List of mayors of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
This list of mayors of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania is sorted chronologically, by default. The current mayor, since January 2014, is Democrat Eric Papenfuse.
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Mayor William K. Verbeke
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Mayor Vance C. McCormick
Mayor Eric Papenfuse
Mayor | Term | Political party | Notes |
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William H. Kepner | Apr 20, 1860 – Mar 27, 1863 | Democratic | |
Augustus L. Roumfort | Mar 27, 1863 – Mar 23, 1866 | Democratic | |
Oliver Edwards | Mar 23, 1866 – Jan 11, 1869 | ||
William W. Hays | Jan 11, 1869 – Mar, 1870 | Republican | Died in office.[1] |
George B. Cole | Apr 4, 1870 – Jan 9, 1871 | ||
William K. Verbeke | Jan 9, 1871 – Jan 13, 1873 | Democratic | |
Jacob D. Boas | Jan 13, 1873 – Jan 11, 1875 | Republican | |
John D. Patterson | Jan 11, 1875 – Jan 8, 1881 | Republican | Resigned.[2] |
John Crull Herman[3] | Jan 8, 1881 – Apr 2, 1883 | Republican | |
Simon Cameron Wilson | Apr 2, 1883 – 1886 | Republican | Died in office.[4] |
Samuel W. Fleming Sr. | 1886–1887 | Republican | |
John A. Fritchey | 1887–1893 | Democratic | |
Maurice C. Eby | 1893–1896 | Republican | |
John D. Patterson | 1896–1899 | Republican | |
John A. Fritchey | 1899–1902 | Democratic | |
Vance C. McCormick | 1902–1905 | Democratic | |
Edward Z. Gross | 1905–1908 | Republican | |
Ezra S. Meals, M.D. | 1908–1912 | Republican | |
John K. Royal | 1912–1916 | Democratic | |
Ezra S. Meals, M.D. | 1916 – April 18, 1917 | Republican | Died in office.[5] |
William L. Gorgas | Apr 18, 1917 – May 15, 1917 | Named acting mayor following Dr. Meals' death.[5] | |
Charles A. Miller | May 15, 1917 – July 12, 1917 | Republican | Died in office.[5] |
William L. Gorgas | Jul 12, 1917 – Sep 24, 1917 | Named acting mayor following Miller's death.[5] | |
J. William Bowman | Sep 24, 1917 – Nov 27, 1917 | Retired from office.[5] | |
Daniel L. Keister | Nov 27, 1917 – Jan 5, 1920 | Republican | |
George A. Hoverter | Jan 5, 1920 – Jan 6, 1936 | Republican | |
John A. F. Hall | Jan 6, 1936 – Jan 1, 1940 | Republican | |
Howard E. Milliken, M.D. | Jan 1, 1940 – Jan 5, 1948 | Republican | |
Claude R. Robins | Jan 5, 1948 – Jan 2, 1956 | Republican | |
Nolan F. Ziegler | Jan 2, 1956 – Mar 7, 1963 | Republican | Died in office.[6] |
Daniel J. Barry | Mar 26, 1963 – Jan 6, 1964 | ||
William K. McBride | Jan 6, 1964 – Jan 1, 1968 | Republican | |
Albert H. Straub | Jan 1, 1968 – Jan 5, 1970 | Republican | |
Harold A. Swenson | Jan 5, 1970 – Jan 1, 1978 | Democratic | |
Paul E. Doutrich, Jr. | Jan 3, 1978 – Jan 5, 1982 | Republican | |
Stephen R. Reed | Jan 5, 1982 – Jan 4, 2010 | Democratic | Defeated for renomination in 2009 |
Linda D. Thompson | Jan 4, 2010 – Jan 6, 2014 | Democratic | Defeated for renomination in 2013 |
Eric R. Papenfuse | Jan 6, 2014 – present | Democratic | Reelected November 2017; defeated for renomination and lost write-in campaign in November 2021 |
References[]
- ^ HALLENBROOKE., MORGAN, GEORGE (2016). ANNALS, COMPRISING MEMOIRS, INCIDENTS AND STATISTICS OF HARRISBURG : from the period of ... its first settlement. FORGOTTEN Books. ISBN 978-1-333-62002-8. OCLC 979704448.
- ^ Egle, William Henry (1883). History of the Counties of Dauphin and Lebanon: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; Biographical and Genealogical. Everts & Peck.
- ^ John C. Herman was given the middle name of "Crull" because that was his grandmother's surname. It was also a means to preserve a surname with an ancient heritage. Already his cousins—the Crull Blymer twins—had it as their middle names for preservation purposes. Because the "Crull Blymer" twins had gone to Phillips Exeter Academy (Class of 1872) and then destined for Harvard College (Class of 1876), John Crull Herman was sent to Yale College. His son, John Crull Herman also attended Yale (Class of 1915) and was a member of Wolf's Head; and his grandson John Crull Herman III graduated from Yale in 1939 where he, too, was a member of Wolf's Head. He also later taught at the Yale School of Architecture
- ^ HALLENBROOKE., MORGAN, GEORGE (2016). ANNALS, COMPRISING MEMOIRS, INCIDENTS AND STATISTICS OF HARRISBURG : from the period of ... its first settlement. FORGOTTEN Books. ISBN 978-1-333-62002-8. OCLC 979704448.
- ^ a b c d e "How many mayors did Harrisburg have in 1917?". pennlive. 2017-05-17. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
- ^ "NOLAN F. ZIEGLER". The official website for the Pennsylvania General Assembly. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
- The Political Graveyard: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Dedication of Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg - Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
- History of Harrisburg: the State Capital - Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
- History of the Counties of Dauphin and Lebanon[permanent dead link]
See also[]
Categories:
- Lists of mayors of places in Pennsylvania
- Mayors of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania