List of mayors of Sikeston, Missouri

The city of Sikeston, Missouri, is the fourth-most populous city in Missouri's 8th congressional district and southeastern Missouri. The city is mostly located in southern Scott County and also northern New Madrid County.

In 1860, city founder John Sikes recorded a plat with the Scott County recorder where he wrote, "I am going to start me a town, and I am going to call it Sikes Town."[1] Sikeston was incorporated in 1874.[2] On September 26, 1891, the citizens of Sikeston voted to make Sikeston a fourth-class city.[3] In 1959, Sikeston as a third-class city adopted a city manager form of government.[4] On April 2, 2002, citizens of Sikeston voted to make Sikeston the 37th charter city in the state of Missouri. For many years before this, mayors had been selected from one of five city council members to serve for one year.[5]

List of Mayors
Mayor Took office Left office Additional information
Marion Francis 1874[2] First mayor.
William Boutwell
  • (1846-1928)
 c. 1885. Second mayor.[2] He was born in Richwood, Scott County, Missouri, and became a Methodist minister. Boutwell served in the Confederate Army and was at Vicksburg when it surrendered to General Grant.[6] He participated in Price's Raid and later moved to Oran, Missouri.[7]
Cyrus Henderson Harris 1891 1894 Farmer born in St. Francois County, Missouri. He was mayor when the town of Sikeston became a fourth-class city.[3]
Elam B. Mills
  • (1852-1909)
 1894 1895
Calvin Greer
  • (1833-1916)
 1895 1896 Judge of the county court. He died as the oldest native citizen of Scott County.[9]
James Harrison Shelby 1896 1898 Farmer born in Kentucky. Died of a gunshot wound.
Calvin Greer
  • (1833-1916)
 1898 1902 (Previously served as mayor.)
John Lewis Tanner 1902 1906 Farmer born in Scott County, Missouri.
Dr. Elias J. Malone
  • (1852-1929)
 1906 1908 He founded the Little River railroad sawmill settlement which became Morehouse, Missouri. In 1906, E. J. Malone donated one-fourth of the value of the land which became Malone Park, Sikeston's oldest park.[12]
Dr. Pleasant M. Malcolm
  • (1867-1936)
 1908 1910 His son Pleas Malcolm (1902-1966) was a Sikeston high school football star and the future Sikeston postmaster.
Dr. Elias J. Malone
  • (1852-1929)
 1910 1914 (Previously served as mayor.)
William Strother Smith
  • (1869-1947)
 1914 1916 His mother Laura William Sikes (1850-1940) was a niece of the city's founder John Sikes (1816-1867).
Dr. Elias J. Malone
  • (1852-1929)
 1916 1919 (Previously served as mayor.)
Cornelius C. White 1919 1922 He also served as a Missouri state representative.
Clarence Edward Felker, Sr.
  • (1888-1975)
 1922 1926 He held several public offices in Scott County.
Narcisse Edward Fuchs, Sr.[14]
  • (1883-1941)
 1926 1934
Dr. G. W. H. Presnell
  • (1873-1945)
 1934 1936 He served as a first lieutenant with a medical unit during World War I.[15]
Narcisse Edward Fuchs, Sr.
  • (1883-1941)
 1936 1938 (Previously served as mayor.)
Dr. G. W. H. Presnell
  • (1873-1945)
 1938 1945 (Previously served as mayor.) Died in office.[16]
Marvin L. Carroll
  • (1902-1983)
 1945 1950 He was the owner of a filling station.[16]
Joseph M. Cravens, Jr.
  • (1918-1976)
 1950 1953
Charles H. Butler
  • (1895-1966)
 1953 1958 He served in France during World War I.
Clarence Edward Felker, Sr.
  • (1888-1975)
 1958 1961 (Previously served as mayor.)
Harry E. Dudley
  • (1894-1967)
 1961 1965 In 1940, Colonel Harry E. Dudley became the new commanding officer of the 140th Infantry, Missouri National Guard.[17]
William Kendall Sikes
  • (1912-1994)
 1965 1968[18] His great-great-uncle John Sikes founded Sikeston,[19] and his son Alfred C. Sikes was the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.[20]
Arthur Ziegenhorn
  • (1926-1997)
 1969 1970 He served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Lee Shell 1971 1972
Frank Ferrell 1973 1974 He served as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, receiving his pilot training at the Sikeston Airport Training Facility.
Donald Lee Fulton, Sr.
  • (1935-1995)
 1975 1977 Sikeston's first black mayor. He worked for the Sikeston Public Schools as a teacher, principal, and administrator.[22]
Roger Tolliver 1977 1980 Bank president.
Mary L. Doggett[23] c. 1980 c. 1981 Sikeston's first woman mayor.
Stephen W. Sikes 1981 1982 Related to former mayor William Kendall Sikes.[18] He has served on the board of trustees of the local hospital, the Missouri Delta Medical Center.[26]
Roger Tolliver 1982 1982 (Previously served as mayor.) He resigned to accept a bank position in Poplar Bluff.[27]
Marion Thompson[27] 1982 c. 1983
Kenneth Bridger 1983 1984
Bill Burch
  • (1935-2014)
 1984[28] 1985[18] He served in the U.S. Naval Reserve, 1953-1962.[29]
Robert Stearnes 1985 1985 He served on the city council for 9 years and on the city planning and zoning commission for 12 years.
Allen Blanton[31] c. 1986 c. 1987
Bill Burch
  • (1935-2014)
 1987 1992[18] (Previously served as mayor.)
Charles Leible City attorney.[32]
Mike Moll c. 1994-1995[33]
Terry Eugene Bryant 1996 He was the Director of Buildings and Grounds for the Sikeston Public Schools.
Alan Keenan[35] c. 1996 1998
Bill Mitchell 1998 2000[37] Former president of the Missouri Health Care Association.[38][39]
Josh Bill c. 2000 c. 2001 Former chief of staff to Congressman Bill Emerson.[40]
Jerry Pullen
  • (1943-2020)
 2002 2002[37][41] He was the owner of Pullen Brothers Trucking Company, and he served on the board of several organizations.[42]
Phil Boyer 2002[37] c. 2003 Owner of the Sikeston Factory Outlet Stores.[43]
Michael G. Marshall 2003 2009 Former bank president who in 2010 was appointed to serve as Alternate Federal Co-Chairman of the Delta Regional Authority.[44]
Jerry Pullen
  • (1943-2020)
 2009[45] 2015[41] (Previously served as mayor.)
Steven H. Burch 2015[41] 2021 Related to former mayor Bill Burch.[18] Past president of the Sikeston Jaycees and past Sikeston Rodeo Board Chairman.[46]
Greg Turnbow 2021 current [47]

