
The Pittsburgh City Council serves as the legislative body in the
City of Pittsburgh. 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 (since 2020)
Past presidents
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Bruce Kraus 2014–2020
*Darlene Harris 2010–2014
*Doug Shields 2006–2010
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Luke Ravenstahl
Luke Robert Ravenstahl (born February 6, 1980) is an American politician who served as the 59th Mayor of Pittsburgh from 2006 until 2014. A Democrat, he became the youngest mayor in Pittsburgh's history in September 2006 at the age of 26. He was ...
2005–2006
*Gene Ricciardi 2002–2005
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Bob O'Connor 1998–2002
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Jim Ferlo
James Ferlo (May 19, 1951 – May 15, 2022) was an American politician who was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate representing the 38th Senatorial District from 2003-2015. His district consisted of parts of Allegheny, Westmoreland, an ...
1994–1998
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Jack Wagner 1990–1994
*Ben Woods 1988–1990
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Sophie Masloff 1988
*Ben Woods 1985–1988
*Robert Rade Stone 1985
*Eugene "Jeep" DePasquale 1978–1984
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Richard Caliguiri 1977–1978
*Louis Mason 1970–1977
*John F. Counahan 1968–1970
*Thomas Gallagher 1936–1959
*Robert Garland
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James F. Malone
James F. Malone, Jr. (1904 – August 29, 1976) was the District Attorney for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania from January 1952 until January 3, 1956. He was a member of the Republican Party and was a member of Pittsburgh City Council in the 1920s ...
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James Ross 1817
Past members
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Corey O'Connor (2012–2022)
*Darlene Harris (2006–2020)
*Daniel Gilman (2014–2018)
*Natalia Rudiak (2009–2018)
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Patrick Dowd (2008–2013)
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Bill Peduto (2002–2014)
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Barbara Burns (2000–2004)
*Sala Udin (1997–2007)
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Dan Onorato (1992–2000)
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Bob O'Connor (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
James Ferlo (May 19, 1951 – May 15, 2022) was an American politician who was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate representing the 38th Senatorial District from 2003-2015. His district consisted of parts of Allegheny, Westmoreland, an ...
(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 legislatur ...
(1984–1988)
*Ben Woods (1981–1989)
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Thomas E. Flaherty
Thomas E. Flaherty (born June 18, 1950) 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 ...
(1980–1983)
*Jim O'Malley (1980–1987)
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Michelle Madoff (1978–1994)
*William Robinson (1978–1985)
*Jim Bulls (1977–1980)
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Sophie Masloff (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 (1974–1981)
*Robert Rade Stone (1973–1985)
*Eugene DePasquale (1972–1984, 1988–1989)
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Richard Caligiuri (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 (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
Joseph A. McArdle (June 29, 1903 – December 27, 1967) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
McArdle was born in Muncie, Indiana. In 1905, he moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with his parents, when hi ...
(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 (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
John S. Herron (November 7, 1872 – September 13, 1947), served as the 48th Mayor of Pittsburgh from 1933 to 1934. Early life
Born in Oswego, New York, Herron came to Pittsburgh as a blue-collar worker and quickly entered leadership as Pre ...
(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 (1911–1913)
*David P. Black (1911)
*A.J. Kelly (1911)
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Robert McKnight (1847–1849)
See also
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List of 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 ...
References
External links
''official city website''
{{Authority control
Government of Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania city councils