The Mayor of Kansas City has his office on the 29th floor of the Kansas City City Hall which is the highest occupiable floor in the building

The Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri is the highest official in the Kansas City, Missouri Municipal Government. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 348 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (372 × 640 pixel, file size: 88 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I took this picture myself. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 348 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (372 × 640 pixel, file size: 88 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I took this picture myself. ... The Kansas City, Missouri City Hall, in Kansas City, Missouri, is a skyscraper located in downtown Kansas City and the official seat of government for the city of Kansas City, Missouri. ... Nickname: Location in Jackson, Clay, Platte, and Cass Counties in the state of Missouri. ... Much of the Kansas City, Missouri Municipal Government is based in City Hall The Municipal Government of Kansas City, Missouri is the largest municipal government in the state of Missouri and one of the largest in the United States. ...

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. Kansas City has a relatively weak mayor compared to other large cities of its size, in terms of actual power held by the position, as defined in the charter. However, the Mayor of Kansas City is considered extremley influential in making public policy, he presides over all city council meetings that he is able to, and he has a vote on the council. Due to these factors combined, the mayor is the holds a signficiant amount of de facto power in the city government. The council-manager government is one of two main variations of representative municipal government in the United States. ... The council-manager government is one of 2 main variations of representative municipal government (for contrast, also see Mayor-Council government). ... Much of the Kansas City, Missouri Municipal Government is based in City Hall The Municipal Government of Kansas City, Missouri is the largest municipal government in the state of Missouri and one of the largest in the United States. ...

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.

The mayor of Kansas City occupies an office on the 29th floor (the highest floor in the building) of the Kansas City City Hall. The Kansas City, Missouri City Hall, in Kansas City, Missouri, is a skyscraper located in downtown Kansas City and the official seat of government for the city of Kansas City, Missouri. ...

Eleven of Kansas City's mayors are interred in Elmwood Cemetery (Kansas City, Missouri).

The current mayor of Kansas City is Mark Funkhouser. Mark Funkhouser (born 1950)[1] is the mayor-elect of Kansas City, Missouri, and a former city auditor for the same. ...

Mayors include:

Mark Funkhouser began his term as mayor of Kansas City on May 1, 2007.

James A. Reed, George M. Shelley, Darius A. Brown, Leander J. Talbot, Thomas T. Crittenden, Jr., Frank Cromwell, George H. Edwards, Jr., and Samuel B. Strother at the 1923 funeral of Webster Davis

• William S. Gregory 1853
• Johnston Lykins 1854
• John Johnson 1855 (35 days)
• Milton J. Payne 1855-1860
• George. M.B. Maughs 1860
• Robert T. Van Horn 1861
• Milton J. Payne 1862
• William Bonnifield 1863
• Robert T. Van Horn 1863, 1864
• Patrick Shannon 1865
• Alexander L. Harris 1866
• Edward H. Allen 1867
• Alexander L. Harris 1868
• Francis R. Long 1869
• Elijah M. McGee 1870
• William Warner 1871
• Robert H. Hunt 1872
• Edward L. Martin (Missouri) 1873
• Smith D. Woods 1874
• Turner A. Gill 1875, 1876
• James W.L. Slavens 1877
• George M. Shelley 1878, 1879
• Charles A. Chace 1880
• Daniel A. Frink 1881
• Thomas B. Bullene 1882
• James Gibson 1883
• Leander J. Talbott 1884
• John W. Moore 1885
• Henry C. Kumpf 1886, 1888
• Joseph J. Davenport 1889
• Benjamin Holmes 1890-1891 (two-year terms begin)
• William S. Cowherd 1892-1893
• Webster Davis 1894-1895
• James M. Jones 1896-1899
• James A. Reed 1900-1903
• Jay H. Neff 1904-1905
• Henry M. Beardsley 1906-1907
• Thomas T. Crittenden Jr. 1908-1909
• Darius A. Brown 1910-1911
• Henry L. Jost 1912-1915
• George H. Edwards 1916-1917
• James Cowgill 1918-1921
• Sam B. Strother 1921 (succeeded on Cowgill's death)
• Frank H. Cromwell 1922-1923
• Albert I. Beach 1924-1930
• Bryce B. Smith 1930-1939
• John B. Gage 1940-1946
• William E. Kemp 1946-1955 (four-year terms begin)
• H. Roe Bartle 1955-1963
• Ilus W. Davis 1963-1971
• Charles B. Wheeler, Jr. 1971-1979
• Richard L. Berkley 1979-1991
• Emanuel Cleaver 1991-1999
• Kay Barnes 1999-2007
• Mark Funkhouser 2007-

Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Mark Funkhouser (born 1950)[1] is the mayor-elect of Kansas City, Missouri, and a former city auditor for the same. ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... James Alexander Reed (November 9, 1861 September 9, 1944) was an American politician. ... William S. Gregory (August 4, 1825 - August 11, 1887) was the first mayor of Kansas City, Missouri in 1853. ... Robert Thompson Van Horn (19 May 1824, East Mahoning Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - 3 January 1916, Kansas City, Missouri) was a newspaper publisher and mayor of Kansas City during the parts of the Civil War, who later served in the Missouri General Assembly. ... Robert Thompson Van Horn (19 May 1824, East Mahoning Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - 3 January 1916, Kansas City, Missouri) was a newspaper publisher and mayor of Kansas City during the parts of the Civil War, who later served in the Missouri General Assembly. ... William Warner (June 11, 1840–October 4, 1916) was an American lawyer and politician from Kansas City, Missouri. ... Thomas B. Bullene (1828-1894) was mayor of Kansas City, Missouri in 1882. ... James Alexander Reed (November 9, 1861 September 9, 1944) was an American politician. ... John Bailey Jack Gage (February 24, 1887-January 15, 1970) was mayor of Kansas City, Missouri from 1940 to 1946 who made reforms following the collapse of the political machine of Thomas Pendergast. ... William Ewing Kemp (February 8, 1889-July 29, 1968) was a mayor of Kansas City, Missouri from 1946 to 1955. ... Harold Roe Bennett Strudevant Bartle (June 25, 1901 - May 9, 1974) // General Description Using the word legend may be an understatement when talking about Harold Roe Bennett Sturdevant Bartle. ... Ilus Winfield Davis (1917-September 4, 1996) was Kansas City mayor from 1963 to 1971. ... Charles B. Wheeler, Jr. ... Richard L. Berkley (born Richard L. Berkowitz, June 29, 1931) served as mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, USA, from 1979 to 1991. ... The Reverend Emanuel Cleaver II (born October 26, 1944) is a United Methodist pastor and a Democratic politician from the state of Missouri. ... Kay Barnes (fullname Kay Waldo Barnes) is the current mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, a major American city with a population around 448,000 people, located on the northwestern boarder of Missouri. ... Mark Funkhouser (born 1950)[1] is the mayor-elect of Kansas City, Missouri, and a former city auditor for the same. ...

External links

• Political graveyard list of mayors
• Kansas City Star list of mayors
• Kansas City mayor's office
• Kansas City Public Library mayor history