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
|
| 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 |
Thomas D. McGroarty |
January 1996 |
January 2004 |
Democrat
|
| 23 |
Thomas Leighton |
January 2004 |
January 2016 |
Democrat
|
| 24 |
Anthony George |
January 2016 |
January 6, 2020 |
Democrat
|
| 25 |
George Brown |
January 6, 2020 |
Present |
Democrat
|
Buildings named after Wilkes-Barre mayors
- A restaurant in the Rolling Mill Hill section of Wilkes-Barre was named "The Hart" in honor of former mayor Daniel Hart. The restaurant closed in and was sold at Sheriff Sale in 2009.[1]
- The John B. McGlynn Learning Center, located in the Boulevard Townhomes on Wilkes-Barre Boulevard, was founded in 1988. The learning center, was named in McGlynn's honor. John B. McGlynn served as Wilkes-Barre's 17th mayor, and did so from 1970 to 1972.
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