Post: | Mayor |
Body: | Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania |
Incumbent: | George Brown |
Incumbentsince: | January 6, 2020 |
Preceded By: | Anthony "Tony" George |
Termlength: | 4 years |
Formation: | June 1871 |
Inaugural: | Ira M. Kirkendall |
Website: | https://www.wilkes-barre.city/mayors-office |
This is a list of mayors of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, a city in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
Name | Term Start | Term End | Political Party | |
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1 | Ira M. Kirkendall | June 1871 | June 1874 | Democrat |
2 | Michael Kearney | June 1874 | February 1877 | Republican |
3 | William W. Loomis | April 1877 | April 1880 | Republican |
4 | Thomas Broderick | April 1880 | February 1886 | Democrat |
5 | Charles B. Sutton | April 1886 | April 1892 | Republican |
6 | Francis M. Nichols | April 1892 | April 1902 | Republican |
7 | Charles H. Price | April 1902 | April 1905 | Republican |
8 | Frederick C. Kirkendall | April,1905 | April,1908 | Democrat |
9 | Lewis P. Kniffen | April 1908 | December 1911 | Republican |
10 | John V. Kosek | December 1911 | January 1920 | Democrat |
11 | Daniel L. Hart | January 1920 | February 1933 | Democrat |
12 | Charles N. Loveland | April 1933 | January 1944 | Republican |
13 | Con McCole | January 1944 | January 1948 | Democrat |
14 | Luther M. Kniffen | January 1948 | January 1960 | Republican |
15 | Frank Slattery | January 1960 | January 1968 | Democrat |
16 | John V. Morris | January 1968 | January 1970 | Republican |
17 | John B. McGlynn | January 1970 | January 1972 | Democrat |
18 | Con "Firpo" Salwoski | January 1972 | January 1976 | Democrat |
19 | Walter Lisman | January 1976 | January 1980 | Democrat |
20 | Thomas McLaughlin | January 1980 | January 1988 | Democrat |
21 | Lee Namey | January 1988 | January 1996 | Democrat |
22 | January 1996 | January 2004 | Democrat | |
23 | January 2004 | January 2016 | Democrat | |
24 | Anthony George | January 2016 | January 6, 2020 | Democrat |
25 | George Brown | January 6, 2020 | Present | Democrat |