List of mayors of Springfield, Missouri

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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
Residence Private residence
Term length Two 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 to 1865, Springfield was ruled under martial law by Union and Confederate leaders during the American Civil War. [2]

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List of Mayors

NameTerm DurationParty
A. Maurice1847-1849no party
Joseph Burden1849-1851 Democratic
Warren Graves1852-1856no party
H.S. Chenoweth1856-1857no party
J.S. Kimbrough1857-1858no party
Sempronius H. Boyd 1858-1860 Republican
J.W. Mack1860-1861no party
Benjamin Kite1865-1866Republican
James H. Creighton1866-1867Republican
R.B. Owen1867-1868no party
J.B. Dexter1868-1869no party
W.E. Gilmore1869-1870Republican
L.H. Murray1871-1872Democratic
Jonathan Faribanks1872-1873Republican
John McGregor1873-1873Democratic
John Lisenby1874-1875Republican
Joseph J. Weaver1875-1876no party
W.A. Hall1876-1877Democratic
Homer F. Fellows1877-1879 Whig
Joseph McAdoo1879-1880Republican
Marzavan J Rountree1880-1881Democratic
James Abbott1881-1882Republican
George Sale Day1882-1883no party
John McGregor1883-1884Democratic
Ralph Walker1884-1886Democratic
J.S. Atkinson1887-1888Republican
Ralph Walker1888-1890Democratic
E.D. Parce1890-1894no party
Jeremiah Fenton1894-1896Republican
V.S. Barlett1896-1898no party
W.A. Hall1898-1900Democratic
Ralph Walker1900-1902Democratic
J.E.Mallette1902-1904Republican
Ben E. Meyer1904-1906Democratic
James Bain1906-1908Democratic
Louis P. Ernst1908-1910Republican
Robert E. Lee1910-1912Democratic
George Culler1912-1914Republican
T.K. Bowman1914-1916Democratic
J.J. Gideon1916-1920Republican
W.E. Freeman1920-1928Democratic
T.H. Gideon1928-1932Republican
Harry D. Durst1932-1940Democratic
Harry Ben Carr1940-1948Democratic
Otis L. Barbarick1948-1951Republican
J. Oliver Gideon1952-1952no party
Nathan Karchmer1952-1952no party
W.I. English1952-1955no party
Warren Turner1955-1957no party
Joe Ben Wann1957-1959no party
David C. Scott1959-1962no party
E.I. Anderson1962-1967no party
Carl Stillwell1967-1972no party
Jim Payne1972-1978no party
Paul Redfearn 1978-1981no party
Harry C. Strawn1981-1983no party
George Scruggs1983-1987no party
Thomas J. Carlson1988-1993no party
N.L. McCartney1993-1995no party
Leland Gannaway1995-1998no party
Thomas Carlson1999-1999no party
Leland Gannaway1999-2001no party
Thomas Carlson2001-2009 Independent
Jim O'Neal2009-2012Independent
Bob Stephens2012-2017 Libertarian
Ken McClure2017–2023Independent

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