List of mayors of Dexter, Missouri

The city of Dexter, Missouri, located in Missouri's 8th congressional district in southeastern Missouri, is the largest city in Stoddard County, Missouri.

Mayor	Took office	Left office	Additional information
Charles E. Stokes (1852-1943)
Cicero Allison Crane (1876-1967)			Served as mayor for 7 years around 1917. He served as a private in the US Army during the Spanish-American War in Cuba.
Thomas J. Ross (1897-1971)	c. 1944	1946
Gilbert G. Hill, Sr. (1896-1954)	1946	1948	President of the company bearing his name.
Roy Kilmer (c.1904-1963)	1948	c. 1952	He worked in the insurance industry and was city collector before becoming mayor.^[1]
Thomas J. Ross (1897-1971)	c. 1952	1956	(He previously served as mayor.)
Gilbert G. Hill, Jr. (1924-2002)^[2]	1956	1957	During World War II, he served in the Pacific aboard the USS Quincy. He died at Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Thomas J. Ross (1897-1971)	c. 1957	1964	(He previously served as mayor.)
Rev. Dr. Melvin Gainer, Jr. (1920-2003)	1964	1966	He was an expert rifleman who landed at Utah Beach during D-Day^[3] and became the last-surviving scout for General Patton. Gainer also worked for Gen. Eisenhower in Versailles and earned many military honors. He became a jeweler and a Southern Baptist minister after the war.^[4]
Wilis Conner (1919-2004)	1966	c. 1996	He served as mayor for about 30 or 35 years.
Myra Pritchett^[5]^[6]	c. 1996	c. 2000
John Pruitt	2000	2002^[7]
Joe Ernest Weber (1930-2019)^[8]	2002^[7]	2018	He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force when the Korean War broke out and would fly 100 missions during the War. He retired as a First Lieutenant.
Jason Banken	2018	current^[9]

References[edit]

↑ "Rites Conducted for the Former Mayor of Dexter". Southeast Missourian. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. November 9, 1963.
↑ "Gilbert Hill". 2002-08-03. Archived from the original on 2014-11-03. Retrieved 2014-11-03. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
↑ "Veterans Day activities planned in area to pay tribute". Southeast Missourian. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. November 9, 1998.
↑ "Patton's last scout". Reading Eagle. Reading, Pennsylvania. September 2, 2002.
↑ Jim Grebing (ed.). Official Manual State of Missouri 1997-1998. p. 822. Search this book on
↑ Julius Johnson (ed.). Official Manual State of Missouri 1999-2000. p. 803. Search this book on
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 "New mayor, new projects highlight year". Retrieved 2014-11-03.
↑ "Former Dexter mayor, Joe Weber, dies at 89". Retrieved 2021-01-19.
↑ "Stories from Tuesday, July 7, 2020". Retrieved 2021-01-19.

Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress

American (Know Nothing) (K-N)
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Anti-Administration (Anti-Admin)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Democratic (D)

Dixiecrat (Dix), States' rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (D-R)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Free Soil (FS)
Free Silver (FSv)
Fusion (FU)

Greenback (GB)
Jacksonian (J)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition Northern (O) Opposition Southern (O)
Populist (Pop)
Pro-Administration (Pro-Admin)

Independent, None, or Unaffiliated

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