| Post: | Mayor |
| Body: | the City of Wichita |
| Flag: | Flag of Wichita, Kansas.svg |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of Wichita |
| Flagsize: | 100px |
| Incumbent: | Lily Wu |
| Incumbentsince: | January 8, 2024 |
| Termlength: | Four years, renewable once |
| Formation: | 1871 |
| Inaugural: | Edwin Bird Allen |
| Website: | Mayor's Office |
The mayor of the City of Wichita is the head of the executive branch of the Wichita, Kansas city government. The mayor serves a four-year term and is limited to two successive terms.[1]
Following is a list of mayors of the American city of Wichita, Kansas.[2] As of 2024, there have been 81 people who have served as mayor of Wichita in 103 administrations excluding one honorary mayor.
| Number | Person | Image | Mayor | Years | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Edwin Bird Allen | 1871–1872 | Elder brother of mayor Joseph P. Allen[3] | |
| 2 | 2 | James G. Hope (1st term) | 1873–1874 | ||
| 3 | 3 | George E. Harris | 1875 | ||
| 4 | (2) | James G. Hope (2nd term) | 1876–1877 | ||
| 5 | 4 | William Greiffenstein (1st term) | 1878 | ||
| 6 | 5 | 1879 | First Jewish mayor of Wichita | ||
| 7 | (4) | William Greiffenstein (2nd term) | 1879–1884 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Benajah W. Aldrich | 1885–1886 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Joseph P. Allen | 1887–1888 | ||
| 10 | 8 | George W. Clement | 1889–1890 | ||
| 11 | 9 | John B. Carey | 1891–1892 | ||
| 12 | 10 | Lindley Murray Cox | 1893–1896 | ||
| 13 | 11 | Finlay Ross (1st term) | 1897–1900 | ||
| 14 | 12 | Benjamin Franklin McLean (1st term) | 1901–1904 | [4] | |
| 15 | (11) | Finlay Ross (2nd term) | 1905–1906 | ||
| 16 | 13 | John H. Graham (1st term) | 1907–1908 | ||
| 17 | 14 | Charles Lock Davidson | 1909–1910 | ||
| 18 | (13) | John H. Graham (2nd term) | April 1911 – Sept 1911 | Lost recall election in September 1911 | |
| 19 | 15 | 1911–1912 | |||
| 20 | 16 | 1913–1914 | |||
| 21 | 17 | Orsemus Hills Bentley | 1915–1916 | ||
| 22 | 18 | Lewis William Clapp | 1917–1919 | Resigned on October 3, 1919 to become City Manager[5] | |
| 23 | 19 | John Lee Powell | 1919–1920 | ||
| 24 | 20 | Wallace C. Kemp | 1921–1922 | ||
| 25 | 21 | George Henry Hamilton | 1922 | ||
| 26 | 22 | 1922–1923 | |||
| 27 | (12) | Benjamin Franklin McLean (2nd term) | 1923–1924 | ||
| 28 | 23 | Frank Leslie Dunn (1st term) | 1924–1925 | ||
| 29 | 24 | Ben F. Copley | 1925–1926 | ||
| 30 | 25 | Frank Nighswonger (1st term) | 1926–1927 | ||
| 31 | 26 | 1927–1928 | |||
| 32 | (23) | Frank Leslie Dunn (2nd term) | 1928–1929 | ||
| 33 | 27 | Charles S. Lawrence (1st term) | 1929–1930 | ||
| 34 | 28 | Herman A. Hill | 1930–1931 | ||
| 35 | (25) | Frank Nighswonger (2nd term) | 1931–1932 | ||
| 36 | 29 | Harry D. Cottman | 1932–1933 | ||
| 37 | (27) | Charles S. Lawrence (2nd term) | 1933–1934 | ||
| 38 | 30 | James Schuyler Crawford | 1934–1935 | ||
| 39 | (25) | Frank Nighswonger (3rd term) | 1935–1936 | ||
| 40 | 31 | Robert E. Israel | 1936–1937 | ||
| 41 | 32 | 1937–1938 | |||
| 42 | 33 | Elmer R. Corn (1st term) | 1938–1939 | ||
| 43 | 34 | Frank W. Coleman (1st term) | 1939–1940 | ||
| 44 | (33) | Elmer R. Corn (2nd term) | 1940–1941 | ||
| 45 | 35 | John I. Dotson | 1941–1942 | ||
| 46 | 36 | Odom Farrell Sullivan | 1942–1943 | ||
| 47 | 37 | Eugene Calendar Moriarty | 1943–1944 | ||
| 48 | 38 | Herman William Beuttel | 1944–1945 | ||
| 49 | 39 | Phil H. Manning | 1945–1946 | ||
| 50 | (34) | Frank W. Coleman (2nd term) | 1946–1947 | ||
| 51 | 40 | Charles S. Ritchie | 1947–1948 | ||
| 52 | 41 | Louis August Donnell (1st term) | 1948–1949 | ||
