The 1887 Philadelphia mayoral election saw the election Edwin Henry Fitler. This was the first Philadelphia mayoral election to a 4-year term.
[ Previously, since 1862, mayoral elections had been for three-year terms.][
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Results
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1887
Events
January–March
* January 11 – Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the Académie Nationale de Médecine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher.
* January 20
** The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl ...
Philadelphia
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, largest city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the List of United States cities by population, sixth-largest city i ...
Philadelphia mayoral
19th century in Philadelphia