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Mayor of The City of Springfield | |
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Incumbent Ken McClure since
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Style | His/Her Honor |
Residence | Private residence |
Term length | Two years |
Inaugural holder | A. Maurice |
Formation | 19th 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 1861–1865, Springfield was ruled under martial law by Union and Confederate leaders during the American Civil War. [2]
Name | Term Duration | Party | |
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A. Maurice | 1847-1849 | no party | |
Joseph Burden | 1849-1851 | Democratic | |
Warren Graves | 1852-1856 | no party | |
H.S. Chenoweth | 1856-1857 | no party | |
J.S. Kimbrough | 1857-1858 | no party | |
Sempronius H. Boyd | 1858-1860 | Republican | |
J.W. Mack | 1860-1861 | no party | |
Benjamin Kite | 1865-1866 | Republican | |
James H. Creighton | 1866-1867 | Republican | |
R.B. Owen | 1867-1868 | no party | |
J.B. Dexter | 1868-1869 | no party | |
W.E. Gilmore | 1869-1870 | Republican | |
L.H. Murray | 1871-1872 | Democratic | |
Jonathan Faribanks | 1872-1873 | Republican | |
John McGregor | 1873-1873 | Democratic | |
John Lisenby | 1874-1875 | Republican | |
Joseph J. Weaver | 1875-1876 | no party | |
W.A. Hall | 1876-1877 | Democratic | |
Homer F. Fellows | 1877-1879 | Whig | |
Joseph McAdoo | 1879-1880 | Republican | |
Marzavan J Rountree | 1880-1881 | Democratic | |
James Abbott | 1881-1882 | Republican | |
George Sale Day | 1882-1883 | no party | |
John McGregor | 1883-1884 | Democratic | |
Ralph Walker | 1884-1886 | Democratic | |
J.S. Atkinson | 1887-1888 | Republican | |
Ralph Walker | 1888-1890 | Democratic | |
E.D. Parce | 1890-1894 | no party | |
Jeremiah Fenton | 1894-1896 | Republican | |
V.S. Barlett | 1896-1898 | no party | |
W.A. Hall | 1898-1900 | Democratic | |
Ralph Walker | 1900-1902 | Democratic | |
J.E.Mallette | 1902-1904 | Republican | |
Ben E. Meyer | 1904-1906 | Democratic | |
James Bain | 1906-1908 | Democratic | |
Louis P. Ernst | 1908-1910 | Republican | |
Robert E. Lee | 1910-1912 | Democratic | |
George Culler | 1912-1914 | Republican | |
T.K. Bowman | 1914-1916 | Democratic | |
J.J. Gideon | 1916-1920 | Republican | |
W.E. Freeman | 1920-1928 | Democratic | |
T.H. Gideon | 1928-1932 | Republican | |
Harry D. Durst | 1932-1940 | Democratic | |
Harry Ben Carr | 1940-1948 | Democratic | |
Otis L. Barbarick | 1948-1951 | Republican | |
J. Oliver Gideon | 1952-1952 | no party | |
Nathan Karchmer | 1952-1952 | no party | |
W.I. English | 1952-1955 | no party | |
Warren Turner | 1955-1957 | no party | |
Joe Ben Wann | 1957-1959 | no party | |
David C. Scott | 1959-1962 | no party | |
E.I. Anderson | 1962-1967 | no party | |
Carl Stillwell | 1967-1972 | no party | |
Jim Payne | 1972-1978 | no party | |
Paul Redfearn | 1978-1981 | no party | |
Harry C. Strawn | 1981-1983 | no party | |
George Scruggs | 1983-1987 | no party | |
Thomas J. Carlson | 1988-1993 | no party | |
N.L. McCartney | 1993-1995 | no party | |
Leland Gannaway | 1995-1998 | no party | |
Thomas Carlson | 1999-1999 | no party | |
Leland Gannaway | 1999-2001 | no party | |
Thomas Carlson | 2001-2009 | Independent | |
Jim O'Neal | 2009-2012 | Independent | |
Bob Stephens | 2012-2017 | Libertarian | |
Ken McClure | 2017–present | Independent |
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