# List of members of Philadelphia City Council since 1952

On January 7, 1952, Philadelphia's current city charter took effect. The city council created under that charter consists of seventeen members. Ten are elected from equal-sized districts, and seven are elected at-large in a citywide vote. For the seven at-large seats, each political party may only nominate five candidates and voters may only vote for five. The result of this limited voting system is that at least two of the seven members elected will be from a different party than the other five. Historically, this has resulted in the at-large seats being filled by five Democrats and two Republicans, but in recent elections the Working Families Party has also competed successfully for the two minority seats. The ten district seats are usually held by Democrats, as well, with the exception of District 10, which covers the Far Northeast section of the city. The Democratic party's dominance in the city has resulted in a body with little turnover from year to year, although there have been periods of widespread retirements from City Council, such as during the ABSCAM scandal of the 1980s, or the DROP controversy on the early 2010s.

## 1952–present

| Session | Election | Council district | Council district | Council district | Council district | Council district | Council district | Council district | Council district | Council district | Council district | At large (7 seats) | At large (7 seats) | At large (7 seats) | At large (7 seats) | At large (7 seats) | At large (7 seats) | At large (7 seats) |
| Session | Election | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | At large (7 seats) | At large (7 seats) | At large (7 seats) | At large (7 seats) | At large (7 seats) | At large (7 seats) | At large (7 seats) |
| 1st (1952–1956) | 1951 | Thomas I. Guerin | William M. Phillips | Harry Norwitch | Samuel Rose | Raymond Pace Alexander | Michael J. Towey | James Tate | Constance Dallas | Charles M. Finley | John F. Byrne Sr. | Victor E. Moore | Lewis M. Stevens | Victor H. Blanc | James A. Finnegan | Paul D'Ortona | Louis Schwartz | John W. Lord Jr. |
| 1st (1952–1956) | 1954 | Thomas I. Guerin | William M. Phillips | Harry Norwitch | Samuel Rose | Raymond Pace Alexander | Michael J. Towey | James Tate | Constance Dallas | Charles M. Finley | John F. Byrne Sr. | Victor E. Moore | Lewis M. Stevens | Victor H. Blanc | James A. Finnegan | Paul D'Ortona | Louis Schwartz | Donald Rubel |
| 2nd (1956–1960) | 1955 | Thomas I. Guerin | Gaetano Giordano | Harry Norwitch | Samuel Rose | Raymond Pace Alexander | Michael J. Towey | James Tate | Wilbur H. Hamilton | Charles M. Finley | John M. McDevitt | Victor E. Moore | Henry W. Sawyer | Marshall L. Shepard | John F. Byrne Sr. | Paul D'Ortona | Louis Schwartz | Thomas M. Foglietta |
| 2nd (1956–1960) | 1956 | vacant | Gaetano Giordano | Harry Norwitch | Samuel Rose | Raymond Pace Alexander | Michael J. Towey | James Tate | Wilbur H. Hamilton | Charles M. Finley | John M. McDevitt | Victor E. Moore | Henry W. Sawyer | Marshall L. Shepard | Leon Kolan-kiewicz | Paul D'Ortona | Louis Schwartz | Thomas M. Foglietta |
| 2nd (1956–1960) | 1957 | Emanuel Weinberg | Gaetano Giordano | Harry Norwitch | Samuel Rose | Raymond Pace Alexander | Michael J. Towey | James Tate | Wilbur H. Hamilton | Charles M. Finley | John M. McDevitt | Victor E. Moore | Henry W. Sawyer | Marshall L. Shepard | Leon Kolan-kiewicz | Paul D'Ortona | Louis Schwartz | Thomas M. Foglietta |
