The Philadelphia City Commissioners are three officials responsible for administering voter registration and conducting elections for Philadelphia County.[1]
The office was created to replace the Philadelphia County Commissioners following the consolidation of the city and county in 1854. While subject to the Home Rule Charter, the commissioners are considered county officials and do not report to council or the mayor.
The board has three members, all popularly elected every four years by the voters of Philadelphia.[2] No political party can have more than two seats on the board. For the last half-century the guaranteed minority seat has gone to the Republican Party.
Current members
| Name | Year first elected | Party |
|---|---|---|
| Omar Sabir | 2019 | Democratic[3] |
| Seth Bluestein | 2022[note 1] | Forward Republican[4] |
| Lisa M Deeley†` | 2015 | Democratic[5] |
† Denotes chairperson of the board
- ↑ Bluestein was confirmed as a City Commissioner in February 2022 to fill the remainder of Al Schmidt's term, which concludes in January 2024.
Historical members
| Commissioners elected under the 1873 Constitution | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Election | Commissioners | ||
| 1875 | John S. Wetter | David Martin | Thomas A. Fahy |
| 1878 | William S. Douglass | John C. McManemin | |
| 1881 | William Lawson | Charles H. Krumbhaar[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 1884 | Charles H. Krumbhaar | ||
| 1887 | William Bartley | Theodore B. Stulb | John J.P. Sensenderfer |
| 1890 | |||
| 1893 | Jacob Wildemore | Joseph G. Richmond | |
| 1896 | Thomas J. Ryan | ||
| 1899 | Hugh Black | ||
| 1902 | Charles P. Donnelly | ||
| 1905 | Howard A. Chase | Rudolph Blankenburg[lower-alpha 2] | Edward A. Anderson[lower-alpha 2] |
| 1908 | Harry D. Beaston | Robert J. Moore | Frank J. Gorman[lower-alpha 3] |
| 1911 | John D. Powers | Frank J. Gorman[lower-alpha 4] | |
| 1915 | David S. Scott | George F. Holmes[lower-alpha 5] | |
| 1917[lower-alpha 6] | Henry Kuenzel | ||
| 1918[lower-alpha 7] | James H. Gay | ||
| 1919 | George F. Holmes | Edgar W. Lank | |
| 1923 | John O'Donnell | ||
| 1927 | |||
| 1931 | John F. Dugan | James C. Clark | |
| 1935 | Mortin Witkin | John J. Hennessey | |
| 1939 | Joseph E. Gold | ||
| 1943 | David E. Watson | John J. Hennessey | |
| 1945[lower-alpha 8] | Thomas P. McHenry | ||
| 1947 | |||
| 1951 | Walter I. Davidson | Maurice S. Osser | |
| 1955 | |||
| 1959 | Louis Menna | ||
| 1963 | |||
| 1967 | Raymond Chmielewski | ||
| May 1971[lower-alpha 9] | Francis B. Patterson | ||
| 1971 | Louis Menna | ||
| 1973[lower-alpha 10] | Eugene E.J. Maier | ||
| Feb 1975[lower-alpha 11] | John F. Kane | ||
| 1975 | Margaret Tartaglione | ||
| 1979 | |||
| 1983 | Marian Tasco | ||
| 1987 | Maurice Floyd | ||
| 1991 | Alexander Z. Talmadge | ||
| 1995 | Joseph J. Duda | ||
| 1999 | |||
| 2003 | Edgar A. Howard | ||
| 2007 | Anthony Clark | ||
| 2011 | Al Schmidt | Stephanie Singer | |
| 2015 | Lisa M. Deeley | ||
| 2019 | Omar Sabir | ||
| 2022 | Seth Bluestein | ||
- ↑ Citizens' Party
- 1 2 City Party
- ↑ Philadelphia Party
- ↑ Elected on Democratic and Keystone party tickets
- ↑ Franklin-Washington Party
- ↑ Vacancy filled after Scott died in office
- ↑ Vacancy filled after Moore died in office
- ↑ Vacancy when Hennessey died in office
- ↑ Vacancy when McHenry died in office
- ↑ Vacancy when Osser resigned
- ↑ Vacancy when Menna died in office
References
- ↑ "Mission Statement". Office of the Philadelphia Commissioners. The City of Philadelphia. Archived from the original on October 10, 2002. Retrieved February 5, 2012.
- ↑ "About the Philadelphia City Commissioners". Philadelphiavotes.com. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
- ↑ "Biography of Commissioner Omar Sabir". Philadelphiavotes.com. 2019-11-05. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ↑ "City Commissioner Seth Bluestein (R)".
- ↑ "Biography of Lisa M Deeley". Retrieved 9 April 2016.
External links
- Philadelphia City Commissioners official webpage
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