This is a list of the people who have served as mayor of the city of Erie, Erie County, in northwestern Pennsylvania.

Erie's city government consists of a mayor and a city council. The mayor's office includes an elected city treasurer and city controller. The mayor also served as the President of the Select Council for the first nine years of Erie's incorporation.Bates 1884 1, p. 535

A mayor was limited to only one term of two years until 1890, when it was then lengthened to three years during the second term of Charles S. Clarke.Miller 1909 2, p. 31 After 1890, mayors were an unlimited number of terms. The most notable example of the unlimited number of terms was Mayor Louis J. Tullio who was in office for eight consecutive terms from 1966 to 1989.

# Name Term Party Notes 49 Daria Devlin January 5, 2026–present Democratic Incumbent 48 Joseph Schember January 2, 2018–January 5, 2026 Democratic 47 Joseph E. Sinnott January 2, 2006–January 2, 2018 Democratic 46 Richard E. Filippi 2002–2006 Democratic 45 Joyce A. Savocchio 1990–2002 Democratic * Patricia Liebel November 12, 1989–1990 Democratic Served as Acting mayor 44 Louis J. Tullio 1966–November 12, 1989 Democratic Unable to complete term 43 Charles B. Williamson 1962–1965 Republican 42 Arthur J. Gardner 1955–1962 Democratic Appointed mayor after Flatley was removed from office * George J. Brabender December 14, 1954–January 5, 1955 Served as Acting Mayor 41 Thomas W. Flatley 1952–1954 Democratic Removed from office 40 Clairence K. Pulling 1950–1952 Republican 39 Joseph C. Martin 1948–1949 Replaced Hickey, who died of a heart attack 38 Sherman T. Hickey, Jr. 1948–August 28, 1948 Democratic Died in office 37 Gale H. Ross 1947–1948 Appointed for remainder of Barber'sunexpired term 36 Charles R. Barber 1936–1947 Republican Appointed State Secretary of Welfare in 1947 35 James Patrick Rossiter 1932–1936 Democratic 34 Joseph Crane Williams 1924–1932 33 Miles Brown Kitts 1916–1924 Republican 32 Bernard J. Veit 1915 Died before taking officeBates 1884 2, 847 31 William J. Stern 1911–1915 Democratic Bates 1884 1, p. 523, 528–529 30 Bernard Cochran 1910–1910 29 Michael Liebel Jr. 1908–1911 Democratic Miller 1909 1, p. 251 * Michael Liebel Jr. 1906–1907 Democratic Appointed in September 1906 then elected in February 1907 to complete Saltsman's unexpired term 28 Robert J. Saltsman 1905–1906 Democratic Died in office 27 William Hardwick 1902–1904 26 John Depinet 1900–1901 Republican 25 Robert J. Saltsman 1896-04-06–1899 Democratic 24 Walter Scott 1893–1896 Miller 1909 1, p. 797 23 Charles S. Clarke 1890–1893 Term length extended to 3 years in 1890 23 Charles S. Clarke 1889–1893 22 John C. Brady February 1887–1889 Democratic 21 Frank A. Mizener 1886–1887 Appointed for remainder of Adams' unexpired termBates 1884 1, p. 365 20 Franklin Farrar Adams 1885–1886 ResignedMiller 1909 2, p. 9 – 12 19 Philip August Becker 1883–1885 Bates 1884 1, p. 542Miller 1909 2, p. 57 18 Joseph McCarter 1881–1883 Bates 1884 1, p. 541 17 David T. Jones 1878–1881 16 Selden Marvin 1877–1878 15 John W. Hammond 1876–1877 Bates 1884 1, p. 540Miller 1909 1, p. 782 14 Henry Rawle 1874–1876 13Charles Manning Reed 1872–1874 Republican Bates 1884 2, p. 921 12 William L. Scott 1871–1872 Democratic 11 Orange Noble 1867–1871 Bates 1884 1, p. 539 10 William L. Scott 1866–1867 Democratic 9 Fernando Freeman Farrar 1865–1866 8 Prescott Metcalf 1862 – 1865 Republican Bates 1884 1, p. 536 – 539 7 Sherburn Smith 1859–1862 Bates 1884 1, p. 536 6 Wilson Laird 1858–1859 5James Hoskinson 1857–1858 4 Wilson Laird 1855–1857 Miller 1909 1, p. 383 3 Alfred King 1853–1855 Pennsylvania State Archives, Alfred King Collection 2 Murray Whallon 1852–1853 1 Thomas G. Colt 1851–1852 First mayor of ErieMiller 1909 1, p. 616, 624

