Mayor of the City of Wichita | |
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Term length | Four years, renewable once |
Inaugural holder | Edwin Bird Allen |
Formation | 1871 |
Website | Mayor's Office |
The mayor of the City of Wichita is the head of the executive branch of the Wichita, Kansas city government. The mayor serves a four-year term and is limited to two successive terms. [1]
Following is a list of mayors of the American city of Wichita, Kansas. [2] As of 2024, there have been 82 people who have served as mayor of Wichita in 104 administrations.
Number | Person | Image | Mayor | Years | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Edwin Bird Allen | 1871–1872 | Elder brother of mayor Joseph P. Allen [3] | |
2 | 2 |
James G. Hope (1st term) |
1873–1874 | [3] | |
3 | 3 | George E. Harris | 1875 | [3] | |
4 | (2) |
James G. Hope (2nd term) |
1876–1877 | [3] | |
5 | 4 |
William Greiffenstein (1st term) |
1878 | [3] | |
6 | 5 | Sol H. Kohn | 1879 | First Jewish mayor of Wichita [3] | |
7 | (4) |
William Greiffenstein (2nd term) |
1879–1884 | [3] | |
8 | 6 | Benajah W. Aldrich | 1885–1886 | [3] | |
9 | 7 | Joseph P. Allen | 1887–1888 | [3] | |
10 | 8 | George W. Clement | 1889–1890 | [3] | |
11 | 9 | John B. Carey | 1891–1892 | [3] | |
12 | 10 | Lindley Murray Cox | 1893–1896 | [3] | |
13 | 11 |
Finlay Ross (1st term) |
1897–1900 | [3] | |
14 | 12 |
Benjamin Franklin McLean (1st term) |
1901–1904 | [4] [3] | |
15 | (11) |
Finlay Ross (2nd term) |
1905–1906 | [3] | |
16 | 13 |
John H. Graham (1st term) |
1907–1908 | [3] | |
17 | 14 | Charles Lock Davidson | 1909–1910 | [3] | |
18 | (13) |
John H. Graham (2nd term) |
April 1911 – Sept 1911 | Lost recall election in September 1911 [3] | |
19 | 15 | William Walter Minick | 1911–1912 | [3] | |
20 | 16 | William Jasper Babb | 1913–1914 | [3] | |
21 | 17 | Orsemus Hills Bentley | 1915–1916 | [3] | |
22 | 18 | Lewis William Clapp | 1917–1919 | Resigned on October 3, 1919 to become City Manager [5] | |
23 | 19 | John Lee Powell | 1919–1920 | [5] | |
24 | 20 | Wallace C. Kemp | 1921–1922 | [5] | |
25 | 21 | George Henry Hamilton | 1922 | [5] | |
26 | 22 | William Coffin Coleman | 1922–1923 | [5] | |
27 | (12) |
Benjamin Franklin McLean (2nd term) |
1923–1924 | [5] | |
28 | 23 |
Frank Leslie Dunn (1st term) |
1924–1925 | [5] | |
29 | 24 | Ben F. Copley | 1925–1926 | [5] | |
30 | 25 |
Frank Nighswonger (1st term) |
1926–1927 | [5] | |
31 | 26 | A.J. Coombs | 1927–1928 | [5] | |
32 | (23) |
Frank Leslie Dunn (2nd term) |
1928–1929 | [5] | |
33 | 27 |
Charles S. Lawrence (1st term) |
1929–1930 | [5] | |
34 | 28 | Herman A. Hill | 1930–1931 | [5] | |
35 | (25) |
Frank Nighswonger (2nd term) |
1931–1932 | [5] | |
36 | 29 | Harry D. Cottman | 1932–1933 | [5] | |
37 | (27) |
Charles S. Lawrence (2nd term) |
1933–1934 | [5] | |
38 | 30 | James Schuyler Crawford | 1934–1935 | [5] | |
39 | (25) |
Frank Nighswonger (3rd term) |
1935–1936 | [5] | |
40 | 31 | Robert E. Israel | 1936–1937 | [5] | |
41 | 32 | T. Walker Weaver | 1937–1938 | [5] | |
42 | 33 |
Elmer R. Corn (1st term) |
1938–1939 | [5] | |
43 | 34 |
Frank W. Coleman (1st term) |
1939–1940 | [5] | |
44 | (33) |
Elmer R. Corn (2nd term) |
1940–1941 | [5] | |
45 | 35 | John I. Dotson | 1941–1942 | [5] | |
46 | 36 | Odom Farrell Sullivan | 1942–1943 | [5] | |
47 | 37 | Eugene Calendar Moriarty | 1943–1944 | [5] | |
48 | 38 | Herman William Beuttel | 1944–1945 | [5] | |
49 | 39 | Phil H. Manning | 1945–1946 | [5] | |
50 | (34) |
Frank W. Coleman (2nd term) |
1946–1947 | [5] | |
51 | 40 | Charles S. Ritchie | 1947–1948 | [5] | |
52 | 41 |
Louis August Donnell (1st term) |
1948–1949 | [5] | |
53 | 42 |
