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Mayor of the City of Wichita
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Lily Wu (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Lily Wu

since January 8, 2024
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
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
26 William Coffin Coleman circa 1920.jpg 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)
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
83 Tony Casado, mayor of Wichita.jpg Antonio F. "Tony" Casado
(1st term)
1977–1978 First Latino (Cuban) mayor of Wichita
84 Connie Ames Peters Kennard
(2nd term)
1978–1979
85 Tony Casado, mayor of Wichita.jpg 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 Tony Casado, mayor of Wichita.jpg 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
101 Carl Brewer.jpg Carl Brewer 2007–2015 First elected African–American mayor
102 Jeff Longwell, Mayor of Wichita, Reads Proclamation for Wichita Navy Week (4) (cropped).jpg Jeff Longwell 2015–2020
103 Brandon Whipple speaking (1).jpg Brandon Whipple 2020–2024
104 Lily Wu (cropped2).jpg Lily Wu 2024-Present First elected Asian-American mayor

See also

  • List of people from Wichita, Kansas
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