List of mayors of Allentown
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List of Mayors of Allentown, Pennsylvania
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Allentown, Pennsylvania
Allentown is a city located in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is Pennsylvania's third most populous city, after Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, and the 215th largest city in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 118,032 and is currently...
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| Mayor | Party | Photo | Term | Notes |
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| Ed Pawlowski Ed Pawlowski Ed Pawlowski is the mayor of Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. He has held this office since January 2006.Pawlowski is a Democrat... | Dem | 2006- | ||
| Roy C. Afflerbach Roy C. Afflerbach Roy C. Afflerbach is an American lobbyist and former Pennsylvania state senator and Representative. He was Mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania, the third largest city in Pennsylvania, from 2002 to 2006... | Dem | 2002-2006 | ||
| William L. Heydt | Rep | 1990-2002 | ||
| Joseph S. Daddona | Dem | 1982-1990 | ||
| Frank Fischl | Rep | 1978-1982 | Won election by 121 votes; had quadruple bypass; did not seek 2nd term | |
| Joseph S. Daddona | Dem | 1974-1978 | ||
| Clifford "Chips" S. Bartholomew | Rep | 1970-1974 | First "Strong Mayor" under mayor-council form of government | |
| Ray B. Bracy | 1966-1970 | |||
| F. Willard Harper | 1964-1966 | Selected mayor by City Council | ||
| John T. Gross | 1960-1964 | Died in office, September 3, 1964 | ||
| Donald V. Hock | 1956-1960 | |||
| Brighton C. Diefenderfer | 1952-1956 | |||
| Donald V. Hock | 1948-1952 | |||
| Brighton C. Diefenderfer | 1944-1948 | |||
| George F. Erich | 1940-1944 | |||
| Malcolm W. Gross | 1936-1940 | Longest serving mayor (16 years) | ||
| Fred Ewing Lewis Fred Ewing Lewis Fred Ewing Lewis was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Fred Ewing Lewis was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He attended the Collegiate and Commercial Institute in New Haven, Connecticut, and Muhlenberg College in Allentown... | 1932-1936 | |||
| Malcolm W. Gross | 1920-1932 | |||
| Alfred L. Reichenbach | 1916-1919 | |||
| Charles W. Rinn | 1912-1915 | |||
| Charles O. Hunsicker | 1909-1911 | |||
| Dr. Herbert H. Herbst | 1908-1909 | Selected mayor by City Council | ||
| Henry G. Styles | 1908-1908 | Died in office, November 8, 1908 | ||
| Dr. Charles D. Schaeffer | 1907-1908 | Appointed mayor by City Council | ||
| Dr. Albert J. Yost | 1905-1907 | Died in office, April 16, 1907 | ||
| Fred Ewing Lewis Fred Ewing Lewis Fred Ewing Lewis was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Fred Ewing Lewis was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He attended the Collegiate and Commercial Institute in New Haven, Connecticut, and Muhlenberg College in Allentown... | 1902-1905 | |||
| James L. Schadt | 1899-1902 | |||
| Fred Ewing Lewis Fred Ewing Lewis Fred Ewing Lewis was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Fred Ewing Lewis was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He attended the Collegiate and Commercial Institute in New Haven, Connecticut, and Muhlenberg College in Allentown... | 1896-1899 | |||
| Henry W. Alliston | 1893-1896 | |||
| Col. Samuel D. Lehr | 1890-1893 | |||
| Henry W. Alliston | 1888-1890 | |||
| Walter K. Rhue | 1886-1888 | |||
| Edwin S. Shimer | 1884-1886 | |||
| Dr. Edwin G. Martin | 1880-1884 | |||
| Dr. Alfred J. Martin | 1878-1880 | |||
| Edward B. Young | 1876-1878 | |||
| Col. Tilghman H. Good | Dem | 1874-1876 | ||
| Herman Schuon | 1874-1874 | Appointed mayor by Select Council | ||
| Dr. Theodore C. Yeager | 1873-1874 | Died in office, January 14, 1874 | ||
| Col. Tilghman H. Good | Dem | 1869-1873 | ||
| Samuel McHose | Rep | 1867-1869 | Elected March 15, 1867. First mayor under Allentown city charter. Sworn into office March 19, 1867. (Allentown was a borough prior to 1867) |