Mayor of Scranton, Pennsylvania
The Mayor of Scranton is the chief executive of the government of Scranton, Pennsylvania, as stipulated by the Charter of the City of Scranton. The current Mayor of Scranton is Bill Courtright.
From 1866, mayors were elected by popular vote.
List of mayors of Scranton
| Mayor | Term | Political party |
|---|---|---|
| Elliot S.M. Hill | 1866-1869 | Democrat |
| William N. Monies | 1869-1872 | Republican |
| Mathew W. Loftus | 1872-1875 | Democrat |
| Robert H. McKune | 1875-1878 | |
| Terence Vincent Powderly | 1878-1884 | Greenback-Labor Party |
| Francis Allen Beamish | 1884-1886 | |
| Ezra H. Ripple | 1886-1890 | Republican |
| John H. Fellows | 1890-1893 | |
| William Lawrence Connell | 1893-1896 | |
| James G. Bailey | 1896-1899 | |
| James Moir | 1899-1901 | Republican |
| William Lawrence Connell | 1901-1903 | Republican |
| Alex T. Connell | 1903-1906 | |
| J. Benjamin Dimmick | 1906-1909 | Republican |
| John Von Bergen Jr. | 1909-1914 | Republican |
| Edmund B. Jermyn | 1914-1918 | |
| Alex T. Connell | 1918-1922 | |
| John F. Durkan | 1922-1926 | |
| Edmund B. Jermyn | 1926-1930 | |
| Fred K. Derby | 1930-1934 | |
| Stanley J. Davis | 1934-1938 | |
| Fred J. Huester | 1938-1942 | |
| Howard J. Snowdon | 1942-1946 | |
| James Thomas Hanlon | 1946-1962 | democrat |
| William T. Schmidt | 1962-1966 | republican |
| James J. Walsh | 1966-1970 | democrat |
| Eugene J. Peters | 1970-1978 | Republican |
| Eugene F. Hickey | 1978-1982 | Democrat |
| James Barrett McNulty | 1982-1986 | Democrat |
| David J. Wenzel | 1986-1990 | Republican |
| Jim Connors | 1990-2002 | Republican (1990-2000) Democratic (2000-2002) |
| Christopher Doherty | 2002 - January 6, 2014 | Democrat |
| Bill Courtright | January 6, 2014 – Present | Democrat |
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