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List of members of Philadelphia City Council from 1920 to 1952

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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

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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[a] 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[b] 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[c] 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[d] 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[e] Maxwell Seidman Harry Norwitch
1950[f] vacant William M. Lennox

Notes

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  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.

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