List of mayors of Kansas City, Missouri

The Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri is the highest official in the Kansas City, Missouri Municipal Government.
Since the 1920s the city has had a council-manager government in which a city manager runs most of the day to day operations of the city. In terms of actual power Kansas City has a relatively weak mayor compared to other large cities of its size. However, the Mayor of Kansas City is considered extremeley influential in drafting and guiding public policy. He presides over all city council meetings that he attends and he has a vote on the council. Due to these combined factors the mayor, in fact, holds a significant amount of de facto power in the city government.
Since 1946 Mayors of Kansas City are elected by the voters of Kansas City to four-year terms, and are limited to two terms under the city's charter. Mayors initially served one-year terms until 1890 when they began serving two-year terms. Technically, according to the City Charter, city elections...