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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 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, 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:
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 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 (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
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
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