List of mayors of Pittsburgh
Mayors (1816–present)
† Died in Office; # Resigned from Office ; ♥ still living

List of mayors of Pittsburgh

Section Title: Mayors (1816–present)
Table Section Text: † Died in Office; # Resigned from Office ; ♥ still living

No.	Mayor	Term	Party	Notes	Opposition

1	Ebenezer Denny #	1816–1817	Federalist	First "appointed" mayor after city charter, resigned from office with health concerns, Revolutionary War veteran.

2	John Darragh	1817–1825	Federalist	Appointed by City Council, formerly president of the bank of Pittsburgh.

3	John M. Snowden	1825–1828	Democratic-Republican, Jacksonian	Appointed by City Council, formerly president of the bank of Pittsburgh and county treasurer, edited the Pittsburgh Mercury.

4	Magnus Miller Murray	1828–1830	Jacksonian, Democrat	Appointed by City Council

5	Matthew B. Lowrie	1830–1831	Anti-Masonic	Appointed by City Council, brother was a U.S. Senator and son became Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

6	Magnus Miller Murray	1831–1832	Democrat	Appointed by City Council

7	Samuel Pettigrew	1832–1836	Democrat	Appointed by City Council, later won the first mayoral election

Jackson and Clay (1834–35)

Democratic and Workingmen's (1835–36)

8	Dr. Jonas R. McClintock	1836–1839	Democrat (1836–37)	Elected mayor at the age of 28, became the first man to assume the office from a general election. Later led a Union company in the American Civil War.

City (1837–38)

City Improvement (1838–39)

9	William Little	1839–1840	Independent

10	William W. Irwin	1840–1841	Whig (and Anti-Masonic)	Elected to congress and appointed United States Ambassador to Denmark after leaving office.

11	James Thomson	1841–1842	Whig

12	Alexander Hay	1842–1845	Whig (1842–43)	After office he was commander in the Mexican War, and captain in the Civil War.

Volunteer (1843–44)

Independent/Volunteer (1844–45)

13	William J. Howard	1845–1846	Whig	Longtime president of the "Guardians of the Poor", forerunner of the Salvation Army

14	William Kerr	1846–1847	Democrat

15	Gabriel Adams	1847–1849	Whig	After office was appointed state judge

16	John Herron	1849–1850	Whig	Before office was a captain in the Mexican War, hero of the Siege of Veracruz.

17	Joseph Barker	1850–1851	People's and Anti-Catholic	Elected while in jail for inciting anti-Catholic and anti-Masonic riots. The itinerate preacher was released to serve his one-year mayoral term.

18	John B. Guthrie	1851–1853	Democrat	Father of future mayor George W. Guthrie, served in Mexican War, was the longtime Customs Collector for Pittsburgh

19	Robert M. Riddle	1853–1854	Whig	Formerly Postmaster of Pittsburgh, edited the Commercial Journal

20	Ferdinand E. Volz	1854–1856	Whig (1854–55)	Oversaw cholera epidemic response

Whig-Democratic fusion (anti-Know Nothing) (1855–56)

21	William Bingham	1856–1857	American

22	Henry A. Weaver	1857–1860	Republican	After office served as U.S. Collector of Revenue for Pittsburgh

23	George Wilson	1860–1862	Republican	Formerly Pittsburgh Public Schools Director

24	Benair C. Sawyer	1862–1864	Republican	After office moved to Colorado then to California making a fortune in mining

25	James Lowry, Jr.	1864–1866	Union City

26	William C. McCarthy	1866–1868	Republican	Formerly a legend as a City fire fighter and commander, during administration ended the police practice of assuring "All is Well" on the hour, later served as city controller.

27	James Blackmore	1868–1869	Workingmen's	Formerly Chief Clerk of City

28	Jared M. Brush	1869–1872	Republican	Formerly city councilor, served as a minister during the Civil War.

29	James Blackmore	1872–1875	Democrat	Formerly Chief Clerk of City

30	William C. McCarthy	1875–1878	Republican	Formerly a legend as a Pittsburgh Fire Fighter and commander, during administration ended the police practice of assuring "All is Well" on the hour, later served as city controller.

