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Mayor of The City of Springfield
Incumbent
Ken McClure
since 
  • April 4, 2017 (2017-04-04)
  • (7 years ago)
Style His/Her Honor
ResidencePrivate residence
Term lengthTwo years
Inaugural holderA. Maurice
Formation19th century

The mayor of Springfield is the highest ranking elected official in the city of Springfield, Missouri. Mayoral elections in Springfield are nonpartisan, and though the candidate may personally affiliate with a party, they do not appear on the ticket as a particular party's candidate. [1] Since 1953 all mayoral elections have been voted on by the public, before then having been appointed by the city council. From 1861–1865, Springfield was ruled under martial law by Union and Confederate leaders during the American Civil War. [2]

List of Mayors

Name Term Duration Party
A. Maurice 1847-1849 no party
Joseph Burden 1849-1851 Democratic
Warren Graves 1852-1856 no party
H.S. Chenoweth 1856-1857 no party
J.S. Kimbrough 1857-1858 no party
Sempronius H. Boyd 1858-1860 Republican
J.W. Mack 1860-1861 no party
Benjamin Kite 1865-1866 Republican
James H. Creighton 1866-1867 Republican
R.B. Owen 1867-1868 no party
J.B. Dexter 1868-1869 no party
W.E. Gilmore 1869-1870 Republican
L.H. Murray 1871-1872 Democratic
Jonathan Faribanks 1872-1873 Republican
John McGregor 1873-1873 Democratic
John Lisenby 1874-1875 Republican
Joseph J. Weaver 1875-1876 no party
W.A. Hall 1876-1877 Democratic
Homer F. Fellows 1877-1879 Whig
Joseph McAdoo 1879-1880 Republican
Marzavan J Rountree 1880-1881 Democratic
James Abbott 1881-1882 Republican
George Sale Day 1882-1883 no party
John McGregor 1883-1884 Democratic
Ralph Walker 1884-1886 Democratic
J.S. Atkinson 1887-1888 Republican
Ralph Walker 1888-1890 Democratic
E.D. Parce 1890-1894 no party
Jeremiah Fenton 1894-1896 Republican
V.S. Barlett 1896-1898 no party
W.A. Hall 1898-1900 Democratic
Ralph Walker 1900-1902 Democratic
J.E.Mallette 1902-1904 Republican
Ben E. Meyer 1904-1906 Democratic
James Bain 1906-1908 Democratic
Louis P. Ernst 1908-1910 Republican
Robert E. Lee 1910-1912 Democratic
George Culler 1912-1914 Republican
T.K. Bowman 1914-1916 Democratic
J.J. Gideon 1916-1920 Republican
W.E. Freeman 1920-1928 Democratic
T.H. Gideon 1928-1932 Republican
Harry D. Durst 1932-1940 Democratic
Harry Ben Carr 1940-1948 Democratic
Otis L. Barbarick 1948-1951 Republican
J. Oliver Gideon 1952-1952 no party
Nathan Karchmer 1952-1952 no party
W.I. English 1952-1955 no party
Warren Turner 1955-1957 no party
Joe Ben Wann 1957-1959 no party
David C. Scott 1959-1962 no party
E.I. Anderson 1962-1967 no party
Carl Stillwell 1967-1972 no party
Jim Payne 1972-1978 no party
Paul Redfearn 1978-1981 no party
Harry C. Strawn 1981-1983 no party
George Scruggs 1983-1987 no party
Thomas J. Carlson 1988-1993 no party
N.L. McCartney 1993-1995 no party
Leland Gannaway 1995-1998 no party
Thomas Carlson 1999-1999 no party
Leland Gannaway 1999-2001 no party
Thomas Carlson 2001-2009 Independent
Jim O'Neal 2009-2012 Independent
Bob Stephens 2012-2017 Libertarian
Ken McClure 2017–2023 Independent

Mayors of Note

References

  1. ^ Holman, Gregory J. "The deadline to run for Springfield City Council was Tuesday. Here are the candidates". Springfield News-Leader. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
  2. ^ "Springfield Mayors". thelibrary.org. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
  3. ^ "Sempronius Hamilton Boyd - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  4. ^ "Past and Present of Greene County, Missouri". thelibrary.org. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  5. ^ "Index to Politicians". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
  6. ^ Ioannides, Mara W. Cohen; Gholson, M. Rachel (2013). Jews of Springfield in the Ozarks. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN  978-0-7385-9094-3.
  7. ^ "Former Mayor Carlson named 2014 Springfieldian". Springfield Business Journal. Retrieved 2020-03-21.