Burgesses From 1805 until 1850, the Borough of Erie was headed by a burgess. The title of mayor has been used since the City of Erie was incorporated on April 14, 1851. Name Starting Year Ending Year Date of birth Date of death B. B. Vincent 1850 1850 August 4, 1803 July 21, 1876 Alexander W. Brewster 1849 1849 1795 May 26, 1851 Charles W. Kelso 1848 1848 William Kelley 1846 1847 Charles W. Kelso 1845 1845 Thomas H. Sill 1843 1844 October 11, 1783 February 7, 1856 Thomas Stewart 1842 1842 Rufus S. Reed 1841 1841 October 11, 1775 June 1, 1846 Myron Goodwin 1840 1840 William Kelley 1839 1839 James L. White 1838 1838 J. B. Laughead 1836 1837 Joseph M. Sterrett 1834 1835 Thomas H. Sill 1833 1833 October 11, 1783 February 7, 1856 Tabor Beebe (acted for Forster) 1832 1832 Thomas Forster (elected but did not serve) 1832 1832 May 16, 1762 1836 George A. Eliot 1831 1831 William Johns 1830 1830 Thomas H. Sill 1829 1829 October 11, 1783 February 17, 1856 Tabor Beebe 1828 1828 John C. Wallace 1825 1827 February 14, 1771 December 8, 1827 John Morris 1822 1824 Judah Colt 1820 1821 George Moore 1818 1819 Thomas H. Sill 1816 1817 October 11, 1783 February 7, 1856 George Moore 1814 1815 Judah Colt 1813 1814 Samuel Hays 1812 1813 John C. Wallace 1810 1812 February 14, 1771 December 8, 1827 George Buehler 1808 1809 Thomas Wilson 1807 1807 1772 October 4, 1824 John C. Wallace May 5, 1806 1806 February 14, 1771 December 8, 1827

See also History of Erie, Pennsylvania

Notes A mayor was inaugurated on the first Monday of April 1896.North Adams (Massachusetts) Transcript, April 7, 1896 Mayors were inaugurated on the first Monday of January 1916 and January 1924, with elections having been held the previous November.Bates 1884 2, p. 828 At least two mayors died in office: Robert J. Saltsman (1906) and Sherman Hickey, Jr. (1948). One mayor-elect, Bernard Veit, died soon after his election in November 1915, before he could be inaugurated. Thomas W. Flatley was removed from office in 1954 in a gambling and bribery scandal. George J. Brabender served as acting mayor for less than a month, from December 14, 1954 until January 5, 1955, to fill Flatley's unexpired term. Franklin F. Adams resigned in 1885. Frank A. Mizener completed his unexpired term. Bernard Cochran served as acting mayor from March to May 1910, covering the absence of Michael Liebel, Jr. The Abraham Lincoln funeral train stopped in Erie with Mayor F. F. Farrar aboard. Mr. Lincoln made a pre-inaugural rail trip through nearby Girard, Pennsylvania on his way to Washington, D.C. from Illinois. Ralph W. Tilloston, twice the Socialist candidate for mayor of Erie, was convicted in United States District Court on March 20, 1919 of violation of the Espionage Act.Erie Socialist Is Convicted of Espionage Today, Warren (Pennsylvania) Evening Times, March 20, 1919 Mario S. Bagnoni (April 2, 1922 – August 5, 2005) was named honorary Mayor of Erie for a day in June 2005. He served eight terms (32 years) on the Erie City Council and was five times elected president of the council. The Mario S. Bagnoni Council Chambers, located in Erie City Hall, were posthumously named in his honor in September 2005.Erie City Council Agenda, September 7, 2005 He made two attempts to become Erie mayor. He retired in 1971 as deputy chief of detectives for the Erie Police Department, which he had served since it was the Erie Bureau of Police in 1949. He is interred at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Fairview, Pennsylvania.

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