Mayor of Reading, Pennsylvania


The Mayor of Reading, Pennsylvania, is the elected, chief executive of the city of Reading, Pennsylvania. Reading city government consists of a mayor and a city council. The Mayor is elected for a four-year term.
Reading mayors served under a city commission form of government prior to 1996. However, the city's mayor have served under a home rule form of government since 1996, beginning with the inauguration of Mayor Paul Angstadt in January of that year.
Reading is one of the few United States cities to have elected a Socialist mayor. Three times, in 1927, 1935, and 1944, J. Henry Stump was elected mayor.

List

MayorTerm BeginsTerm EndsPolitical Party
Peter Filbert18471848
William H. Keim18481849Whig
George Getz18491853
George M. Keim18531853Democratic
Daniel R. Clymer18531854
John S. Richards18541855
William M. Baird18551856
Joel B. Wanner18561857
A. Jordan Swartz18571858
Benneville Keim18581861
Joel B. Wanner18611863
Joseph S. Hoyer18631865
Nathan M. Eisenhower18651867
William H. Gernand18671871
Samuel C. Mayer18711873
Charles F. Evans18731879
Henry A. Tyson18791881
William G. Rowe18811885
James K. Getz18851887
James R. Kenney18871891
Thomas P. Merritt18911893Democratic
William F. Shanaman18931896
Jacob Weidel18961899
Adam H. Leader18991902
Edward Yeager19021905
Edwin R. Gerber19051908
William Rick19081912
Ira W. Stratton19121916
Edward H. Filbert19161920
John K. Stauffer19201924
William E. Sharman19241928
J. Henry Stump19281932Socialist
Heber Ermentrout19321936
J. Henry Stump19361940Socialist
Harry F. Menges19401944
J. Henry Stump19441948SDF
John F. David19481952
James B. Bamford19521956
Daniel F. McDevitt19561960
John C. Kubacki19601964Democratic
Eugene Shirk19641968Republican
Victor Yarnell19681972Democratic
Eugene Shirk19721976Republican
Joseph P. Kuzminski19761980Democratic
Karen A. Miller1980February 1987Democratic
Warren HaggertyFebruary 1987January 1, 1996Democratic
Paul AngstadtJanuary 1, 1996January 3, 2000Republican
Joseph EppihimerJanuary 3, 2000January 5, 2004Democratic
Tom McMahonJanuary 5, 2004January 2, 2012Democratic
Vaughn SpencerJanuary 2, 2012January 4, 2016Democratic
Wally ScottJanuary 4, 2016January 6, 2020Democratic
Eddie MoranJanuary 6, 2020Democratic