The Political Graveyard: Mayors of Philadelphia (including Kensington, Moyamensing, Northern Liberties, Southwark, Spring Garden), Pennsylvania

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Mayors of Philadelphia (including Kensington, Moyamensing, Northern Liberties, Southwark, Spring Garden), Pennsylvania

Mayors of Philadelphia, 1701-2008 (may be incomplete!)
Edward Shippen 1701-03 Anthony Morris 1703-04 Griffith Jones 1704-05 Joseph Wilcox 1705-06 Nathan Stanbury 1706-07 Thomas Masters 1707-09 Richard Hill 1709-10 William Carter 1710-11 Samuel Preston 1711-12 Jonathan Dickinson 1712-13 George Roche 1713-14 Richard Hill 1714-17 Jonathan Dickinson 1717-19 William Fishbourne 1719-22 James Logan 1722-23 Clement Plumsted 1723-24 Isaac Norris 1724-25 William Hudson 1725-26 Charles Read 1726-28 Thomas Lawrence 1728-29 Thomas Griffitts 1729-31 Samuel Hasell 1731-33 Thomas Griffitts 1733-34 Thomas Lawrence 1734-35 William Allen 1735-36 Clement Plumsted 1736-37 Thomas Griffitts 1737-38 Anthony Morris 1738-39 Edward Roberts 1739-40 Samuel Hasell 1740-41 Clement Plumsted 1741-42 William Till 1742-43 Benjamin Shoemaker 1743-44 Edward Shippen 1744-45 James Hamilton 1745-46 William Attwood 1746-48 Charles Willing 1748-49 Thomas Lawrence 1749-50 William Plumsted 1750-51 Robert Strettell 1751-52 Benjamin Shoemaker 1752-53 Thomas Lawrence 1753-54 Charles Willing 1754 William Plumsted 1754-56 Attwood Shute 1756-58 Thomas Lawrence 1758-59 John Stamper 1759-60 Benjamin Shoemaker 1760-61 Jacob Duché 1761-62 Henry Harrison 1762-63 Thomas Willing 1763-64 Thomas Lawrence 1764-65 John Lawrence 1765-67 Isaac Jones 1767-69 Samuel Shoemaker 1769-71 John Gibson 1771-73 William Fisher 1773-74 Samuel Rhoads 1774-75 Samuel Powel 1775-76 Samuel Powel 1789-90 Samuel Miles 1790-91 John Barclay 1791-92 Matthew Clarkson 1792-96 Hilary Baker 1796-98 Robert Wharton 1798-1800 John Inskeep 1800-01 Matthew Lawler 1801-05 John Inskeep 1805-06 Robert Wharton 1806-08 John Barker 1808-10 Robert Wharton 1810-11 Michael Keppele 1811-12 John Barker 1812-13 John Geyer 1813-14 Robert Wharton 1814-19 James Nelson Barker 1819-20 Robert Wharton 1820-24 Joseph Watson 1824-28 George M. Dallas 1828-29 Benjamin Wood Richards 1829 William Milnor 1829-30 Benjamin Wood Richards 1830-32 John Swift 1832-38 Isaac Roach 1838-39 John Swift 1839-41 John Morin Scott 1841-44 Peter McCall 1844-45 John Swift 1845-49 Joel Jones 1849-50 Charles Gilpin 1850-54 Robert Taylor Conrad 1854-56 Richard Vaux 1856-58 Alexander Henry 1858-65 Morton McMichael 1866-68 Daniel Fox 1869-71 William S. Stokley 1872-81 Samuel King 1881-84 William Burns Smith 1884-87 Edwin H. Fitler 1887-91 Edwin S. Stuart 1891-95 Charles Franklin Warwick 1895-99 Samuel H. Ashbridge 1899-1903 John Weaver 1903-07 John E. Reyburn 1907-11 Rudolph Blankenburg 1911-16 Thomas B. Smith 1916-20 J. Hampton Moore 1920-24 W. Freeland Kendrick 1924-28 Harry A. Mackey 1928-32 J. Hampton Moore 1932-36 S. Davis Wilson 1936-39 George Connell 1939 Robert E. Lamberton 1940-41 Bernard Samuel 1941-52 Joseph S. Clark, Jr. 1952-56 Richardson K. Dilworth 1956-62 James H. J. Tate 1962-72 Frank L. Rizzo 1972-80 William J. Green 1980-84 W. Wilson Goode 1984-92 Edward G. Rendell 1992-2000 John F. Street 2000- Michael Nutter 2008-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1754 Nov 30: Charles Willing, died in office.

