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Matthew Tuerk (born March 18, 1975) is an American politician and economic development official serving as the mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania since January 2022. Despite entering a crowded field with low name recognition, he was the first candidate to defeat an incumbent mayor in an Allentown primary since 1973, becoming the city's first Latino mayor.
The building houses three branches of government: the city's executive branch (the Mayor's Office), its legislature (the Philadelphia City Council), and a substantial portion of the judicial activity in the city (the Civil Division and Orphan's Court of the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas for the First Judicial District are housed there, as ...
John Swift was the first mayor to be elected directly by the people in the 1840 Philadelphia mayoral election. The term of office for the mayor was extended to two years in 1854, to three years in 1861, and to four years in 1885. The Act of 1885 also prohibited mayors from succeeding themselves. [4]
Voters elected two women for the first time to lead Philadelphia and Pennsylvania’s second-largest county, installing Democrat Cherelle Parker as the 100th mayor of the state’s largest city ...
Cherelle Lesley Parker (born September 9, 1972) [2] is an American politician who has served as the 100th mayor of Philadelphia since 2024. She is the first woman to hold the office.
Pennsylvania mayor stubs (46 P) Pages in category "Mayors of places in Pennsylvania" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.
Former City Council President; died in office from a brain tumor. Joe Weinroth & Titus North: 59 Luke Ravenstahl ♥ 2006–2014 Democrat Former City Council President; became mayor at age 26, making him the youngest mayor of a top 100 city. Mark DeSantis: Dok Harris & Kevin Acklin: 60 Bill Peduto ♥ 2014–2022 Democrat Former city councilman ...
Joseph Schember (born November 13, 1950) is an American banker and politician and serving as the 48th mayor of Erie, Pennsylvania.Schember previously served as a vice president of PNC Bank and as a member of the Erie City Council between 2006 and 2012.