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Mayor [4] [5] Term Political party Notes John Larkin, Jr. 1866–1872: Republican: Larkin was the first mayor of Chester and refused to accept any salary for his service as mayor [6] Dr. J.L. Forwood: 1872–1881: Democrat: James Barton, Jr. 1881–1884: Republican: Dr. J.L. Forwood: 1884–1887: Democrat: Major Joseph R. T. Coates: 1887–1893 ...
In 1857, Larkin was elected Chief Burgess of Chester and became the president of the Chester Gas Company. [1] In 1866, Larkin was elected the first mayor of Chester. He was re-elected in 1869. He refused to accept any salary for his service as mayor. [3] Larkin was one of the founders and president of the Chester Mutual Insurance Company. [6]
The position of Lord Mayor of Chester was created on 10 March 1992 when the dignity was conferred on the city of Chester, England by Letters Patent as part of celebrations of 40th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II. [1] Prior to that the position had been that of Mayor of Chester. [2]
Stefan Roots is an American politician currently serving as the Democratic mayor of Chester, Pennsylvania, since January 3, 2024.He defeated the incumbent Thaddeus Kirkland in the May 2023 Democratic mayoral primary and Anita J. Littleton in the November 2023 general election.
Barbara Bohannan-Sheppard (born June 15, 1950) [1] is an American politician who served as mayor of Chester, Pennsylvania from 1992 to 1995. [2] Bohannan-Sheppard was the first Democrat to be elected mayor of Chester in almost a century and the second female and second African-American mayor of Chester.
Chester has a mayor-council government system, consisting of a popularly elected city mayor and city council. The terms of the mayor and members are four years. [64] The current mayor of the City of Chester is Stefan Roots, who won the Democratic nomination in May 2021, over incumbent Mayor Thaddeus Kirkland.
There had previously been one Democratic mayor, Barbara Bohannan-Sheppard, since 1905. [6] In 2015, he unsuccessfully ran again for mayor against Democratic candidate Thaddeus Kirkland, who had defeated Linder in the primary. [7] In 2012, he was named by the Delaware County Council to serve a five-year term on the board of the Chester Water ...
Thomas N. Barnes was the first African-American Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force [1] Thomas N. Barnes, first African-American Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force; Joseph F. Battle Jr., 25th Mayor of Chester and judge on Delaware County Court of Common Pleas; Ruth L. Bennett, social worker, first president of the Chester branch of the NAACP