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
|
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
|
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
|
1905 | 1907 | A furniture dealer born in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri.[5] He later won election as county treasurer. |
George M. Wilson
|
1907 | 1909 | (Previously served as mayor.) |
William Roley Taylor, Jr.
|
1909 | 1911 | He died in Kansas City, Missouri, and was buried in Columbia, Missouri. |
George M. Wilson
|
1911 | 1913 | (Previously served as mayor.) |
Barton Hayes Boyer
|
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
|
1919 | 1934 | He died in office. |
Charles H. Giessing
|
1934 | 1934 | (Previously served as mayor.) |
Bernard Thomas Gentges
|
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
|
1953 | 1959 | He also served in the Missouri House of Representatives for St. Francois County. |
Fred L. Revoir
|
1959 | 1961 | His father was born in Hanover, Germany. |
Orville Woodard
|
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
|
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
|
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
|
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
|
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]
References[edit]
- Missouri Secretary of State official manuals
- Mayors of Farmington
- Seven Farmington Mayors host breakfast
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "Cayce, Milton Pleasant, 1804-1888; 498 Papers, 1833-1926" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-03-09.
- ↑ "PoliticalGraveyard.com, Webber-graves to Weborg". Retrieved 2019-03-10.
- ↑ "County Loses One of Oldest Citizens". Retrieved 2019-03-09.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Located: Highway 32, Farmington, Missouri". Retrieved 2019-03-09.
- ↑ "PoliticalGraveyard.com, Horn". Retrieved 2019-03-10.
- ↑ "St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Located: Highway 32, Farmington, Missouri". Retrieved 2019-03-10.
- ↑ "Floyd Hager, obituary". Retrieved 2019-03-09.
- ↑ "Wit Ledbetter -- Farmington Mayor and Former Editor & Publisher". Lead Belt News. Flat River, Missouri. February 7, 1980.
- ↑ "History of the Library". Retrieved 2019-03-09.
- ↑ "Engler resigns, Semar fills in". Retrieved 2019-03-10.
- ↑ "Farmington voters oust Rorex". Retrieved 2019-03-10.
- ↑ "Bullis ends term as interim mayor". Retrieved 2019-03-09.
- ↑ "Farmington to elect mayor, council member". Retrieved 2019-03-09.
External links[edit]
- Judge Barton Hayes Boyer, List of mayors of Farmington, Missouri at Find a GraveLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Bernard Thomas Gentges , List of mayors of Farmington, Missouri at Find a GraveLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Fred Revoir, List of mayors of Farmington, Missouri at Find a GraveLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- William Roley Taylor, List of mayors of Farmington, Missouri at Find a GraveLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Dr. Clarence Arthur Tetley, List of mayors of Farmington, Missouri at Find a GraveLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- John A. Weber, List of mayors of Farmington, Missouri at Find a GraveLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Kossuth W. Weber, List of mayors of Farmington, Missouri at Find a GraveLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- George M. Wilson, List of mayors of Farmington, Missouri at Find a GraveLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Orville L. Woodard, List of mayors of Farmington, Missouri at Find a GraveLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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