The Political Graveyard: Mayors of Reading, Pennsylvania

Mayors of Reading, Pennsylvania

Mayors of Reading, 1847-1964 (may be incomplete!)
Peter Filbert 1847-48 William H. Keim 1848-49 George Getz 1849-53 George M. Keim 1853 Daniel R. Clymer 1853-54 John S. Richards 1854-55 William M. Baird 1855-56 Joel B. Wanner 1856-57 A. Jordan Swartz 1857-58 Benneville Keim 1858-61 Joel B. Wanner 1861-63 Joseph S. Hoyer 1863-65 Nathan M. Eisenhower 1865-67 William H. Gernand 1867-71 Samuel C. Mayer 1871-73 Charles F. Evans 1873-79 Henry A. Tyson 1879-81 William G. Rowe 1881-85 James K. Getz 1885-87 James R. Kenney 1887-91 Thomas P. Merritt 1891-93 William F. Shanaman 1893-96 Jacob Weidel 1896-99 Adam H. Leader 1899-1902 Edward Yeager 1902-05 Edwin R. Gerber 1905-08 William Rick 1908-12 Ira W. Stratton 1912-16 Edward H. Filbert 1916-20 John K. Stauffer 1920-24 William E. Sharman 1924-28 J. Henry Stump 1928-37 James B. Bamford 1953-54 Daniel F. McDevitt 1956 Eugene L. Shirk 1964

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1847: Peter Filbert (Dem), elected; William H. Keim (Whig), defeated; W. A. Wells, defeated.

1848: William H. Keim (Whig), elected; Daniel R. Clymer (Dem), defeated.

1849: George Getz (Whig), elected; Andrew M. Sallade (Dem), defeated; Peter Filbert, defeated.

1850: George Getz (Whig), elected; Andrew M. Sallade (Dem), defeated.

1851: George Getz (Whig), elected; Peter Filbert (Dem), defeated.

1852: George Getz (Whig), elected; Daniel R. Clymer (Dem), defeated.

1853: Daniel R. Clymer (Dem), elected; John S. Richards (Whig), defeated.

1853 Feb 10: George Getz, died in office.

1854: John S. Richards (Ind), elected; Daniel R. Clymer (Dem), defeated; John C. Myers (Ind), defeated; William Mason, defeated.

1855: William M. Baird (American), elected; Samuel L. Young (Fusion), defeated.

1856: Joel B. Wanner (Dem), elected; Peter Filbert (American), defeated.

1857: A. Jordan Swartz (Dem), elected; Charles K. Robeson (Fusion), defeated.

1858: Benneville Keim (American), elected; Jacob M. Sallade (Dem), defeated.

1859: Benneville Keim (American), elected; John K. McKurdy (Dem), defeated.

1860: Benneville Keim (People's), elected; Michael Kraemer, Sr. (Dem), defeated.

1861: Joel B. Wanner (Dem), elected; Benneville Keim (Rep), defeated.

1863: Joseph S. Hoyer (Dem), elected; David McKnight (Rep), defeated.

1865: Nathan M. Eisenhower (Rep), elected; Matthias Mengel (Dem), defeated.

Chief Burgesses of Reading, 1815-47 (may be incomplete!)
John Spayd 1815-23 William Witman 1823-25 Peter Nagle, Jr. 1825-31 Henry A. Muhlenberg 1831-32 Peter Nagle, Jr. 1832-33 George M. Keim 1833-34 Anthony Bickel 1834-35 Thomas Kepple 1835-36 William Schoener 1836-37 Peter Nagle, Jr. 1837-39 William Schoener 1839-43 William High 1843-44 William Betz 1844-47

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