| 53 | 42 | William Christian Salome, Jr. (1st term) | 1949–1950 | ||
| 54 | 43 | 1950–1951 | |||
| 55 | 44 | Floyd Throckmorton Amsden | 1951–1952 | ||
| 56 | 45 | Frank Russell Jump | 1952–1953 | ||
| 57 | 46 | 1953–1954 | |||
| 58 | (42) | William Christian Salome Jr. | 1954 (2nd term) | ||
| 59 | (41) | Louis August Donnell (2nd term) | 1954–1955 | ||
| 60 | 47 | Claude M. DeVorss | 1955–1956 | ||
| 61 | 48 | Hugh David Lester | 1956 | ||
| 62 | 49 | Alfred E. Howse | 1956–1957 | ||
| 63 | 50 | Elzie E. Baird | 1957–1958 | ||
| 64 | 51 | James L. Gardner | 1958–1959 | ||
| 65 | 52 | Justus H. Fugate | 1959–1960 | ||
| 66 | 53 | Levi Budd Rymph | 1960–1961 | ||
| 67 | 54 | Herbert Piper Lindsley | 1961–1962 | ||
| 68 | 55 | Carl A. Bell, Jr. | 1962–1963 | ||
| 69 | 56 | Gerald F. Byrd | 1963–1964 | ||
| 70 | 57 | Vincent L. Bogart | 1964–1965 | ||
| 71 | 58 | William D. Tarrant | 1965–1966 | ||
| 72 | 59 | John S. Stevens | 1966–1967 | ||
| 73 | 60 | Clarence Eldert Vollmer | 1967–1968 | ||
| 74 | 61 | William D. Anderson Jr. | 1968–1969 | ||
| 75 | 62 | Donald K. Enoch | 1969–1970 | ||
| 76 | 63 | A. Price Woodard Jr. | 1970–1971 | First African–American mayor.[6] | |
| 77 | 64 | Jack H. Greene | 1971–1972 | ||
| 78 | 65 | Glenn J. "Jack" Shanahan | 1972–1973 | ||
| 79 | 66 | James M. Donnell (1st term) | 1973–1974 | ||
| 80 | 67 | Garry L. Porter | 1974–1975 | ||
| 81 | 68 | Connie Ames Peters Kennard (1st term) | 1975–1976 | First woman commissioner and first woman mayor[7] | |
| 82 | (66) | James M. Donnell (2nd term) | 1976–1977 | ||
| 83 | 69 | Antonio F. "Tony" Casado (1st term) | 1977–1978 | First Latino (Cuban) mayor of Wichita | |
| 84 | (68) | Connie Ames Peters Kennard (2nd term) | 1978–1979 | ||
| 85 | (69) | Antonio F. "Tony" Casado (2nd term) | 1979–1980 | ||
| 86 | 70 | Robert G. Knight (1st term) | 1980–1981 | ||
| 87 | 71 | Robert C. Brown (1st term) | 1981–1982 | ||
| 88 | 72 | Albert J. Kirk | 1982–1983 | ||
| 89 | 73 | Margalee Wright | 1983–1984 | ||
| 90 | (70) | Robert G. Knight (2nd term) | 1984– April 9, 1985 | ||
| x | x | Kathlien Edmiston (honorary) | April 9, 1985 – April 9, 1985 | Edmiston was elected in a 3-1 vote to the City Commission on February 12, 1985 to serve the remaining two-month term through April 9 of commissioner Margalee Wright who resigned to serve on the Kansas Corporation Commission.[8] Mayor Robert Knight resigned on April 2, 1985[9] in order for Edmiston to hold the office of mayor until the swearing of two new commissioners[10] so that she might have the honor of serving as mayor. Knight was unaware that he was required to provide a week's notice making April 9 the earliest she could be sworn in, the same day the new commissioners took office. She was sworn in on April 9. After the newly elected commissioners were sworn in shortly after, a vote was held and Robert C. Brown was elected as the next mayor. Edmiston held the office of mayor for approximately 30 minutes. | |
| 91 | (71) | Robert C. Brown (2nd term) | 1985–1986 | ||
| 92 | (69) | Antonio F. "Tony" Casado (3rd term) | 1986–1987 | ||
| 93 | (70) | Robert G. Knight (3rd term) | 1987–1988 | ||
| 94 | 74 | Sheldon Kamen | 1988–1989 | ||
| 95 | (70) | Robert G. Knight (4th term) | 1989–1992 | ||
| 96 | 75 | Frank M. Ojile | 1992–1993 | ||
| 97 | 76 | Elma Broadfoot | 1993–1995 | [11] [12] | |
| 98 | (70) | Robert G. Knight (5th term) | 1995–2003 | ||
| 99 | 77 | Carlos Mayans | 2003–2007 | ||
| 100 | 78 | 2007–2015 | First elected African–American mayor | ||
| 101 | 79 | Jeff Longwell | 2015–2020 | ||
| 102 | 80 | 2020–2024 | |||
| 103 | 81 | 2024-Present | First elected Asian-American mayor | ||