List of mayors of Erie, Pennsylvania
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This is a list of the people who have served as mayor
Mayor
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 of the city of Erie
Erie, Pennsylvania
Erie is a city located in northwestern Pennsylvania in the United States. Named for the lake and the Native American tribe that resided along its southern shore, Erie is the state's fourth-largest city , with a population of 102,000...

, Erie County
Erie County, Pennsylvania
Erie County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of 2010, the population was 280,566. Its county seat is the City of Erie.- Geography :...

, in northwestern Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
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.

Erie's city government consists of a mayor and a city council
City council
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. The mayor's office includes an elected city treasurer
Treasurer
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 and city controller. The mayor also served as the President of the Select Council for the first nine years of Erie's incorporation.

A mayor was limited to only one term of two years until 1890, when the it was lengthened to three years during the second term of Charles S. Clarke. After 1890, mayors were an unlimited number of terms. The most notable example of the unlimited number of terms was Mayor Louis J. Tullio
Louis J. Tullio
Louis J. Tullio was the Mayor of Erie, Pennsylvania for eight terms from 1966 until 1989. He was the first Italian-American elected to this position.Tullio had a childhood goal of becoming Mayor of Erie...

 who was in office for eight consecutive terms from 1966 to 1989.
# Name Term Party
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Notes
47 Joseph E. Sinnott
Joseph E. Sinnott
Joseph E. "Joe" Sinnott is the incumbent mayor of Erie, Pennsylvania. A Democrat, he has served as mayor since January 2006.A lifelong resident of Erie, Sinnott graduated from Academy High School in 1984, and Gannon University in 1988 with a B.S. in chemistry. He worked as a chemist at the Erie...

January 2, 2006 – present Democratic
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Incumbent
46 Richard E. Filippi 2001 – 2005 Democratic
45 Joyce A. Savocchio 1991 – 2000 Democratic
* Patricia Liebel November 12, 1989 – 1990 Democratic Served as Acting mayor
44 Louis J. Tullio
Louis J. Tullio
Louis J. Tullio was the Mayor of Erie, Pennsylvania for eight terms from 1966 until 1989. He was the first Italian-American elected to this position.Tullio had a childhood goal of becoming Mayor of Erie...

1966 – November 12, 1989 Democratic Unable to complete term
43 Charles B. Williamson 1962 – 1965 Republican
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42 Arthur J. Gardner 1955 – 1962 Democratic
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Appointed mayor after Flatley was removed
from office
* George J. Brabender December 14, 1954 – January 5, 1955 Served as Acting Mayor
41 Thomas W. Flatley 1952–1954 Democratic Removed from office
40 Clairence K. Pulling  1950 – 1952 Republican
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39 Joseph C. Martin 1948 – 1949 Replaced Hickey, who died of a heart attack
38 Sherman T. Hickey, Jr. 1948 – August 28, 1948 Democratic Died in office
37 Gale H. Ross 1947 – 1948 Appointed for remainder of Barber's
unexpired term
36 Charlie R. Barber 1936 – 1947 Republican
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Appointed State Secretary of Welfare in 1947
35 James Patrick Rossiter
James Patrick Rossiter
James Patrick Rossiter was a prominent politician in Pennsylvania.-Family:...

1932 – 1936 Democratic
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34 Joseph Crane Williams 1924 – 1932
33 Miles Brown Kitts
Miles Brown Kitts
Miles Brown Kitts was a Republican mayor of Erie, Pennsylvania who served as mayor during World War I and the Roaring Twenties...

1916 – 1924 Republican
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32 Bernard J. Veit 1915 Died before taking office
31 William J. Stern 1911–1915 Democratic
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30 Bernard Cochran 1910–1910
29 Michael Liebel, Jr.
Michael Liebel, Jr.
Michael Liebel, Jr. was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Michael Liebel, Jr. was born in Erie, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Canisius College in Buffalo, New York. He was an accountant in the office of the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad at...

