Mayor of Wichita, Kansas

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Mayor of the City of Wichita
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Incumbent
Lily Wu
since January 8, 2024
Term length Four years, renewable once
Inaugural holder Edwin Bird Allen
Formation1871
Website Mayor's Office

The mayor of the City of Wichita is the head of the executive branch of the Wichita, Kansas city government. The mayor serves a four-year term and is limited to two successive terms. [1]

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List

Following is a list of mayors of the American city of Wichita, Kansas. [2] As of 2024, there have been 81 people who have served as mayor of Wichita in 103 administrations excluding one honorary mayor.

NumberPersonImageMayorYearsNotes
11 Edwin Bird Allen 1871–1872Elder brother of mayor Joseph P. Allen [3]
22 James G. Hope
(1st term)
1873–1874 [3]
33 George E. Harris 1875 [3]
4(2) James G. Hope
(2nd term)
1876–1877 [3]
54 William Greiffenstein.png William Greiffenstein
(1st term)
1878 [3]
65 Sol H. Kohn 1879First Jewish mayor of Wichita [3]
7(4) William Greiffenstein.png William Greiffenstein
(2nd term)
1879–1884 [3]
86 Benajah W. Aldrich 1885–1886 [3]
97 Joseph P. Allen 1887–1888 [3]
108 George W. Clement 1889–1890 [3]
119 John B. Carey 1891–1892 [3]
1210 Lindley Murray Cox 1893–1896 [3]
1311 Finlay Ross
(1st term)
1897–1900 [3]
1412 Benjamin Franklin McLean
(1st term)
1901–1904 [4] [3]
15(11) Finlay Ross
(2nd term)
1905–1906 [3]
1613 John H. Graham
(1st term)
1907–1908 [3]
1714 Charles Lock Davidson 1909–1910 [3]
18(13) John H. Graham
(2nd term)
April 1911 – Sept 1911Lost recall election in September 1911 [3]
1915 William Walter Minick 1911–1912 [3]
2016 William Jasper Babb 1913–1914 [3]
2117 Orsemus Hills Bentley 1915–1916 [3]
2218 Lewis William Clapp 1917–1919Resigned on October 3, 1919 to become City Manager [5]
2319 John Lee Powell 1919–1920 [5]
2420 Wallace C. Kemp 1921–1922 [5]
2521 George Henry Hamilton 1922 [5]
2622 William Coffin Coleman circa 1920.jpg William Coffin Coleman 1922–1923 [5]
27(12) Benjamin Franklin McLean
(2nd term)
1923–1924 [5]
2823 Frank Leslie Dunn
(1st term)
1924–1925 [5]
2924 Ben F. Copley 1925–1926 [5]
3025 Frank Nighswonger
(1st term)
1926–1927 [5]
3126 A.J. Coombs 1927–1928 [5]
32(23) Frank Leslie Dunn
(2nd term)
1928–1929 [5]
3327 Charles S. Lawrence
(1st term)
1929–1930 [5]
3428 Herman A. Hill 1930–1931 [5]
35(25) Frank Nighswonger
(2nd term)
1931–1932 [5]
3629 Harry D. Cottman 1932–1933 [5]
37(27) Charles S. Lawrence
(2nd term)
1933–1934 [5]
3830 James Schuyler Crawford 1934–1935 [5]
39(25) Frank Nighswonger
(3rd term)
1935–1936 [5]
4031 Robert E. Israel 1936–1937 [5]
4132 T. Walker Weaver 1937–1938 [5]
4233 Elmer R. Corn
(1st term)
1938–1939 [5]
4334 Frank W. Coleman
(1st term)
1939–1940 [5]
44(33) Elmer R. Corn
(2nd term)
1940–1941 [5]
4535 John I. Dotson 1941–1942 [5]
4636 Odom Farrell Sullivan 1942–1943 [5]
4737 Eugene Calendar Moriarty 1943–1944 [5]
4838 Herman William Beuttel 1944–1945 [5]
4939 Phil H. Manning 1945–1946 [5]
50(34) Frank W. Coleman
(2nd term)
1946–1947 [5]
5140 Charles S. Ritchie 1947–1948 [5]
5241 Louis August Donnell
(1st term)
1948–1949 [5]
5342 William Christian Salome, Jr.
(1st term)
1949–1950 [5]
5443 Earl K. Duke 1950–1951
5544 Floyd Throckmorton Amsden 1951–1952
5645 Frank Russell Jump 1952–1953
5746 Walter M. Keeler 1953–1954
58(42) William Christian Salome Jr. 1954
(2nd term)
[5]
59(41) Louis August Donnell
(2nd term)
1954–1955 [5]
6047 Claude M. DeVorss 1955–1956
6148 Hugh David Lester 1956
6249 Alfred E. Howse 1956–1957
6350 Elzie E. Baird 1957–1958
6451 James L. Gardner 1958–1959
6552 Justus H. Fugate 1959–1960
6653 Levi Budd Rymph 1960–1961
6754 Herbert Piper Lindsley 1961–1962
6855 Carl A. Bell, Jr. 1962–1963
6956 Gerald F. Byrd 1963–1964
7057 Vincent L. Bogart 1964–1965
7158 William D. Tarrant 1965–1966
7259 John S. Stevens 1966–1967
7360 Clarence Eldert Vollmer 1967–1968
7461 William D. Anderson Jr. 1968–1969
7562 Donald K. Enoch 1969–1970
7663 A Price Woodard, First African American mayor of Wichita.jpg A. Price Woodard Jr. 1970–1971First African–American mayor. [6]
7764 Jack H. Greene 1971–1972
7865 Glenn J. "Jack" Shanahan 1972–1973
7966 James M. Donnell
(1st term)
1973–1974
8067 Garry L. Porter 1974–1975
8168 Connie Kennard, mayor of Wichita.jpg Connie Ames Peters Kennard
(1st term)
1975–1976First woman commissioner and first woman mayor [7]
82(66) James M. Donnell
(2nd term)
1976–1977
8369 Tony Casado, mayor of Wichita.jpg Antonio F. "Tony" Casado
(1st term)
1977–1978First Latino (Cuban) mayor of Wichita
84(68) Connie Kennard, mayor of Wichita.jpg Connie Ames Peters Kennard
(2nd term)
1978–1979
85(69) Tony Casado, mayor of Wichita.jpg Antonio F. "Tony" Casado
(2nd term)
1979–1980
8670 Robert G. Knight
(1st term)
1980–1981
8771 Robert C. Brown
(1st term)
1981–1982
8872 Albert Kirk, mayor of Wichita.jpg Albert J. Kirk 1982–1983
8973 Margalee Wright, mayor of Wichita.jpg Margalee Wright 1983–1984
90(70) Robert G. Knight
(2nd term)
1984– April 9, 1985
xx Kathleen Edmiston, mayor of Wichita.png Kathlien Edmiston
(honorary)
April 9, 1985 – April 9, 1985Edmiston was elected in a 3-1 vote to the City Commission on February 12, 1985 to serve the remaining two-month term through April 9
of commissioner Margalee Wright who resigned to serve on the Kansas Corporation Commission. [8]
Mayor Robert Knight resigned on April 2, 1985 [9] in order for Edmiston to hold the office of mayor
until the swearing of two new commissioners [10] so that she might have the honor of serving as mayor.
Knight was unaware that he was required to provide a week's notice making April 9 the earliest she could be sworn in,
the same day the new commissioners took office. She was sworn in on April 9. [10]
After the newly elected commissioners were sworn in shortly after,
a vote was held and Robert C. Brown was elected as the next mayor. [10]
Edmiston held the office of mayor for approximately 30 minutes. [10]
91(71) Robert C. Brown
(2nd term)
1985–1986
92(69) Tony Casado, mayor of Wichita.jpg Antonio F. "Tony" Casado
(3rd term)
1986–1987
93(70) Robert G. Knight
(3rd term)
1987–1988
9474 Sheldon Kamen 1988–1989
95(70) Robert G. Knight
(4th term)
1989–1992
9675 Frank M. Ojile 1992–1993
9776 Elma Broadfoot in 1984, later mayor of Wichita 1993-1995.jpg Elma Broadfoot 1993–1995 [11] [12]
98(70) Robert G. Knight
(5th term)
1995–2003
9977 Carlos Mayans 2003–20072nd Latino (Cuban) mayor of Wichita
10078 Carl Brewer.jpg Carl Brewer 2007–2015First elected African–American mayor
10179 Jeff Longwell, Mayor of Wichita, Reads Proclamation for Wichita Navy Week (4) (cropped).jpg Jeff Longwell 2015–2020
10280 Brandon Whipple speaking (1).jpg Brandon Whipple 2020–2024
10381 Lily Wu (cropped2).jpg Lily Wu 2024–PresentFirst elected Asian-American mayor