1854: Robert Taylor Conrad (Whig), elected; Richard Vaux (Dem), defeated.

1856: Richard Vaux (Dem), elected; Henry D. Moore, defeated.

1858: Alexander Henry, elected; Richard Vaux (Dem), defeated.

1860: Alexander Henry (Rep), elected; John Robbins (Dem), defeated.

1862: Daniel Fox (Dem), defeated; Alexander Henry (Rep), elected.

1865: Morton McMichael (Rep), elected; Daniel Fox (Dem), defeated.

1868: Daniel Fox (Dem), elected; Hector Tynsdale (Rep), defeated.

1871: William S. Stokley (Rep), elected; James S. Biddle, defeated.

1874: William S. Stokley (Rep), elected; Alexander K. McClure, defeated.

1877: William S. Stokley (Rep), elected; Joseph L. Caven, defeated.

1881: Samuel King, elected; William S. Stokley (Rep), defeated; A. C. Baird (Greenback), defeated.

1884: William Burns Smith (Rep), elected; Samuel King, defeated.

1887: Edwin H. Fitler (Rep), elected; George deBenneville Keim (Dem), defeated.

1891: Albert H. Lardner (Dem), defeated; Edwin S. Stuart (Rep), elected.

1895: Charles Franklin Warwick (Rep), elected; Robert E. Pattison (Dem), defeated.

1899 Feb 21: Samuel H. Ashbridge (Rep), elected; W. Horace Hoskins (Dem), defeated; L. L. Eavenson (Prohibition), defeated; Bryan (People's), defeated; Hetzel (Single Tax), defeated.

1903: John Weaver (Rep), elected; Howard H. Caldwell (Socialist), defeated; Alfred D. Calvert (Prohibition), defeated; Francis F. Kane (Dem), defeated.

1907: John E. Reyburn, elected; Charles Sehl (Socialist), defeated; L. L. Eavenson (Prohibition), defeated; William Potter, defeated.

1911: William S. Vare, defeated for nomination; Rudolph Blankenburg, elected; George H. Earle, Jr. (Rep), defeated.

1915: B. Gordon Bromley (Dem), defeated; George D. Porter, defeated; Thomas B. Smith (Rep), elected.

1919: J. Hampton Moore (Rep), elected; Harry Wescott (Dem), defeated; Joseph S. McLaughlin, defeated; Charles J. Bauer (Socialist), defeated.

1923: W. Freeland Kendrick (Rep), elected; A. Raymond Raff (Dem), defeated.

1927: Thomas A. Logue (Dem), defeated; Joseph S. McLaughlin, defeated.

1927 Nov 8: J. Hampton Moore, defeated; Harry A. Mackey (Rep), elected.

1931: Michael Donohoe (Dem), defeated; J. Hampton Moore (Rep), elected.

1935: S. Davis Wilson (Rep), elected; John B. Kelly (Dem), defeated.

1939: Robert E. Lamberton (Rep), elected; Robert C. White (Dem), defeated.

1939 Aug 19: S. Davis Wilson, died in office.

1941 Aug 22: Robert E. Lamberton, died in office.

1943: Bernard Samuel (Rep), elected; William C. Bullitt (Dem), defeated.

1947: Richardson K. Dilworth (Dem), defeated; Bernard Samuel (Rep), elected.

1951: Daniel A. Poling (Rep), defeated; Joseph S. Clark, Jr. (Dem), elected.

1955: Richardson K. Dilworth (Dem), elected; W. Thacher Longstreth (Rep), defeated.

