List of mayors of Lancaster, Pennsylvania


The Mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is the elected, chief executive of the city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. The mayor is elected for a four-year term. The city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania has had 41 mayors since 1818.

Mayors of Lancaster

MayorPartyTerm startTerm endNotes
John Passmore18181820
Samuel Carpenter18211823
Nathaniel Lightner18241830
John Mathiot18311843
Michael Carpenter18431851
Christian Kieffer18521854
Jacob Albright18551855
John Zimmerman18561857
Thomas Henry Burrowes18581858
George Sanderson18591868
William Atlee18691871
Fredrick Pyfer18711873
William Stauffer18731877
John MacGonigle18771884
David Rosenmiller18841886
William Morton18861888
Edward Edgerly18881890
Robert Clark18901894
Edwin Smeltz18941898
Simon Shissler18981900
Henry Muhlenberg19001902
Chester Cummings19021906
John Piersol McCaskey19061910
Frank B. McClain19101915
Harry L. Trout19151920
Horace E. Kennedy19201922
Frank Musser19221930
T. Warren Metzger19301934
James Ross19341938
Dale Cary19381950
Kendig C. Bare19501950
Howard Bare19501951
Kendig C. Bare19511958
Thomas J. Monaghan19581962
George Coe19621966
Thomas J. Monaghan19661974
Richard M. Scott19741979
Albert Wohlsen19791980
Arthur E. Morris19801990
Janice StorkDemocratic1990January 1998
Charlie SmithgallRepublicanJanuary 1998January 3, 2006
Rick GrayDemocraticJanuary 3, 2006January 2, 2018
Danene SoraceDemocraticJanuary 2, 2018Incumbent