| Mayor of Scranton, Pennsylvania | |
|---|---|
| Inaugural holder | Elliott S. M. Hill |
| Formation | 1866 |
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.
| Mayor | Term | Political party |
|---|---|---|
| Elliot S.M. Hill | 1866–1869 | Democrat |
| William N. Monies | 1869–1872 | Republican |
| Mathew W. Loftus | 1872–1875 | Democrat |
| Robert H. McKune | 1875–1878 | Democrat |
| Terence Vincent Powderly | 1878-1884 | Greenback-Labor Party |
| Francis Allen Beamish | 1884–1886 | |
| Ezra H. Ripple | 1886–1890 | Republican |
| John H. Fellows | 1890–1893 | |
| William Lawrence Connell | 1893–1896 | |
| James G. Bailey | 1896–1899 | |
| James Moir | 1899–1901 | Republican |
| William Lawrence Connell | 1901–1903 | Republican |
| Alex T. Connell | 1903–1906 | |
| J. Benjamin Dimmick | 1906–1909 | Republican |
| John Von Bergen Jr. | 1909–1914 | Republican |
| Edmund B. Jermyn | 1914–1918 | |
| Alex T. Connell | 1918–1922 | |
| John F. Durkan | 1922–1926 | |
| Edmund B. Jermyn | 1926–1930 | |
| Fred K. Derby | 1930–1934 | |
| Stanley J. Davis | 1934–1938 | |
| Fred J. Huester | 1938–1942 | |
| Howard J. Snowdon | 1942–1946 | |
| James Thomas Hanlon | 1946–1962 | Democrat |
| William T. Schmidt | 1962–1966 | Republican |
| James J. Walsh | 1966–1970 | Democrat |
| Eugene J. Peters | 1970–1978 | Republican |
| Eugene F. Hickey | 1978–1982 | Democrat |
| James Barrett McNulty | 1982–1986 | Democrat |
| David J. Wenzel | 1986–1990 | Republican |
| Jim Connors | 1990–2002 | Republican (1990–2000) Democrat (2000–2002) |
| Christopher Doherty | 2002–2014 | Democrat |
| Bill Courtright | 2014—2019 | Democrat |
| Pat Rogan (acting) | 2019 | Democrat |
| Wayne Evans (acting) | 2019 - 2020 | Republican |
| Paige Cognetti | 2020 - present | Independent (2020-2021) Democrat (2021-Present) |
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