page_title: List of mayors of Kansas City, Missouri
section_title: Mayors
hierarchical_section_title: List of mayors of Kansas City, Missouri / Mayors
caption_attribution_description: English: A portrait of former Kansas City, Mo Mayor and State Senator Dr. Charles B. Wheeler.
context_page_description: The Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri is the highest official in the Kansas City, Missouri Municipal Government.
  Since the 1920s the city has had a council-manager government in which a city manager runs most of the day-to-day operations of the city. Unlike most cities of its size, by charter Kansas City has a "weak-mayor" system, in which most of the power is formally vested in the city council. However, the mayor is very influential in drafting and guiding public policy. He or she presides over all city council meetings that he attends, and has a casting vote on the council. Due to these combined factors the mayor, in fact, holds a significant amount of de facto power in the city government.
  Since 1946 Mayors of Kansas City are elected by the voters of Kansas City to four-year terms, and are limited to two terms under the city's charter. Mayors initially served one-year terms until 1890 when they began serving two-year terms. Technically, according to the City Charter, city elections are non-partisan, meaning that the mayor and city council run without nominal political affiliation.
caption: Charles B. Wheeler, Jr.
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