List of mayors of Jackson, Missouri

The city of Jackson, Missouri, located in Missouri's 8th congressional district, is the county seat of Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, the most populous county in southeastern Missouri.

List of Mayors

Jackson mayors since 1885.[1]

Mayor Took office Left office Additional information
Jefferson W. Limbaugh, Jr.
  • (1852–1905)
 1885
R. P. Wilson
William Paar
  • (1848-1920)
 1889 1891 He also served as city clerk,[2] city assessor, county clerk, and judge.
Gabriel C. Pepper 1891 1893 He also served as clerk of the county court.[3]
William Paar
  • (1848-1920)
 1893 1903 (Previously served as mayor.)
Edward Dixon Hays
  • (1872-1941)
 1903 1907 U.S. Representative, 1919-1923
Robert W. Russell
  • (1862-1928)
 1907 1909
William Schaeffer
  • (1859-1930)
 1909 1911
R. K. Wilson 1911 1915
E. G. Sibley 1915 1917
David Broox Hays
  • (1866-1938)
 1917 1919 He was also a probate judge. His brother was former mayor and congressman Edward D. Hays.
F. S. Rogers 1919 1921
Sam Vandivort
  • (1882-1942)
 1921 1923
James R. Bowman 1923 1927
Joseph Schmuke
  • (1870-1947)
 1927 1931
James R. Bowman 1931 1941 (Previously served as mayor.)
C. H. Sander 1941 1944
James R. Bowman 1944 1949 (Previously served as mayor.)
John R. Mabrey
  • (1899-1973)
 1949 1957
Larry A. Nowak
  • (c. 1908-2000)[4]
 1957 1961
Walter A. Kasten
  • (1897-1964)
 1961 1963
Larry A. Nowak
  • (c. 1908-2000)[4]
 1963 1969 (Previously served as mayor.)
R. O. Hawkins, Sr. 1969 1971
Paul J. Leonard 1971 1973
Carlton G. Meyer
  • (1918-2005)
 1973 1993
Paul W. Sander[5][6] 1993 2007
Barbara Lohr 2007 2015
Dwaine Hahs[7] 2015

Key
Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other politicians or officials
American (Know Nothing) (KN)
American Labor (AL)
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J)
National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (AA)
Democratic-Republican (DR)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Democratic (D)
Dixiecrat (Dix),
States' Rights (SR)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Pro-Administration (PA)
Free Soil (FS)
Fusion (Fus)
Greenback (GB)
Independence (IPM)
Independent Democrat (ID)
Independent Republican (IR)
Jacksonian (J)
Liberal (Lib)
Libertarian (L)
National Union (NU)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition Northern (O)
Opposition Southern (O)
Populist (Pop)
Progressive (Prog)
Prohibition (Proh)
Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Silver (Sv)
Silver Republican (SvR)
Socialist (Soc)
Unionist (U)
Unconditional Unionist (UU)
Whig (W)
Independent (I)
Nonpartisan (NP)

References
  • Missouri Secretary of State official manuals
  1. Municipal Journal & Public Works, Volume 22. New York: Swetland Published Company. 1907.
  2. Missouri Supreme Court (1895). Reports of Cases Determined by the Supreme Court of the State of ..., Volume 127. Columbia, Missouri: E. W. Stephens.
  3. "Former Jackson Mayor Larry Nowak Dead At 92". Southeast Missourian. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. July 13, 2000.
  4. Jim Grebing (ed.). Official Manual State of Missouri 1997-1998. p. 830.
  5. Julius Johnson (ed.). Official Manual State of Missouri 1999-2000. p. 810.
  6. "Hahs elected as new Jackson, MO Mayor". 2015-04-07. Retrieved 2016-02-15.
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