The Pittsburgh City Council serves as the legislative body in the
City of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Western Pennsylvania, the second-most populous city in Pennsyl ...
. It consists of nine members.
City council members are chosen by plurality elections in each of nine districts. The city operates under a
mayor-council system of local governance.
Current membership
The current members of the city council are:
† Denotes Council President (since 2020)
‡ Denotes Council
President pro tempore
A president pro tempore or speaker pro tempore is a constitutionally recognized officer of a legislative body who presides over the chamber in the absence of the normal presiding officer. The phrase ''pro tempore'' is Latin "for the time being". ...
(since 2020)
Past presidents
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Bruce Kraus
Bruce A. Kraus (born April 13, 1954) is an American politician and businessman from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He has served on the Pittsburgh City Council since 2008, representing the 3rd district. He was the president of the council from 2014 to ...
2014–2020
*Darlene Harris 2010–2014
*Doug Shields 2006–2010
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Luke Ravenstahl 2005–2006
*Gene Ricciardi 2002–2005
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Bob O'Connor Bob O'Connor may refer to:
* Bob O'Connor (mayor)
Robert E. O'Connor Jr. (December 9, 1944 – September 1, 2006) was an American politician who was the Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from January 3, 2006, until his death.
Personal life and ...
1998–2002
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Jim Ferlo 1994–1998
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Jack Wagner 1990–1994
*Ben Woods 1988–1990
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Sophie Masloff
Sophie Masloff (née Friedman; December 23, 1917 – August 17, 2014) was an American politician. A long-time member of the Democratic Party and civil servant, she was elected to the Pittsburgh City Council and later served as the mayor of Pitt ...
1988
*Ben Woods 1985–1988
*Robert Rade Stone 1985
*Eugene "Jeep" DePasquale 1978–1984
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Richard Caliguiri
Richard S. Caliguiri (October 20, 1931 – May 6, 1988) was an American politician who served as the mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1977 until his death in 1988.
Early career
Caliguiri was of Italian Arbëresh ancestry, and grew up i ...
1977–1978
*Louis Mason 1970–1977
*John F. Counahan 1968–1970
*Thomas Gallagher 1936–1959
*Robert Garland
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James F. Malone
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James Ross 1817
Past members
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Corey O'Connor
Corey O'Connor is an American politician serving as the Allegheny County controller in Pennsylvania since Jul 10, 2022. For the 10 years prior to becoming controller, he was a member of the Pittsburgh City Council and represented District 5.
Fa ...
(2012–2022)
*Darlene Harris (2006–2020)
*Daniel Gilman (2014–2018)
*Natalia Rudiak (2009–2018)
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Patrick Dowd
Patrick Dowd (born 1968) is a Democratic Party politician in the United States. From 2008 until 2013, he served as a member of the Pittsburgh City Council from District 7, which includes the neighborhoods of Bloomfield, East Liberty, Friendshi ...
(2008–2013)
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Bill Peduto
William Mark Peduto (born October 30, 1964) is an American politician who was the 60th mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 2014 until 2022. He was a Democratic member of the Pittsburgh City Council from 2002 to 2014.
Before his election to ...
(2002–2014)
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Barbara Burns
Barbara A. Burns is a former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and of Pittsburgh City Council.
Political career
Burns was first elected to the State House on March 7, 1994 to fill the vacancy left by Thomas Murphy's ...
(2000–2004)
*Sala Udin (1997–2007)
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Dan Onorato
Daniel Onorato (born February 5, 1961) is an American Democratic politician from the state of Pennsylvania. He served as the chief executive of Allegheny County from 2004 to 2012, and in 2010, he was the Democratic nominee for governor. He lost ...
(1992–2000)
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Bob O'Connor Bob O'Connor may refer to:
* Bob O'Connor (mayor)
Robert E. O'Connor Jr. (December 9, 1944 – September 1, 2006) was an American politician who was the Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from January 3, 2006, until his death.
Personal life and ...
(1991–2003)
*Gene Ricciardi (1988–2006)
*Christopher Smith (1993–1994)
*Jake Milliones (1990–1993)
*Michael Coyne (1988–1992)
*Bernard Regan (1988–1992)
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Jack Wagner (1984–1994)
*Alan Hertzberg (1994–2005)
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Jim Ferlo (1988–2002)
*Otis Lyons Jr. (1988–1989)
*Mark Pollock (1986–1989)
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Stephen Grabowski
Stephen S. Grabowski (born April 1, 1952) is a former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature ...
(1984–1988)
*Ben Woods (1981–1989)
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Thomas E. Flaherty (1980–1983)
*Jim O'Malley (1980–1987)
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Michelle Madoff
Michelle Madoff (; August 2, 1928 – October 12, 2013) was a Canadian-born American municipal politician who served on the Pittsburgh City Council from 1978 to 1994.
Early life and education
Born as Pauline Radzinski in Toronto, Ontario, Ca ...
(1978–1994)
*William Robinson (1978–1985)
*Jim Bulls (1977–1980)
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Sophie Masloff
Sophie Masloff (née Friedman; December 23, 1917 – August 17, 2014) was an American politician. A long-time member of the Democratic Party and civil servant, she was elected to the Pittsburgh City Council and later served as the mayor of Pitt ...
