This is a list of the people who have served as mayor of the city of Erie, Erie County, in northwestern Pennsylvania.
Erie's city government consists of a mayor and a city council. The mayor's office includes an elected city treasurer and city controller. The mayor also served as the President of the Select Council for the first nine years of Erie's incorporation.[1]
A mayor was limited to only one term of two years until 1890, when it was then lengthened to three years during the second term of Charles S. Clarke.[2] After 1890, mayors were an unlimited number of terms. The most notable example of the unlimited number of terms was Mayor Louis J. Tullio who was in office for eight consecutive terms from 1966 to 1989.
| Name | Term | Party | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Joseph Schember | January 2, 2018- present | Democratic | Incumbent | |
| 47 | Joseph E. Sinnott | January 2, 2006 - January 2, 2018 | Democratic | ||
| 46 | Richard E. Filippi | 2002 - 2006 | Democratic | ||
| 45 | Joyce A. Savocchio | 1990 - 2002 | Democratic | ||
| Patricia Liebel | November 12, 1989 - 1990 | Democratic | Served as Acting mayor | ||
| 44 | 1966 - November 12, 1989 | Democratic | Unable to complete term[3] | ||
| 43 | 1962 - 1965 | Republican | |||
| 42 | Arthur J. Gardner | 1955 - 1962 | Democratic | Appointed mayor after Flatley was removed from office[4] | |
| George J. Brabender | December 14, 1954 - January 5, 1955 | Served as Acting Mayor | |||
| 41 | Thomas W. Flatley | 1952 - 1954 | Democratic | Removed from office[5] | |
| 40 | 1950 - 1952 | Republican | |||
| 39 | Joseph C. Martin | 1948 - 1949 | Replaced Hickey, who died of a heart attack[6] | ||
| 38 | 1948 - August 28, 1948 | Democratic | Died in office | ||
| 37 | Gale H. Ross | 1947 - 1948 | Appointed for remainder of Barber's unexpired term[7] | ||
| 36 | 1936 - 1947 | Republican | Appointed State Secretary of Welfare in 1947[8] | ||
| 35 | 1932 - 1936 | Democratic | |||
| 34 | Joseph Crane Williams | 1924 - 1932 | |||
| 33 | Miles Brown Kitts | 1916 - 1924 | Republican | [9] | |
| 32 | Bernard J. Veit | 1915 | Died before taking office[10] | ||
| 31 | 1911 - 1915 | Democratic | [11] | ||
| 30 | Bernard Cochran | 1910 - 1910 | |||
| 29 | 1908 - 1911 | Democratic | [12] | ||
| Michael Liebel, Jr. | 1906 - 1907 | Democratic | Appointed in September 1906 then elected in February 1907 to complete Saltsman's unexpired term | ||
| 28 | 1905 - 1906 | Democratic | Died in office[13] | ||
| 27 | William Hardwick | 1902 - 1904 | |||
| 26 | 1900 - 1901 | Republican | |||
| 25 | 1896-04-06 - 1899 | Democratic | [14] | ||
| 24 | Walter Scott | 1893 - 1896 | [15] | ||
| 23 | Charles S. Clarke | 1890 - 1893 | |||
| Term length extended to 3 years in 1890 | |||||
| 23 | Charles S. Clarke | 1889 - 1889 | |||
| 22 | February 1887 - 1888 | Democratic | [16] [17] | ||
| 21 | Frank A. Mizener | 1886 - 1886 | Appointed for remainder of Adams' unexpired term[18] | ||
| 20 | Franklin Farrar Adams | 1885 - 1885 | Resigned[19] | ||
| 19 | Philip August Becker | 1883 - 1884 | [20] [21] [22] | ||
| 18 | Joseph McCarter | 1881 - 1882 | [23] | ||
| 17 | David T. Jones | 1878 - 1880 | |||
| 16 | Selden Marvin | 1877 - 1877 | [24] | ||
| 15 | John W. Hammond | 1876 - 1876 | [25] [26] | ||
| 14 | Henry Rawle | 1874 - 1875 | |||
| 13 | Charles Manning Reed | 1872 - 1873 | Republican | [27] [28] [29] | |
| 12 | William L. Scott | 1871 - 1871 | Democratic | ||
| 11 | Orange Noble | 1867 - 1870 | [30] [31] | ||
| 10 | William L. Scott | 1866 - 1866 | Democratic | ||
| 9 | Fernando Freeman Farrar | 1865 - 1865 | [32] | ||
| 8 | 1862 - 1864 | Republican | [33] | ||
| 7 | Sherburn Smith | 1859 - 1861 | [34] [35] | ||
| 6 | Wilson Laird | 1858 - 1858 | |||
| 5 | James Hoskinson | 1857 - 1857 | |||
| 4 | Wilson Laird | 1855 - 1856 | [36] | ||
| 3 | Alfred King | 1853 - 1854 | [37] [38] | ||
| 2 | Murray Whallon | 1852 - 1852 | |||
| 1 | Thomas G. Colt | 1851 - 1851 | First mayor of Erie[39] | ||
From 1805 until 1850, the Borough of Erie was headed by a burgess. The title of mayor has been used since the City of Erie was incorporated on April 14, 1851.
| Name | Starting Year | Ending Year | Date of Birth | Date of Death | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. B. Vincent | 1850 | 1850 | August 4, 1803 | July 21, 1876 | |
| 1849 | 1849 | 1795 | May 26, 1851 | ||
| Charles W. Kelso | 1848 | 1848 | |||
| William Kelley | 1846 | 1847 | |||
| Charles W. Kelso | 1845 | 1845 | |||
| 1843 | 1844 | October 11, 1783 | February 7, 1856 | ||
| Thomas Stewart | 1842 | 1842 | |||
| Rufus S. Reed | 1841 | 1841 | October 11, 1775 | June 1, 1846 | |
| Myron Goodwin | 1840 | 1840 | |||
| William Kelley | 1839 | 1839 | |||
| James L. White | 1838 | 1838 | |||
| J. B. Laughead | 1836 | 1837 | |||
| Joseph M. Sterrett | 1834 | 1835 | |||
| Thomas H. Sill | 1833 | 1833 | October 11, 1783 | February 7, 1856 | |
| Tabor Beebe (acted for Forster) | 1832 | 1832 | |||
| Thomas Forster (elected but did not serve) | 1832 | 1832 | May 16, 1762 | 1836 | |
| George A. Eliot | 1831 | 1831 | |||
| William Johns | 1830 | 1830 | |||
| Thomas H. Sill | 1829 | 1829 | October 11, 1783 | February 17, 1856 | |
| Tabor Beebe | 1828 | 1828 | |||
| John C. Wallace | 1825 | 1827 | February 14, 1771 | December 8, 1827 | |
| John Morris | 1822 | 1824 | |||
| 1820 | 1821 | ||||
| George Moore | 1818 | 1819 | |||
| Thomas H. Sill | 1816 | 1817 | October 11, 1783 | February 7, 1856 | |
| George Moore | 1814 | 1815 | |||
| Judah Colt | 1813 | 1813 | |||
| Samuel Hays | 1812 | 1812 | |||
| John C. Wallace | 1810 | 1811 | February 14, 1771 | December 8, 1827 | |
| George Buehler | 1808 | 1809 | |||
| 1807 | 1807 | 1772 | October 4, 1824 | ||
| John C. Wallace | May 5, 1806 | 1806 | February 14, 1771 | December 8, 1827 |