| 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] | # | Name | Took office | Left office | Terms |
| 1 | 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[3] | # | Name | Took office | Left office |
| 1 | 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 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 | 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 | 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 | 1987 | 1995 |
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.
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