Head executive of Kansas City, Kansas
Mayor of Kansas City, Kansas Inaugural holder James R. Parr Formation 1859 Website Mayors Office
Themayor of Kansas City, Kansas is the highest official of the city government. In 1997, voters approved theconsolidation ofKansas City, Kansas government with that ofWyandotte County [clarification needed . 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 themayor .[ 1]
The following is a list of mayors of the city and the original towns that were consolidated into it.[ 2]
Elected before the 1886 consolidation [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ]
^ Carol Marinovich was elected as mayor of Kansas City, Kansas in 1995. The city was consolidated with Wyandotte County during her first term. ^ "Kansas City, Kansas Public Library - KCK Mayors" . Archived fromthe original on March 22, 2012. RetrievedFebruary 4, 2012 .^ [1] Archived February 19, 2012, at theWayback 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 . RetrievedAugust 20, 2021 .^ Zeff, Sam (November 5, 2025)."Christal Watson elected as first Black female mayor of Kansas City, Kansas" .KCUR 
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