List of mayors of Charleston, Missouri

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The city of Charleston, Missouri, located in Missouri's 8th congressional district in southeastern Missouri, is the county seat and the largest city of Mississippi County, Missouri. The city was incorporated in 1872.[1]

Mayor Took office Left office Additional information
Thomas Jefferson Johns
  • (1858-1927)
 c. 1917–1918, He was born in Ontario, Canada.
Willis Ransom McCracken c. 1943 c. 1946 He was born in Ontario, Canada, and twice served as mayor.
Robert R. Davis
  • (c. 1913-2000)
 c. 1946 c. 1948
R. B. Patterson c. 1948 c. 1950
Paul Moore c. 1950 1952
Robert R. Davis
  • (c. 1913-2000)
 1952[3] (Previously served as mayor.)
Max Friedman 1952[3] 1954
Charles A. Goodin c. 1955
James Atteberry
  • (1915-1985)
 1955 1956 He served in the US Army during World War II.
Max Friedman c. 1956 c. 1957[4] (Previously served as mayor.)
Charles I. Lutz Jr. 1957 1959 He was a U.S. Army colonel.[5]
Arthur J. "Buck" Drinkwater Jr.
  • (1903-2001)
 1959 1960
Dr. Thomas Page Fenton
  • (1914-1988)
 1961 1962 Died before his wife Dr. Alouise Carter Fenton (1915-2005).[6]
E. R. Putnam c. 1962 c. 1963
William G. Knight
  • (1923-1988)
 1963 1964
Philip James "Pete" Ponder
  • (1916-2009)
 c. 1964 c. 1965 He served three terms as mayor and owned and operated a car dealership and an equipment company.
R. B. Logan Jr. c. 1965 c. 1965
Charles E. Wright
  • (died 2001)
 c. 1965 c. 1966
Dr. Thomas Page Fenton
  • (1914-1988)
 1967 1968 (Previously served as mayor.)
Joseph Willis Layton Sr
  • (1933-1995)
 1969 1970 3rd Generation Mayor son of Carl William Layton (former mayor), grandson of Willis Ransom McCracken (former mayor). Born 1933 in Charleston, Missouri.
Sam E. Story Sr. 1971[8] 1972[8] He served in U.S. Navy during the Korean War.
Charles Richard Williams Sr.
  • (1940-2017)
 1972[9] c. 1973 Charleston's first black mayor.[10] In 1974, he became a founding member of the Black Mayors Conference in Fayette, Mississippi. He owned three funeral homes.[11][12]
Dr. Lowell Nicholas 1973 1974 He was a dentist from Arkansas.[14]
William G. Knight
  • (1923-1988)
 1975 1976 (Previously served as mayor.)
Duane Eastman c. 1976 c. 1978
Jackie Whiteside 1979 1980
Ernest Carman 1980[17] c. 1981
Don Daughhetee
  • (1924-1995)
 1981 1982 He served as sergeant major during World War II.
Howard Terry Rowe
  • (1945-2021)
 1983 1984 He had a master's degree in speech pathology and served in the U.S. Navy on the USS Thetis Bay which was President Kennedy's helicopter ship.[18]
Jackie Whiteside 1985 1986 (Previously served as mayor.)
Larry Smith 1987 1988
Howard Terry Rowe
  • (1945-2021)
 1989 1990 (Previously served as mayor.)
Don Daughhetee
  • (1924-1995)
 1990 c. 1992 (Previously served as mayor.)
Jackie Whiteside c. 1992 c. 1994 (Previously served as mayor.)
Larry Smith[19] 1996 1998
Jackie Whiteside[20] 1998 2000 (Previously served as mayor.)
Jackie Whiteside[21] c. 2006 c. 2008 (Previously served as mayor.)
Philip Halter[22] 2022
Michael Jones[1]
Richard Toon[23] 2022 Present

References[edit]

  • Missouri Secretary of State official manuals
  1. ^ a b "The City of Charleston, Missouri". Retrieved 2014-11-04.
  2. ^ "W. R. McCracken Twice Mayor of City (Charleston, MO) is Dead". Retrieved 2014-11-04.
  3. ^ a b "Friedman Is Mayor". Southeast Missourian. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. April 17, 1953.
  4. ^ "Out of the past: 25 Years Ago". Southeast Missourian. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. January 31, 1982.
  5. ^ a b "LaTane Lutz obituary". 2003-07-25. Retrieved 2014-11-04.
  6. ^ "Alouis Carter Fenton obituary". 2005-10-16. Retrieved 2014-11-04.
  7. ^ "Sam Story Sr. obituary". 2002-04-11. Retrieved 2014-11-04.
  8. ^ a b "Sam Story, Sr. obituary". 2002-04-11. Retrieved 2014-11-04.
  9. ^ "Mark Twain Park to Become Charles Williams Park". Retrieved 2014-11-04.
  10. ^ "Park to be renamed after Charleston's first black mayor/prominent citizen". 2014-09-12. Retrieved 2014-11-04.
  11. ^ "Williamsfuneralhomes: Charles R. Williams Sr". Retrieved 2014-11-04.
  12. ^ "Charles Williams Sr. obituary". 2017-10-30. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
  13. ^ "Court Signs Grant Agreement For Airport". Southeast Missourian. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. June 12, 1973.
  14. ^ "Lowell Nicholas obituary". 2017-01-09. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
  15. ^ "Duane Eastman obituary". 2006-02-28. Retrieved 2014-11-04.
  16. ^ "Manager quits". Southeast Missourian. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. September 25, 1978.
  17. ^ "District Datelines: Charleston mayor". Southeast Missourian. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. April 14, 1980.
  18. ^ "Howard Rowe obituary". 2021-10-07. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
  19. ^ Jim Grebing (ed.). Official Manual State of Missouri 1997-1998. p. 819.
  20. ^ Julius Johnson (ed.). Official Manual State of Missouri 1999-2000. p. 800.
  21. ^ "Charleston's city manager ready for job". 2007-03-04. Retrieved 2014-11-04.
  22. ^ "City enacts curfew after recent shootings". 2014-04-25. Retrieved 2014-11-04.
  23. ^ "Mississippi County: Goodin elected to Charleston City Council". Retrieved 2023-04-15.

Key[edit]

Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other politicians or officials
Alaskan Independence (AKIP)
American (Know Nothing) (KN)
American Labor (AL)
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J)
National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (AA)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Covenant (Cov)
Democratic (D)
Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL)
Dixiecrat (Dix),
States' Rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (DR)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Pro-Administration (PA)
Free Soil (FS)
Fusion (Fus)
Greenback (GB)
Independence (IPM)
Independent Democrat (ID)
Independent Republican (IR)
Jacksonian (J)
Liberal (Lib)
Libertarian (L)
National Union (NU)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Democratic–Nonpartisan
League (D-NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition Northern (O)
Opposition Southern (O)
Populist (Pop)
Progressive (Prog)
Prohibition (Proh)
Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Silver (Sv)
Silver Republican (SvR)
Socialist (Soc)
Unionist (U)
Unconditional Unionist (UU)
Vermont Progressive (VP)
Whig (W)
Independent (I)
Nonpartisan (NP)
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