1959: Harold E. Stassen (Rep), defeated; Richardson K. Dilworth (Dem), elected.

1962 Feb 12: Richardson K. Dilworth, resigned.

1963: James T. McDermott (Rep), defeated; James H. J. Tate (Dem), elected.

1967: Alexander Hemphill (Dem), defeated in primary.

1967: Arlen Specter (Rep), defeated; Joseph J. Frieri (Constitution), defeated; James H. J. Tate (Dem), elected.

1971: William J. Green (Dem), defeated in primary; David B. Cohen (Dem), defeated in primary.

1971: Frank L. Rizzo (Dem), elected; Joseph J. Frieri (Constitution), defeated; W. Thacher Longstreth (Rep), defeated.

1975: Thomas M. Foglietta (Rep), defeated; Frank L. Rizzo (Dem), elected; Charles W. Bowser, defeated.

1979: Charles W. Bowser (Dem), defeated in primary.

1979: William J. Green (Dem), elected; Lucien E. Blackwell (Consumer), defeated; David W. Marston (Rep), defeated.

1983: Frank L. Rizzo (Dem), defeated in primary.

1983: Charles F. Dougherty (Rep), defeated in primary; Tom Gola (Rep), defeated in primary.

1983 Nov 8: W. Wilson Goode, elected; John Egan (Rep), defeated; Thomas Leonard, defeated.

1987: Edward G. Rendell (Dem), defeated in primary.

1987: John J. Egan, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary.

1987 Nov 3: W. Wilson Goode (Dem), elected; Frank L. Rizzo (Rep), defeated; Richard Gaeta (Consumer), defeated.

1991: Lucien E. Blackwell (Dem), defeated in primary.

1991: Samuel P. Katz (Rep), defeated in primary; Frank L. Rizzo (Rep), nominated, but died before the election; Ron Castille (Rep), defeated in primary.

1991 Nov 5: Edward G. Rendell (Dem), elected; Joseph M. Egan, Jr. (Rep), defeated; Dennis Wesley (New Philadelphia), defeated.

1995 Nov 7: Edward G. Rendell (Dem), elected; M. Joseph Rocks (Rep), defeated; Lance S. Haver (Consumer), defeated.

1999 May 18: John F. Street (Dem), nominated; Marty Weinberg (Dem), defeated in primary; John White, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary; Happy Fernandez (Dem), defeated in primary; Dwight E. Evans (Dem), defeated in primary; Queena R. Bass (Dem), defeated in primary.

1999 May 18: Samuel P. Katz (Rep), nominated unopposed.

1999 Nov 2: John F. Street (Dem), elected; Samuel P. Katz (Rep), defeated; John P. McDermott (Constitution), defeated.

2007 May 15: Michael Nutter (Dem), nominated; Tom Knox (Dem), defeated in primary; Robert A. Brady (Dem), defeated in primary; Chaka Fattah (Dem), defeated in primary; Dwight E. Evans (Dem), defeated in primary; Queena R. Bass (Dem), defeated in primary; Jesus White (Dem), defeated in primary.

2007 May 15: Ale Taubenberger (Rep), nominated unopposed.

2007 Nov 6: Michael Nutter (Dem), elected; Ale Taubenberger (Rep), defeated; John Staggs (Socialist Workers), defeated.

Kensington
(annexed to Philadelphia 1854)

Mayors of Kensington (may be incomplete!)

Moyamensing
(annexed to Philadelphia 1854)

Mayors of Moyamensing (may be incomplete!)

Northern Liberties
(annexed to Philadelphia 1854)

Mayors of Northern Liberties, 1836-54 (may be incomplete!)
John Conrad 1836-40 Edward D. Corfield 1840 John M. Cannon 1840-44 John F. Belsterling 1844-49 William Wilkinson 1849-51 George M. Howell 1851-54

Southwark
(annexed to Philadelphia 1854)

Mayors of Southwark (may be incomplete!)

Spring Garden
(annexed to Philadelphia 1854)

Mayors of Spring Garden (may be incomplete!)

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