# List of mayors of Springfield, Missouri

The mayor of Springfield is the highest ranking elected official in the city of Springfield, Missouri. Mayoral elections in Springfield are nonpartisan, and though the candidate may personally affiliate with a party, they do not appear on the ticket as a particular party's candidate. Since 1953 all mayoral elections have been voted on by the public, before then having been appointed by the city council. From 1861 to 1865, Springfield was ruled under martial law by Union and Confederate leaders during the American Civil War.

## List of Mayors

| Name | Term Duration | Party |
| A. Maurice | 1847-1849 | no party |
| Joseph Burden | 1849-1851 | Democratic |
| Warren Graves | 1852-1856 | no party |
| H.S. Chenoweth | 1856-1857 | no party |
| J.S. Kimbrough | 1857-1858 | no party |
| Sempronius H. Boyd | 1858-1860 | Republican |
| J.W. Mack | 1860-1861 | no party |
| Benjamin Kite | 1865-1866 | Republican |
| James H. Creighton | 1866-1867 | Republican |
| R.B. Owen | 1867-1868 | no party |
| J.B. Dexter | 1868-1869 | no party |
| W.E. Gilmore | 1869-1870 | Republican |
| L.H. Murray | 1871-1872 | Democratic |
| Jonathan Faribanks | 1872-1873 | Republican |
| John McGregor | 1873-1873 | Democratic |
| John Lisenby | 1874-1875 | Republican |
| Joseph J. Weaver | 1875-1876 | no party |
| W.A. Hall | 1876-1877 | Democratic |
| Homer F. Fellows | 1877-1879 | Whig |
| Joseph McAdoo | 1879-1880 | Republican |
| Marzavan J Rountree | 1880-1881 | Democratic |
| James Abbott | 1881-1882 | Republican |
| George Sale Day | 1882-1883 | no party |
| John McGregor | 1883-1884 | Democratic |
| Ralph Walker | 1884-1886 | Democratic |
| J.S. Atkinson | 1887-1888 | Republican |
| Ralph Walker | 1888-1890 | Democratic |
| E.D. Parce | 1890-1894 | no party |
| Jeremiah Fenton | 1894-1896 | Republican |
| V.S. Barlett | 1896-1898 | no party |
| W.A. Hall | 1898-1900 | Democratic |
| Ralph Walker | 1900-1902 | Democratic |
| J.E.Mallette | 1902-1904 | Republican |
| Ben E. Meyer | 1904-1906 | Democratic |
| James Bain | 1906-1908 | Democratic |
| Louis P. Ernst | 1908-1910 | Republican |
| Robert E. Lee | 1910-1912 | Democratic |
| George Culler | 1912-1914 | Republican |
| T.K. Bowman | 1914-1916 | Democratic |
| J.J. Gideon | 1916-1920 | Republican |
| W.E. Freeman | 1920-1928 | Democratic |
| T.H. Gideon | 1928-1932 | Republican |
| Harry D. Durst | 1932-1940 | Democratic |
| Harry Ben Carr | 1940-1948 | Democratic |
| Otis L. Barbarick | 1948-1951 | Republican |
| J. Oliver Gideon | 1952-1952 | no party |
| Nathan Karchmer | 1952-1952 | no party |
| W.I. English | 1952-1955 | no party |
| Warren Turner | 1955-1957 | no party |
| Joe Ben Wann | 1957-1959 | no party |
| David C. Scott | 1959-1962 | no party |
| E.I. Anderson | 1962-1967 | no party |
| Carl Stillwell | 1967-1972 | no party |
| Jim Payne | 1972-1978 | no party |
| Paul Redfearn | 1978-1981 | no party |
| Harry C. Strawn | 1981-1983 | no party |
| George Scruggs | 1983-1987 | no party |
| Thomas J. Carlson | 1988-1993 | no party |
| N.L. McCartney | 1993-1995 | no party |
| Leland Gannaway | 1995-1998 | no party |
| Thomas Carlson | 1999-1999 | no party |
| Leland Gannaway | 1999-2001 | no party |
| Thomas Carlson | 2001-2009 | Independent |
| Jim O'Neal | 2009-2012 | Independent |
| Bob Stephens | 2012-2017 | Libertarian |
| Ken McClure | 2017–2023 | Independent |

## Mayors of Note

* Sempronius H. Boyd served as mayor of Springfield from 1858 to 1860, he became a member of the United States House of Representatives representing Missouri's 4th congressional district and was later Minister of the United States to Siam.
* Homer F. Fellows served as the city's only Whig mayor, later becoming an Abolitionist, then becoming a Republican.
* Bob Stephens served as the city's only Libertarian mayor, though elections are non-partisan.
* Elected as a Republican, W. E. Gilmore ran for congress as a Liberal Republican in 1870.
* Nathan Karchmer was the first and so far only Jewish mayor of Springfield.
* Thomas Carlson, having served seven terms, is the longest serving mayor in the city's history.