List of mayors of Philadelphia

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The Mayor of Philadelphia is the chief executive of the government of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as stipulated by the Charter of the City of Philadelphia.

The first mayor of Philadelphia, Humphrey Morrey, was appointed by city founder William Penn. Edward Shippen was appointed by Penn as first mayor under the charter of 1701, then was elected to a second term by the City Council. Subsequent mayors, who held office for one year, were elected by the city council from among their number.

No compensation was paid to the earliest office-holders, and candidates often objected strongly to being selected, sometimes choosing even to pay a fine rather than serve. In 1704 Alderman Griffith Jones was elected but declined to serve, for which he was fined twenty pounds. In 1706, Alderman Thomas Story was fined twenty pounds for refusing office. In 1745, Alderman Abraham Taylor was fined thirty pounds for refusing the mayoralty; Council then elected Joseph Turner, who also refused and was likewise fined.[1] Others who refused election included Richard Hill (1717), Isaac Norris (1722), John Mifflin and Alexander Stedman, while William Coxe pleaded illness (1758), Samuel Mifflin (1761), William Coxe and Daniel Benezet (1762), John Barclay and George Roberts (1792), and Robert Wharton (1811).[2]

In 1747, at the request of retiring Mayor William Attwood, Council resolved to institute an annual salary of 100 pounds for the office.[1] Nevertheless, that same year, Anthony Morris secretly fled to Bucks County to avoid being notified of his election to the mayoralty. When after three days he could not be located, a new election had to be arranged, and Attwood was re-elected to a second term.

From 1845, mayors were elected by popular vote. The length of the term of office was extended to two years in 1854, to three years in 1861, and to four years in 1885. A two-consecutive-term limit was instituted in 1951.

[edit] List of mayors of Philadelphia

Mayor Term Political party
Humphrey Morrey1691-1701(appointed by William Penn)
Edward Shippen1701-1703(appointed by Penn to a one-year term, elected by Council to another)
Anthony Morris1703-1704
Griffith Jones1704-1705
Joseph Willcox1705-1706
Nathan Stanbury1706-1707
Thomas Masters1707-1709(two one-year terms)
Richard Hill1709-1710
William Carter1710-1711
Samuel Preston1711-1712
Jonathan Dickinson1712-1713
George Roch1713-1714
Richard Hill1714-1717(three one-year terms)
Jonathan Dickinson1717-1719(two one-year terms)
William Fishbourn1719-1722(three one-year terms)
James Logan1722-1723
Clement Plumsted1723-1724
Isaac Norris1724-1725
William Hudson1725-1726
Charles Read1726-1727
Thomas Lawrence (I)1727-1729(two one-year terms)
Thomas Griffitts1729-1731(two one-year terms)
Samuel Hasell1731-1733(two one-year terms)
Thomas Griffitts1733-1734
Thomas Lawrence (I)1734-1735
William Allen1735-1736
Clement Plumsted1736-1737
Thomas Griffitts1737-1738
Anthony Morris1738-1739
Edward Roberts1739-1740
Samuel Hasell1740-1741
Clement Plumsted1741-1742
William Till1742-1743
Benjamin Shoemaker1743-1744
Edward Shippen (II)1744-1745
James Hamilton1745-1746
William Attwood1746-1748(two one-year terms)
Charles Willing1748-1749
Thomas Lawrence (I)1749-1750
William Plumsted1750-1751
Robert Strettell1751-1752
Benjamin Shoemaker1752-1753
Thomas Lawrence (I)1753-1754
Charles Willing1754(Replaced Thomas Lawrence (I), deceased)
William Plumsted1754-1756(Replaced Charles Willing, deceased) (two one-year terms)
Attwood Shute1756-1758(two one-year terms)
Thomas Lawrence (II)1758-1759
John Stamper1759-1760
Benjamin Shoemaker1760-1761
Jacob Duché, Sr.1761-1762
Henry Harrison1762-1763
Thomas Willing1763-1764
Thomas Lawrence (II)1764-1765
John Lawrence1765-1767(two one-year terms)
Isaac Jones1767-1769(two one-year terms)
Samuel Shoemaker1769-1771(two one-year terms)
John Gibson1771-1773(two one-year terms)
William Fisher1773-1774
Samuel Rhoads1774-1775
Samuel Powel1775-1776
(vacant)1776-1789
Samuel Powel1789-1790
Samuel Miles1790-1791
John Barclay1791-1792
Matthew Clarkson1792-1796
Hilary Baker1796-1798
Robert Wharton1798-1800
John Inskeep1800-1801
Matthew Lawler1801-1805
John Inskeep1805-1806
Robert Wharton1806-1807
John Barker1807-1810
Robert Wharton1810-1811
Michael Keppele1811-1812
John Barker1812-1813
John Geyer1813-1814
Robert Wharton1814-1819
James Nelson Barker1819-1820
Robert Wharton1820-1824
Joseph Watson1824-1828
George Mifflin Dallas1828-1829
Benjamin Wood Richards1829
William Milnor1829-1830
Benjamin Wood Richards1830-1831
John Swift1832-1838
Isaac Roach1838-1839
John Swift1839-1841
John Morin Scott1841-1844
Peter McCall1844-1845
John Swift1845-1849Whig (1st popularly elected)
Joel Jones1849-1850
Charles Gilpin1850-1854Whig
Robert Thomas Conrad1854-1856Whig
Richard Vaux1856-1858Democratic
Alexander Henry1858-1866People's; Republican
Morton McMichael1866-1869Republican
Daniel Fox1869-1872Democratic
William Strumberg Stokley1872-1881Republican
Samuel George King1881-1884
William Burns Smith1884-1887Republican
Edwin Henry Fitler1887-1891Republican
Edwin Sydney Stuart1891-1895Republican
Charles Franklin Warwick1895-1899Republican
Samuel Howell Ashbridge1899-1903Republican
John Weaver1903-1907Republican
John E. Reyburn1907-1911Republican
Rudolph Blankenburg1911-1916Republican elected on Democratic ticket
Thomas B. Smith1916-1920Republican
J. Hampton Moore1920-1924Republican
W. Freeland Kendrick1924-1928Republican
Harry Arista Mackey1928-1931Republican
J. Hampton Moore1932-1936Republican
Samuel Davis Wilson1936-1939Republican
George Connell1939-1940Acting mayor for the balance of Wilson's term after Wilson's death.
Robert Eneas LambertonJanuary 1, 1940-August 22, 1941Republican
Bernard SamuelAugust 22, 1941-January 7, 1952Republican
Joseph S. Clark Jr.January 7, 1952-January 2, 1956Democratic
Richardson DilworthJanuary 2, 1956-February 12, 1962Democratic (elected to two four-year terms, resigned)
James Hugh Joseph TateFebruary 12, 1962-January 3, 1972Democratic (succeeded Dilworth, resigned; elected to two four-year terms)
Frank L. RizzoJanuary 3, 1972-January 7, 1980Democratic (two four-year terms)
William J. Green IIIJanuary 7, 1980-January 2, 1984Democratic
W. Wilson GoodeJanuary 2, 1984-January 6, 1992Democratic (two four-year terms)
Edward G. RendellJanuary 6, 1992-December 21, 1999Democratic (elected to two four-year terms, resigned)
John F. StreetDecember 21, 1999-presentDemocratic (succeeded Rendell, resigned; elected to two four-year terms)
Michael NutterJanuary, 2008Democratic (Mayor-elect)

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b John Thomas Scharf, Thompson Westcott, History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884, Lippincott, Phila., 1884.
  2. ^ Committee of Seventy's Historical List of Philadelphia Mayors
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