Mayor of Kansas City, Kansas explained
Post: | Mayor |
Body: | Kansas City, Kansas |
Incumbent: | Tyrone Garner |
Incumbentsince: | December 13, 2021 |
Formation: | 1859 |
Inaugural: | James R. Parr |
Website: | Mayors Office |
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] !#!Name!Took office!Left office!Terms1 | James R. Parr | 1859 | 1860 | 1 |
2 | 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!#!Name!Took office!Left office1 | James Boyle | October 22, 1872 | |
2 | 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 office1 | Thomas F. Hannan | 1886 | 1889 |
2 | William Allen Coy | 1889 | 1891 |
3 | Thomas F. Hannan | 1891 | 1893 |
4 | Nathaniel Barnes | 1893 | 1895 |
5 | George J. Twiss | 1895 | 1897 |
6 | Robert L. Marshman | 1897 | 1901 |
7 | William H. Craddock | 1901 | 1903 |
8 | Thomas B. Gilbert | 1903 | 1905 |
9 | William W. Rose | 1905 | 1906 |
10 | George M. Gray | 1906 | 1907 |
11 | Dudley E. Cornell | 1907 | 1909 |
12 | Ulysses Samuel Guyer | 1909 | 1910 |
13 | James E. Porter | 1910 | 1913 |
14 | C. W. Green[4] | 1913 | 1917 |
15 | Harry A Mendenhall | 1917 | 1921 |
16 | H. B. Burton | 1921 | 1923 |
17 | William W. Gordon | 1923 | 1926 |
18 | Jabez O. Emerson | 1926 | 1927 |
19 | Don C. McCombs | 1927 | 1947 |
20 | Clark E. Tucker | 1947 | 1955 |
21 | Paul F. Mitchum | 1955 | 1964 |
22 | Joseph H. McDowell | 1964 | 1971 |
23 | Richard F. Walsh | 1972 | 1976 |
24 | Jack Reardon | 1976 | 1987 |
25 | Joe Steineger, Jr. | 1987 | 1995 | |
Elected after consolidation with Wyandotte County
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Kansas City, Kansas Public Library - KCK Mayors . 2012-02-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120322222850/http://www.kckpl.lib.ks.us/kansas-collection/topic/kck-mayors.aspx . March 22, 2012 . mdy-all . .
- http://www3.wycokck.org/Dept.aspx?id=19714&menu_id=1094&banner=15284
- Book: . 1890 . August 20, 2021 . 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. 365, 374.
- Charles W. Green http://www.ksgenweb.org/archives/wyandott/history/1911/volume2/g/greencw.html