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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Mayors, Postmasters, Collectors of Customs, Suveyors of Customs, Collectors of Internal Revenue

Mayors of Philadelphia, 1691-2020 (may be incomplete!)
Humphrey Morrey 1691-1701 Edward Shippen 1701-03 Anthony Morris 1703-04 Griffith Jones 1704-05 Joseph Willcox 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 III 1980-84 W. Wilson Goode 1984-92 Ed Rendell 1992-2000 John F. Street 2000-08 Michael A. Nutter 2008-16 Jim Kenney 2016-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1754 Nov 30: Charles Willing, died in office.
  • 1798 Sep 25: Hilary Baker, 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 (Dem), 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 Feb 15: Edwin H. Fitler (Rep), elected; George de Benneville Keim (Dem), defeated; Phillips (Labor), 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 Jan 26: John E. Reyburn (Rep), nominated; John M. Walton (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1907 Feb 19: John E. Reyburn (Rep & Jeffersonian), elected; William Potter (City & Dem), defeated; Charles Sehl (Socialist), defeated; L. L. Eavenson (Prohibition), 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 (Charterite), defeated; Charles J. Bauer (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1923 Nov 6: W. Freeland Kendrick (Rep), elected; A. Raymond Raff (Dem), defeated; Fred Hodgson (Socialist), defeated; Powell Evans (Prohibition & Progressive), defeated; Frederick E. Mayer (Single Tax), defeated.
  • 1927 Nov 8: Harry A. Mackey (Rep), elected; J. Hampton Moore (Citizens), defeated; Thomas A. Logue (Dem), defeated; Joseph S. McLaughlin (Charterite), defeated.
  • 1931 Nov 3: J. Hampton Moore (Rep), elected; Michael Donohoe (Dem), defeated.
  • 1935 Nov 5: S. Davis Wilson (Rep), elected; John B. Kelly (Dem), defeated.
  • 1939 Aug 19: S. Davis Wilson, died in office.
  • 1939 Nov 7: Robert E. Lamberton (Rep), elected; Robert C. White (Dem), defeated.
  • 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 Nov 8: 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: Joseph J. Frieri (Constitution), defeated; Arlen Specter (Rep), defeated; James H. J. Tate (Dem), elected.
  • 1971: William J. Green III (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 III (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 A. Leonard, defeated.
  • 1987: Ed 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: Ed Rendell (Dem), elected; Joseph M. Egan, Jr. (Rep), defeated; Dennis Wesley (New Philadelphia), defeated.
  • 1995 Nov 7: Ed 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 A. 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: Al Taubenberger (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 2007 Nov 6: Michael A. Nutter (Dem), elected; Al Taubenberger (Rep), defeated; John Staggs (Socialist Workers), defeated.
  • 2015: Lynne Abraham, defeated.
  • 2015 May 19: Jim Kenney (Dem), nominated.
  • 2015 Nov 3: Jim Kenney (Dem), elected.

    Postmasters at Philadelphia, 1782-1969 (may be incomplete!)
    James Bryson 1782-89 Robert Patton 1789-1814 Michael Leib 1814-15 Richard Bache 1815-28 Thomas Sergeant 1828-33 James Page 1833-41 John C. Montgomery 1841-44 James Hoy, Jr. 1844-45 George F. Lehman 1845-49 William J. P. White 1849-53 John Miller 1853-57 Gideon G. Westcott 1857-59 Nathaniel B. Browne 1859-61 Cornelius A. Walborn 1861-66 Charles M. Hall 1866-67 Henry H. Bingham 1867-72 George W. Fairman 1872-76 A. Loudon Snowden 1876-79 John F. Hartranft 1879-80 Henry S. Huidekoper 1880-85 William F. Harrity 1885-89 John Field 1889-93 William W. Carr 1893-97 Thomas L. Hicks 1897-1901 Clayton McMichael 1901-06 Richard L. Ashhurst 1906-11 Thomas B. Smith 1911 Thomas B. Smith 1911-13 John A. Thornton 1913-21 George E. Kemp 1922 George E. Kemp 1922-29 Thomas McLeister 1929-30 Thomas McLeister 1930-32 John J. Mack 1932 John J. Mack 1932-34 Joseph F. Gallagher 1934-35 Joseph F. Gallagher 1935-49 Raymond A. Thomas 1949 Raymond A. Thomas 1949-59 Rod Green 1959 Frederic H. Barth 1959-61 Anthony I. Lambert 1961 Anthony I. Lambert 1961-69

    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

    Philadelphia

    Collectors of Customs at Philadelphia, 1789-1951 (may be incomplete!)
    Sharp Delany 1789-98 George Latimer 1798-1802 John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg 1802-07 John Shee 1807-09 John Steele 1809-27 William Jones 1827-29 James Nelson Barker 1829-38 George Wolf 1838-40 Jonathan Roberts 1840-42 Thomas S. Smith 1842-43 Calvin Blythe 1843-45 Henry Horn 1845-46 James Page 1846-49 William D. Lewis 1849-53 Charles Brown 1853-57 Joseph B. Baker 1857-61 William B. Thomas 1861-66 William F. Johnston 1866-67 Henry Wells Tracy as of 1866 Joseph W. Cake 1867-69 Henry D. Moore 1869-70 John W. Forney 1870-72 Seth I. Comly 1872-76 Alexander P. Tutton 1876-80 John F. Hartranft 1880-83 Thomas V. Cooper as of 1891 Chester W. Hill as of 1909 William H. Berry as of 1917 A. Lincoln Acker 1922-32 A. Raymond Raff 1935-47 Michael J. Bradley as of 1951

    Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1840 Mar 11: George Wolf, died in office.
  • 1947 Dec 10: A. Raymond Raff, died in office.

    Surveyors of Customs at Philadelphia, 1789-1927 (may be incomplete!)
    William Macpherson 1789-93 Walter Stewart 1793-96 William Jackson 1796-1803 William Bache 1803-14 James Glentworth 1814-29 William Duncan 1829-38 George W. Riter 1838-41 J. Washington Tyson 1841 John G. Watmough 1841-44 Thomas A. Cooper 1844-45 John Davis 1845-48 William B. Norris 1849-53 Reuben Charles Hale 1853-57 John Hamilton, Jr. 1857-61 E. Reed Myer 1861-67 William Harbeson 1867-69 E. O'Meara Goodrich 1869-81 E. O'M. Goodrich as of 1881 Edwin H. Nevin, Jr. 1881-83 George F. Leland 1883-84 John J. Ridgway as of 1891 Perry M. Lytle as of 1909 Charles R. Kurtz as of 1917 James E. Rininger as of 1927

    Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1881 Jan 28: E. O'Meara Goodrich, died in office.

    U.S. Collectors of Internal Revenue at Philadelphia, 1867-1951 (may be incomplete!)
    Charles Abel as of 1867 Horatio G. Sickel 1869-71 James Ashworth as of 1879 William H. Brooks as of 1891 William McCoach as of 1909 Ephraim Lederer as of 1917-19 Blakely D. McCaughn as of 1927 Albert H. Ladner as of 1932 Walter J. Rothensies as of 1941 Francis R. Smith as of 1946-51

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