List of mayors of Wilmington, Delaware
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The Mayor of Wilmington is the chief executive of the government of Wilmington, Delaware, as stipulated by the Charter. The current Mayor of Wilmington is Dennis P. Williams.
City of Wilmington
Rank | Mayor | Start | End | Party | Note |
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1 | Bayard, Richard H | 1832 | 1834 | Whig | Wilmington incorporated in 1832. |
2 | Williamson, Nicholas G. | 1834 | 1843 | Whig | |
3 | Wilson, David C. | 1843 | 1845 | Whig | |
4 | Porter, Alexander | 1845 | 1848 | Whig | |
5 | Huffington, William | 1848 | 1850 | Democratic | |
6 | Driver, Joshua E. | 1850 | 1851 | ||
7 | Evans, Columbus P., Capt. | 1851 | 1852 | Whig | Editor of the Delaware Republican. |
8 | Jones, William Hemphill | 1852 | 1853 | First mayor elected by popular vote. | |
9 | Alderdice, John A. | 1853 | 1854 | Publisher of The Journal. | |
10 | Heyward, James F. | 1854 | 1855 | ||
11 | Wiggins, William B. | 1855 | 1856 | ||
12 | Huffington, William | 1856 | 1857 | Democratic | Non-continuous terms. |
13 | Sparks, George W. | 1857 | 1858 | ||
14 | Young, Thomas | 1858 | 1860 | ||
15 | Gilpin, Vincent C. | 1860 | 1863 | ||
16 | Turner, John M | 1863 | 1865 | ||
17 | Maris, Joshua | 1865 | 1867 | ||
18 | Valentine, Joshua S. | 1867 | 1872 | ||
19 | Simms, Joshua L. | 1872 | 1875 | Democratic | |
20 | Whitely, William G. | 1875 | 1878 | Democratic | |
21 | Allmond, John P. | 1878 | 1882 | ||
22 | Wales, John Patton | 1882 | 1885 | Son of Senator John Wales. | |
23 | Rhoads, Calvin B. | 1885 | 1891 | Democratic | Choir director |
Willey, Stansbury | 1891 | 1893 | Term changed to two years, Saturday election in June. | ||
Harvey, LeRoy | 1921 | 1923? | Founded Wilmington Music School. | ||
Taylor, William G. | ? | 1925 | Lost at Sea | ||
Forrest, Dr. George | 1923 | 1931 | First intern at Delaware Hospital. | ||
Bacon, Walter W. | 1935 | 1940 | Republican | Resigned when elected Governor. | |
James, Albert | 1940 | 194? | Filled term of Gov. Bacon. | ||
Herlihy, Thomas, Jr. | 1945 | 1946 | Republican | Resigned when appointed Chief Judge of Municipal Court. | |
Hearn, James F. | 1951 | 1953 | |||
Walz, August | 1954 | 1954 | |||
47 | Lammot, Eugene | 1960 | 1960 | Democratic | Resigned when elected Lt. Gov. Election Tues. in Nov. |
48 | Babiarz, John E. | 1961 | 1969 | Democratic | 1968 Occupation |
49 | Haskell, Harry G., Jr. | 1969 | 1973 | Republican | |
50 | Maloney, Thomas C. | 1973 | 1977 | Democratic | |
51 | McLaughlin, William T. | 1977 | 1984 | Democratic | |
52 | Frawley, Daniel S. | 1985 | 1993 | Democratic | Stadium named after. |
53 | Sills, James | 1993 | 2001 | Democratic | First African American Mayor |
54 | Baker, James M. | 2001 | 2012 | Democratic | First 3-Term Mayor with 4-year terms |
55 | Williams, Dennis P. | 2013 | Present | Democratic |
Borough of Wilmington
Rank | Chief Burgess | Year | Note |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Shipley, William | 1739 | William Penn granted charter on November 16, 1739. |
2 | Way, Joseph | 1742 | |
3 | Shipley, William | 1743 | 2nd non-consecutive term. |
4 | Hannum, Robert | 1744 | |
5 | Peters, Joseph | 1745 | |
6 | Stapler, John | 1748 | Stapler Park named after |
7 | Few, James | 1750 | |
8 | Littler, Joshua | 1751 | |
9 | Stapler, John | 1752 | 2nd non-consecutive term. |
10 | Littler, Joshua | 1753 | 2nd non-consecutive term. |
11 | Littler, Joshua | 1754 | 3rd term. |
12 | Dawes, Edward | 1755 | |
13 | Stapler, John | 1756 | 3rd non-consecutive term. |
14 | Gilpin, Thomas | 1757 | |
15 | Stapler, John | 1758 | 4th non-consecutive term. |
16 | McKinly, John | 1759 | |
17 | Dawes, Edward | 1762 | |
18 | Lea, John | 1764 | Lea Blvd. named after. |
19 | Way, Joseph | 1765 | |
20 | McKinly, John | 1767 | |
21 | Bennet, Joseph | 1770 | Bennet Street named after. |
22 | McKinly, John | 1771 | |
23 | Robinson, Nicholas | 1774 | |
24 | McKinly, John | 1775 | |
25 | Bennett, Joseph | 1777 | |
26 | Stidham, Joseph | 1778 | |
27 | Broom, Jacob | 1783 | Broom Street named after. |
28 | Kean, Thomas | 1784 | |
29 | Broom, Jacob | 1785 | |
30 | Gibbson, James | 1786 | |
31 | Way, Thomas | 1788 | |
32 | Shallcross, Joseph | 1790 | Shallcross Avenue named after. |
33 | Bush, David | 1792 | |
34 | Broom, Jacob | 1794 | |
35 | Brynberg, Peter | 1796 | |
36 | Warner, Joseph | 1798 | |
37 | Tilton, Hehemiah | 1799 | |
38 | Brobson, James | 1801 | |
39 | Hendrickson, Isaac | 1802 | |
40 | Brobson, James | 1803 | |
41 | Lea, James | 1806 | |
42 | Dixon, Isaac | 1807 | |
43 | Brobson, James | 1808 |
See also
- List of Governors of Delaware
- List of Lieutenant Governors of Delaware
- List of United States Senators from Delaware
- List of United States Representatives from Delaware
References
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