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
Mayor | Party | Term start | Term end | Notes |
John Passmore | | 1818 | 1820 | |
Samuel Carpenter | | 1821 | 1823 | |
Nathaniel Lightner | | 1824 | 1830 | |
John Mathiot | | 1831 | 1843 | |
Michael Carpenter | | 1843 | 1851 | |
Christian Kieffer | | 1852 | 1854 | |
Jacob Albright | | 1855 | 1855 | |
John Zimmerman | | 1856 | 1857 | |
Thomas Henry Burrowes | | 1858 | 1858 | |
George Sanderson | | 1859 | 1868 | |
William Atlee | | 1869 | 1871 | |
Fredrick Pyfer | | 1871 | 1873 | |
William Stauffer | | 1873 | 1877 | |
John MacGonigle | | 1877 | 1884 | |
David Rosenmiller | | 1884 | 1886 | |
William Morton | | 1886 | 1888 | |
Edward Edgerly | | 1888 | 1890 | |
Robert Clark | | 1890 | 1894 | |
Edwin Smeltz | | 1894 | 1898 | |
Simon Shissler | | 1898 | 1900 | |
Henry Muhlenberg | | 1900 | 1902 | |
Chester Cummings | | 1902 | 1906 | |
John Piersol McCaskey | | 1906 | 1910 | |
Frank B. McClain | | 1910 | 1915 | |
Harry L. Trout | | 1915 | 1920 | |
Horace E. Kennedy | | 1920 | 1922 | |
Frank Musser | | 1922 | 1930 | |
T. Warren Metzger | | 1930 | 1934 | |
James Ross | | 1934 | 1938 | |
Dale Cary | | 1938 | 1950 | |
Kendig C. Bare | | 1950 | 1950 | |
Howard Bare | | 1950 | 1951 | |
Kendig C. Bare | | 1951 | 1958 | |
Thomas J. Monaghan | | 1958 | 1962 | |
George Coe | | 1962 | 1966 | |
Thomas J. Monaghan | | 1966 | 1974 | |
Richard M. Scott | | 1974 | 1979 | |
Albert Wohlsen | | 1979 | 1980 | |
Arthur E. Morris | | 1980 | 1990 | |
Janice Stork | Democratic | 1990 | January 1998 | |
Charlie Smithgall | Republican | January 1998 | January 3, 2006 | |
Rick Gray | Democratic | January 3, 2006 | January 2, 2018 | |
Danene Sorace | Democratic | January 2, 2018 | Incumbent | |