04–1903-04: E. Mulford Updike 1903-04–1906-01: H. L. Robinson 1906-01–1911-02: H. L. Robinson (died 13 February 1911) 1911-02–1916-01: Alexander Hamilton Phillips 1916-01–1923-02-06: Charles Browne (born 1875, died 1947; resigned 6 February 1923) 1923-02-06–1928-01: E. Mulford Updike 1928-01–1930-01: B. Franklin Bunn 1930-01–1936-01: Joseph S. Hoff 1936-01–1946-01-01: Charles R. Erdman, Jr. 1946-01-01–1948-01-01: Minot C. Morgan, Jr. 1948-01-01–1950-01-01: Charles Rosenberry Erdman, Jr. (born 1897, died 1984) 1950-01-01–1958-01-01: P. MacKay Sturges 1958-01-01–1962-01-01: Raymond F. Male 1962-01-01–1970-01-01: Henry S. Patterson, II 1970-01-01–1984-01-01: Robert W. Cawley 1984-01-01–1990-10-10: Barbara Boggs Sigmund (born 1939, died 10 October 1990) 1990-11-08–1991-01-01: Marvin R. Reed, succeeded Barbara Boggs Sigmund upon her death, then reelected to three terms on his own. 1991-01-01–2004-01-01: Marvin R. Reed 2004-01-01–2005-10-21: Joseph P. O'Neill (died 21 October 2005) 2005-11-09–2011-01-01: