| Mayor of Kansas City, Kansas |
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| Inaugural holder | James R. Parr |
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| Formation | 1859 |
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| Website | Mayors Office |
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The mayor of Kansas City, Kansas is the highest official of the city government. In 1997, voters approved the consolidation of Kansas City, Kansas government with that of Wyandotte County . The office has since been referred to as "mayor/CEO" of the "United Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas." However, in popular terms, the head executive is called the mayor.[1]
The following is a list of mayors of the city and the original towns that were consolidated into it.[2]
List of mayors
Elected before the 1886 consolidation
Mayors of Wyandotte, Kansas[3]
| #
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Name
|
Took office
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Left office
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Terms
|
| 1
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James R. Parr
|
1859
|
1860
|
1
|
| 2
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George Russell
|
1860
|
1862
|
2
|
| 3
|
Stephen A. Cobb
|
1862
|
1863
|
1
|
| 4
|
J. M. Funk
|
1863
|
1865
|
2
|
| 5
|
Issaac B. Sharp
|
1865
|
1867
|
2
|
| 6
|
James McGrew
|
1867
|
1868
|
1
|
| 3
|
Stephen A. Cobb
|
1868
|
1869
|
1
|
| 7
|
Byron Judd
|
1869
|
1870
|
1
|
| 8
|
J. S. Stockton
|
1870
|
1873
|
3
|
| 6
|
James McGrew
|
1873
|
1874
|
1
|
| 9
|
George B. Wood
|
1874
|
1875
|
1
|
| 10
|
C. Hains
|
1875
|
1877
|
2
|
| 11
|
Fred Speck
|
1877
|
1879
|
2
|
| 8
|
J. S. Stockton
|
1879
|
1881
|
2
|
| 12
|
R. E. Cable
|
1881
|
1883
|
2
|
| 13
|
D. E. Cornell
|
1883
|
1885
|
2
|
| 14
|
J. C. Martin
|
1885
|
1886
|
1
|
Mayors of "old" Kansas City[3]
| #
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Name
|
Took office
|
Left office
|
| 1
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James Boyle
|
October 22, 1872
|
|
| 2
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C. A. Eidenmiller
|
|
|
| 3
|
A. S. Orbinson
|
|
|
| 4
|
Eli Teed
|
|
|
| 5
|
Samuel McConnell
|
April 1881
|
April 1883
|
| 6
|
R. W. Hilliker
|
April 1883
|
April 1885
|
| 7
|
James Phillips
|
April 1885
|
April 1886
|
Elected after the 1886 consolidation
Mayors of consolidated Kansas City
| #
|
Name
|
Took office
|
Left office
|
| 1
|
Thomas F. Hannan
|
1886
|
1889
|
| 2
|
William Allen Coy
|
1889
|
1891
|
| 3
|
Thomas F. Hannan
|
1891
|
1893
|
| 4
|
Nathaniel Barnes
|
1893
|
1895
|
| 5
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George J. Twiss
|
1895
|
1897
|
| 6
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Robert L. Marshman
|
1897
|
1901
|
| 7
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William H. Craddock
|
1901
|
1903
|
| 8
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Thomas B. Gilbert
|
1903
|
1905
|
| 9
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William W. Rose
|
1905
|
1906
|
| 10
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George M. Gray
|
1906
|
1907
|
| 11
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Dudley E. Cornell
|
1907
|
1909
|
| 12
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Ulysses Samuel Guyer
|
1909
|
1910
|
| 13
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James E. Porter
|
1910
|
1913
|
| 14
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C. W. Green
|
1913
|
1917
|
| 15
|
Harry A Mendenhall
|
1917
|
1921
|
| 16
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H. B. Burton
|
1921
|
1923
|
| 17
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William W. Gordon
|
1923
|
1926
|
| 18
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Jabez O. Emerson
|
1926
|
1927
|
| 19
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Don C. McCombs
|
1927
|
1947
|
| 20
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Clark E. Tucker
|
1947
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1955
|
| 21
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Paul F. Mitchum
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1955
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1964
|
| 22
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Joseph H. McDowell
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1964
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1971
|
| 23
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Richard F. Walsh
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1972
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1976
|
| 24
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Jack Reardon
|
1976
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1987
|
| 25
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Joe Steineger
|
1987
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1995
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Elected after consolidation with Wyandotte County
See also
Notes
- ^ Carol Marinovich was elected as mayor of Kansas City, Kansas in 1995. The city was consolidated with Wyandotte County during her first term.
References
- ^ "Kansas City, Kansas Public Library - KCK Mayors". Archived from the original on March 22, 2012. Retrieved February 4, 2012..
- ^ [1] Archived February 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ a b Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas. Historical and Biographical. Comprising A Condensed History of the State, a Careful History of Wyandotte County, and a Comprehensive History of the Growth of the Cities, Towns, and Villages. Chicago, Illinois, United States: The Goodspeed Publishing Company. 1890. pp. 365, 374. Retrieved August 20, 2021.