Mayor of Wichita, Kansas facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Mayor of the City of Wichita |
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.jpg) Lily Wu since January 8, 2024 |
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| Term length | Four years, renewable once |
| Inaugural holder | Edwin Bird Allen |
| Formation | 1871 |
| Website | Mayor'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.
List
Following is a list of mayors of the American city of Wichita, Kansas.
| No. | Image | Mayor | Years | Notes |
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| 1 | Edwin Bird Allen | 1871–1872 | Elder brother of mayor Joseph P. Allen | |
| 2 | James G. Hope (1st term) |
1873–1874 | ||
| 3 | George E. Harris | 1875 | ||
| 4 | James G. Hope (2nd term) |
1876–1877 | ||
| 5 | William Greiffenstein (1st term) |
1878 | ||
| 6 | Sol H. Kohn | 1879 | First Jewish mayor of Wichita | |
| 7 | William Greiffenstein (2nd term) |
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 (1st term) |
1897–1900 | ||
| 14 | Benjamin Franklin McLean (1st term) |
1901–1904 | ||
| 15 | Finlay Ross (2nd term) |
1905–1906 | ||
| 16 | John H. Graham (1st term) |
1907–1908 | ||
| 17 | Charles Lock Davidson | 1909–1910 | ||
| 18 | John H. Graham (2nd term) |
April 1911 – Sept 1911 | Lost recall election in September 1911 | |
| 19 | William Walter Minick | 1911–1912 | ||
| 20 | William Jasper Babb | 1913–1914 | ||
| 21 | Orsemus Hills Bentley | 1915–1916 | ||
| 22 | Lewis William Clapp | 1917–1919 | Resigned on October 3, 1919 to become City Manager | |
| 23 | John Lee Powell | 1919–1920 | ||
| 24 | Wallace C. Kemp | 1921–1922 | ||
| 25 | George Henry Hamilton | 1922 | ||
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William Coffin Coleman | 1922–1923 | |
| 27 | Benjamin Franklin McLean (2nd term) |
1923–1924 | ||
| 28 | Frank Leslie Dunn (1st term) |
1924–1925 | ||
| 29 | Ben F. Copley | 1925–1926 | ||
| 30 | Frank Nighswonger (1st term) |
1926–1927 | ||
| 31 | A.J. Coombs | 1927–1928 | ||
| 32 | Frank Leslie Dunn (2nd term) |
1928–1929 | ||
| 33 | Charles S. Lawrence (1st term) |
1929–1930 | ||
| 34 | Herman A. Hill | 1930–1931 | ||
| 35 | Frank Nighswonger (2nd term) |
1931–1932 | ||
| 36 | Harry D. Cottman | 1932–1933 | ||
| 37 | Charles S. Lawrence (2nd term) |
1933–1934 | ||
| 38 | James Schuyler Crawford | 1934–1935 | ||
| 39 | Frank Nighswonger (3rd term) |
1935–1936 | ||
| 40 | Robert E. Israel | 1936–1937 | ||
| 41 | T. Walker Weaver | 1937–1938 | ||
| 42 | Elmer R. Corn (1st term) |
1938–1939 | ||
| 43 | Frank W. Coleman (1st term) |
1939–1940 | ||
| 44 | Elmer R. Corn (2nd term) |
1940–1941 | ||
| 45 | John I. Dotson | 1941–1942 | ||
| 46 | Odom Farrell Sullivan | 1942–1943 | ||
| 47 | Eugene Calendar Moriarty | 1943–1944 | ||
| 48 | Herman William Beuttel | 1944–1945 | ||
| 49 | Phil H. Manning | 1945–1946 | ||
| 50 | Frank W. Coleman (2nd term) |
1946–1947 | ||
| 51 | Charles S. Ritchie | 1947–1948 | ||
| 52 | Louis August Donnell (1st term) |
1948–1949 | ||
| 53 | William Christian Salome, Jr. (1st term) |
1949–1950 | ||
| 54 | Earl K. Duke | 1950–1951 | ||
| 55 | Floyd Throckmorton Amsden | 1951–1952 | ||
| 56 | Frank Russell Jump | 1952–1953 | ||
| 57 | Walter M. Keeler | 1953–1954 | ||
| 58 | William Christian Salome Jr. | 1954 (2nd term) |
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| 59 | Louis August Donnell (2nd term) |
1954–1955 | ||
| 60 | Claude M. DeVorss | 1955–1956 | ||
| 61 | Hugh David Lester | 1956 | ||
| 62 | Alfred E. Howse | 1956–1957 | ||
| 63 | Elzie E. Baird | 1957–1958 | ||
| 64 | James L. Gardner | 1958–1959 | ||
| 65 | Justus H. Fugate | 1959–1960 | ||
| 66 | Levi Budd Rymph | 1960–1961 | ||
| 67 | Herbert Piper Lindsley | 1961–1962 | ||
| 68 | Carl A. Bell, Jr. | 1962–1963 | ||
| 69 | Gerald F. Byrd | 1963–1964 | ||
| 70 | Vincent L. Bogart | 1964–1965 | ||
| 71 | William D. Tarrant | 1965–1966 | ||
| 72 | John S. Stevens | 1966–1967 | ||
| 73 | Clarence Eldert Vollmer | 1967–1968 | ||
| 74 | William D. Anderson Jr. | 1968–1969 | ||
| 75 | Donald K. Enoch | 1969–1970 | ||
| 76 | A. Price Woodard Jr. | 1970–1971 | First appointed African–American mayor | |
| 77 | Jack H. Greene | 1971–1972 | ||
| 78 | Glenn J. "Jack" Shanahan | 1972–1973 | ||
| 79 | James M. Donnell (1st term) |
1973–1974 | ||
| 80 | Garry L. Porter | 1974–1975 | ||
| 81 | Connie Ames Peters Kennard (1st term) |
1975–1976 | ||
| 82 | James M. Donnell (2nd term) |
1976–1977 | ||
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Antonio F. "Tony" Casado (1st term) |
1977–1978 | First Latino (Cuban) mayor of Wichita |
| 84 | Connie Ames Peters Kennard (2nd term) |
1978–1979 | ||
| 85 | |
Antonio F. "Tony" Casado (2nd term) |
1979–1980 | |
| 86 | Robert G. Knight (1st term) |
1980–1981 | ||
| 87 | Robert C. Brown (1st term) |
1981–1982 | ||
| 88 | Albert J. Kirk | 1982–1983 | ||
| 89 | Margalee Wright | 1983–1984 | ||
| 90 | Robert G. Knight (2nd term) |
1984–1985 | ||
| 91 | Kathlien Robertson Edmiston | 1985 | ||
| 92 | Robert C. Brown (2nd term) |
1985–1986 | ||
| 93 | |
Antonio F. "Tony" Casado (3rd term) |
1986–1987 | |
| 94 | Robert G. Knight (3rd term) |
1987–1988 | ||
| 95 | Sheldon Kamen | 1988–1989 | ||
| 96 | Robert G. Knight (4th term) |
1989–1992 | ||
| 97 | Frank M. Ojile | 1992–1993 | ||
| 98 | Elma Broadfoot | 1993–1995 | ||
| 99 | Robert G. Knight (5th term) |
1995–2003 | ||
| 100 | Carlos Mayans | 2003–2007 | ||
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Carl Brewer | 2007–2015 | First elected African–American mayor |
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Jeff Longwell | 2015–2020 | |
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Brandon Whipple | 2020–2024 | |
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Lily Wu | 2024-Present | First elected Asian-American mayor |
See also
- List of people from Wichita, Kansas
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