List of Burgesses of Erie, Pennsylvania

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This is a list of the people who served as burgess of the Borough of Erie, Erie County, in northwestern Pennsylvania from 1805 until 1850. The title of mayor has been used since the City of Erie was incorporated on 14 April 1851.

See also List of Mayors of Erie, Pennsylvania, United States

Name Starting Year Ending Year Date of Birth Date of Death
John C. Wallace 5 May 1806 1806 14 February 1771 8 December 1827
Thomas Wilson 1807 1807 1772 4 October 1824
George Buehler 1808 1809
John C. Wallace 1810 1811 14 February 1771 8 December 1827
Samuel Hays 1812 1812
Judah Colt 1813 1813
George Moore 1814 1815
Thomas H. Sill 1816 1817 11 October 1783 7 February 1856
George Moore 1818 1819
Judah Colt 1820 1821
John Morris 1822 1824
John C. Wallace 1825 1827 14 February 1771 8 December 1827
Tabor Beebe 1828 1828
Thomas H. Sill 1829 1829 11 October 1783 7 February 1856
William Johns 1830 1830
George A. Eliot 1831 1831
Thomas Forster (elected but didn't serve) 1832 1832 16 May 1762 1836
Tabor Beebe (acted for Forster) 1832 1832
Thomas H. Sill 1833 1833 11 October 1783 7 February 1856
Joseph M. Sterrett 1834 1835
J. B. Laughead 1836 1837
James L. White 1838 1838
William Kelley 1839 1839
Myron Goodwin 1840 1840
Rufus S. Reed 1841 1841 11 October 1775 1 June 1846
Thomas Stewart 1842 1842
Thomas H. Sill 1843 1844 11 October 1783 7 February 1856
Charles W. Kelso 1845 1845
William Kelley 1846 1847
Charles W. Kelso 1848 1848
Alexander W. Brewster 1849 1849 1795 26 May 1851
B. B. Vincent 1850 1850 4 August 1803 21 July 1876

[edit] References

  • (1884) History of Erie County, Pennsylvania, Volume 1. Chicago: Warner, Beer's and Company, 535. 
  • S. B. Nelson. Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County, Pennsylvania, Volume 2, 543-601.