Mayor of Kansas City, Kansas

Head executive of Kansas City, Kansas

This article is about the mayor of Kansas City, Kansas. For the mayor of the city in Missouri, see Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri.

Mayor of Kansas City, Kansas

Incumbent
Tyrone Garner

since December 13, 2021

Inaugural holder| James R. Parr
Formation| 1859
Website| Mayors Office

The mayor of Kansas City, Kansas is the highest official of the city government. In 1997, voters approved the consolidation of Kansas City, Kansas government with that of Wyandotte County [clarification needed]. The office has since been referred to as "mayor/CEO" of the "United Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas." However, in popular terms, the head executive is called the mayor.[1]

The following is a list of mayors of the city and the original towns that were consolidated into it.[2]

## List of mayors

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### Elected before the 1886 consolidation

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Mayors of Wyandotte, Kansas[3] #  | Name  | Took office  | Left office  | Terms

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1  | James R. Parr  | 1859  | 1860  | 1
2  | George Russell  | 1860  | 1862  | 2
3  | Stephen A. Cobb | 1862  | 1863  | 1
4  | J. M. Funk  | 1863  | 1865  | 2
5  | Issaac B. Sharp  | 1865  | 1867  | 2
6  | James McGrew  | 1867  | 1868  | 1
3  | Stephen A. Cobb  | 1868  | 1869  | 1
7  | Byron Judd  | 1869  | 1870  | 1
8  | J. S. Stockton  | 1870  | 1873  | 3
6  | James McGrew  | 1873  | 1874  | 1
9  | George B. Wood  | 1874  | 1875  | 1
10  | C. Hains  | 1875  | 1877  | 2
11  | Fred Speck  | 1877  | 1879  | 2
8  | J. S. Stockton  | 1879  | 1881  | 2
12  | R. E. Cable  | 1881  | 1883  | 2
13  | D. E. Cornell  | 1883  | 1885  | 2
14  | J. C. Martin  | 1885  | 1886  | 1
Mayors of "old" Kansas City[3] #  | Name  | Took office  | Left office

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1  | James Boyle  | October 22, 1872  |
2  | C. A. Eidenmiller  |  |
3  | A. S. Orbinson  |  |
4  | Eli Teed  |  |
5  | Samuel McConnell  | April 1881  | April 1883
6  | R. W. Hilliker  | April 1883  | April 1885
7  | James Phillips  | April 1885  | April 1886

### Elected after the 1886 consolidation

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Mayors of consolidated Kansas City  #  | Name  | Took office  | Left office

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1  | Thomas F. Hannan  | 1886  | 1889
2  | William Allen Coy  | 1889  | 1891
3  | Thomas F. Hannan  | 1891  | 1893
4  | Nathaniel Barnes  | 1893  | 1895
5  | George J. Twiss  | 1895  | 1897
6  | Robert L. Marshman  | 1897  | 1901
7  | William H. Craddock | 1901  | 1903
8  | Thomas B. Gilbert  | 1903  | 1905
9  | William W. Rose  | 1905  | 1906
10  | George M. Gray  | 1906  | 1907
11  | Dudley E. Cornell  | 1907  | 1909
12  | Ulysses Samuel Guyer | 1909  | 1910
13  | James E. Porter | 1910  | 1913
14  | C. W. Green  | 1913  | 1917
15  | Harry A Mendenhall  | 1917  | 1921
16  | H. B. Burton  | 1921  | 1923
17  | William W. Gordon  | 1923  | 1926
18  | Jabez O. Emerson  | 1926  | 1927
19  | Don C. McCombs  | 1927  | 1947
20  | Clark E. Tucker  | 1947  | 1955
21  | Paul F. Mitchum  | 1955  | 1964
22  | Joseph H. McDowell  | 1964  | 1971
23  | Richard F. Walsh  | 1972  | 1976
24  | Jack Reardon | 1976  | 1987
25  | Joe Steineger | 1987  | 1995

### Elected after consolidation with Wyandotte County

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Mayor and CEOs of the United Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas  #  | Image  | Name  | Took office  | Left office

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26  |  | Carol Marinovich[a] | 1995  | 2006
27  |  | Joe Reardon | 2006  | 2013
28  |  | Mark Holland | 2013  | 2018
29  |  | David Alvey | 2018  | 2021
30  |  | Tyrone Garner | 2021  | Incumbent

## See also

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* Biography portal
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* List of mayors of Kansas City, Missouri
* Lists of people from Kansas

## Notes

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1. ^ Carol Marinovich was elected as mayor of Kansas City, Kansas in 1995. The city was consolidated with Wyandotte County during her first term.

## References

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1. ^ "Kansas City, Kansas Public Library - KCK Mayors". Archived from the original on March 22, 2012. Retrieved February 4, 2012..
2. ^ [1] Archived February 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
3. ^ a b Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas. Historical and Biographical. Comprising A Condensed History of the State, a Careful History of Wyandotte County, and a Comprehensive History of the Growth of the Cities, Towns, and Villages. Chicago, Illinois, United States: The Goodspeed Publishing Company. 1890. pp. 365, 374. Retrieved August 20, 2021.

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