Mayor of Reading, Pennsylvania | |
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Formation | Peter Filbert |
The Mayor of Reading, Pennsylvania, is the elected, chief executive of the city of Reading, Pennsylvania, the fourth-largest city in the state of Pennsylvania. The Reading city government consists of a mayor and a city council. The mayor is elected for a four-year term.
The Mayor of Reading served under a city commission form of government prior to 1996. However, the city's mayor have served under a home rule form of government since 1996, beginning with the inauguration of Mayor Paul Angstadt in January of that year. [1]
Reading is one of the few United States cities to have elected a Socialist mayor. Three times, in 1927, 1935, and 1944, J. Henry Stump was elected mayor. [2]
The current mayor is Eddie Moran, who was elected on November 5, 2019 and began serving his term on January 6, 2020. [3]
Mayor | Term Begins | Term Ends | Political Party |
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Peter Filbert [4] | 1847 | 1848 | |
William H. Keim | 1848 | 1849 | Whig |
George Getz [4] | 1849 | 1853 | |
George M. Keim | 1853 | 1853 | Democratic |
Daniel R. Clymer [4] | 1853 | 1854 | |
John S. Richards [4] | 1854 | 1855 | |
William M. Baird [4] | 1855 | 1856 | |
Joel B. Wanner [4] | 1856 | 1857 | |
A. Jordan Swartz [4] | 1857 | 1858 | |
Benneville Keim [4] | 1858 | 1861 | |
Joel B. Wanner [4] | 1861 | 1863 | |
Joseph S. Hoyer [4] | 1863 | 1865 | |
Nathan M. Eisenhower [4] | 1865 | 1867 | |
William H. Gernand [4] | 1867 | 1871 | |
Samuel C. Mayer [4] | 1871 | 1873 | |
Charles F. Evans [4] | 1873 | 1879 | |
Henry A. Tyson [4] | 1879 | 1881 | |
William G. Rowe [4] | 1881 | 1885 | |
James K. Getz [4] | 1885 | 1887 | |
James R. Kenney [4] | 1887 | 1891 | |
Thomas P. Merritt [4] | 1891 | 1893 | Democratic |
William F. Shanaman [4] | 1893 | 1896 | |
Jacob Weidel [4] | 1896 | 1899 | |
Adam H. Leader [4] | 1899 | 1902 | |
Edward Yeager [4] | 1902 | 1905 | |
Edwin R. Gerber [4] | 1905 | 1908 | |
William Rick [4] | 1908 | 1912 | |
Ira W. Stratton [4] | 1912 | 1916 | |
Edward H. Filbert [4] | 1916 | 1920 | |
John K. Stauffer [4] | 1920 | 1924 | |
William E. Sharman [4] | 1924 | 1928 | |
J. Henry Stump | 1928 | 1932 | Socialist |
Heber Ermentrout [4] | 1932 | 1936 | Democratic - Republican fusion |
J. Henry Stump | 1936 | 1940 | Socialist |
Harry F. Menges | 1940 | 1944 | |
J. Henry Stump | 1944 | 1948 | SDF |
John F. David | 1948 | 1952 | |
James B. Bamford [4] | 1952 | 1956 | |
Daniel F. McDevitt [4] | 1956 | 1960 | |
John C. Kubacki [4] | 1960 | 1964 | Democratic |
Eugene Shirk [1] | 1964 | 1968 | Republican |
Victor Yarnell [5] | 1968 [5] | 1972 [5] | Democratic |
Eugene Shirk [1] | 1972 | 1976 | Republican |
Joseph P. Kuzminski [1] | 1976 | 1980 | Democratic |
Karen A. Miller [1] | 1980 | February 1987 [6] | Democratic |
Warren Haggerty [1] | February 1987 [6] | January 1, 1996 | Democratic |
Paul Angstadt [1] | January 1, 1996 [7] | January 3, 2000 [8] | Republican |
Joseph Eppihimer [1] | January 3, 2000 [8] | January 5, 2004 | Democratic |
Tom McMahon [1] | January 5, 2004 | January 2, 2012 | Democratic |
Vaughn Spencer | January 2, 2012 | January 4, 2016 | Democratic |
Wally Scott | January 4, 2016 | January 6, 2020 | Democratic |
Eddie Moran [3] | January 6, 2020 | Democratic |