List of mayors of Perryville, Missouri

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The city of Perryville, Missouri, which is located in Missouri's 8th congressional district in southeastern Missouri, is the county seat and the largest city of Perry County, Missouri. The city was incorporated in 1831. [1]

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List of Mayors

Perryville mayors since 1882. [2]

MayorTook officeLeft officeAdditional information
Charles A. Weber
  • (1833-1906)
18801896Druggist and apothecary, founder of a general store, county clerk. In 1861, he raised a company for the Missouri Militia and served as its captain. In 1862, he organized the 64th regiment of the Missouri Militia and was commissioned a major. In 1864, he was commissioned a lieutenant colonel of the 64th regiment. In 1889, he was elected a probate judge. Judge Weber was born in Planena in the Kingdom of Prussia. His wife was also a native of the Kingdom of Hanover. [3]
Robert M. Wilson18961900
Charles Edward Kiefner
  • (1869–1942)
1900c. 1903 [4] U.S. Representative, 1925–1927; 1929–1931
Thomas E. Hudson19041908
Henry Francis Weiss
  • (1868-1940)
19081918He died in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. His parents were born in Germany in the 1840s.
Dr. Louis W. Holtmann
  • (1886-1918)
c. 19181918Dentist. He died of pneumonia and influenza in Perryville in 1918 at the age of 33. [5]
Henry F. Weiss
  • (1868-1940)
19191922(Previously served as mayor, 1908–1918)
Leo A. Herbst
  • (1883-1969)
1922c. 1923-1924
Phillip Louis Zoellner
  • (1882-1964)
19231932
John Kiefner19321942
John Francis Lottes, Jr.
  • (1912-1994)
19421948
Edwin J. Layton
  • (1896-1992)
19481950
Clarence J. Hinni
  • (1907-1989)
19501951
John Francis Lottes, Jr.
  • (1912-1994)
19511952(Previously served as mayor, 1942–1948.)
Clarence J. Hinni
  • (1907-1989)
19521954(Previously served as mayor, 1950–1951.)
Wallace Young19541956
Austin G. Harter
  • (1914-1998)
19561960In 1964, he retired from the U.S. Army Reserve after 33 years. [6]
Carl O. Peterson
  • (1912-1992)
19601964Born in Renville, Minnesota. Former owner of the Perryville Cheese Company [7]
Wallace Gagnepain
  • (1916-2005)
19641972
Paul L. Gibbar19721978
Frank W. "Bill" Bergman19781980
Larry H. Pryor
  • (c. 1939-1993)
19801982He was the owner and operator of the Park-Et Motel. He died in 1993 at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis at age 54. [8]
Kim R. Moore19821984
Robert J. Miget [9] [10]
  • (1936-2007)
19842007U.S. Army veteran who was employed at the Republic-Monitor newspaper, 1959–2001.
Debbie Gahan2008Perryville's first woman mayor. [11]
Ken Baer [1]
  • (born c. 1946)
Former Navy Civil Engineer Corp Officer [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Mayor: The City of Perryville, Missouri" . Retrieved 2014-11-06.
  2. "Perryville mayor wall list" . Retrieved 2014-11-06.
  3. "Welcome to Perry County, Missouri: Part of Genealogy Trails" . Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  4. City hall information states that his term ended in 1904 while congress.gov states that his term ended in 1902 as he was a state representatives from 1902 until 1908.
  5. "A Whole Lottes Dentists" . Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  6. "Austin Harter, obituary". Southeast Missourian. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. March 10, 1998.
  7. "Carl O. Peterson obituary" . Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  8. "Larry H. Pryor obituary" . Retrieved 2020-01-12.
  9. Jim Grebing (ed.). Official Manual State of Missouri 1997-1998. p. 839.
  10. Julius Johnson (ed.). Official Manual State of Missouri 1999-2000. p. 820.
  11. "Perryville Mayor Debbie Gahan committed to progress" . Retrieved 2014-11-06.
  12. "Perryville Mayor: Ken Baer" . Retrieved 2020-01-12.

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Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other politicians or officials
Alaskan Independence (AKIP)
American (Know Nothing) (KN)
American Labor (AL)
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J)
National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (AA)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Democratic (D)
Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL)
Dixiecrat (Dix),
States' Rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (DR)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Pro-Administration (PA)
Free Soil (FS)
Fusion (Fus)
Greenback (GB)
Independence (IPM)
Independent Democrat (ID)
Independent Republican (IR)
Jacksonian (J)
Liberal (Lib)
Libertarian (L)
National Union (NU)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition Northern (O)
Opposition Southern (O)
Populist (Pop)
Progressive (Prog)
Prohibition (Proh)
Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Silver (Sv)
Silver Republican (SvR)
Socialist (Soc)
Unionist (U)
Unconditional Unionist (UU)
Whig (W)
Independent (I)
Nonpartisan (NP)