31	Robert Liddell	1878–1881	Democrat	Before and after office was a brewer and liquor dealer.	Miles S. Humphreys

32	Robert W. Lyon	1881–1884	Democrat	Earned two Purple Hearts in the Civil War, oil businessman before being elected, worked in a steel mill after leaving office.	Miles S. Humphreys

33	Andrew Fulton	1884–1887	Republican	Former city councilman; temporarily retired to breed horses in Colorado; later served as county director of the Division of Weights and Measures	Robert Liddell

34	William McCallin	1887–1890	Republican	Former County Coroner and County Sheriff	Bernard J. McKenna

35	Henry I. Gourley	1890–1893	Republican	Former city councilman; became city clerk after office	John H. Bailey

36	Bernard J. McKenna	1893–1896	Democrat	Former city councilman and firefighter	John S. Lambie & F.C. Beinhauer

37	Henry P. Ford	1896–1899	Republican	Industrialist, with interests in knife manufacturing.	George W. Guthrie

38	William J. Diehl #	1899–1901	Republican	Former Deputy Sheriff; impeached on corruption charges	John C. O'Donnell

39	Adam M. Brown	1901	Republican	Former Court of Common Pleas judge; California Gold Rush speculator; earned the nickname of "Major" due to his military service	non-elected

40	Joseph O. Brown †	1901–1903	Republican	Former Allegheny County Prothonotary and city Director of Public Safety; died in office of a heart attack	non-elected

41	William B. Hays	1903–1906	Citizens / Democrat	Industrialist, with interests in coal and lumber	John C. Haymaker

42	George W. Guthrie	1906–1909	Democrat	Attorney; son of former mayor John B. Guthrie; served as United States Ambassador to Japan after office.	Alexander M. Jenkinson

43	William A. Magee	1909–1914	Republican	Former Allegheny County Assistant District Attorney and city councilman

44	Joseph G. Armstrong	1914–1918	Republican	Former city councilman and Allegheny County Coroner; nicknamed "Joe the Builder" for his extensive public works projects	Stephen G. Porter

45	Edward V. Babcock	1918–1922	Republican	Former city councilman; later served as Allegheny County Commissioner; personally purchased 4,000 acres (16 km2) for county parklands. Purchased thousands of acres of south Florida timberland, estate sold to the state for conservation in the 1990s.	William A. Magee

46	William A. Magee	1922–1926	Republican	Former City Council President	William N. McNair

47	Charles H. Kline #	1926–1933	Republican	Former State Representative and State Senator; convicted in 1932 by jury on 49 counts of corruption, but charges later overturned on appeal; resigned due to party pressure over corruption charges	James F Malone, Tom Dunn

48	John S. Herron	1933–1934	Republican	Former City Council President	non-elected

49	William N. McNair #	1934–1936	Democrat	Idealistic attorney; commended for his honesty, but criticized for his inability to get along with city council or the bureaucracy; arrested in 1935 for failing to authorize the return of a fine to an illegal gambler whose conviction had been overturned; resigned due to political infighting	John Herron

50	Cornelius D. Scully	1936–1946	Democrat	Former City Council President	Bob Waddell

Harmar Denny

51	David L. Lawrence #	1946–1959	Democrat	Named one of the all-time 50 greatest American mayors; elected governor in 1958; former Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chairman, Secretary of the Commonwealth, and U.S.	Bob Waddell

Tice Ryan

Leo Kane

John Drew

52	Thomas Gallagher	1959	Democrat	Former State Representative and City Council President; became mayor at age 75	non-elected

53	Joseph M. Barr	1959–1970	Democrat	Former State Senator	Will Crehan

Vince Rovitto

54	Peter F. Flaherty #	1970–1977	Democrat	Former city councilman; resigned after he was appointed Deputy U.S. Attorney General by President Carter; Democratic nominee for governor in 1978, and for U.S.	John Tabor

"Fusion" Democrat	Unopposed

55	Richard Caliguiri †	1977–1988	Independent Democrat	Former City Council President; won 1978 election as an independent, after initially deciding not to run due to a lack of support from party leaders; died in office from amyloidosis	Tom Foerster & Vince Cosetti

Democrat	Fred Goehringer

Henry Sneath

56	Sophie Masloff	1988–1994	Democrat	Former City Council President; began her career in Pittsburgh politics as a Court secretary in 1938 at age 18	Uncontested

57	Thomas J. Murphy, Jr. ♥	1994–2006	Democrat	Former State Representative; lectures internationally on cities as a senior fellow at Washington, DC-based Urban Land Institute	Duane Darkins & Kathy Matta

Harry Frost

James Carmine

58	Bob O'Connor †	2006	Democrat	Former City Council President; died in office from a brain tumor.	Joe Weinroth & Titus North

59	Luke Ravenstahl ♥	2006–2014	Democrat	Former City Council President; became mayor at age 26, making him the youngest mayor of a top 100 city.	Mark DeSantis

Dok Harris & Kevin Acklin

60	Bill Peduto ♥	2014–present	Democrat	Former city councilman	Joshua Wander

Unopposed

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Democrat's John B. Guthrie served as Mayor of Pittsburgh from 1851 to 1853.

final_sentence: Democrat's John B. Guthrie served as Mayor of Pittsburgh from 1851 to 1853.