| 2nd (1956–1960) | 1958 | Emanuel Weinberg | Gaetano Giordano | Harry Norwitch | Samuel Rose | Raymond Pace Alexander | Michael J. Towey | James Tate | Wilbur H. Hamilton | Henry P. Carr | John M. McDevitt | Victor E. Moore | Henry W. Sawyer | Marshall L. Shepard | Leon Kolan-kiewicz | Paul D'Ortona | Louis Schwartz | Thomas M. Foglietta |
| 3rd (1960–1964) | 1959 | Emanuel Weinberg | Gaetano Giordano | Harry Norwitch | Samuel Rose | Thomas McIntosh | Michael J. Towey | James Tate | Alfred Leopold Luongo | Henry P. Carr | John M. McDevitt | Victor E. Moore | Mary Varallo | Marshall L. Shepard | Leon Kolan-kiewicz | Paul D'Ortona | Virginia Knauer | Thomas M. Foglietta |
| 3rd (1960–1964) | 1960 | Emanuel Weinberg | Gaetano Giordano | Harry Norwitch | George X. Schwartz | Thomas McIntosh | William A. Dwyer Jr. | James Tate | Alfred Leopold Luongo | Henry P. Carr | John M. McDevitt | Victor E. Moore | Mary Varallo | Marshall L. Shepard | Leon Kolan-kiewicz | Paul D'Ortona | Virginia Knauer | Thomas M. Foglietta |
| 3rd (1960–1964) | 1962 | Emanuel Weinberg | Gaetano Giordano | Harry Norwitch | George X. Schwartz | Thomas McIntosh | William A. Dwyer Jr. | vacant | Stanley B. Smullen | Henry P. Carr | Robert B. Winkelman | Walter S. Pytko | Mary Varallo | Marshall L. Shepard | Leon Kolan-kiewicz | Paul D'Ortona | Virginia Knauer | Thomas M. Foglietta |
| 4th (1964–1968) | 1963 | Emanuel Weinberg | Gaetano Giordano | Harry Norwitch | George X. Schwartz | Thomas McIntosh | Edward F. McNulty | Joseph J. Hersch | Isadore H. Bellis | Henry P. Carr | David Silver | Walter S. Pytko | Mary Varallo | Marshall L. Shepard | Leon Kolan-kiewicz | Paul D'Ortona | Virginia Knauer | Thomas M. Foglietta |
| 5th (1968–1972) | 1967 | Benjamin Curcuruto | William Cibotti | Charles L. Durham | George X. Schwartz | Thomas McIntosh | Joseph L. Zazyczny | Joseph J. Hersch | David Cohen | Isadore H. Bellis | David Silver | Edgar C. Campbell | Edward R. Cantor | William F. Boyle | John B. Kelly Jr. | Paul D'Ortona | Thacher Longstreth | Thomas M. Foglietta |
| 5th (1968–1972) | 1969 | William J. Cottrell | William Cibotti | Charles L. Durham | George X. Schwartz | Thomas McIntosh | Joseph L. Zazyczny | Harry Jannotti | David Cohen | Isadore H. Bellis | David Silver | Edgar C. Campbell | Edward R. Cantor | William F. Boyle | John B. Kelly Jr. | Paul D'Ortona | Thacher Longstreth | Thomas M. Foglietta |
| 6th (1972–1976) | 1971 | Natale F. Carabello | William Cibotti | Charles L. Durham | George X. Schwartz | Ethel D. Allen | Joseph L. Zazyczny | Harry Jannotti | Joseph E. Coleman | Isadore H. Bellis | Melvin J. Greenberg | Edgar C. Campbell | Edward R. Cantor | William F. Boyle | John B. Kelly Jr. | Francis D. O'Donnell | Beatrice Chernock | Thomas M. Foglietta |
| 7th (1976–1980) | 1975 | James Tayoun | Anna C. Verna | Lucien E. Blackwell | George X. Schwartz | Cecil B. Moore | Joseph L. Zazyczny | Harry Jannotti | Joseph E. Coleman | Louis Johanson | Melvin J. Greenberg | Earl Vann | Francis X. Rafferty | Al Pearlman | John B. Kelly Jr. | vacant | Beatrice Chernock | Ethel D. Allen |
| 7th (1976–1980) | 1976 | James Tayoun | Anna C. Verna | Lucien E. Blackwell | George X. Schwartz | Cecil B. Moore | Joseph L. Zazyczny | Harry Jannotti | Joseph E. Coleman | Louis Johanson | Melvin J. Greenberg | Earl Vann | Francis X. Rafferty | Al Pearlman | John B. Kelly Jr. | Charles E. Murray | Beatrice Chernock | Ethel D. Allen |
