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Mayor of Kansas City, Kansas

Head executive of Kansas City, Kansas

Head executive of Kansas City, Kansas

FieldValue
postMayor
bodyKansas City, Kansas
incumbentChristal Watson
incumbentsinceDecember 13, 2025
formation1859
inauguralJames R. Parr
websiteMayors 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 . 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.

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

List of mayors

Elected before the 1886 consolidation

#NameTook officeLeft officeTerms
1James R. Parr185918601
2George Russell186018622
3Stephen A. Cobb186218631
4J. M. Funk186318652
5Issaac B. Sharp186518672
6James McGrew186718681
3Stephen A. Cobb186818691
7Byron Judd186918701
8J. S. Stockton187018733
6James McGrew187318741
9George B. Wood187418751
10C. Hains187518772
11Fred Speck187718792
8J. S. Stockton187918812
12R. E. Cable188118832
13D. E. Cornell188318852
14J. C. Martin188518861
#NameTook officeLeft office
1James BoyleOctober 22, 1872
2C. A. Eidenmiller
3A. S. Orbinson
4Eli Teed
5Samuel McConnellApril 1881April 1883
6R. W. HillikerApril 1883April 1885
7James PhillipsApril 1885April 1886

Elected after the 1886 consolidation

#NameTook officeLeft office
1Thomas F. Hannan18861889
2William Allen Coy18891891
3Thomas F. Hannan18911893
4Nathaniel Barnes18931895
5George J. Twiss18951897
6Robert L. Marshman18971901
7William H. Craddock19011903
8Thomas B. Gilbert19031905
9William W. Rose19051906
10George M. Gray19061907
11Dudley E. Cornell19071909
12Ulysses Samuel Guyer19091910
13James E. Porter19101913
14C. W. Green19131917
15Harry A Mendenhall19171921
16H. B. Burton19211923
17William W. Gordon19231926
18Jabez O. Emerson19261927
19Don C. McCombs19271947
20Clark E. Tucker19471955
21Paul F. Mitchum19551964
22Joseph H. McDowell19641971
23Richard F. Walsh19721976
24Jack Reardon19761987
25Joe Steineger19871995

Elected after consolidation with Wyandotte County

#ImageNameTook officeLeft office
26Carol Marinovich19952006
27Joe Reardon20062013
28[[File:Mark Holland (cropped).png75px]]Mark Holland20132018
29David Alvey20182021
30Tyrone Garner2021Incumbent
31Christal Watson2026mayor-elect

Notes

References

References

  1. "Kansas City, Kansas Public Library - KCK Mayors".
  2. link. (February 19, 2012.)
  3. . (1890). ["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."](https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=UPs0AQAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA365&hl=en). *The Goodspeed Publishing Company*.
  4. Zeff, Sam. (November 5, 2025). "Christal Watson elected as first Black female mayor of Kansas City, Kansas". [[KCUR]].
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