List of mayors of Erie, Pennsylvania

This is a list of the people who have served as mayor of the city of Erie, Erie County, in northwestern Pennsylvania.

Erie's city government consists of a mayor and a city council. The mayor's office includes an elected city treasurer and city controller. The mayor also served as the President of the Select Council for the first nine years of Erie's incorporation.

A mayor was limited to only one term of two years until 1890, when it was then lengthened to three years during the second term of Charles S. Clarke. After 1890, mayors were an unlimited number of terms. The most notable example of the unlimited number of terms was Mayor Louis J. Tullio who was in office for eight consecutive terms from 1966 to 1989.

# Name Term Party Notes
48 Joseph Schember January 2, 2018- present Democratic Incumbent
47 Joseph E. Sinnott January 2, 2006January 2, 2018 Democratic
46 Richard E. Filippi 20022006 Democratic
45 Joyce A. Savocchio 19902002 Democratic
* Patricia Liebel November 12, 19891990 Democratic Served as Acting mayor
44 Louis J. Tullio 1966November 12, 1989 Democratic Unable to complete term
43 Charles B. Williamson 19621965 Republican
42 Arthur J. Gardner 19551962 Democratic Appointed mayor after Flatley was removed
from office
* George J. Brabender December 14, 1954January 5, 1955 Served as Acting Mayor
41 Thomas W. Flatley 19521954 Democratic Removed from office
40 Clairence K. Pulling 19501952 Republican
39 Joseph C. Martin 19481949 Replaced Hickey, who died of a heart attack
38 Sherman T. Hickey, Jr. 1948August 28, 1948 Democratic Died in office
37 Gale H. Ross 19471948 Appointed for remainder of Barber's
unexpired term
36 Charles R. Barber 19361947 Republican Appointed State Secretary of Welfare in 1947
35 James Patrick Rossiter 19321936 Democratic
34 Joseph Crane Williams 19241932
33 Miles Brown Kitts 19161924 Republican
32 Bernard J. Veit 1915 Died before taking office
31 William J. Stern 19111915 Democratic
30 Bernard Cochran 19101910
29 Michael Liebel Jr. 19081911 Democratic
* Michael Liebel Jr. 19061907 Democratic Appointed in September 1906 then elected in February 1907 to complete Saltsman's unexpired term
28 Robert J. Saltsman 19051906 Democratic Died in office
27 William Hardwick 19021904
26 John Depinet 19001901 Republican
25 Robert J. Saltsman 1896-04-061899 Democratic
24 Walter Scott 18931896
23 Charles S. Clarke 18901893
Term length extended to 3 years in 1890
23 Charles S. Clarke 18891893
22 John C. Brady February 18871889 Democratic
21 Frank A. Mizener 18861887 Appointed for remainder of Adams' unexpired term
20 Franklin Farrar Adams 18851886 Resigned
19 Philip August Becker 18831885
18 Joseph McCarter 18811883
17 David T. Jones 18781881
16 Selden Marvin 18771878
15 John W. Hammond 18761877
14 Henry Rawle 18741876
13 Charles Manning Reed 18721874 Republican
12 William L. Scott 18711872 Democratic
11 Orange Noble 18671871
10 William L. Scott 18661867 Democratic
9 Fernando Freeman Farrar 18651866
8 Prescott Metcalf 1862 1865 Republican
7 Sherburn Smith 18591862
6 Wilson Laird 18581859
5 James Hoskinson 18571858
4 Wilson Laird 18551857
3 Alfred King 18531855
2 Murray Whallon 18521853
1 Thomas G. Colt 18511852 First mayor of Erie