List of mayors of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

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This is a list of mayors of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, a city in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

Office Term Number	Name	Term Start	Term End	Political Party
1	Ira M. Kirkendall	June,1871	June,1874	Democrat
2	M.A. Kearney	June,1874	February,1877
3	W.W. Loomis	April,1877	April,1880
4	Thomas Brodrick	April,1880	February,1886
5	C.B. Sutton	April,1886	April,1892
6	Francis M. Nichols	April,1892	April,1902
7	Charles H. Price	April,1902	April,1905
8	Frederick C. Kirkendall	April,1905	April,1908
9	Lewis P. Kniffen	April,1908	December,1911	Republican
10	John V. Kosek	December,1911	January,1920	Democrat
11	Daniel L. Hart	January,1920	February,1933
12	Charles N. Loveland	April,1933	January,1944	Republican
13	Con McCole	January,1944	January,1948	Democrat
14	Luther M. Kniffen	January,1948	January,1960	Republican
15	Frank Slattery	January,1960	??	Democrat
??	John Morris
??	John B. McGlynn
??	Walter Lisman		1980	Democrat
??	Thomas V. McLaughlin	1980	1988	Democrat
??	Lee Namey	1988	1996	Democrat
??	Thomas D. McGroarty	1996	2004	Democrat
??	Thomas M. Leighton	2004	incumbent	Democrat

References

• Henry C. Bradsby (1893). History of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. S. B. Nelson. http://books.google.com/books?id=4BkVAAAAYAAJ. 
• "Mayors of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania". The Political Graveyard. http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/wilkesbarre.html. 
• "Wilkes-Barre Record Almanacs". http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wbalmanacs/almanacs.htm?.txt. 
• Wilkes-Barre Record Almanac 1961-1962. Wilkes-Barre Publishing Company.