This is a list of mayors of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, a city in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
# Name Term start Term end Political Party1Ira M. Kirkendall June 1871June 1874 Democrat2Michael Kearney June 1874February 1877 Republican3William W. Loomis April 1877April 1880 Republican4Thomas Broderick April 1880February 1886 Democrat5Charles B. Sutton April 1886April 1892 Republican6Francis M. Nichols April 1892April 1902 Republican7Charles H. Price April 1902April 1905 Republican8Frederick C. Kirkendall April, 1905April, 1908 Democrat9Lewis P. Kniffen April 1908December 1911 Republican10John V. Kosek December 1911January 1920 Democrat11Daniel L. Hart January 1920February 1933 Democrat12Charles N. Loveland April 1933January 1944 Republican13Con McCole January 1944January 1948 Democrat14Luther M. Kniffen January 1948January 1960 Republican15Frank Slattery January 1960January 1968 Democrat16John V. Morris January 1968 January 1970 Republican17John B. McGlynn January 1970 January 1972 Democrat18 Con "Firpo" Salwoski January 1972 January 1976 Democrat19Walter Lisman January 1976 January 1980 Democrat20Thomas McLaughlin January 1980 January 1988 Democrat21Lee Namey January 1988January 1996 Democrat22Thomas D. McGroarty January 1996January 2004 Democrat23Thomas Leighton January 2004January 2014 Democrat24Anthony George January 2014January 6, 2020 Democrat25George Brown January 6, 2020Present 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 and was sold at Sheriff Sale in 2009. 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 1970 to 1972.
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