References
  • Audrey Chaney (1960). A History of Sikeston.
  • Missouri Secretary of State official manuals
  1. "I am going to start me a town..." Retrieved 2014-11-07.
  2. "Historic cane finds new home". Southeast Missourian. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. September 12, 2000.
  3. "Architectural/Historical Survey Report of Historic Business District Sikeston (Scott County), Missouri" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-11-07.
  4. "State Ex Rel. Lukas v. City of Sikeston". Retrieved 2014-11-07.
  5. "Sikeston selects charter". Southeast Missourian. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. April 3, 2002.
  6. "William Boutell 82, Died Monday". Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  7. "Wm. Boutwell, 82, Former Confederate Soldier Dies At Oran". Southeast Missourian. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. September 4, 1928.
  8. "Harris death certificate" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-11-20.
  9. "Obituary for Judge Calvin Greer". Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  10. "Shelby death certificate" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-11-20.
  11. "Tanner death certificate" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-11-20.
  12. "Historic Business District: Sikeston" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-11-07.
  13. "White death certificate" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-11-20.
  14. "Sikeston Mayor Is A Democrat, Not Republican". Southeast Missourian. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. April 5, 1934.
  15. "Dr. Presnell, Mayor of Sikeston, Passes; Last Rites Are Held". Southeast Missourian. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. May 28, 1945.
  16. "Mayor Named for Sikeston". Southeast Missourian. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. June 29, 1945.
  17. "Sikeston Sesquicentennial: History". Retrieved 2014-11-07.
  18. "City of Sikeston, MO". 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  19. "Waves of the Future; FCC Chairman Alfred Sikes Has Visions of a Technological Revolution". 1991-05-05. Retrieved 2014-11-07.
  20. "Marcia Sikes obituary". 2006-03-06. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2014-11-07.
  21. "Frank Ferrell obituary". 2007-01-09. Retrieved 2014-11-07.
  22. "Don L. Fulton obituary". Southeast Missourian. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. January 18, 1995.
  23. "Optimists hear Sikeston mayor". Southeast Missourian. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. January 30, 1981.
  24. "Mary Doggett obituary". 2014-01-22. Retrieved 2014-11-07.
  25. "Mary L. Doggett funeral obituary". Retrieved 2014-11-07.
  26. "Looking back 5/17". 2004-05-17. Retrieved 2014-11-07.
  27. "New Sikeston mayor named". Southeast Missourian. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. December 9, 1982.
  28. "Missouri datelines". Southeast Missourian. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. April 10, 1984.
  29. "Bill Burch Dies; Veteran Operator Chaired NAMA, Led State Council". 2014-04-04. Retrieved 2014-11-07.
  30. "Obituaries from November 2003". 2003-11-30. Retrieved 2019-03-20.
  31. "Looking Back 8/8". 2006-08-08. Retrieved 2014-11-07.
  32. "Sikeston City Council establishes ward system". 2002-07-03. Retrieved 2014-11-07.
  33. "Looking Back 5/5". 2004-05-05. Retrieved 2014-11-07.
  34. "In Memory of Terry Eugene Bryant". Retrieved 2014-11-07.
  35. Jim Grebing (ed.). Official Manual State of Missouri 1997-1998. p. 844.
  36. Julius Johnson (ed.). Official Manual State of Missouri 1999-2000. p. 824.
  37. "Council members sworn in". 2002-04-05. Retrieved 2014-11-07.
  38. "Former Sikeston mayor, Bill Mitchell, dies". 2020-05-01. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  39. "Bill Mitchell". 2020-05-01. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  40. "Opinion: A stake in failure". 2010-03-01. Retrieved 2014-11-07.
  41. "Former Sikeston mayor Jerry Pullen dies". 2020-05-21. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  42. "City Council, 2014-2015". Retrieved 2014-11-07.
  43. "SFOS mark 10th anniversary with new look, new stores". 2003-04-06. Retrieved 2014-11-07.
  44. "Michael Marshall: Alternate Federal Co-Chairman". Retrieved 2014-11-07.
  45. "Pullen wins mayor's race". 2009-04-08. Retrieved 2014-11-07.
  46. "City Council 2019-2020". Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  47. "Turnbow elected Sikeston mayor; Baker wins Ward 2 council seat". Retrieved 2021-04-23.

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)
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