Alexander L. Harris | |
Order: | 9th |
Office: | Mayor of Kansas City |
Term Start: | 1868 |
Term End: | 1869 |
Predecessor: | Edward H. Allen |
Successor: | Francis R. Long |
Term Start1: | 1866 |
Term End1: | 1867 |
Predecessor1: | Patrick Shannon |
Successor1: | Edward H. Allen |
Birth Date: | 9 October 1820 |
Birth Place: | Tennessee or Kentucky |
Party: | Democratic |
Alexander L. Harris (October 9, 1820 – August 27, 1898) was a Democratic mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, in 1866 and 1868.
Harris was born in either Tennessee or Kentucky. He operated a saloon near the Missouri River levee and was councilman from the first ward in 1861–1862.[1]
He was elected mayor in 1866, failed re-election in 1867, and was elected again in 1868.
In 1870 was a deputy sheriff for Jackson County, Missouri, and became a county commissioner (called county judge) in 1871.
He was buried at Union Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.