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On March 5, 1795, the borough of Chester, which had been governed under the charter granted by William Penn in 1701, was incorporated by the Pennsylvania Assembly. [2] Chester was incorporated as a city on February 4, 1866 [3] with a mayor-council government system, consisting of a popularly elected city mayor and city council. The terms of the ...
Prior to that the position had been that of Mayor of Chester. [2] The Lord Mayoralty was given to Chester in recognition of its historical and economic importance. [3] In 2009 the role of Lord Mayor of Chester was combined with that of Chairman of Cheshire West and Chester Council, but the two roles were separated again in 2015. [4]
[5] 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]
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 ...
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 is bordered to the south by the Delaware River. The city has a total area of 6.0 square miles (15.6 km 2), 4.8 square miles (12.5 km 2) of which is land and 1.2 square miles (3.0 km 2) of which (19.42%) is water, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. [5] Chester Creek meets the Delaware River in Chester.
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