List of mayors of Kansas City, Missouri
Mayors

List of mayors of Kansas City, Missouri

Section Title: Mayors
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#	Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Terms

1	William S. Gregory	1853	1854	Whig	1

2	Johnston Lykins	1854	1855	Democratic	1

3	John Johnson	1855	1855	Democratic	½

4	Milton J. Payne	1855	1860	Democratic	4½

5	George M.B. Maughs	1860	1861	Democratic	1

6	Robert T. Van Horn	1861	1862	Republican	1

4	Milton J. Payne	1862	1863	Democratic	1

7	William Bonnifield	1863	1863	Democratic	½

6	Robert T. Van Horn	1863	1865	Republican	1½

8	Patrick Shannon	1865	1866	Democratic	1

9	Alexander L. Harris	1866	1867	Democratic	1

10	Edward H. Allen	1867	1868	Republican	1

9	Alexander L. Harris	1868	1869	Democratic	1

11	Francis R. Long	1869	1870	Republican	1

12	Elijah M. McGee	1870	1871	Democratic	1

13	William Warner	1871	1872	Republican	1

14	Robert H. Hunt	1872	1873	Republican	1

15	Edward Lowe Martin	1873	1874	Democratic	1

16	Smith D. Woods	1874	1875	Democratic	1

17	Turner A. Gill	1875	1877	Democratic	2

18	James W. L. Slavens	1877	1878	Republican	1

19	George M. Shelley	1878	1880	Democratic	2

20	Charles A. Chace	1880	1881	Republican	1

21	Daniel A. Frink	1881	1882	Republican	1

22	Thomas B. Bullene	1882	1883	Republican	1

23	James Gibson	1883	1884	Democratic	1

24	Leander J. Talbott	1884	1885	Democratic	1

25	John W. Moore	1885	1886	Democratic	1

26	Henry C. Kumpf	1886	1889	Republican	3

27	Joseph J. Davenport	1889	1890	Republican	1

28	Benjamin Holmes	1890	1892	Democratic	1

29	William S. Cowherd	1892	1894	Democratic	1

30	Webster Davis	1894	1896	Republican	1

31	James M. Jones	1896	1900	Republican	2

32	James A. Reed	1900	1904	Democratic	2

33	Jay H. Neff	1904	1906	Republican	1

34	Henry M. Beardsley	1906	1908	Republican	2

35	Thomas T. Crittenden Jr.	1908	1910	Democratic	1

36	Darius A. Brown	1910	1912	Republican	1

37	Henry L. Jost	1912	1916	Democratic	2

38	George H. Edwards	1916	1918	Republican	1

39	James Cowgill	1918	1921	Democratic	1½

40	Sam B. Strother	1921	1922	Democratic	½

41	Frank H. Cromwell	1922	1924	Democratic	1

42	Albert I. Beach	1924	1930	Republican	3

43	Bryce B. Smith	1930	January 5, 1940	Democratic	4½

44	Charles S. Keith	1940	1940	Democratic	½

45	John B. Gage	1940	1946	Democratic	3

46	William E. Kemp	1946	1955	Democratic	3

47	H. Roe Bartle	1955	1963	Democratic	2

48	Ilus W. Davis	1963	1971	Democratic	2

49	Charles B. Wheeler, Jr.	1971	1979	Democratic	2

50	Richard L. Berkley	1979	1991	Republican	3

51	Emanuel Cleaver	1991	1999	Democratic	2

52	Kay Barnes	1999	2007	Democratic	2

53	Mark Funkhouser	2007	2011	Democratic	1

54	Sly James	2011	—	Democratic	2

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John W. Moore was Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri in 1885.

final_sentence: John W. Moore was Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri in 1885.