1. ^{{cite web |url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/elizabeth.html |title=Mayors of Elizabeth, New Jersey |accessdate=2011-10-25 |quote= |publisher=Political Graveyard }}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/nj/union/history/local/mayorselizabeth.txt |title=Mayors of Elizabeth, New Jersey |accessdate=2011-10-25 |quote= |publisher=Union County NJ Archives History }}
3. ^{{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=Thomas Dunn, 76, Longtime Elizabeth Mayor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/13/nyregion/thomas-dunn-76-longtime-elizabeth-mayor.html |quote=Thomas G. Dunn, the blunt, often irascible former Mayor of Elizabeth, N.J., who was a major figure in the city's politics over four decades, died Wednesday at his home in the city. He was 76 years old. ... Mr. Dunn, a maverick Democrat and former union official, had served as mayor of the largely working-class city for 28 years, but he was defeated in his own party's primary in June 1992. Still, his tenure earned him the distinction as the nation's longest-serving mayor of a city of more than 100,000 people. |newspaper=New York Times |date= |accessdate=2011-10-24 }}
4. ^{{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=Steven J. Bercik |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/16/classified/paid-notice-deaths-bercik-the-honorable-steven-j.html |quote=The Honorable Steven J., former Union County, NJ, judge, Waterfront Commissioner for New Jersey and ex-Mayor of Elizabeth, died Saturday, June 14, 2003. He was elected Mayor of Elizabeth from 1956-64 and established the Elizabeth Human Relations Commission. Appointed by Gov. Richard Hughes for the post of New Jersey Waterfront Commissioner of New York Harbor from 1966-71. Appointed in 1972 as judge to the Juvenile and Domestics Court of Union County, NJ, serving as Presiding Judge from 1977-88, when he retired. ... |newspaper=New York Times |date=June 16, 2003 |accessdate=2011-10-28 }}
5. ^{{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=Nicholas S. LaCorte |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0A12F9385B1A7B93C7A91789D95F428685F9 |quote=Nicholas Saint LaCorte, Republican Assemblyman of Union County, died last night in Overlook Hospital of a heart attack. He was 47 years old and lived at 101 ... |newspaper=New York Times |date=December 5, 1966 |accessdate=2011-10-28 }}
6. ^{{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=James T. Kirk Is Dead at 78; Ex-Mayor of Elizabeth, N.J. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/02/01/archives/james-t-kirk-is-dead-at-78-exmayor-of-elizabeth-nj.html |quote=James T. Kirk, who was mayor of Elizabeth from 1939 to 1952, died today at the age of 78. He leaves a son and two daughters. In 1954 Mr. Kirk was named a full-time State deputy attorney general by Attorney General Grover C. Richman. ...|newspaper=New York Times |date=February 1, 1974 |accessdate=2011-10-28 }}
7. ^^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10} {{cite book |author= |coauthors= |title=The city of Elizabeth, New Jersey |year=1889 |publisher= Elizabeth Daily Journal |page=24 |quote=The Mayors of Elizabeth since its incorporation in 1855 have been: Elias Darby, May 1, 1855, to May 1, 1860 ; James Jenkins, May 1, 1860, to May 1, 1861 ; James B. Burnet, May 1, 1861, to May 1, 1862; Philip H. Grier, May 1, 1862, to January 1, 1871; Francis B. Chetwood, January 1, 1871, to January 1, 1873; William A. Coursen, January 1, 1873, to January 1, 1875; Robert W. Townley, January 1, 1875, to January 1, 1878; James S. Green, January 1, 1878, to January 1, 1879; Robert W. Townley, January 1, 1879, to January 1, 1880; Peter Bonnett, January 1, 1880, to January 1, 1882; Seth B. Ryder, January 1, 1882, to January 1, 1883; Joseph H. Grier, January 1, 1883, to date. | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wK4-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA24&lpg=PA24 |isbn= }}
8. ^^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8} {{cite book |author=Jean-Rae Turner and Richard T. Koles |coauthors= |title=Elizabeth: the first Capital of New Jersey |year=2003 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |page=69 |quote= | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1F6iYssnaVkC&pg=PA69&lpg=PA69 |isbn=0-7385-2393-3 }}