List of mayors of Allentown, Pennsylvania

Allentown, Pennsylvania, 2010

List of Mayors of Allentown, Pennsylvania:

Mayor	Party	Photo	Term	Notes
Ed Pawlowski	Dem		2006-
Roy C. Afflerbach	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			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			1902–1905
James L. Schadt			1899–1902
Fred Ewing Lewis			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)