The Mayor of Reading, Pennsylvania, is the elected, chief executive of the city of Reading, Pennsylvania, the fourth-largest city in the state of Pennsylvania. The Reading city government consists of a mayor and a city council. The mayor is elected for a four-year term.

The Mayor of Reading served under a city commission form of government prior to 1996. However, the city's mayor have served under a home rule form of government since 1996, beginning with the inauguration of Mayor Paul Angstadt in January of that year.

Reading is one of the few United States cities to have elected a Socialist mayor. Three times, in 1927, 1935, and 1944, J. Henry Stump was elected mayor.

The current mayor is Eddie Moran, who was elected on November 5, 2019, and began serving his term on January 6, 2020.

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Mayor Term begins Term ends Political Party Peter Filbert 1847 1848 William H. Keim 1848 1849 Whig George Getz 1849 1853 George M. Keim 1853 1853 Democratic Daniel R. Clymer 1853 1854 John S. Richards 1854 1855 William M. Baird 1855 1856 Joel B. Wanner 1856 1857 A. Jordan Swartz 1857 1858 Benneville Keim 1858 1861 Joel B. Wanner 1861 1863 Joseph S. Hoyer 1863 1865 Nathan M. Eisenhower 1865 1867 William H. Gernand 1867 1871 Samuel C. Mayer 1871 1873 Charles F. Evans 1873 1879 Henry A. Tyson 1879 1881 William G. Rowe 1881 1885 James K. Getz 1885 1887 James R. Kenney 1887 1891 Thomas P. Merritt 1891 1893 Democratic William F. Shanaman 1893 1896 Jacob Weidel 1896 1899 Adam H. Leader 1899 1902 Edward Yeager 1902 1905 Edwin R. Gerber 1905 1908 William Rick 1908 1912 Ira W. Stratton 1912 1916 Edward H. Filbert 1916 1920 John K. Stauffer 1920 1924 William E. Sharman 1924 1928 J. Henry Stump 1928 1932 Socialist Heber Ermentrout 1932 1936 Democratic - Republican fusion J. Henry Stump 1936 1940 Socialist Harry F. Menges 1940 1944 J. Henry Stump 1944 1948 SDF John F. Davis 1948 1952 Democratic James B. Bamford 1952 1956 Republican Daniel F. McDevitt 1956 1960 Democratic John C. Kubacki 1960 1964 Democratic Eugene Shirk 1964 1968 Republican Victor Yarnell 1968 1972 Democratic Eugene Shirk 1972 1976 Republican Joseph P. Kuzminski 1976 1980 Democratic Karen A. Miller 1980 February 1987 Democratic Warren Haggerty February 1987 January 1, 1996 Democratic Paul Angstadt January 1, 1996 January 3, 2000 Republican Joseph Eppihimer January 3, 2000 January 5, 2004 Democratic Tom McMahon January 5, 2004 January 2, 2012 Democratic Vaughn Spencer January 2, 2012 January 4, 2016 Democratic Wally Scott January 4, 2016 January 6, 2020 Democratic Eddie Morán January 6, 2020 Democratic

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