List of Mayors of Scranton, Pennsylvania

Mayor of Scranton, Pennsylvania
Incumbent
Bill Courtright
since January 6, 2014
Inaugural holder Elliott S. M. Hill
Formation 1866

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. Hill1866–1869 Democrat
William N. Monies1869–1872 Republican
Mathew W. Loftus1872–1875 Democrat
Robert H. McKune1875–1878 Democratic
Terence Vincent Powderly1878-1884 Greenback-Labor Party
Francis Allen Beamish1884–1886
Ezra H. Ripple1886–1890 Republican
John H. Fellows1890–1893
William Lawrence Connell1893–1896
James G. Bailey1896–1899
James Moir1899–1901 Republican
William Lawrence Connell1901–1903 Republican
Alex T. Connell1903–1906
J. Benjamin Dimmick1906–1909 Republican
John Von Bergen Jr.1909–1914 Republican
Edmund B. Jermyn1914–1918
Alex T. Connell1918–1922
John F. Durkan1922–1926
Edmund B. Jermyn1926–1930
Fred K. Derby1930–1934
Stanley J. Davis1934–1938
Fred J. Huester1938–1942
Howard J. Snowdon1942–1946
James Thomas Hanlon1946–1962 democrat
William T. Schmidt1962–1966 republican
James J. Walsh1966–1970 democrat
Eugene J. Peters1970–1978Republican
Eugene F. Hickey1978–1982 Democrat
James Barrett McNulty1982–1986Democrat
David J. Wenzel1986–1990Republican
Jim Connors1990–2002 Republican (1990–2000)
Democratic (2000–2002)
Christopher Doherty2002 – January 6, 2014Democrat
Bill CourtrightJanuary 6, 2014 – presentDemocrat

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