List of mayors of Topeka
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Mayors of Topeka, Kansas
Topeka, Kansas
Topeka |Kansa]]: Tó Pee Kuh) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County. It is situated along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was...
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Years of Service |
|---|---|
| Loring Farnsworth | 1858-59 |
| Lorenzo Dow March | |
| Col. Cyrus K. Holliday Cyrus K. Holliday Colonel Cyrus Kurtz Holliday was one of the founders of the township of Topeka, Kansas, in the mid 19th century; and was Adjutant General of Kansas during the American Civil War. The title Colonel, however, was honorary... |
1859-60 |
| Hiram W. Farnsworth | 1860-61 |
| Harris F. Otis | 1861-62 |
| N.W. Cox | 1862-63 |
| J.F. Cummings | 1863-64 |
| Samuel H. Fletcher | 1864-65 |
| Maj. W. W. Ross | 1865-66 |
| Ross Burns | 1866-67 |
| Col. Cyrus K. Holliday Cyrus K. Holliday Colonel Cyrus Kurtz Holliday was one of the founders of the township of Topeka, Kansas, in the mid 19th century; and was Adjutant General of Kansas during the American Civil War. The title Colonel, however, was honorary... |
1867-68 |
| Orin T. Welch | 1868-69 |
| Col. Cyrus K. Holliday Cyrus K. Holliday Colonel Cyrus Kurtz Holliday was one of the founders of the township of Topeka, Kansas, in the mid 19th century; and was Adjutant General of Kansas during the American Civil War. The title Colonel, however, was honorary... |
1869-70 |
| Rev. J.B. McAfee | 1870-71 |
| Orin T. Welch | 1871-73 |
| Maj. Henry Bartling | 1873-75 |
| Maj. Thos J. Anderson | 1875-77 |
| M.H. Case | 1877-81 |
| Joseph C. Wilson | 1861-83 |
| Bradford Miller | 1883-85 |
| Rosswell L. Cofran | 1885-87 |
| Judge D.C. Metsker | 1887-89 |
| Rosswell L. Cofran | 1889-93 |
| Dr. D.C. Jones | 1893-11 |
| Col. T.W. Harrison | |
| Chas A. Fellows | |
| Chas J. Drew | 1899-1901 |
| Gen. J.W.F. Hughes | 1901-02 |
| Albert Parker | 1902-03 |
| W.S. Bergundthol | |
| W.H. Davis | 1905-07 |
| William Green | 1907-10 |
| J.B. Billard | 1910-13 |
| Rosswell L. Cofran | 1913-15 |
| Jay E. House | 1915-19 |
| Herbert J. Corwine | 1919-23 |
| Earl Akers | 1923-25 |
| James E. Thomas | 1925-27 |
| W.O. Rigby | 1927-31 |
| Omar B. Ketchum | 1931-35 |
| Herbert G. Barrett | 1935-39 |
| John F. Scott | 1939-41 |
| Frank J. Warren | |
| W. Kenneth Wilke | 1951-53 |
| George C. Schnellbacher | 1953-59 |
| E.J. Camp | 1959-63 |
| Hal W. Gerlach | 1963-65 |
| Charles W. Wright Jr. | 1965-69 |
| Gene C. Martin | 1969-71 |
| William B. McCormick | 1971-83 |
| Douglas S. Wright Douglas S. Wright Douglas S. Wright is a former attorney, mayor of Topeka, Kansas and candidate for the United States Congress. He is currently preparing to become a teacher.-Family and education:... |
1983-89 |
| Harry “Butch” Felker Butch Felker Harry L. "Butch" Felker III was a Kansas politician and former mayor of Topeka, Kansas who served two full terms and one partial term, resigning in 2003 due to political pressure as a result of a scandal.... |
1989-97 |
| Joan Wagnon Joan Wagnon Joan Wagnon is an American politician. She was mayor of Topeka, Kansas from 1997–2001.She was Topeka's first and so far only female mayor. She was the Secretary of Revenue for the state of Kansas from January 13, 2003 until January 2011... |
1997-2001 |
| Harry “Butch” Felker Butch Felker Harry L. "Butch" Felker III was a Kansas politician and former mayor of Topeka, Kansas who served two full terms and one partial term, resigning in 2003 due to political pressure as a result of a scandal.... |
2001-03 |
| Duane Pomeroy Duane Pomeroy Duane Pomeroy is a Kansas politician and teacher who has served on the Topeka city council continuously since January 1993, was deputy mayor of Topeka, Kansas under Butch Felker, and then became acting mayor from November 2003 to early January 2004 after a scandal forced Felker's resignation... |
2003-04 |
| James A. McClinton James McClinton James A. McClinton is a Kansas politician, originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and former mayor of Topeka, Kansas who served a partial term from January 2004 to April 2005. He was appointed by the city council to replace Butch Felker who resigned amid a campaign finance scandal... |
2004-05 |
| Bill Bunten Bill Bunten William W. "Bill" Bunten is a Kansas politician and the current mayor of Topeka, Kansas, having been elected to a four-year term in 2005. Prior to becoming mayor, he served in the Kansas House of Representatives from 1962 to 1990 and in the Kansas Senate from 2002 to 2004. He previously ran for... |
2005-Present |