1908–1911 Democratic
* Michael Liebel, Jr. 1906–1907 Democratic Appointed in September 1906 then elected in February 1907 to complete Saltsman's unexpired term
28 Robert J. Saltsman 1905–1906 Democratic Died in office
27 William Hardwick 1902–1904
26 John Depinet 1900–1901 Republican
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25 Robert J. Saltsman 1896-04-06–1899 Democratic
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24 Walter Scott
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1893–1896
23 Charles S. Clarke 1890–1893
Term length extended to 3 years in 1890
23 Charles S. Clarke 1889–1889
22 John C. Brady February 1887–1888 Democratic
21 Frank A. Mizener 1886–1886 Appointed for remainder of Adams' unexpired term
20 Franklin Farrar Adams 1885–1885 Resigned
19 Philip August Becker 1883–1884
18 Joseph McCarter 1881–1882
17 David T. Jones 1878–1880
16 Selden Marvin 1877–1877
15 John W. Hammond 1876–1876
14 Henry Rawle 1874–1875
13 Charles M. Reed, Jr. 1872 – 1873 Republican
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12 William L. Scott
William Lawrence Scott
William Lawrence Scott was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. His body is buried at Erie Cemetery.-Family:...

1871 – 1871 Democratic
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11 Orange Noble 1867 – 1870
10 William L. Scott
William Lawrence Scott
William Lawrence Scott was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. His body is buried at Erie Cemetery.-Family:...

1866 – 1866 Democratic
9 F. F. Farrar 1865 – 1865
8 Prescott Metcalf
Prescott Metcalf
Prescott Metcalf was a prominent businessman and one of the first Republican mayors of Erie, Pennsylvania, a post he held from 1862 to 1864. His children were Joseph P. Metcalf, Windham W. Metcalf, Frederick Wilder Metcalf, Nellie Metcalf, and George Ralph Metcalf...

1862 – 1864 Republican
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7 Sherburn Smith 1859–1861
6 Wilson Laird 1858–1858
5 James Hoskinson 1857–1857
4 Wilson Laird 1855–1856
3 Alfred King 1853–1854
2 Murray Whallon 1852–1852
1 Thomas G. Colt 1851–1851 First mayor of Erie

Burgesses

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
Alexander W. Brewster 1849 1849 1795 May 26, 1851
Charles W. Kelso 1848 1848
William Kelley
William Kelley
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1846 1847
Charles W. Kelso 1845 1845
Thomas H. Sill 1843 1844 October 11, 1783 February 7, 1856
Thomas Stewart
Thomas Stewart
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1842 1842
Rufus S. Reed 1841 1841 October 11, 1775 June 1, 1846
Myron Goodwin 1840 1840
William Kelley
William Kelley
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1839 1839
James L. White
James L. White
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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
Thomas Forster
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 (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
Judah Colt
Judah Colt
Judah Colt was an early pioneer of Erie County.-Hill country:Colt was born on July 1, 1761 in Lyme, Connecticut. He left Connecticut in 1795 and moved to Erie County. He soon decided that the lake shore was inhospitable, so he looked to join earlier pioneers in the hill country south of Erie...

1820 1821
George Moore 1818 1819
Thomas H. Sill 1816 1817 October 11, 1783 February 7, 1856
George Moore 1814 1815
Judah Colt
Judah Colt
Judah Colt was an early pioneer of Erie County.-Hill country:Colt was born on July 1, 1761 in Lyme, Connecticut. He left Connecticut in 1795 and moved to Erie County. He soon decided that the lake shore was inhospitable, so he looked to join earlier pioneers in the hill country south of Erie...

1813 1813
Samuel Hays
Samuel Hays
Samuel Hays was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Samuel Hays was born in County Donegal, Ireland. He immigrated to the United States with his mother, and settled in Franklin, Pennsylvania, in 1792. He served as treasurer of Venango County, Pennsylvania...

1812 1812
John C. Wallace 1810 1811 February 14, 1771 December 8, 1827
George Buehler 1808 1809
Thomas Wilson
Thomas Wilson (Pennsylvania)
Thomas Wilson was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Thomas Wilson was born near Sunbury, Pennsylvania. He had the contract for supplying the western forts of the United States from Niagara to New Orleans. He was engaged in shipbuilding in Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1805...

1807 1807 1772 October 4, 1824
John C. Wallace May 5, 1806 1806 February 14, 1771 December 8, 1827
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