Mayor of Reading, Pennsylvania

Mayor of Reading, Pennsylvania
Incumbent Eddie Moran since January 6, 2020
Formation	Peter Filbert

The Mayor of Reading, Pennsylvania, is the elected, chief executive of the city of Reading, Pennsylvania, the fourth-largest city in the state of Pennsylvania. The Reading city government consists of a mayor and a city council. The mayor is elected for a four-year term.

The Mayor of Reading 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. ^[1]

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. ^[2]

The current mayor is Eddie Moran, who was elected on November 5, 2019 and began serving his term on January 6, 2020. ^[3]

List

Mayor	Term Begins	Term Ends	Political Party
Peter Filbert [4]	1847	1848
William H. Keim	1848	1849	Whig
George Getz [4]	1849	1853
George M. Keim	1853	1853	Democratic
Daniel R. Clymer [4]	1853	1854
John S. Richards [4]	1854	1855
William M. Baird [4]	1855	1856
Joel B. Wanner [4]	1856	1857
A. Jordan Swartz [4]	1857	1858
Benneville Keim [4]	1858	1861
Joel B. Wanner [4]	1861	1863
Joseph S. Hoyer [4]	1863	1865
Nathan M. Eisenhower [4]	1865	1867
William H. Gernand [4]	1867	1871
Samuel C. Mayer [4]	1871	1873
Charles F. Evans [4]	1873	1879
Henry A. Tyson [4]	1879	1881
William G. Rowe [4]	1881	1885
James K. Getz [4]	1885	1887
James R. Kenney [4]	1887	1891
Thomas P. Merritt [4]	1891	1893	Democratic
William F. Shanaman [4]	1893	1896
Jacob Weidel [4]	1896	1899
Adam H. Leader [4]	1899	1902
Edward Yeager [4]	1902	1905
Edwin R. Gerber [4]	1905	1908
William Rick [4]	1908	1912
Ira W. Stratton [4]	1912	1916
Edward H. Filbert [4]	1916	1920
John K. Stauffer [4]	1920	1924
William E. Sharman [4]	1924	1928
J. Henry Stump	1928	1932	Socialist
Heber Ermentrout [4]	1932	1936	Democratic - Republican fusion
J. Henry Stump	1936	1940	Socialist
Harry F. Menges	1940	1944
J. Henry Stump	1944	1948	SDF
John F. Davis	1948	1952	Democratic
James B. Bamford [4]	1952	1956	Republican
Daniel F. McDevitt [4]	1956	1960	Democratic
John C. Kubacki [4]	1960	1964	Democratic
Eugene Shirk [1]	1964	1968	Republican
Victor Yarnell [5]	1968 [5]	1972 [5]	Democratic
Eugene Shirk [1]	1972	1976	Republican
Joseph P. Kuzminski [1]	1976	1980	Democratic
Karen A. Miller [1]	1980	February 1987 [6]	Democratic
Warren Haggerty [1]	February 1987 [6]	January 1, 1996	Democratic
Paul Angstadt [1]	January 1, 1996 [7]	January 3, 2000 [8]	Republican
Joseph Eppihimer [1]	January 3, 2000 [8]	January 5, 2004	Democratic
Tom McMahon [1]	January 5, 2004	January 2, 2012	Democratic
Vaughn Spencer	January 2, 2012	January 4, 2016	Democratic
Wally Scott	January 4, 2016	January 6, 2020	Democratic
Eddie Moran [3]	January 6, 2020		Democratic

References

1. "City Officials: City of Reading" (PDF). Berks County Department of Elections. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
2. Pratt, William (1969). "The Reading Socialist Experience: A Study of Working. Class Politics" (Ph.D. Dissertation). Atlanta, Georgia: Emory University.
3. "Eddie Moran, first Latino mayor of Reading, is inaugurated". Reading Eagle.
4. "Reading, Pennsylvania Mayors, Chief Burgesses, Postmasters". PoliticalGraveyard.com.
5. Devlin, Ron (November 17, 2013). "View of Kennedy changes over the years". Reading Eagle . Retrieved February 23, 2014.
6. "Mayor Haggerty, Three Others Cited By Central Catholic Group". Reading Eagle . November 5, 1994. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
7. Reinbrecht, Steve (January 26, 1999). "Angstadt won't seek re-election". Reading Eagle . Retrieved January 22, 2014.
8. "Notable dates in Reading crime-fighting efforts". Reading Eagle . January 13, 2014. Archived from the original on January 21, 2014. Retrieved January 21, 2014.