Mayor of the City of Wichita
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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]

No. Image Mayor Years Notes
1 Edwin Bird Allen 1871–1872 Elder brother of mayor Joseph P. Allen[3]
2 James G. Hope
(1st term) 		1873–1874 [3]
3 George E. Harris 1875 [3]
4 James G. Hope
(2nd term) 		1876–1877 [3]
5 William Greiffenstein
(1st term) 		1878 [3]
6 Sol H. Kohn 1879 First Jewish mayor of Wichita[3]
7 William Greiffenstein
(2nd term) 		1879–1884 [3]
8 Benajah W. Aldrich 1885–1886 [3]
9 Joseph P. Allen 1887–1888 [3]
10 George W. Clement 1889–1890 [3]
11 John B. Carey 1891–1892 [3]
12 Lindley Murray Cox 1893–1896 [3]
13 Finlay Ross
(1st term) 		1897–1900 [3]
14 Benjamin Franklin McLean
(1st term) 		1901–1904 [4][3]
15 Finlay Ross
(2nd term) 		1905–1906 [3]
16 John H. Graham
(1st term) 		1907–1908 [3]
17 Charles Lock Davidson 1909–1910 [3]
18 John H. Graham
(2nd term) 		April 1911 – Sept 1911 Lost recall election in September 1911[3]
19 William Walter Minick 1911–1912 [3]
20 William Jasper Babb 1913–1914 [3]
21 Orsemus Hills Bentley 1915–1916 [3]
22 Lewis William Clapp 1917–1919 Resigned on October 3, 1919 to become City Manager[5]
23 John Lee Powell 1919–1920 [5]
24 Wallace C. Kemp 1921–1922 [5]
25 George Henry Hamilton 1922 [5]
26 William Coffin Coleman 1922–1923 [5]
27 Benjamin Franklin McLean
(2nd term) 		1923–1924 [5]
28 Frank Leslie Dunn
(1st term) 		1924–1925 [5]
29 Ben F. Copley 1925–1926 [5]
30 Frank Nighswonger
(1st term) 		1926–1927 [5]
31 A.J. Coombs 1927–1928 [5]
32 Frank Leslie Dunn
(2nd term) 		1928–1929 [5]
33 Charles S. Lawrence
(1st term) 		1929–1930 [5]
34 Herman A. Hill 1930–1931 [5]
35 Frank Nighswonger
(2nd term) 		1931–1932 [5]
36 Harry D. Cottman 1932–1933 [5]
37 Charles S. Lawrence
(2nd term) 		1933–1934 [5]
38 James Schuyler Crawford 1934–1935 [5]
39 Frank Nighswonger
(3rd term) 		1935–1936 [5]
40 Robert E. Israel 1936–1937 [5]
41 T. Walker Weaver 1937–1938 [5]
42 Elmer R. Corn
(1st term) 		1938–1939 [5]
43 Frank W. Coleman
(1st term) 		1939–1940 [5]
44 Elmer R. Corn
(2nd term) 		1940–1941 [5]
45 John I. Dotson 1941–1942 [5]
46 Odom Farrell Sullivan 1942–1943 [5]
47 Eugene Calendar Moriarty 1943–1944 [5]
48 Herman William Beuttel 1944–1945 [5]
49 Phil H. Manning 1945–1946 [5]
50 Frank W. Coleman
(2nd term) 		1946–1947 [5]
51 Charles S. Ritchie 1947–1948 [5]
52 Louis August Donnell
(1st term) 		1948–1949 [5]
53 William Christian Salome, Jr.
(1st term) 		1949–1950 [5]
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) 		[5]
59 Louis August Donnell
(2nd term) 		1954–1955 [5]
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 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
101 Carl Brewer 2007–2015 First elected African–American mayor
102 Jeff Longwell 2015–2020
103 Brandon Whipple 2020–2024
104 Lily Wu 2024-Present 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 b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "Previous Wichita Mayors 1871–1916". wichitagov.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2008 – via Wayback Machine.
  4. ^ "A Woodstock boy who has Prospered in the West". Dispatch Newspaper. August 20, 1902.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah "Previous Wichita Mayors 1917–1950". wichitagov.org. Archived from the original on February 20, 2013 – via Wayback Machine.

Further reading

See also: List of books about Sedgwick County, Kansas
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