Job Male (August 24, 1808 – 1891) was the first Mayor of Plainfield, New Jersey, serving from 1869 to 1870 and 1877–1878 and finally 1887–1890.

He was appointed to the board of the Hudson County National Bank, in 1873 becoming president, which post he held until 1878.

He built the original Plainfield library, and donated the building and land, and later joined the board.

It was then named the Job Male Public Library, Art Gallery and Museum.

[3] His home on Crescent Avenue and many of the houses he designed and built are in the Crescent Area Historic District, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.