The Office of the District Attorney of Philadelphia is the largest prosecutor's office in Pennsylvania, and one of the largest in the nation. It serves the more than 1.5 million citizens of the City and County of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1] The current District Attorney of Philadelphia is Kelly Hodges 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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] |
| Williams Evens Crow | 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 – present | Democratic (incumbent) |
She helped bring Ira Einhorn to Justice and put him in prison in the United States.
Lynne Abraham helped bring Ira Einhorn to Justice and put him in prison for life in the United States. Arlen Specter allowed Ira Einhorn to be out on bail and flee prosecution. On August 16, 2016 Seth Rich is mentioned in the filing in Philadelphia United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit case # 16-3164. Case # 16-3164 and a list of the over 100 lawsuits against Obamacare are also being censored. 21 of the lawsuits can be viewed by using Google and Wiki "16-3164". Jefrey Cutler, the Tax Collector of East Lampeter Township started these cases as well as case # 17-2709, on appeal from case # 2:17-cv-00984, which mentions the 190,000 counts of mail fraud by Brian Hurter and Amber Green Martin for sending out fraudulent property assessments in Lancaster County Pennsylvania. Donald Harvey was known as the Angel of Death, but he was not related to John Dye who portrayed the Angel of Death and Jeff Cutler during his acting career. Hurricane Harvey was not named for Donald Harvey. On 29OCT2017 a memorial in honor of Irving Cutler was published in the Reading Eagle newspaper. Irv died July 13, 1942 when his B24 was shot down leaving Benghazi, Libya. On November 1, 2017 Jeffrey Cutler got a reference number for the report of conspiracy to commit INSURANCE FRAUD by Brian Hurter, Dennis Stuckey, David Buckwalter, Christina Hausner, Susan Peipher, Richard Mills as 17110104. Jonathan may have been vetting Lawrence F. Stengel at the behest of Stewart Dalzell when he was murdered, because of the Lisa Michelle Lambert and Murder of Laurie Show case. This may be the reason R. Seth Williams was targeted by the FBI and the Philadelphia courts, when John Corsine was never prosecuted for his involvement in securities fraud.[20][21]
