Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri

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Mayor of Kansas City
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Incumbent
Quinton Lucas
since August 1, 2019
Style His Honor
Residence Private residence
Term length Four years
Inaugural holder William S. Gregory
Formation19th century
Website Office of the Mayor
Number of mayors of Kansas City by party affiliation [A]
PartyMayors
Democratic 37
Republican 20
Whig 1

The mayor of Kansas City, Missouri is the highest official in the Kansas City, Missouri Municipal Government.

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Since the 1920s the city has had a council-manager government in which a city manager runs most of the day-to-day operations of the city. Unlike most cities of its size, by charter Kansas City has a "weak-mayor" system, in which most of the power is formally vested in the city council. However, the mayor is very influential in drafting and guiding public policy. The mayor presides over all city council meetings and has a casting vote on the council. Due to these combined factors the mayor, in fact, holds a significant amount of de facto power in the city government.

Since 1946, mayors of Kansas City have been elected by the voters of Kansas City to four-year terms and are limited to two terms under the city's charter. Mayors initially served one-year terms until 1890 when they began serving two-year terms. According to the City Charter, city elections are non-partisan, meaning that the mayor and city council run without nominal political affiliation. The mayor of Kansas City occupies an office on the 29th floor of the Kansas City City Hall, the building's highest floor. Eleven of Kansas City's mayors are interred in Elmwood Cemetery. The current mayor of Kansas City is Quinton Lucas, who was elected in 2019.


Mayors

The Mayor of Kansas City has his office on the 29th floor of the Kansas City City Hall which is the highest occupiable floor in the building KC MO city hall.jpg
The Mayor of Kansas City has his office on the 29th floor of the Kansas City City Hall which is the highest occupiable floor in the building
James A. Reed, George M. Shelley, Darius A. Brown, Leander J. Talbot, Thomas T. Crittenden Jr., Frank Cromwell, George H. Edwards Jr., and Samuel B. Strother at the 1923 funeral of Webster Davis Kc-mayors-funeral.jpg
James A. Reed, George M. Shelley, Darius A. Brown, Leander J. Talbot, Thomas T. Crittenden Jr., Frank Cromwell, George H. Edwards Jr., and Samuel B. Strother at the 1923 funeral of Webster Davis
Charles B. Wheeler Jr. Portrait of Dr. Charles B. Wheeler.jpg
Charles B. Wheeler Jr.
Richard L. Berkley Richard L. Berkley 2011.jpg
Richard L. Berkley
Emanuel Cleaver Emanuel Cleaver official photo (cropped).jpg
Emanuel Cleaver
Mark Funkhouser Mark Funkhouser 2009.jpg
Mark Funkhouser
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Sly James
#NameTook officeLeft officePartyTerms [B]
1 William S. Gregory April 18, 1853 [1] February 1854 Whig 56
2 Johnston Lykins February 1854April 1855 Democratic 1 16
3 John Johnson April 18551855Democratic12 [C]
4 Milton J. Payne 18551860Democratic412
5 George M.B. Maughs 18601861Democratic1
6 Robert T. Van Horn 18611862 Republican 1
4Milton J. Payne18621863Democratic1
7 William Bonnifield 18631863Democratic12
6Robert T. Van Horn18631865Republican112
8 Patrick Shannon 18651866Democratic1
9 Alexander L. Harris 18661867Democratic1
10 Edward H. Allen 18671868Republican1
9Alexander L. Harris18681869Democratic1
11 Francis R. Long 18691870Republican1
12 Elijah M. McGee 18701871Democratic1
13 William Warner 18711872Republican1
14 Robert H. Hunt 18721873Republican1
15 Edward Lowe Martin 18731874Democratic1
16 Smith D. Woods 18741875Democratic1
17 Turner A. Gill 18751877Democratic2
18 James W. L. Slavens 18771878Republican1
19 George M. Shelley 18781880Democratic2
20 Charles A. Chace 18801881Republican1
21 Daniel A. Frink 18811882Republican1
22 Thomas B. Bullene 18821883Republican1
23 James Gibson 18831884Democratic1
24 Leander J. Talbott 18841885Democratic1
25 John W. Moore 18851886Democratic1
26 Henry C. Kumpf 18861889Republican3
27 Joseph J. Davenport 18891890Republican1
28 Benjamin Holmes 18901892Democratic1 [D]
29 William S. Cowherd 18921894Democratic1
30 Webster Davis 18941896Republican1
31 James M. Jones 18961900Republican2
32 James A. Reed 19001904Democratic2
33 Jay H. Neff 19041906Republican1
34 Henry M. Beardsley 19061908Republican2
35 Thomas T. Crittenden Jr. 19081910Democratic1
36 Darius A. Brown 19101912Republican1
37 Henry L. Jost 19121916Democratic2
38 George H. Edwards 19161918Republican1
39 James Cowgill 19181922Democratic112 [E]
40 Sam B. Strother 19221922Democratic12
41 Frank H. Cromwell 19221924Democratic1
42 Albert I. Beach 19241930Republican3
43 Bryce B. Smith 1930January 5, 1940Democratic412 [F]
44 Charles S. Keith 19401940Democratic12
45 John B. Gage 19401946Democratic3
46 William E. Kemp 19461955Democratic3 [G]
47 H. Roe Bartle 19551963Democratic2
48 Ilus W. Davis 19631971Democratic2
49 Charles B. Wheeler Jr. 19711979Democratic2
50 Richard L. Berkley 19791991Republican3
51 Emanuel Cleaver 19911999Democratic2
52 Kay Barnes 19992007Democratic2
53 Mark Funkhouser 20072011Democratic1
54 Sly James 20112019Democratic2
55 Quinton Lucas 2019CurrentDemocratic

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  1. Green, George Fuller (1968). A Condensed History of the Kansas City Area: Its Mayors and Some V.I.P.s. Kansas City: The Lowell Press.
  2. Larsen, Lawrence Harold; Hulston, Nancy J. (1997). Pendergast!. University of Missouri Press. p. 170. ISBN   978-0-8262-1145-3. OCLC   37432817 . Retrieved 2008-09-05.