| 8th (1980–1984) | 1979 | James Tayoun | Anna C. Verna | Lucien E. Blackwell | George X. Schwartz | John F. Street | Joan L. Krajewski | Harry Jannotti | Joseph E. Coleman | Louis Johanson | Brian J. O'Neill | Augusta Clark | Francis X. Rafferty | Al Pearlman | David Cohen | John C. Anderson | Beatrice Chernock | Joan Specter |
| 8th (1980–1984) | May 1981 | James Tayoun | Anna C. Verna | Lucien E. Blackwell | Ann J. Land | John F. Street | Joan L. Krajewski | Harry Jannotti | Joseph E. Coleman | Louis Johanson | Brian J. O'Neill | Augusta Clark | Francis X. Rafferty | Al Pearlman | David Cohen | John C. Anderson | Beatrice Chernock | Joan Specter |
| 8th (1980–1984) | Nov 1981 | James Tayoun | Anna C. Verna | Lucien E. Blackwell | Ann J. Land | John F. Street | Joan L. Krajewski | Harry Jannotti | Joseph E. Coleman | John F. White Jr. | Brian J. O'Neill | Augusta Clark | Francis X. Rafferty | Al Pearlman | David Cohen | John C. Anderson | Beatrice Chernock | Joan Specter |
| 9th (1984–1988) | 1983 | James Tayoun | Anna C. Verna | Lucien E. Blackwell | Ann J. Land | John F. Street | Joan L. Krajewski | Patricia Hughes | Joseph E. Coleman | John F. White Jr. | Brian J. O'Neill | Augusta Clark | Francis X. Rafferty | Al Pearlman | David Cohen | Edward A. Schwartz | Thacher Longstreth | Joan Specter |
| 9th (1984–1988) | Apr. 1984 | Leland Beloff | Anna C. Verna | Lucien E. Blackwell | Ann J. Land | John F. Street | Joan L. Krajewski | Patricia Hughes | Joseph E. Coleman | John F. White Jr. | Brian J. O'Neill | Augusta Clark | Francis X. Rafferty | Al Pearlman | David Cohen | Edward A. Schwartz | Thacher Longstreth | Joan Specter |
| 9th (1984–1988) | Nov 1984 | Leland Beloff | Anna C. Verna | Lucien E. Blackwell | Ann J. Land | John F. Street | Joan L. Krajewski | Patricia Hughes | Joseph E. Coleman | John F. White Jr. | Brian J. O'Neill | Augusta Clark | Francis X. Rafferty | Angel L. Ortiz | David Cohen | Edward A. Schwartz | Thacher Longstreth | Joan Specter |
| 10th (1988–1992) | 1987 | James Tayoun | Anna C. Verna | Lucien E. Blackwell | Ann J. Land | John F. Street | Joan L. Krajewski | Jack Kelly | Joseph E. Coleman | Marian B. Tasco | Brian J. O'Neill | Augusta Clark | Francis X. Rafferty | Angel L. Ortiz | David Cohen | George R. Burrell | Thacher Longstreth | Joan Specter |
| 11th (1992–1996) | 1991 | Joe Vignola | Anna C. Verna | Jannie Blackwell | Michael Nutter | John F. Street | Joan L. Krajewski | Daniel P. McElhatton | Herbert H. DeBeary | Marian B. Tasco | Brian J. O'Neill | Augusta Clark | Happy Fernandez | Angel L. Ortiz | David Cohen | James F. Kenney | Thacher Longstreth | Joan Specter |
| 11th (1992–1996) | 1994 | Joe Vignola | Anna C. Verna | Jannie Blackwell | Michael Nutter | John F. Street | Joan L. Krajewski | Daniel P. McElhatton | Alvin Stewart | Marian B. Tasco | Brian J. O'Neill | Augusta Clark | Happy Fernandez | Angel L. Ortiz | David Cohen | James F. Kenney | Thacher Longstreth | Joan Specter |
| 12th (1996–2000) | 1995 | Frank DiCicco | Anna C. Verna | Jannie Blackwell | Michael Nutter | John F. Street | Joan L. Krajewski | Richard T. Mariano | Donna Reed Miller | Marian B. Tasco | Brian J. O'Neill | Augusta Clark | Happy Fernandez | Angel L. Ortiz | David Cohen | James F. Kenney | Thacher Longstreth | Frank Rizzo Jr. |
| 13th (2000–2004) | 1999 | Frank DiCicco | Anna C. Verna | Jannie Blackwell | Michael Nutter | Darrell L. Clarke | Joan L. Krajewski | Richard T. Mariano | Donna Reed Miller | Marian B. Tasco | Brian J. O'Neill | Blondell Reynolds Brown | W. Wilson Goode Jr. | Angel L. Ortiz | David Cohen | James F. Kenney | Thacher Longstreth | Frank Rizzo Jr. |
