[2] Others who refused election included Richard Hill (1717), Issac Norris (1722), John Mifflin, and Alexander Stedman.

Robert Wharton declined in 1800 and 1811, and ended up 14 one-year terms, making him the most-often-elected (16 times, including refusals) and longest-serving (14 years) mayor in Philadelphia history.

[3] In 1747, at the request of retiring Mayor William Attwood, Council resolved to institute an annual salary of 100 pounds for the office.

[2] The same year, Anthony Morris secretly fled to Bucks County to avoid being notified of his election as the city's mayor.

[4] The consecutive term limitation for mayor was lifted in the 1940s, which permitted incumbent Bernard Samuel to run for reelection.