List of mayors of Kansas City, Kansas


Following is a list of mayors of Kansas City, Kansas. In 1997, voters approved the consolidation of the governments of Wyandotte County, Kansas, with Kansas City to the "United Government Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas". However, in popular terms the head executive is called the mayor.
  1. James R. Parr, 1859
  2. George Russell, 1860-61
  3. Stephen A Cobb, 1862
  4. J.M. Funk, 1862-64
  5. Issaac B. Sharp, 1865-66
  6. James McGrew, 1867
  7. Stephen A. Cobb 1868
  8. Byron Judd, 1869
  9. J.S. Stockton, 1870-71 72
  10. James McGrew, 1873
  11. Geo. B. Wood, 1874
  12. Chas. Hains, 1875-76
  13. Fred Speck, 1877-78
  14. J.S. Stockton, 1879-80
  15. R.E. Cable, 1881-82
  16. D.E. Cornell, 1883-84
  17. J.C. Martin, 1885
  18. Thomas F. Hannan, 1886–1888
  19. William Allen Coy, 1889–1890
  20. Thomas F. Hannan, 1891–1892
  21. Nathaniel Barnes, 1893–1894
  22. George J. Twiss, 1895–1896
  23. Robert L. Marshman, 1897–1900
  24. William H. Craddock, 1901–1902
  25. Thomas B. Gilbert, 1903–1904
  26. William W.Rose, 1905–1906
  27. George M. Gray, 1906–1907
  28. Dudley E. Cornell, 1907–1908
  29. Ulysses Samuel Guyer, 1909–1910
  30. James E. Porter, 1910–1913
  31. C. W. Green, 1913–1917
  32. Harry A. Mendenhall, 1917–1921
  33. H. B. Burton, 1921–1923
  34. William W. Gordon, 1923–1926
  35. Jabez 0. Emerson, 1926–1927
  36. Don C. McCombs, 1927–1947
  37. Clark E. Tucker, 1947–1955
  38. Paul F. Mitchum, 1955–1964
  39. Joseph H. McDowell, 1964–1971
  40. Richard F. Walsh, 1972–1975
  41. Jack Reardon, 1976–1987
  42. Joe Steineger, Jr., 1987–1995
  43. Carol Marinovich, 1995–2005
  44. Joe Reardon, 2006–2013
  45. Mark Holland, 2014–2017
  46. David Alvey, 2018–present