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List of mayors of Farmington, Missouri

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The city of Farmington, Missouri is located in southeastern Missouri and is the county seat and the largest city in St. Francois County, Missouri and one of the largest cities in Missouri's 8th congressional district. Farmington was laid out as a town in 1822 on 53 acres of land. In 1823, a courthouse and jail were built and a general store was opened. In 1836, the town was incorporated. In 1852, the town began to grow when a plank road from Ste. Genevieve to Pilot Knob was built.[1]

List of Mayors[edit]

List of city mayors since Farmington became a fourth-class city in 1879. Farmington was upgraded to a third-class city in 1981.

Mayor Took office Left office Additional information
John A. Weber
  • (1819-1883)
1879 1883 He was the city's first elected mayor. He was born in Germany.
Edward Zeller 1883 1891
George Herzog 1891 1893
Peter Schmitt 1893 1899
Kossuth W. Weber 1899 1899 Delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1884.[3] He died shortly after taking office.
George M. Wilson
  • (1842-1926)
1899 1905 Born in Potosi, Wisconsin, he joined the union Army at age 18 as a member of Company C of the First Wisconsin Infantry and wounded at the Battle of Antietam. He and his wife had ten children.[4]
John T. Burks
  • (1857-1930)
1905 1907 A furniture dealer born in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri.[5] He later won election as county treasurer.
George M. Wilson
  • (1842-1926)
1907 1909 (Previously served as mayor.)
William Roley Taylor, Jr.
  • (1879-1966)
1909 1911 He died in Kansas City, Missouri, and was buried in Columbia, Missouri.
George M. Wilson
  • (1842-1926)
1911 1913 (Previously served as mayor.)
Barton Hayes Boyer
  • (1877-1954)
1913 1915 Former prosecuting attorney.
Jones E. McKinney 1915 1917 A proprietor of a downtown Farmington café for 40 years.
Charles H. Giessing 1917 1919 Father of future mayor Walter Karl Giessing.
Dr. Clarence A. Tetley
  • (1883-1934)
1919 1934 He died in office.
Charles H. Giessing
  • (1878-1962)
1934 1934 (Previously served as mayor.)
Bernard Thomas Gentges
  • (1875-1964)
1934 1939 Born in Quincy, Illinois.
Shelton T. Horn[7] 1939 1947
James C. Morris 1947 1953 A retired businessman and former local clothier.
Orville Woodard
  • (1901-1973)
1953 1959 He also served in the Missouri House of Representatives for St. Francois County.
Fred L. Revoir
  • (1893-1963)
1959 1961 His father was born in Hanover, Germany.
Orville Woodard
  • (1901-1973)
1961 1965 (Previously served as mayor.)
Walter Karl Giessing 1965 1971 World War II veteran. Son of former mayor Charles H. Giessing.
Dr. Douglas K. Ross 1971 1973 Dentist. He won a second term in 1973, but he resigned due to health reasons.
Floyd S. Hager
  • (1917-2014)
1973 c. 1978 He served in the Army Air Corps in the European Theater during World War II and served in the Air Force Reserves for 20 years, achieving the rank of lieutenant colonel. Vocational Agriculture Teacher at Farmington High School, 1954-1976.[9]
Witten Hartwell Ledbetter
  • (1926-1980)
c. 1978 1980 He died in office. Ledbetter was a former newspaper editor and publisher and had served in the US Navy during World War II.[10] The 1980 Farmington Public Library building was dedicated in his memory.[11]
Floyd S. Hager
  • (1917-2014)
1980 1981 (Previously served as mayor.)
Ronald G. Stevens 1981 1989
Michael L. O'Brien 1989 1993
Gay Wilkinson 1993 1997 He later served as a St. Francois County commissioner.
Kevin P. Engler
  • (born 1959)
1997 2002 He resigned after his election to the state legislature.
Scott Semar 2002 2003 Mayor pro tem.[12]
Dr. Charles Rorex 2003 2006 Removed from office in a recall election largely in response to higher electricity prices.[13]
Dr. James "Jim" Bullis 2006 2007 Interim Mayor. Administrator at Mineral Area College.[14]
Larry Forsythe 2007 2007 Mayor pro tem.
Jeannie Roberts 2007 2009 Founding member of the local Downtown Development Association and served on the board of the Mineral Area Council on the Arts.
Stuart "Mit" Landrum 2009 2017 Former president of the Farmington Chamber of Commerce (1979-1980).[15]
Larry Forsythe 2017 (Previously served as mayor.)

Key[edit]

Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress
American (Know Nothing) (K-N)
Adams (A),
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J),
National Republican (NR)
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)
Progressive (Prog)
Prohibition (Proh)
Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Socialist (Soc)
Unionist (U)
Whig (W)
Independent,
None,
or Unaffiliated

References[edit]

  1. Howard Louis Conard, ed. (1901). Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri: A Compendium of History and Biography for Ready Reference. New York: The Southern Hoistory Company. p. 416. Search this book on
  2. "Cayce, Milton Pleasant, 1804-1888; 498 Papers, 1833-1926" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  3. "PoliticalGraveyard.com, Webber-graves to Weborg". Retrieved 2019-03-10.
  4. "County Loses One of Oldest Citizens". Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  5. History of Southeast Missouri: Embracing an Historical Account of the Counties of Ste. Genevieve, St. Francois, Perry, Cape Girardeau, Bollinger, Madison, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Dunklin, Scott, Mississippi, Stoddard, Butler, Wayne and Iron. Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Company. 1888. p. 625. Search this book on
  6. "St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Located: Highway 32, Farmington, Missouri". Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  7. "PoliticalGraveyard.com, Horn". Retrieved 2019-03-10.
  8. "St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Located: Highway 32, Farmington, Missouri". Retrieved 2019-03-10.
  9. "Floyd Hager, obituary". Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  10. "Wit Ledbetter -- Farmington Mayor and Former Editor & Publisher". Lead Belt News. Flat River, Missouri. February 7, 1980.
  11. "History of the Library". Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  12. "Engler resigns, Semar fills in". Retrieved 2019-03-10.
  13. "Farmington voters oust Rorex". Retrieved 2019-03-10.
  14. "Bullis ends term as interim mayor". Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  15. "Farmington to elect mayor, council member". Retrieved 2019-03-09.

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