(1976–1988)
*Richard E. Givens (1976–1987)
*James Lally (1976–1980)
*Frank Lucchino (1974–1978)
*John Lynch (1970–1976)
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William J. Coyne
William Joseph Coyne (August 24, 1936 – November 3, 2013) was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1981 to 2003.
Early life and education
Coyne was born in ...
(1974–1981)
*Robert Rade Stone (1973–1985)
*Eugene DePasquale (1972–1984, 1988–1989)
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Richard Caligiuri
Richard S. Caliguiri (October 20, 1931 – May 6, 1988) was an American politician who served as the mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1977 until his death in 1988.
Early career
Caliguiri was of Italian Arbëresh ancestry, and grew up in ...
(1970–1977)
*Charles Leslie (1970–1972)
*Amy Ballinger (1970–1976)
*James Cortese (1970)
*George Shields (1970–1974)
*John Lynch (1970–1976)
*Edgar Michaels (1969–1974)
*Thomas Fagan (1968–1973)
*Louis Mason Jr. (1967–1977)
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Peter Flaherty
Peter Francis Flaherty (June 25, 1924 – April 18, 2005) was an American politician and attorney. He served as assistant district attorney of Allegheny County from 1957 to 1964, a member of the Pittsburgh City Council from 1966 to 1970, the 54th ...
(1966–1970)
*Walter Kamyk (1963–1970)
*Charles Leslie (1961–1969)
*Phillip Baskin (1962–1970)
*James Jordan (1960–1967)
*Horner Green (1960–1961)
*George Shields (1970–1974)
*Edgar Michaels (1969–1974)
*J. Craig Kuhn (1959–1970)
*Charles McCarthy (1958–1963)
*David Olbum (1956–1961)
*Irma D'Ascenzo (1956–1970)
*Paul Jones (1954–1960)
*Emanuel Schifano (1952–1956)
*Bennett Rodgers (1952–1959)
*Charles Dinan (1952–1958)
*John Counahan (1952–1970)
*William Davis (1951–1953)
*Patrick Fagan (1950–1967)
*Frederick Weir (1947–1960)
*William Alvah Stewart (1946–1951)
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Joseph A. McArdle (1942–1949)
*Thomas Kilgallen (1940–1951)
*John Duff Jr. (1940–1952)
*Edward Leonard (1939–1951)
*A.L. Wolk (1938–1956)
*James A. O'Toole (1936–1941)
*Frederick Weir (1936–1947)
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Cornelius Scully
Cornelius Decatur Scully (November 30, 1878 – September 22, 1952), served as Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, from 1936 to 1946.
Early life
Scully was born in Pittsburgh in 1878, ascending into public service by becoming City ...
(1935–1936)
*George Evans (1935–1945)
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William Magee (1934–1937)
*John Jane (1934–1935)
*John Houston (1934–1935)
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Thomas Gallagher (1934–1965)
*Walter Demmer (1934–1951)
*Frank Duggan (1933)
*George Oliver (1933)
*William Soost (1932–1935)
*John Phillips (1931–1932)
*Michael Muldowney (1930–1933)
*Clifford Connelley (1930–1933)
*George J. Kambach (1929–1931)
*Harry A. Little (1926–1933)
*Robert J. Alderdice (1924–1932)
*Joseph F. Malone (1922–1930)
*Wallace Borland (1922–1925)
*Charles Anderson (1920–1939)
*A.K. Oliver (1919–1921)
*John H. Henderson (1919–1921)
*Daniel Winters (1918–1929)
*William J. Burke (1918–1919)
*William H. Robertson (1916–1924)
*John H. Dailey (1916–1921)
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P.J. McArdle (1911–1913, 1916–1919, 1922–1930, 1932–1940)
*Charles H. Hetzel (1914–1915)
*W.Y. English (1914–1933)
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John S. Herron (1914–1933)
*G.A. Dillinger (1913–1917)
*Robert Garland (1911–1939)
*S.S. Wooburn (1911–1939)
*W.G. Wilkins (1911–1913)
*Enoch Rauh (1911–1919)
*James P. Kerr (1911–1918)
*John M. Goehring (1911–1915)
*W.A. Hoeveler (1911–1914)
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Edward V. Babcock
Edward Vose Babcock (January 31, 1864 – September 2, 1948) was a lumber industrialist who served as Mayor of Pittsburgh from 1918 to 1922.
Biography
Early life
Edward Vose Babcock entered the lumber business from an early age. He ran successf ...
(1911–1913)
*David P. Black (1911)
*A.J. Kelly (1911)
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Robert McKnight
Robert McKnight (January 20, 1820 – October 25, 1885) was an American lawyer and politician who represented Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1859 to 1863.
Early life and educati ...
(1847–1849)
See also
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List of mayors of Pittsburgh
The mayor of Pittsburgh is the chief executive of the government of the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, as stipulated by the Charter of the City of Pittsburgh. This article is a listing of past (and present) mayors of Pittsburgh. ...
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Pittsburgh Mayoral Chief of Staff The Pittsburgh Mayoral Chief of Staff is the senior advisor, strategic planner and "gatekeeper" to the Mayor of Pittsburgh of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
* Jake Wheatley 2020-present (serving Ed Gainey)
*Dan Gilman 2018–2020 (serving Bill Peduto)
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References
External links
''official city website''
{{Authority control
Government of Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania city councils