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List of mayors of Portageville, Missouri

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The city of Portageville, Missouri, located in Missouri's 8th congressional district in southeastern Missouri, is one of the largest cities in New Madrid County, Missouri, one of the five oldest counties in the state.

Mayor Took office Left office Additional information
Joseph Casey McCrate
  • (1882-1953)
c. 1933 1947 He was born in Ohio. He was the father of future mayor Joseph Edward McCrate.
Joseph Edward McCrate
  • (1909-1994)
1947 1953 School superintendent, bank director, hospital board member. He was born in Ohio. He was the son of former mayor Joseph Casey McCrate.
A. Henry Workman 1951 1953
Leonard Faherty Pinkley Sr.
  • (1906-1992)
1953 1957
Bailey Rutledge 1957 c. 1960
Leeds K. Butler
  • (1913-1980)
c. 1960 c. 1964
Joseph E. Christian 1965 1967 He served in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1945 during World War II.
Barry L. Richardson c. 1968 1969 Resigned as mayor to be appointed to the Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service by Secretary of Agriculture Clifford Hardin.[2]
Earl McCall Walker 1969 Appointed, served as acting mayor. He served in U.S. Navy during the Korean War.
Roy Moore
  • (1909-1979)
c. 1971 c. 1973 He had been a hardware merchant for 40 years.
Barry L. Richardson 1973 c. 1978 (Previously served as mayor.)
Don Rone, Jr. c. 1978 1981 He was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in 2014.
Arvil Vernell Adams
  • (1913-1999)
1981 1991 He served as president of the Portageville School Board, 1957–1972.
Don Rone, Jr. c. 1991 c. 1995 (Previously served as mayor.)
James D. Patton, Sr.[4] c. 1995 c. 1998 He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.[5]
Don Day[6] c. 1998 c. 1999 He served as the second district commissioner of New Madrid County from 2005 until 2020.[7]
Denis McCrate[8] 2012 -
Floyd Simmons 2015 2017
Denis McCrate[8] 2017 2019 He defeated future mayor Vince Berry in a 2017 election.[9]
Floyd Simmons 2019[10] 2020 He submitted a letter of resignation in 2020, citing health-related reasons.[11]
Vince Berry[12] 2020

References

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  • Missouri Secretary of State official manuals
  1. ^ "Life Legacy: Joe E. Christian". Retrieved 2014-11-06.
  2. ^ "Portageville Mayor to ASCS Post". Southeast Missourian. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. May 29, 1969.
  3. ^ "Earl M. Walker obituary". Retrieved 2014-11-06.
  4. ^ Jim Grebing (ed.). Official Manual State of Missouri 1997-1998. p. 840.
  5. ^ "House Resolution No. 4173" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-11-06.
  6. ^ Julius Johnson (ed.). Official Manual State of Missouri 1999-2000. p. 820.
  7. ^ "Time to retire: Day ends works as second district commissioner". Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  8. ^ a b "Helping out their community: Fisher Delta Research Center employees elected mayors of small towns". 2014-10-10. Retrieved 2014-11-06.
  9. ^ "Portageville rejects sale tax proposal; McCrate and Adams elected". Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  10. ^ "Portageville voters reject use tax; Simmons elected mayor". Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  11. ^ "Portageville mayor resigns; Berry appointed to fill position". Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  12. ^ "Mayor & Council". Retrieved 2021-01-11.

Key

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Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other politicians or officials
Alaskan Independence (AKIP)
Know Nothing (KN)
American Labor (AL)
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J)
National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (AA)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Covenant (Cov)
Democratic (D)
Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL)
Democratic–NPL (D-NPL)
Dixiecrat (Dix),
States' Rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (DR)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Pro-Administration (PA)
Free Soil (FS)
Fusion (Fus)
Greenback (GB)
Independence (IPM)
Independent Democrat (ID)
Independent Republican (IR)
Jacksonian (J)
Liberal (Lib)
Libertarian (L)
National Union (NU)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition Northern (O)
Opposition Southern (O)
Populist (Pop)
Progressive (Prog)
Prohibition (Proh)
Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Silver (Sv)
Silver Republican (SvR)
Socialist (Soc)
Union (U)
Unconditional Union (UU)
Vermont Progressive (VP)
Whig (W)
Independent (I)
Nonpartisan (NP)