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Philadelphia City Commissioners
The Philadelphia City Commissioners are three officials responsible for administering voter registration and conducting elections for Philadelphia County.
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. 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 |
| Seth Bluestein | 2022Bluestein was confirmed as a City Commissioner in February 2022 to fill the remainder of Al Schmidt's term, which concludes in January 2024.https://vote.phila.gov/news/2022/02/03/seth-bluestein-confirmed-as-city-commissioner/ | Forward Republican |
| Lisa M Deeley | 2015 | Democratic |
† Denotes chairperson of the board
Historical members
| Commissioners elected under the 1873 Constitution | Election | Commissioners | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1875 | John S. Wetter | David Martin | ||
| 1878 | William S. Douglass | John C. McManemin | ||
| 1881 | William Lawson | Charles H. Krumbhaar | ||
| 1884 | Charles H. Krumbhaar | |||
| 1887 | William Bartley | Theodore B. Stulb | ||
| 1890 | ||||
| 1893 | Jacob Wildemore | Joseph G. Richmond | ||
| 1896 | Thomas J. Ryan | |||
| 1899 | Hugh Black | |||
| 1902 | Charles P. Donnelly | |||
| 1905 | Howard A. Chase | Rudolph Blankenburg | ||
| 1908 | Harry D. Beaston | Robert J. Moore | ||
| 1911 | John D. Powers | Frank J. Gorman | ||
| 1915 | David S. Scott | George F. Holmes | ||
| 1917 | Henry Kuenzel | |||
| 1918 | 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 | Thomas P. McHenry | |||
| 1947 | ||||
| 1951 | Walter I. Davidson | Maurice S. Osser | ||
| 1955 | ||||
| 1959 | Louis Menna | |||
| 1963 | ||||
| 1967 | Raymond Chmielewski | |||
| May 1971 | Francis B. Patterson | |||
| 1971 | Louis Menna | |||
| 1973 | Eugene E.J. Maier | |||
| Feb 1975 | 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 |
References
References
- "Mission Statement". The City of Philadelphia.
- "About the Philadelphia City Commissioners". Philadelphiavotes.com.
- (2019-11-05). "Biography of Commissioner Omar Sabir". Philadelphiavotes.com.
- "City Commissioner Seth Bluestein (R)".
- "Biography of Lisa M Deeley".
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