List of mayors of Wilmington, Delaware
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The Mayor of Wilmington is the chief executive of the government of Wilmington, Delaware, as stipulated by the Charter. The current Mayor of Wilmington is Mike Purzycki.
City of Wilmington
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First mayor Richard H. Bayard
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20th mayor William G. Whiteley
Rank | Mayor | Start | End | Party | Note |
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1 | Bayard, Richard H | 1832 | 1834 | Whig | Wilmington incorporated in 1832. |
2 | Williamson, Nicholas G. | 1834 | 1843 | Whig | |
3 | Wilson, David C. | 1843 | 1845 | Whig | |
4 | Porter, Alexander | 1845 | 1848 | Whig | |
5 | Huffington, William | 1848 | 1850 | Democratic | |
6 | Driver, Joshua E. | 1850 | 1851 | ||
7 | Evans, Columbus P., Capt. | 1851 | 1852 | Whig | Editor of the Delaware Republican. |
8 | Jones, William Hemphill | 1852 | 1853 | First mayor elected by popular vote. | |
9 | Alderdice, John A. | 1853 | 1854 | Publisher of The Journal. | |
10 | Heyward, James F. | 1854 | 1855 | ||
11 | Wiggins, William B. | 1855 | 1856 | ||
12 | Huffington, William | 1856 | 1857 | Democratic | Non-continuous terms. |
13 | Sparks, George W. | 1857 | 1858 | ||
14 | Young, Thomas | 1858 | 1860 | ||
15 | Gilpin, Vincent C. | 1860 | 1863 | ||
16 | Turner, John M | 1863 | 1865 | ||
17 | Maris, Joshua | 1865 | 1867 | ||
18 | Valentine, Joshua S. | 1867 | 1872 | ||
19 | Simms, Joshua L. | 1872 | 1875 | Democratic | |
20 | Whitely, William G. | 1875 | 1878 | Democratic | |
21 | Allmond, John P. | 1878 | 1882 | ||
22 | Wales, John Patton | 1882 | 1885 | Son of Senator John Wales. | |
23 | Rhoads, Calvin B. | 1885 | 1891 | Democratic | Choir director |
Willey, Stansbury J. | 1891 | 1893 | Republican | Term changed to two years, Saturday election in June. | |
Shortridge, E. G. | 1893 | 1894 | Republican | ||
Jefferies, Charles R. | 1895 | ? | Democratic | ||
Fahey, John C. | 1899 | ? | Democratic | ||
Fisher, George M. | 1903 | 1903 | |||
Bird, Charles D. | 1903 | ? | Democratic | ||
Wilson, Horace | 1905 | 1907 | Republican | ||
Howell, Harrison W. | 1911 | 1915 | Republican | ||
Lawson, John W. | 1919 | ? | |||
Harvey, LeRoy | 1921 | 1923? | Founded Wilmington Music School. | ||
Taylor, William G. | ? | 1925 | Republican | Lost at Sea | |
Forrest, Dr. George | 1923 | 1931 | First intern at Delaware Hospital. | ||
Sparks, Frank C. | 1931 | 1933 | Republican | ||
Speer, William | 1933 | 1935 | Democratic | ||
Bacon, Walter W. | 1935 | 1940 | Republican | Resigned when elected Governor. | |
James, Albert W. | 1941 | 1944 | Republican | Filled term of Gov. Bacon. | |
Herlihy, Thomas, Jr. | 1945 | 1946 | Republican | Resigned when appointed Chief Judge of Municipal Court. | |
Wilson, Joseph S. | 1947 | 1949 | Republican | ||
Hearn, James F. | 1949 | 1953 | Republican | ||
Walz, August | 1954 | 1955 | Republican | ||
47 | Lammot, Eugene | 1957 | 1960 | Democratic | Resigned when elected Lt. Gov. Election Tues. in Nov. |
48 | Babiarz, John E. | 1961 | 1969 | Democratic | 1968 Occupation |
49 | Haskell, Harry G., Jr. | 1969 | 1973 | Republican | |
50 | Maloney, Thomas C. | 1973 | 1977 | Democratic | |
51 | McLaughlin, William T. | 1977 | 1984 | Democratic | |
52 | Frawley, Daniel S. | 1985 | 1993 | Democratic | Stadium named after. |
53 | Sills, James | 1993 | 2001 | Democratic | First African American Mayor |
54 | Baker, James M. | 2001 | 2013 | Democratic | First 3-Term Mayor with 4-year terms |
55 | Williams, Dennis P. | 2013 | 2017 | Democratic | Served in the Delaware House of Representatives |
56 | Mike Purzycki | 2017 | Currently Serving | Democratic | Spearheaded successful Riverfront redevelopment |
Borough of Wilmington
Rank | Chief Burgess | Year | Note |
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1 | Shipley, William | 1739 | William Penn granted charter on November 16, 1739. |
2 | Way, Joseph | 1742 | |
3 | Shipley, William | 1743 | 2nd non-consecutive term. |
4 | Hannum, Robert | 1744 | |
5 | Peters, Joseph | 1745 | |
6 | Stapler, John | 1748 | Stapler Park named after |
7 | Few, James | 1750 | |
8 | Littler, Joshua | 1751 | |
9 | Stapler, John | 1752 | 2nd non-consecutive term. |
10 | Littler, Joshua | 1753 | 2nd non-consecutive term. |
11 | Littler, Joshua | 1754 | 3rd term. |
12 | Dawes, Edward | 1755 | |
13 | Stapler, John | 1756 | 3rd non-consecutive term. |
14 | Gilpin, Thomas | 1757 | |
15 | Stapler, John | 1758 | 4th non-consecutive term. |
16 | McKinly, John | 1759 | |
17 | Dawes, Edward | 1762 | |
18 | Lea, John | 1764 | Lea Blvd. named after. |
19 | Way, Joseph | 1765 | |
20 | McKinly, John | 1767 | |
21 | Bennet, Joseph | 1770 | Bennet Street named after. |
22 | McKinly, John | 1771 | |
23 | Robinson, Nicholas | 1774 | |
24 | McKinly, John | 1775 | |
25 | Bennett, Joseph | 1777 | |
26 | Stidham, Joseph | 1778 | |
27 | Broom, Jacob | 1783 | Broom Street named after. |
28 | Kean, Thomas | 1784 | |
29 | Broom, Jacob | 1785 | |
30 | Gibbson, James | 1786 | |
31 | Way, Thomas | 1788 | |
32 | Shallcross, Joseph | 1790 | Shallcross Avenue named after. |
33 | Bush, David | 1792 | |
34 | Broom, Jacob | 1794 | |
35 | Brynberg, Peter | 1796 | |
36 | Warner, Joseph | 1798 | |
37 | Tilton, Hehemiah | 1799 | |
38 | Brobson, James | 1801 | |
39 | Hendrickson, Isaac | 1802 | |
40 | Brobson, James | 1803 | |
41 | Lea, James | 1806 | |
42 | Dixon, Isaac | 1807 | |
43 | Brobson, James | 1808 | |
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