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List of mayors of Columbia, Missouri

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The following is a list of mayors of the city of Columbia, Missouri, United States of America.

City hall building in Columbia, Missouri, 2013
  • Richard Gentry, 1821 [1]
  • William Jewell
  • Walter W. Garth [2]
  • Thomas B. Gentry [2]
  • Webster Gordon [2]
  • Odon Guitar [2]
  • John M. Samuel [2]
  • James H. Guitar, 1892-1895 [3][4]
  • Logan Norvill [4]
  • Malcolm G. Quinn [4]
  • W.S. Johnson [4]
  • James C. Gillaspy, c.1901 [4][1][5]
  • Moss P. Parker, c.1902 [4][6]
  • Frederick W. Niedermeyer, c.1904 [2][3][4]
  • E.C. Clinkscales, c.1907 [4][2]
  • Stanley N. Smith, c.1909-1911 [7][8][4]
  • William S. St. Clair, 1911-1912 [3][4]
  • W.P. Moore, c.1914-1915 [9][4]
  • J.M. Batterton, c.1916 [4]
  • James E. Boggs, 1917-1918 [10][3]
  • James R. Gordon, c.1921-1923, 1931-1933 [11][6][12]
  • Emmett McDonnell, 1923-1927 [12]
  • W. J. Hetzler, 1927-1931 [12][3]
  • Searcy Pollard, 1933-1937 [12]
  • Rex Barrett, 1937-1939 [12]
  • H. L. Wilson, 1939-1940 [12]
  • Rex P. Barrett, 1940-1943 [12]
  • B. C. Hunt, 1943-1945 [12]
  • Bruce J. Carl, 1945-1947 [12]
  • M. P. Blackmore, 1947-1949 [12]
  • Roy Sappington, 1949-1953 [12]
  • Howard B. Lang Jr., 1953-1957 [12]
  • Kenneth H. Puckett, 1957-1961 [12]
  • Robert C. Smith, 1961-1963 [12][4]
  • J. H. Longwell, 1963-1967 [12]
  • George Nickolaus, 1967-1969 [12]
  • Herbert Jeans, 1969-1971 [12]
  • Orville E. Hobart, 1971-1973 [12]
  • Tom R. Anderson, 1973-1975 [12]
  • Robert K. Pugh, 1975-1977 [12]
  • Leslie T. Proctor, 1977-1979 [12]
  • Clyde Wilson, 1979-1981 [12]
  • John D. Westlund, 1981-1985 [12]
  • Rodney Smith, c.1985-1989 [12]
  • Mary Anne McCollum, 1989-1995 [12]
  • Darwin Hindman, 1995-2010 [12]
  • Robert McDavid, 2010-2016 [12]
  • Brian Treece, 2016-2022 [12]
  • Barbara Buffaloe, 2022-present [12]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Historic Missourians, State Historical Society of Missouri, retrieved 2024-11-27
  2. ^ a b c d e f North Todd Gentry (1916), The Bench and Bar of Boone County, Missouri, Columbia, Missouri – via Internet Archive{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ a b c d Walter Williams; Floyd Calvin Shoemaker (1930), Missouri, mother of the West, vol. 3, Chicago: American Historical Society – via HathiTrust
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "But one Columbia mayor has been own successor", The Daily Missourian, February 22, 1917 – via Library of Congress Chronicling America
  5. ^ James C. Gillaspy Papers (C0918) finding aid, State Historical Society of Missouri, retrieved 2024-11-27
  6. ^ a b Lawrence Kestenbaum (ed.), "Mayors and Postmasters of Columbia, Missouri", Political Graveyard, retrieved 2024-11-27
  7. ^ University Missourian, April 28, 1909 – via Chronicling America
  8. ^ Columbia City Directory 1911-12, Illinois: R.E. Hackman – via HathiTrust
  9. ^ University Missourian, February 4, 1915 – via Chronicling America
  10. ^ The Evening Missourian, July 17, 1918 – via Chronicling America
  11. ^ Boone County, Mo. Directory, 1921, Moberly, Mo.: Clinton Smith – via Internet Archive
  12. ^ 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 "Council History", como.gov, City of Columbia, retrieved 2024-11-27