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Head executive of Kansas City, Kansas
Mayor of Kansas City, Kansas Inaugural holder James R. Parr Formation 1859 Website Mayors Office
The mayor of Kansas City, Kansas is the highest official of the city government. In 1997, voters approved the consolidation of the 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
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
Mayors 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[ 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
Mayors elected after consolidation with Wyandotte County
Notes
^ Carol Marinovich was elected as mayor of Kansas City, Kansas in 1995. The city was consolidated with Wyandotte County during her first term.
See also
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 . Retrieved August 20, 2021 .
^ Charles W. Green http://www.ksgenweb.org/archives/wyandott/history/1911/volume2/g/greencw.html
