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List of mayors of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

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John C. Herman was given the middle name of "Crull" because that was his grandmother's surname. It was also a means to preserve a surname with an ancient heritage. Already his cousins—the Crull Blymer twins—had it as their middle names for preservation purposes. Because the "Crull Blymer" twins had
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Williams temporarily transferred power to Police Commissioner Thomas Carter on July 31, 2022 due to a medical procedure; Carter served as acting mayor until August 16, 2022.
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Annals, Comprising Memoirs, Incidents and Statistics of Harrisburg : from the period of its first settlement...
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History of the Counties of Dauphin and Lebanon: In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Biographical and Genealogical
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is sorted chronologically, by default. The current mayor, since January 2022, is
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Defeated for renomination in 2013; first female and first black mayor.
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First "strong" mayor after switch to strong mayor variation of
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The official website for the Pennsylvania General Assembly
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Appointed for six weeks' time and retired from office.
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Dedication of Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg
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September 22, 1917. p. 1 1: 988:Egle, William Henry (1883). 919:Yale School of Architecture 772:Paul E. "Tim" Doutrich, Jr. 1405: 42:since January 3, 2022 1341: 1126:. Advance Local Media LLC 25: 765:Mayor–council government 640:Howard E. Milliken, M.D. 95:Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 1098:. 1969-11-11. p. 1 903:Phillips Exeter Academy 882:Harrisburg City Council 845:Reelected November 2017 138: 127: 116: 1123:PennLive Patriot-News 1020:PennLive Patriot-News 533: – July 12, 1917 493:1916 – April 18, 1917 349:Samuel W. Fleming Sr. 133: 122: 111: 1046:Harrisburg Telegraph 994:. Everts & Peck. 857:Wanda R. D. Williams 571: – Nov 27, 1917 552: – Sep 24, 1917 512: – May 15, 1917 329:Simon Cameron Wilson 178:Augustus L. Roumfort 838: – Jan 3, 2022 819: – Jan 6, 2014 798: – Jan 4, 2010 778: – Jan 5, 1982 757: – Jan 1, 1978 737: – Jan 5, 1970 719: – Jan 1, 1968 701: – Jan 6, 1964 682: – Mar 7, 1963 664: – Jan 2, 1956 646: – Jan 5, 1948 628: – Jan 1, 1940 608: – Jan 6, 1936 590: – Jan 5, 1920 490:Ezra S. Meals, M.D. 460:Ezra S. Meals, M.D. 80:Office of the Mayor 21:Mayor of Harrisburg 1068:"Nolan F. Ziegler" 713:William K. McBride 602:George A. Hoverter 429:Vance C. McCormick 252:William K. Verbeke 139: 128: 125:Vance C. McCormick 117: 114:William K. Verbeke 1371: 1370: 1270:Metropolitan area 966:978-1-333-62002-8 959:Forgotten Books. 873: 872: 831:Eric R. Papenfuse 812:Linda D. Thompson 750:Harold A. Swenson 584:Daniel L. Keister 565:J. William Bowman 546:William L. Gorgas 526:Charles A. Miller 506:William L. Gorgas 396:John D. Patterson 310:John Crull Herman 291:John D. Patterson 159:William H. Kepner 85: 84: 62:William H. 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Fritchey 344:Died in office. 335: 315: 296: 278: 258: 238: 228:Died in office. 219: 201: 183: 165: 141: 58:Inaugural holder 32: 18: 1404: 1403: 1399: 1398: 1397: 1395: 1394: 1393: 1374: 1373: 1372: 1367: 1337: 1333:School district 1300:City government 1294: 1208: 1204: 1200: 1140: 1139: 1129: 1127: 1115: 1114: 1110: 1101: 1099: 1090: 1089: 1085: 1076: 1074: 1066: 1065: 1061: 1051: 1049: 1040: 1039: 1035: 1026: 1024: 1013: 1012: 999: 987: 986: 982: 967: 952: 951: 944: 939: 934: 933: 928: 924: 907:Harvard College 899: 895: 890: 878: 864: – present 861: 835: 816: 795: 791:Stephen R. Reed 775: 754: 734: 716: 698: 695:Daniel J. Barry 679: 661: 643: 625: 621:John A. F. Hall 605: 587: 568: 549: 530: 509: 445:Edward Z. Gross 333: 313: 294: 276: 256: 236: 217: 214:William W. 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Index


Wanda Williams
Term length
William H. Kepner
Office of the Mayor
mayors
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Democrat
Wanda Williams

William K. Verbeke

Vance C. McCormick

Eric Papenfuse
William H. Kepner
Democratic
Democratic
Democratic
Republican
Republican
William K. Verbeke
Democratic
Jacob D. Boas
Republican
Republican
Republican
Simon Cameron Wilson
Republican
Republican

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