The Philadelphia City Council, the legislative body of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, consists of ten members elected by district and seven members elected...
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Second Empire style, City Hall houses the chambers of the Philadelphia City Council and the offices of the Mayor of Philadelphia. This building is also...
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Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the United...
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held office for one year, were elected by the Philadelphia City Council. The initial mayors of Philadelphia were not compensated and candidates sometimes...
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The 2023 Philadelphia City Council elections was held November 7, 2023 for elections of all seats in the Philadelphia City Council. The Democratic Party...
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1950 where a new city charter strengthened the position of mayor and weakened the Philadelphia City Council. At the same time Philadelphia moved its supports...
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University City is the easternmost portion of West Philadelphia, encompassing several Philadelphia universities. It is situated directly across the Schuylkill...
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City of Philadelphia. "PHILADELPHIA 10th CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT". City of Philadelphia, City Council. Retrieved August 15, 2009. City of Philadelphia....
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1985 MOVE bombing (redirect from Philadelphia Special Investigation Commission)
them a $12.83 million verdict against the City of Philadelphia. In November 2020, the Philadelphia City Council approved a resolution to formally apologize...
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Liberty Council (#525) is a Boy Scouts of America council created in 1996 with the merger of the former Philadelphia Council (covering the city and county...
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On January 7, 1952, Philadelphia's current city charter took effect. The city council created under that charter consists of seventeen members. Ten are...
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The 2019 Philadelphia City Council elections were held on November 6, 2019. They took place on the same day as the 2019 Philadelphia mayoral election...
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municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural council, village council, or board of aldermen. Because...
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Cherelle Parker (category Philadelphia City Council members)
200th district in Northwest Philadelphia. She was elected to represent the ninth district on the Philadelphia City Council in 2015 and re-elected in 2019...
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reelection to a third term. Philadelphia's three most recent mayors were previously members of Philadelphia City Council who resigned their seats to run...
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The 2022 Philadelphia City Council special elections were planned special elections in 2022. The reason for the special elections was at least five resignations...
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Philadelphia's City Council special election of 1954 was held to fill the seat vacated by Republican John W. Lord, Jr. when he resigned to join the federal...
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John F. Street (category Presidents of the Philadelphia City Council)
years in the Philadelphia City Council, including seven years as its president, before resigning as required under the Philadelphia City Charter in order...
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Isaiah Thomas (politician) (category Philadelphia City Council members)
At-Large member of Philadelphia City Council. He was born to a family of 10 children from the East Oak Lane neighborhood of Philadelphia. He attended Frankford...
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Representative from IL-03 2024: Nicolas O'Rourke, Minority Whip of the Philadelphia City Council In the 1998 election for governor of New York, the party cross-endorsed...
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Darrell L. Clarke, president of the Philadelphia City Council (2012–present), member of the Philadelphia City Council from the 5th district (1999–present)...
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David Oh (category Philadelphia City Council members)
Republican member of the Philadelphia City Council from 2012 to 2023. He was the first Asian American elected to the city council. Oh was the Republican...
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Nicolas O'Rourke (category Philadelphia City Council members)
the Philadelphia City Council. In 2023, he was elected to a minority party seat alongside incumbent Kendra Brooks in his second run for council as a...
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Philadelphia's City Council special election of 1962 was held to fill three vacant city council seats. The first was in the 8th district, when Democrat...
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The 1960 Philadelphia City Council special election was held to fill two vacant city council seats. The first was in the 4th district, when Democrat Samuel...
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Philadelphia's City Council special election of 1958 was held to fill the 9th district seat vacated by Democrat Charles M. Finley when he died in office...
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The 2015 Philadelphia City Council election took place on November 3, 2015, along with the 2015 Philadelphia mayoral election. The composition of the...
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Philadelphia's City Council special election of 1956 was held to fill the seat vacated by Democrat John F. Byrne, Sr. when he resigned to join the Pennsylvania...
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United States Semiquincentennial (section Philadelphia)
10, 2022. Retrieved April 10, 2022. "File 140197". Philadelphia City Council. City of Philadelphia. March 13, 2014. Archived from the original on May...
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Michael Nutter (category Philadelphia City Council members)
98th Mayor of Philadelphia from 2008 to 2016. A member of the Democratic Party, he is also a former member of the Philadelphia City Council from the 4th...
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