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
49 Daria Devlin January 5, 2026–present Democratic Incumbent
48 Joseph Schember January 2, 2018–January 5, 2026 Democratic
47 Joseph E. Sinnott January 2, 2006–January 2, 2018 Democratic
46 Richard E. Filippi 2002–2006 Democratic
45 Joyce A. Savocchio 1990–2002 Democratic
* Patricia Liebel November 12, 1989–1990 Democratic Served as Acting mayor
44 Louis J. Tullio 1966–November 12, 1989 Democratic Unable to complete term
43 Charles B. Williamson 1962–1965 Republican
42 Arthur J. Gardner 1955–1962 Democratic Appointed mayor after Flatley was removed
from office
* George J. Brabender December 14, 1954–January 5, 1955 Served as Acting Mayor
41 Thomas W. Flatley 1952–1954 Democratic Removed from office
40 Clairence K. Pulling 1950–1952 Republican
39 Joseph C. Martin 1948–1949 Replaced Hickey, who died of a heart attack
38 Sherman T. Hickey, Jr. 1948–August 28, 1948 Democratic Died in office
37 Gale H. Ross 1947–1948 Appointed for remainder of Barber's
unexpired term
36 Charles R. Barber 1936–1947 Republican Appointed State Secretary of Welfare in 1947
35 James Patrick Rossiter 1932–1936 Democratic
34 Joseph Crane Williams 1924–1932
33 Miles Brown Kitts 1916–1924 Republican
32 Bernard J. Veit 1915 Died before taking office
31 William J. Stern 1911–1915 Democratic
30 Bernard Cochran 1910–1910
29 Michael Liebel Jr. 1908–1911 Democratic
* Michael Liebel Jr. 1906–1907 Democratic Appointed in September 1906 then elected in February 1907 to complete Saltsman's unexpired term
28 Robert J. Saltsman 1905–1906 Democratic Died in office
27 William Hardwick 1902–1904
26 John Depinet 1900–1901 Republican
25 Robert J. Saltsman 1896-04-06–1899 Democratic
24 Walter Scott 1893–1896
23 Charles S. Clarke 1890–1893
Term length extended to 3 years in 1890
23 Charles S. Clarke 1889–1893
22 John C. Brady February 1887–1889 Democratic
21 Frank A. Mizener 1886–1887 Appointed for remainder of Adams' unexpired term
20 Franklin Farrar Adams 1885–1886 Resigned
19 Philip August Becker 1883–1885
18 Joseph McCarter 1881–1883
17 David T. Jones 1878–1881
16 Selden Marvin 1877–1878
15 John W. Hammond 1876–1877
14 Henry Rawle 1874–1876
13 Charles Manning Reed 1872–1874 Republican
12 William L. Scott 1871–1872 Democratic
11 Orange Noble 1867–1871
10 William L. Scott 1866–1867 Democratic
9 Fernando Freeman Farrar 1865–1866
8 Prescott Metcalf 1862 – 1865 Republican
7 Sherburn Smith 1859–1862
6 Wilson Laird 1858–1859
5 James Hoskinson 1857–1858
4 Wilson Laird 1855–1857
3 Alfred King 1853–1855
2 Murray Whallon 1852–1853
1 Thomas G. Colt 1851–1852 First mayor of Erie
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