List of mayors of Philadelphia

The mayor of Philadelphia is the chief executive of the government of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
as stipulated by the Charter of the City of Philadelphia. The current mayor of Philadelphia is Jim Kenney.

History

The first mayor of Philadelphia, Humphrey Morrey, was appointed by city founder William Penn. Edward Shippen was appointed by Penn as first mayor under the charter of 1701, then was elected to a second term by the City Council. Subsequent mayors, who held office for one year, were elected by the city council from among their number.
No compensation was paid to the earliest office-holders, and candidates often objected strongly to their being selected, sometimes choosing even to pay a fine rather than serve. In 1704 Alderman Griffith Jones was elected but declined to serve, for which he was fined twenty pounds. In 1706, Alderman Thomas Story was similarly fined for refusing office. In 1745, Alderman Abraham Taylor was fined thirty pounds for refusing the mayoralty; Council then elected Joseph Turner, who also refused and was likewise fined. Others who refused election included Richard Hill, Isaac Norris, John Mifflin and Alexander Stedman, while William Coxe pleaded illness, Samuel Mifflin, William Coxe and Daniel Benezet, and John Barclay and George Roberts. Robert Wharton declined in 1800 and 1811, amid serving for 14 one-year terms, making him the most-often-elected and longest-serving mayor of Philadelphia.
In 1747, at the request of retiring Mayor William Attwood, Council resolved to institute an annual salary of 100 pounds for the office. Nevertheless, that same year, Anthony Morris secretly fled to Bucks County to avoid being notified of his election to the mayoralty. When after three days he could not be located, a new election had to be arranged, and Attwood was re-elected to a second term.
Beginning in 1826, Council could elect any citizen of Philadelphia to the mayoralty. From 1839, mayors were elected by popular vote. If no candidate won a majority of the popular vote, then the joint Councils would decide between the two leading candidates. John Swift was the first mayor to be elected directly by the people in the 1840 election.
The length of the term of office was extended to two years in 1854, to three years in 1861, and to four years in 1885. Further, The Act of 1885 prohibited mayors from succeeding themselves. The restriction was lifted in the 1940s allowing Bernard Samuel to run for re-election. In 1951, the city’s Home Rule Charter established a two-term limit for mayors.

Mayors

; Parties

No.	Mayor	Term start	Term end	Mayorship	Term
1	Humphrey Morrey			1	1
2	Edward Shippen I			2	2
2	Edward Shippen I			2	3
3	Anthony Morris I			3	4
4	Griffith Jones			4	5
5	Joseph Willcox			5	6
6	Nathan Stanbury			6	7
7	Thomas Masters			7	8
7	Thomas Masters			7	9
8	Richard Hill			8	10
9	William Carter			9	11
10	Samuel Preston			10	12
11	Jonathan Dickinson			11	13
12	George Roch			12	14
	Richard Hill			13	15
	Richard Hill			13	16
	Richard Hill			13	17
	Jonathan Dickinson			14	18
	Jonathan Dickinson			14	19
13	William Fishbourn			15	20
13	William Fishbourn			15	21
13	William Fishbourn			15	22
14	James Logan			16	23
15	Clement Plumsted			17	24
16	Isaac Norris			18	25
17	William Hudson			19	26
18	Charles Read			20	27
19	Thomas Lawrence I			21	28
19	Thomas Lawrence I			21	29
20	Thomas Griffitts			22	30
20	Thomas Griffitts			22	31
21	Samuel Hasell			23	32
21	Samuel Hasell			23	33
	Thomas Griffitts			24	34
	Thomas Lawrence I			25	35
22	William Allen			26	36
	Clement Plumsted			27	37
	Thomas Griffitts			28	38
23	Anthony Morris II			29	39
24	Edward Roberts			30	40
	Samuel Hasell			31	41
	Clement Plumsted			32	42
25	William Till			33	43
26	Benjamin Shoemaker			34	44
27	Edward Shippen III			35	45
28	James Hamilton			36	46
29	William Attwood			37	47
29	William Attwood			37	48
30	Charles Willing			38	49
	Thomas Lawrence I			39	50
31	William Plumsted			40	51
32	Robert Strettell			41	52
	Benjamin Shoemaker			42	53
	Thomas Lawrence I			43	54
	Charles Willing			44	55
	Charles Willing			44	56
	William Plumsted			45	57
	William Plumsted			45	58
33	Attwood Shute			46	59
33	Attwood Shute			46	60
34	Thomas Lawrence II			47	61
35	John Stamper			48	62
	Benjamin Shoemaker			49	63
36	Jacob Duché			50	64
37	Henry Harrison			51	65
38	Thomas Willing			52	66
	Thomas Lawrence II			53	67
39	John Lawrence			54	68
39	John Lawrence			54	69
40	Isaac Jones			55	70
40	Isaac Jones			55	71
41	Samuel Shoemaker			56	72
41	Samuel Shoemaker			56	73
42	John Gibson			57	74
42	John Gibson			57	75
43	William Fisher			58	76
44	Samuel Rhoads			59	77
45	Samuel Powel			60	78

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