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{{Short description|Public elected office in Philadelphia, USA}} |
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|[[Arlen Specter]]||January 3, 1966 – January 7, 1974||Republican (two four-year terms, lost his pursuit to a third term in 1973 general election.)<ref> |
|[[Arlen Specter]]||January 3, 1966 – January 7, 1974||Republican (two four-year terms, lost his pursuit to a third term in 1973 general election.)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.biography.com/people/arlen-specter-442318 |title=Arlen Specter Biography – Facts, Birthday, Life Story – Biography.com: |access-date=2011-10-20 |archive-date=2012-10-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017001103/http://www.biography.com/people/arlen-specter-442318 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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[[Category:District Attorneys of Philadelphia|*]] |
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[[Category:Government of Philadelphia|District]] |
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[[Category:District attorney's offices]] |
District AttorneyofPhiladelphia | |
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Incumbent Larry Krasner since January 1, 2018 | |
Term length | 4 years |
Formation | 1850 |
First holder | Horn R. Kneass |
Salary | $ 175,576 (2017) |
The office of the District Attorney of Philadelphia is the largest prosecutor's office in the state of Pennsylvania and oversees a jurisdiction that includes more than 1.5 million citizens of both the city and county of Philadelphia.[1] The current District Attorney of Philadelphia is Larry Krasner. The district attorney represents the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the City & County of Philadelphia in all criminal and other prosecutions.[2]
The district attorney is an elected office, and terms begin on the first Monday in January following the election.[2] Prior to 1850, the functions of this office were performed by a deputy state attorney-general. An Act of 3 May 1850 P.L. 654 authorized the voters of each of Pennsylvania's counties to elect one person, of requisite legal background to serve as district attorney for a term of three years.[2] The term was extended to four years under the State Constitution of 1874, Article 14.[2][3]
District Attorney | Term | Political party |
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Horn R. Kneass | 1850–1851 | Republican |
William B. Reed | 1851–1856 | Republican |
William B. Mann | 1856–1868 | Republican (On November 3, 1856, Lewis C. Cassidy had been elected district attorney but his election was successfully contested by William B. Mann.)[2] |
Furman Sheppard | 1868–1869 | Republican |
Charles Gibbons | 1869–1870 | Republican (On November 2, 1868, Furman Shepard was duly elected and sworn-in as District Attorney, however, Mr. Gibbons contested the election and the court declared him the victor, in 1870 the court realized a tabulation error and reappointed Furmand.[2] |
Furman Sheppard | 1870–1871 | Republican |
William B. Mann | 1871–1875 | Republican |
Furman Sheppard | 1875–1878 | Republican |
Henry S. Hagert | 1878–1881 | Republican |
George S. Graham | 1880–1899 | Republican (Elected Nov. 2, 1880, declined to be a candidate in 1899, later elected to the US House of Representatives in 1912)[4] |
P. Frederick Rothermel | 1899–1902 | Republican |
John Weaver | 1902–1903 | Republican (Elected in 1901 and left office after being elected Mayor of Philadelphia in 1903.)[5][6] |
John C. Bell | 1903–1907 | Republican (Appointed in 1903 to fill term of John Weaver, reelected 1904, declined renomination)[6] |
Samuel P. Rotan | 1906–1926 | Republican (First elected in 1906)[6] |
Charles Edwin Fox | 1926–1928 | Republican (First Jewish DA in Philadelphia)[7][8] |
John Monaghan | 1928–1931 | Republican[9][10] |
Charles F. Kelley | 1931–1941 | Republican (died in office)[11][12] |
John H. Maurer | 1941–1952 | Republican |
Richardson Dilworth | January 7, 1952 – January 2, 1956 | Democratic (elected Mayor of Philadelphia in 1955)[13] |
Victor H. Blanc | January 2, 1956 – January 8, 1962 | Democratic[14][15][16] |
James C. Crumlish, Jr. | January 8, 1962 – January 3, 1966 | Democratic (Appointed district attorney to finish out the four-year term of Victor Blanc, who had been named a judge, later a longtime Commonwealth Court Judge, himself.) [17][18] |
Arlen Specter | January 3, 1966 – January 7, 1974 | Republican (two four-year terms, lost his pursuit to a third term in 1973 general election.)[19] |
F. Emmett Fitzpatrick | January 7, 1974 – January 2, 1978 | Democratic (lost 1977 primary election to Ed Rendell) |
Edward G. Rendell | January 2, 1978 – January 6, 1986 | Democratic (elected to two four-year terms) |
Ronald D. Castille | January 6, 1986 – March 12, 1991 | Republican (elected two four-year terms, resigned his office for an unsuccessful campaign for Mayor of Philadelphia) |
Lynne Abraham | May 15, 1991 – January 4, 2010 | Democratic (succeeded Ron Castille; elected to four four-year terms) |
Seth Williams | January 4, 2010 – June 29, 2017 | Democratic |
Kelley B. Hodge | July 24, 2017 – December 31, 2017 | Democratic (interim) |
Larry Krasner | January 1, 2018 – present | Democratic (incumbent)[20] |