| 14th (2004–2008) | 2003 | Frank DiCicco | Anna C. Verna | Jannie Blackwell | Michael Nutter | Darrell L. Clarke | Joan L. Krajewski | Richard T. Mariano | Donna Reed Miller | Marian B. Tasco | Brian J. O'Neill | Blondell Reynolds Brown | W. Wilson Goode Jr. | Juan F. Ramos | David Cohen | James F. Kenney | Jack Kelly | Frank Rizzo Jr. |
| 14th (2004–2008) | 2006 | Frank DiCicco | Anna C. Verna | Jannie Blackwell | Carol Campbell | Darrell L. Clarke | Joan L. Krajewski | Daniel J. Savage | Donna Reed Miller | Marian B. Tasco | Brian J. O'Neill | Blondell Reynolds Brown | W. Wilson Goode Jr. | Juan F. Ramos | William K. Greenlee | James F. Kenney | Jack Kelly | Frank Rizzo Jr. |
| 15th (2008–2012) | 2007 | Frank DiCicco | Anna C. Verna | Jannie Blackwell | Curtis J. Jones Jr. | Darrell L. Clarke | Joan L. Krajewski | Maria Quiñones-Sánchez | Donna Reed Miller | Marian B. Tasco | Brian J. O'Neill | Blondell Reynolds Brown | W. Wilson Goode Jr. | Bill Green | William K. Greenlee | James F. Kenney | Jack Kelly | Frank Rizzo Jr. |
| 16th (2012–2016) | 2011 | Mark Squilla | Kenyatta Johnson | Jannie Blackwell | Curtis J. Jones Jr. | Darrell L. Clarke | Bobby Henon | Maria Quiñones-Sánchez | Cindy Bass | Marian B. Tasco | Brian J. O'Neill | Blondell Reynolds Brown | W. Wilson Goode Jr. | Bill Green | William K. Greenlee | James F. Kenney | Dennis M. O'Brien | David Oh |
| 16th (2012–2016) | 2014 | Mark Squilla | Kenyatta Johnson | Jannie Blackwell | Curtis J. Jones Jr. | Darrell L. Clarke | Bobby Henon | Maria Quiñones-Sánchez | Cindy Bass | Marian B. Tasco | Brian J. O'Neill | Blondell Reynolds Brown | W. Wilson Goode Jr. | Ed Neilson | William K. Greenlee | James F. Kenney | Dennis M. O'Brien | David Oh |
| 17th (2016–2020) | 2015 | Mark Squilla | Kenyatta Johnson | Jannie Blackwell | Curtis J. Jones Jr. | Darrell L. Clarke | Bobby Henon | Maria Quiñones-Sánchez | Cindy Bass | Cherelle Parker | Brian J. O'Neill | Blondell Reynolds Brown | Allan Domb | Derek S. Green | William K. Greenlee | Helen Gym | Al Tauben-berger | David Oh |
| 18th (2020–2024) | 2019 | Mark Squilla | Kenyatta Johnson | Jamie Gauthier | Curtis J. Jones Jr. | Darrell L. Clarke | Bobby Henon | Maria Quiñones-Sánchez | Cindy Bass | Cherelle Parker | Brian J. O'Neill | Kathy Gilmore Richardson | Allan Domb | Derek S. Green | Isaiah Thomas | Helen Gym | Kendra Brooks | David Oh |
| 18th (2020–2024) | May 2022 | Mark Squilla | Kenyatta Johnson | Jamie Gauthier | Curtis J. Jones Jr. | Darrell L. Clarke | Mike Driscoll | Maria Quiñones-Sánchez | Cindy Bass | Cherelle Parker | Brian J. O'Neill | Kathy Gilmore Richardson | Allan Domb | Derek S. Green | Isaiah Thomas | Helen Gym | Kendra Brooks | David Oh |
| 18th (2020–2024) | Nov 2022 | Mark Squilla | Kenyatta Johnson | Jamie Gauthier | Curtis J. Jones Jr. | Darrell L. Clarke | Mike Driscoll | Quetcy Lozada | Cindy Bass | Anthony Phillips | Brian J. O'Neill | Kathy Gilmore Richardson | Jim Harrity | Sharon Vaughn | Isaiah Thomas | Helen Gym | Kendra Brooks | David Oh |
| 19th (2024–2028) | 2023 | Mark Squilla | Kenyatta Johnson | Jamie Gauthier | Curtis J. Jones Jr. | Jeffery Young Jr. | Mike Driscoll | Quetcy Lozada | Cindy Bass | Anthony Phillips | Brian J. O'Neill | Kathy Gilmore Richardson | Jim Harrity | Nina Ahmad | Isaiah Thomas | Rue Landau | Kendra Brooks | Nicolas O'Rourke |
| Session | Election | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | At large (7 seats) | At large (7 seats) | At large (7 seats) | At large (7 seats) | At large (7 seats) | At large (7 seats) | At large (7 seats) |
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