List of mayors of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

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	Democrat
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	1968	Democrat
16	John V. Morris	1968	1970	Republican
17	John B. McGlynn	1970	1972	Democrat
18	Con "Firpo" Salwoski	1972	1976	Democrat
19	Walter Lisman	1976	1980	Democrat
20	Thomas V. McLaughlin	1980	1988	Democrat
21	Lee Namey	1988	1996	Democrat
22	Thomas D. McGroarty	1996	2004	Democrat
23	Thomas M. Leighton	2004	2016	Democrat
24	Anthony G. George	2016	Present	Democrat

Buildings named after Wilkes-Barre mayors

• A restaurant in the Rolling Mill Hill section of Wilkes-Barre was named "The Hart" in honor of former mayor Daniel Hart. The restaurant closed in 2007.
• The John B. McGlynn Learning Center, located in the Boulevard Townhomes on Wilkes-Barre Boulevard, was founded in 1988. The learning center, was named in McGlynn's honor. John B. McGlynn served as Wilkes-Barre's 17th mayor, and did so from 1972 to 1976.

References

• Henry C. Bradsby (1893). History of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. S. B. Nelson.
• "Mayors of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania". The Political Graveyard.
• "Wilkes-Barre Record Almanacs".
• Wilkes-Barre Record Almanac 1961-1962. Wilkes-Barre Publishing Company.