List of mayors of Scranton, Pennsylvania

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Mayor of Scranton, Pennsylvania
Paige Cognetti (52165104986) (3x4a).jpg
Incumbent
Paige Cognetti
since January 6, 2020
Inaugural holderElliott S. M. Hill
Formation1866

The mayor of Scranton is the chief executive of the government of Scranton, Pennsylvania, as stipulated by the Charter of the City of Scranton. The current mayor of Scranton is Democrat Paige Cognetti.

From 1866, mayors were elected by popular vote.

List of mayors of Scranton

MayorTermPolitical party
Elliot S.M. Hill1866–1869Democrat
William N. Monies1869–1872Republican
Mathew W. Loftus1872–1875Democrat
Robert H. McKune 1875–1878Democrat
Terence Vincent Powderly 1878–1884Greenback-Labor Party
Francis Allen Beamish1884–1886
Ezra H. Ripple 1886–1890Republican
John H. Fellows1890–1893
William Lawrence Connell1893–1896
James G. Bailey1896–1899
James Moir1899–1901Republican
William Lawrence Connell1901–1903Republican
Alex T. Connell1903–1906
J. Benjamin Dimmick 1906–1909Republican
John Von Bergen Jr.1909–1914Republican
Edmund B. Jermyn1914–1918
Alex T. Connell1918–1922
John F. Durkan1922–1926
Edmund B. Jermyn1926–1930
Fred K. Derby1930–1934
Stanley J. Davis1934–1938
Fred J. Huester1938–1942
Howard J. Snowdon1942–1946
James Thomas Hanlon1946–1962Democrat
William T. Schmidt1962–1966Republican
James J. Walsh1966–1970Democrat
Eugene J. Peters1970–1978Republican
Eugene F. Hickey1978–1982Democrat
James Barrett McNulty 1982–1986Democrat
David J. Wenzel1986–1990Republican
Jim Connors 1990–2002Republican (1990–2000)
Democrat (2000–2002)
Christopher Doherty 2002–2014Democrat
Bill Courtright 2014—2019Democrat
Pat Rogan (acting)2019Democrat
Wayne Evans (acting)2019–2020Republican
Paige Cognetti 2020 – presentIndependent (2020–2021)
Democrat (2021–Present)

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