List of members of Philadelphia City Council from 1920 to 1952

In 1919, Philadelphia adopted a new city charter. Among the changes enacted was a reduction of the size of the two-chambered, 190-member City Council to a unicameral, smaller body. The city was divided into eight districts, which elected multiple members based on their relative populations. The system stayed in place until 1951, when a new city charter changed the system to a different model.

1920 – 1952

Sess.	Elec.	Council District
		1st			2nd		3rd		4th					5th		6th				7th			8th
1st (1920–1924)	1919	Edwin R. Cox	Joseph P. Gaffney	William E. Finley	William McCoach	Charles B. Hall	Isaac D. Hetzell	One seat 1920-1928	David G. Franken-field	Francis F. Burch	George Connell	James A. Develin	Four seats 1920-1932	Edward Buchholz	Simon Walter	William W. Roper	Sigmund J. Gans	Charles H. von Tagen	Three seats 1920-1932	Alexis J. Limeburner	Richard Weglein	Hugh L. Mont-gomery	William R. Horn	Robert J. Patton	John J. McKinley	Three seats 1920-1932
	1920[lower-alpha 1]			Charles J. Pommer
2nd (1924–1928)	1923		Bernard Samuel							Benjamin H. Fields		Maurice E. Levick		Frederic D. Garman				Howard R. Smith		James G. Carson	Morris Apt	Two seats 1924-1928	Clarence K. Crossan	John J. Daly
3rd (1928–1932)	1927							William F. Nickel									Clarence Blackburn					Wyndam Bryant
	1928[lower-alpha 2]				Henry J. Trainer
4th (1932–1936)	1931					One seat 1928-1952	Phineas T. Green	One seat 1928-1952		Edward A. Kelly			James G. Clark					Frank L. Kenworthy	Richard S. Harris	Two seats 1932-1952						John N. Costello
	1934[lower-alpha 3]															Samuel Emlen
5th (1936–1940)	1935	Arthur P. Keegan							George Maxman			James H. Irvin			Louis Schwartz			William A. Kelley	William G. Simons		Patrick Conner	Alexander C. Green			John L. Fox	Thomas P. Stokley
	1936[lower-alpha 4]															Thomas Z. Minehart
6th (1940–1944)	1939	Joseph J. Milligan			Bill Hollen-back					Charles O'Halloran	L. Wallace Egan					John J. McDevitt	Robert S. Hamilton				Eugene J. Hagerty	Thomas D. Allen		George D. Mansfield	John A. Mawhinney
7th (1944–1948)	1943		Louis Menna	Frank X. O'Connor	Henry J. Trainer														George W. Rue			Eugene J. Sullivan			Cornelius S. Deegan	David E. Jamieson
8th (1948–1952)	1947				Michael Foglietta							Woodie Armstrong							Albert T. Flavell		Alexander C. Green
	1949[lower-alpha 5]			Maxwell Seidman							Harry Norwitch
	1950[lower-alpha 6]			vacant						William M. Lennox

Notes

1. Special election called when William E. Finley died.
2. Special election called when William McCoach died.
3. Special election called when William Roper died.
4. Special election called when Samuel Emlen died.
5. Special election called when Frank X. O'Connor and L. Wallace Egan died.
6. Special election called when Charles O'Halloran died.

See also

• List of members of Philadelphia City Council since 1952