William Christian Salome, Jr. (1st term) |
1949–1950 | [5] | |
54 | 43 | Earl K. Duke | 1950–1951 | ||
55 | 44 | Floyd Throckmorton Amsden | 1951–1952 | ||
56 | 45 | Frank Russell Jump | 1952–1953 | ||
57 | 46 | Walter M. Keeler | 1953–1954 | ||
58 | (42) | William Christian Salome Jr. | 1954 (2nd term) |
[5] | |
59 | (41) |
Louis August Donnell (2nd term) |
1954–1955 | [5] | |
60 | 47 | Claude M. DeVorss | 1955–1956 | ||
61 | 48 | Hugh David Lester | 1956 | ||
62 | 49 | Alfred E. Howse | 1956–1957 | ||
63 | 50 | Elzie E. Baird | 1957–1958 | ||
64 | 51 | James L. Gardner | 1958–1959 | ||
65 | 52 | Justus H. Fugate | 1959–1960 | ||
66 | 53 | Levi Budd Rymph | 1960–1961 | ||
67 | 54 | Herbert Piper Lindsley | 1961–1962 | ||
68 | 55 | Carl A. Bell, Jr. | 1962–1963 | ||
69 | 56 | Gerald F. Byrd | 1963–1964 | ||
70 | 57 | Vincent L. Bogart | 1964–1965 | ||
71 | 58 | William D. Tarrant | 1965–1966 | ||
72 | 59 | John S. Stevens | 1966–1967 | ||
73 | 60 | Clarence Eldert Vollmer | 1967–1968 | ||
74 | 61 | William D. Anderson Jr. | 1968–1969 | ||
75 | 62 | Donald K. Enoch | 1969–1970 | ||
76 | 63 | A. Price Woodard Jr. | 1970–1971 | First African–American mayor. [6] | |
77 | 64 | Jack H. Greene | 1971–1972 | ||
78 | 65 | Glenn J. "Jack" Shanahan | 1972–1973 | ||
79 | 66 |
James M. Donnell (1st term) |
1973–1974 | ||
80 | 67 | Garry L. Porter | 1974–1975 | ||
81 | 68 |
Connie Ames Peters Kennard (1st term) |
1975–1976 | First woman commissioner and first woman mayor [7] | |
82 | (66) |
James M. Donnell (2nd term) |
1976–1977 | ||
83 | 69 |
Antonio F. "Tony" Casado (1st term) |
1977–1978 | First Latino (Cuban) mayor of Wichita | |
84 | (68) |
Connie Ames Peters Kennard (2nd term) |
1978–1979 | ||
85 | (69) |
Antonio F. "Tony" Casado (2nd term) |
1979–1980 | ||
86 | 70 |
Robert G. Knight (1st term) |
1980–1981 | ||
87 | 71 |
Robert C. Brown (1st term) |
1981–1982 | ||
88 | 72 | Albert J. Kirk | 1982–1983 | ||
89 | 73 | Margalee Wright | 1983–1984 | ||
90 | (70) |
Robert G. Knight (2nd term) |
1984– April 9, 1985 | ||
91 | 74 | Kathlien Edmiston | April 9, 1985 – April 9, 1985 | Edmiston was elected in a 3-1 vote to the City Commission on February 12, 1985 to serve the remaining two-month term through April 9 of commissioner Margalee Wright who resigned to serve on the Kansas Corporation Commission. [8] Mayor Robert Knight resigned on April 2, 1985 [9] in order for Edmiston to hold the office of mayor until the swearing of two new commissioners [10] so that she might have the honor of serving as mayor. Knight was unaware that he was required to provide a week's notice making April 9 the earliest she could be sworn in, the same day the new commissioners took office. She was sworn in on April 9. [10] After the newly elected commissioners were sworn in shortly after, a vote was held and Robert C. Brown was elected as the next mayor. [10] Edmiston held the office of mayor for approximately 30 minutes. [10] | |
92 | (71) |
Robert C. Brown (2nd term) |
1985–1986 | ||
93 | (69) |
Antonio F. "Tony" Casado (3rd term) |
1986–1987 | ||
94 | (70) |
Robert G. Knight (3rd term) |
1987–1988 | ||
95 | 75 | Sheldon Kamen | 1988–1989 | ||
96 | (70) |
Robert G. Knight (4th term) |
1989–1992 | ||
97 | 76 | Frank M. Ojile | 1992–1993 | ||
98 | 77 | Elma Broadfoot | 1993–1995 | [11] [12] | |
99 | (70) |
Robert G. Knight (5th term) |
1995–2003 | ||
100 | 78 | Carlos Mayans | 2003–2007 | ||
101 | 79 | Carl Brewer | 2007–2015 | First elected African–American mayor | |
102 | 80 | Jeff Longwell | 2015–2020 | ||
103 | 81 | Brandon Whipple | 2020–2024 | ||
104 | 82 | Lily Wu | 2024-Present | First elected Asian-American mayor |
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