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It was not until Mayor Samuel Pettigrew in the 1830s that general elections of popular vote were conducted among all the city's voters to determine who would hold the mayor's office. Pettigrew was both the last mayor selected by council and the first generally elected mayor of Pittsburgh.
Apr 27, 2024 · Pettigrew was both the last mayor selected by council and the first generally elected mayor of Pittsburgh.
Samuel Pettigrew has the distinction of being the last "appointed" mayor of Pittsburgh and also is the first "elected" mayor of Pittsburgh. Pettigrew's administration was put to the test with the city's first major disaster, a flood that crested at 38.2 feet in February 1832.
David Leo Lawrence (June 18, 1889 – November 21, 1966) was an American politician who served as the 37th governor of Pennsylvania from 1959 to 1963. The first Catholic elected as Pennsylvania's governor, Lawrence is the only mayor of Pittsburgh to have also been elected as Governor of Pennsylvania. He served four terms as mayor, from 1946 ...
Pittsburgh was founded in 1758 and incorporated as a City in 1816. The incorporation saw the establishment of the Office of the Mayor and the election of Ebeneezer Denny as Pittsburgh's first chief executive.
It was not until Mayor Samuel Pettigrew in the 1830s that general elections of popular vote were conducted among all the city's voters to determine who would hold the mayor's office. Pettigrew was both the last "selected by council" mayor and the first "generally elected" mayor of Pittsburgh.
Sophie Masloff was elected to City Council in 1976. She later served as President of Council. Masloff began serving as Mayor on May 6, 1988, following the death of Mayor Caliguiri. On November 7, 1989, Sophie Masloff became the first female to be elected Mayor in Pittsburgh's history.
