Cranford, New Jersey was incorporated on March 14, 1871.
The mayor is the chief elected official in the Township of Cranford, in Union County, New Jersey .
The township elects five commissioners at-large to three-year terms, and the members of the township committee elect one of their own as mayor and one as deputy mayor for one-year terms.
The mayor of Cranford is the chairman of the township committee and presides over meetings, sets agendas, oversees township government, and performs ceremonial functions.
The mayor has the same one vote as other commissioners and is a part-time ceremonial function.