| Mayor of Kansas City, Kansas |
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Incumbent
Christal Watson
since December 13, 2025 |
| Inaugural holder | James R. Parr |
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| Formation | 1859 |
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| Website | Mayors Office |
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The mayor of Kansas City, Kansas is the highest official of the city government. In 1997, voters approved the consolidation of Kansas City, Kansas government with that of Wyandotte County . 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 the mayor.[1]
The following is a list of mayors of the city and the original towns that were consolidated into it.[2]
List of mayors
Elected before the 1886 consolidation
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 |
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| 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
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
Notes
- ↑ Carol Marinovich was elected as mayor of Kansas City, Kansas in 1995. The city was consolidated with Wyandotte County during her first term.
References
- ↑ "Kansas City, Kansas Public Library - KCK Mayors". Archived from the original on March 22, 2012. Retrieved February 4, 2012..
- ↑ Archived February 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
- 1 2 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. Chicago, Illinois, United States: The Goodspeed Publishing Company. 1890. pp. 365, 374. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
- ↑ Zeff, Sam (November 5, 2025). "Christal Watson elected as first Black female mayor of Kansas City, Kansas". KCUR.
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