List of mayors of Lancaster, Pennsylvania
# List of mayors of Lancaster, Pennsylvania

The Mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is the elected, chief executive of the city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. The mayor is elected for a four-year term. The city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania has had 43 mayors since 1818.

## Mayors of Lancaster

| Mayor | Party | Term start | Term end |
| - | - | - | - |
| John Passmore | | 1818 | 1820 |
| Samuel Carpenter | | 1821 | 1823 |
| Nathaniel Lightner | | 1824 | 1830 |
| John Mathiot | | 1831 | 1843 |
| Michael Carpenter | | 1843 | 1851 |
| Christian Kieffer | | 1852 | 1854 |
| Jacob Albright | | 1855 | 1855 |
| John Zimmerman | | 1856 | 1857 |
| Thomas Henry Burrowes | | 1858 | 1858 |
| George Sanderson | | 1859 | 1868 |
| William Atlee | | 1869 | 1871 |
| Fredrick Pyfer | | 1871 | 1873 |
| William Stauffer | | 1873 | 1877 |
| John MacGonigle | | 1877 | 1884 |
| David Rosenmiller | | 1884 | 1886 |
| William Morton | | 1886 | 1888 |
| Edward Edgerly | | 1888 | 1890 |
| Robert Clark | | 1890 | 1894 |
| Edwin Smeltz | | 1894 | 1898 |
| Simon Shissler | | 1898 | 1900 |
| Henry Muhlenberg | | 1900 | 1902 |
| Chester Cummings | | 1902 | 1906 |
| John Piersol McCaskey | | 1906 | 1910 |
| Frank B. McClain | | 1910 | 1915 |
| Harry L. Trout | | 1915 | 1920 |
| Horace E. Kennedy | | 1920 | 1922 |
| Frank Musser | | 1922 | 1930 |
| T. Warren Metzger | | 1930 | 1934 |
| James Ross | | 1934 | 1938 |
| Dale Cary | | 1938 | 1950 |
| Kendig C. Bare | | 1950 | 1950 |
| Howard Bare | | 1950 | 1951 |
| Kendig C. Bare | | 1951 | 1958 |
| Thomas J. Monaghan | | 1958 | 1962 |
| George Coe | | 1962 | 1966 |
| Thomas J. Monaghan | | 1966 | 1974 |
| Richard M. Scott | | 1974 | 1979 |
| Albert Wohlsen | | 1979 | 1980 |
| Arthur E. Morris | Republican | 1980 | 1990 |
| Janice Stork | Democratic | 1990 | January 1998 |
| Charlie Smithgall | Republican | January 1998 | January 3, 2006 |
| Rick Gray | Democratic | January 3, 2006 | January 2, 2018 |
| Danene Sorace | Democratic | January 2, 2018 | Incumbent |