See also

References

  1. "City of Wichita City Council". City of Wichita. Archived from the original on October 20, 2023. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 6, 2011. Retrieved February 4, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "Previous Wichita Mayors 1871–1916". wichitagov.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2008 via Wayback Machine.
  4. "A Woodstock boy who has Prospered in the West". Dispatch Newspaper. August 20, 1902.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 "Previous Wichita Mayors 1917–1950". wichitagov.org. Archived from the original on February 20, 2013 via Wayback Machine.
  6. "A. Price Woodard Elected Wichita's First Negro Mayor". The Catholic Advance . April 23, 1970 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Kirk, Wright, Gerling, Kennard In The City Commission Primary". The Wichita Eagle . March 1, 1981 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Kathlien Edmiston to fill unexpired term". The Wichita Eagle . February 13, 1985 via Newspapers.com.
  9. Polczinski, Al (April 3, 1985). "She May Be Mayor for a Day". The Wichita Eagle via Newspapers.com.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "Wichita Mayors Steal the Show - Gavel passed from Knight to Edmiston, Then Brown". The Wichita Eagle . April 10, 1985. pp.  1D, 9D via Newspapers.com.
  11. Kempin, Sarah (May 14, 1987). "She's Boss of the River - Broadfoot Says Festival Has Personality". The Wichita Eagle . pp.  14A, 15A via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Ks. Newman gives awards to two alumni June 16". The Catholic Advance . June 21, 1984 via Newspapers.com.

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