Mayor of the City of Wichita
Flag of Wichita
Incumbent
Lily Wu
since January 8, 2024
Term lengthFour years, renewable once
Inaugural holderEdwin Bird Allen
Formation1871
WebsiteMayor's Office

The mayor of the City of Wichita is the head of the executive branch of the Wichita, Kansas city government. The mayor serves a four-year term and is limited to two successive terms.[1]

List

Following is a list of mayors of the American city of Wichita, Kansas.[2]

  1. Edwin Bird Allen (1871–1872)
  2. James G. Hope (1873–1874)
  3. George E. Harris (1875)
  4. James G. Hope (1876–1877)
  5. William Greiffenstein (1878)
  6. Sol H. Kohn (1879)
  7. William Greiffenstein (1879–1884)
  8. Benajah W. Aldrich (1885–1886)
  9. Joseph P. Allen (1887–1888)
  10. George W. Clement (1889–1890)
  11. John B. Carey (1891–1892)
  12. Lindley Murray Cox (1893–1896)
  13. Finlay Ross (1897–1900)
  14. Benjamin Franklin McLean (1901–1904)[3]
  15. Finlay Ross (1905–1906)
  16. John H. Graham (1907–1908)
  17. Charles Lock Davidson (1909–1910)
  18. William Walter Minick (1911–1912)
  19. William Jasper Babb (1913–1914)
  20. Orsemus Hills Bentley (1915–1916)
  21. Lewis William Clapp (1917–1919)
  22. John Lee Powell (1919–1920)
  23. Wallace C. Kemp (1921–1922)
  24. George Henry Hamilton (1922)
  25. William Coffin Coleman (1922–1923)
  26. Benjamin Franklin McLean (1923–1924)
  27. Frank Leslie Dunn (1924–1925)
  28. Ben F. Copley (1925–1926)
  29. Frank Nighswonger (1926–1927)
  30. A.J. Coombs (1927–1928)
  31. Frank Leslie Dunn (1928–1929)
  32. Charles S. Lawrence (1929–1930)
  33. Herman A. Hill (1930–1931)
  34. Frank Nighswonger (1931–1932)
  35. Harry D. Cottman (1932–1933)
  36. Charles S. Lawrence (1933–1934)
  37. James Schuyler Crawford (1934–1935)
  38. Frank Nighswonger (1935–1936)
  39. Robert E. Israel (1936–1937)
  40. T. Walker Weaver (1937–1938)
  41. Elmer R. Corn (1938–1939)
  42. Frank W. Coleman (1939–1940)
  43. Elmer R. Corn (1940–1941)
  44. John I. Dotson (1941–1942)
  45. Odom Farrell Sullivan (1942–1943)
  46. Eugene Calendar Moriarty (1943–1944)
  47. Herman William Beuttel (1944–1945)
  48. Phil H. Manning (1945–1946)
  49. Frank W. Coleman (1946–1947)
  50. Charles S. Ritchie (1947–1948)
  51. L.A. Donnell (1948–1949)
  52. William Christian Salome, Jr. (1949–1950)
  53. Earl K. Duke (1950–1951)
  54. Floyd Throckmorton Amsden (1951–1952)
  55. Frank Russell Jump (1952–1953)
  56. Walter M. Keeler (1953–1954)
  57. William Christian Salome, Jr. (1954)
  58. L.A. Donnell (1954–1955)
  59. Claude M. DeVorss (1955–1956)
  60. Hugh David Lester (1956)
  61. Alfred E. Howse (1956–1957)
  62. Elzie E. Baird (1957–1958)
  63. James L. Gardner (1958–1959)
  64. Justus H. Fugate (1959–1960)
  65. Levi Budd Rymph (1960–1961)
  66. Herbert Piper Lindsley (1961–1962)
  67. Carl A. Bell, Jr. (1962–1963)
  68. Gerald F. Byrd (1963–1964)
  69. Vincent L. Bogart (1964–1965)
  70. William D. Tarrant (1965–1966)
  71. John S. Stevens (1966–1967)
  72. Clarence Eldert Vollmer (1967–1968)
  73. William D. Anderson, Jr. (1968–1969)
  74. Donald K. Enoch (1969–1970)
  75. A. Price Woodard Jr. (1970–1971), first appointed African–American mayor
  76. Jack H. Greene (1971–1972)
  77. Glenn J. "Jack" Shanahan (1972–1973)
  78. James M. Donnell (1973–1974)
  79. Garry L. Porter (1974–1975)
  80. Connie Ames Peters Kennard (1975–1976)
  81. James M. Donnell (1976–1977)
  82. Antonio F. "Tony" Casado (1977–1978)
  83. Connie Ames Peters Kennard (1978–1979)
  84. Antonio F. "Tony" Casado (1979–1980)
  85. Robert G. Knight (1980–1981)
  86. Robert C. Brown (1981–1982)
  87. Albert J. Kirk (1982–1983)
  88. Margalee Wright (1983–1984)
  89. Robert G. Knight (1984–1985)
  90. Kathlien Robertson Edmiston (1985)
  91. Robert C. Brown (1985–1986)
  92. Antonio F. "Tony" Casado (1986–1987)
  93. Robert G. Knight (1987–1988)
  94. Sheldon Kamen (1988–1989)
  95. Robert G. Knight (1989–1992)
  96. Frank M. Ojile (1992–1993)
  97. Elma Broadfoot (1993–1995)
  98. Robert G. Knight (1995–2003)
  99. Carlos Mayans (2003–2007)
  100. Carl Brewer (2007–2015), first elected African–American mayor
  101. Jeff Longwell (2015–2020)
  102. Brandon Whipple (2020–2024)
  103. Lily Wu (2024-), first elected Asian-American mayor

See also

References

  1. ↑ "City of Wichita City Council". City of Wichita. Archived from the original on October 20, 2023. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 6, 2011. Retrieved February 4, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ "A Woodstock boy who has Prospered in the West". Dispatch Newspaper. August 20, 1902.

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