List of mayors of Columbia, Missouri

The following is a list of mayors of the city of Columbia, Missouri, United States of America.

City hall building in Columbia, Missouri, 2013

• Richard Gentry, 1821 ^[1]
• William Jewell
• Walter W. Garth ^[2]
• Thomas B. Gentry ^[2]
• Webster Gordon ^[2]
• Odon Guitar ^[2]
• John M. Samuel ^[2]
• James H. Guitar, 1892-1895 ^{[3] [4]}
• Logan Norvill ^[4]
• Malcolm G. Quinn ^[4]
• W.S. Johnson ^[4]
• James C. Gillaspy, c.1901 ^[4] [5]
• Moss P. Parker, c.1902 ^{[4] [6]}
• Frederick W. Niedermeyer, c.1904 ^{[2] [3] [4]}
• E.C. Clinkscales, c.1907 ^[4]
• Stanley N. Smith, c.1909-1911 [7] ^{[8] [4]}
• William S. St. Clair, 1911-1912 ^{[3] [4]}
• W.P. Moore, c.1914-1915 ^{[9] [4]}
• J.M. Batterton, c.1916 ^[4]
• James E. Boggs, 1917-1918 ^[10]
• James R. Gordon, c.1921-1923, 1931-1933 [11] ^{[6] [12]}
• Emmett McDonnell, 1923-1927 ^[12]
• W. J. Hetzler, 1927-1931 ^{[12] [3]}
• Searcy Pollard, 1933-1937 ^[12]
• Rex Barrett, 1937-1939 ^[12]
• H. L. Wilson, 1939-1940 ^[12]
• Rex P. Barrett, 1940-1943 ^[12]
• B. C. Hunt, 1943-1945 ^[12]
• Bruce J. Carl, 1945-1947 ^[12]
• M. P. Blackmore, 1947-1949 ^[12]
• Roy Sappington, 1949-1953 ^[12]
• Howard B. Lang Jr., 1953-1957 ^[12]
• Kenneth H. Puckett, 1957-1961 ^[12]
• Robert C. Smith, 1961-1963 ^[12]
• J. H. Longwell, 1963-1967 [12]
• George Nickolaus, 1967-1969 ^[12]
• Herbert Jeans, 1969-1971 ^[12]
• Orville E. Hobart, 1971-1973 ^[12]
• Tom R. Anderson, 1973-1975 ^[12]
• Robert K. Pugh, 1975-1977 ^[12]
• Leslie T. Proctor, 1977-1979 ^[12]
• Clyde Wilson, 1979-1981 ^[12]
• John D. Westlund, 1981-1985 ^[12]
• Rodney Smith, c.1985-1989 ^[12]
• Mary Anne McCollum, 1989-1995 ^[12]
• Darwin Hindman, 1995-2010 ^[12]
• Robert McDavid, 2010-2016 ^[12]
• Brian Treece, 2016-2022 ^[12]
• Barbara Buffaloe, 2022-present ^[12]

See also

• 2016 Columbia, Missouri, mayoral election
• 2019 Columbia, Missouri, mayoral election
• 2022 Columbia, Missouri, mayoral election
• Columbia City Council
• City Hall (Columbia, Missouri)
• History of Columbia, Missouri

References

1. Historic Missourians, State Historical Society of Missouri , retrieved 2024-11-27
2. North Todd Gentry (1916), The Bench and Bar of Boone County, Missouri, Columbia, Missouri – via Internet Archive
3. Walter Williams; Floyd Calvin Shoemaker (1930), Missouri, mother of the West, vol. 3, Chicago: American Historical Society – via HathiTrust
4. "But one Columbia mayor has been own successor", The Daily Missourian, February 22, 1917 – via Library of Congress Chronicling America
5. James C. Gillaspy Papers (C0918) finding aid, State Historical Society of Missouri, retrieved 2024-11-27
6. Lawrence Kestenbaum (ed.), "Mayors and Postmasters of Columbia, Missouri", Political Graveyard, retrieved 2024-11-27
7. University Missourian, April 28, 1909 – via Chronicling America
8. Columbia City Directory 1911-12, Illinois: R.E. Hackman – via HathiTrust
9. University Missourian, February 4, 1915 – via Chronicling America
10. The Evening Missourian, July 17, 1918 – via Chronicling America
11. Boone County, Mo. Directory, 1921, Moberly, Mo.: Clinton Smith – via Internet Archive
12. "Council History", como.gov, City of Columbia, retrieved 2024-11-27