The Political Graveyard: Mayors of Kansas City (including Wyandotte, Argentine), Kansas

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Mayors of Kansas City (including Wyandotte, Argentine), Kansas

Mayors of Kansas City, 1886-2003 (may be incomplete!)
Thomas F. Hannan 1886-88 William Allen Coy 1889-91 Thomas F. Hannan 1891-93 Nathaniel Barnes 1893-95 George J. Twiss 1895-97 Robert L. Marshman 1897-1901 William Henry Craddock 1901-03 Thomas B. Gilbert 1903-05 William W. Rose 1905-06 Edward E. Venard 1906 Joseph C. Laughlin 1906 William W. Rose 1906 Joseph C. Laughlin 1906 George Morris Gray 1906-07 Dudley Emerson Cornell 1907-09 U. S. Guyer 1909-10 James E. Porter 1910-13 Charles W. Green 1913-17 Harry A. Mendenhall 1917-21 Harry B. Burton 1921-23 William W. Gordon 1923-26 Henry F. Schaible 1926 Jabez O. Emerson 1926-27 Don C. McCombs 1927-47 Clark E. Tucker 1947-55 Paul F. Mitchum 1955-64 Joseph H. McDowell 1964-71 Richard F. Walsh 1971-75 Jack Reardon 1975-87 Joe Steineger, Jr. 1987-95 Carol S. Marinovich 1995-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1889 Apr 2: William Allen Coy (Rep), elected.

1893 Apr 4: Nathaniel Barnes (Rep), elected; Frank Merstetter (Dem), defeated; Anna Bates Potter (Ind), defeated.

1895 Apr 2: George J. Twiss (Rep), elected.

1897 Apr 6: Robert L. Marshman (Rep), elected; William W. Rose (Fusion), defeated.

1899 Apr 4: Robert L. Marshman (Rep), elected.

1901 Apr 2: William Henry Craddock (Dem), elected.

1903 Apr 7: Thomas B. Gilbert (Rep), elected.

1905 Apr 4: William W. Rose (Dem), elected; Thomas B. Gilbert (Rep), defeated.

1906 May 8: William W. Rose, elected.

1906 Dec 12: George Morris Gray, elected.

1907 Apr 2: Dudley Emerson Cornell (Rep), elected; William W. Rose (Dem), defeated.

1909 Apr 6: U. S. Guyer (Rep), elected.

1910 Apr 6: James E. Porter, elected.

1911 Apr 4: James E. Porter, elected.

1913 Apr 1: Charles W. Green, elected.

1917 Apr 3: Harry A. Mendenhall, elected.

1919 Apr 1: Harry A. Mendenhall, elected.

1923 Apr 3: William W. Gordon, elected; Harry B. Burton, defeated.

1926 Sep 16: William W. Gordon, removed.

1926 Sep 21: Jabez O. Emerson, appointed.

1927 Apr 5: Don C. McCombs, elected; Jabez O. Emerson, defeated.

1931 Apr 7: Don C. McCombs, elected.

1935 Apr 2: Don C. McCombs, elected.

1943 Apr 6: Don C. McCombs, elected.

1947 Apr 1: Clark E. Tucker, elected.

1951 Apr 3: Clark E. Tucker, elected.

1955 Apr 5: Paul F. Mitchum (Rep), elected.

1959 Apr 7: Paul F. Mitchum (Rep), elected.

1963 Apr 2: Paul F. Mitchum (Rep), elected.

1964 Nov 28: Paul F. Mitchum, died in office.

1964 Dec 3: Joseph H. McDowell, appointed.

1967 Apr 4: Joseph H. McDowell, elected.

1971 Apr 6: Richard F. Walsh, elected.

1975 Apr 1: Jack Reardon, elected.

1979 Apr 3: Jack Reardon, elected.

1983 Apr 5: Jack Reardon, elected.

1987 Apr 7: Joe Steineger, Jr., elected; Jack Reardon, defeated.

Wyandotte
(consolidated with Kansas City 1886)

Mayors of Wyandotte, 1859-85 (may be incomplete!)
James R. Parr 1859-66 Stephen Alonzo Cobb 1862 Stephen Alonzo Cobb 1868 Dudley Emerson Cornell 1883-85

Argentine
(consolidated with Kansas City 1910)

Mayors of Argentine (may be incomplete!)

"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."
Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872

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