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.

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, city assessor, county clerk, and judge.

Gabriel C. Pepper

1891

1893

He also served as clerk of the county court.

William Paar

  • (1848-1920)

1893

1903

(Previously served as mayor.)

rowspan=1 | 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

rowspan=1 |James R. Bowman

1923

1927

Joseph Schmuke

  • (1870-1947)

1927

1931

rowspan=1 |James R. Bowman

1931

1941

(Previously served as mayor.)

C. H. Sander

1941

1944

rowspan=1 |James R. Bowman

1944

1949

(Previously served as mayor.)

rowspan=1 |John R. Mabrey

  • (1899-1973)

1949

1957

rowspan=1 |Larry A. Nowak

  • (c. 1908-2000)

1957

1961

rowspan=1 | Walter A. Kasten

  • (1897-1964)

1961

1963

rowspan=1 | Larry A. Nowak

  • (c. 1908-2000)

1963

1969

(Previously served as mayor.)

R. O. Hawkins, Sr.

1969

1971

Paul J. Leonard

1971

1973

rowspan=1 | Charlton G. Meyer

  • (1918-2005)

1973

1993

Paul W. Sander

1993

2007

Barbara Lohr

2007

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Key

References

  • Missouri Secretary of State official manuals
  • Judge David B. Hays,
  • Walter A. Kasten,
  • John Ralph Mabrey,
  • Judge William Paar,
  • Robert W. Russell,
  • William Henry "Bill" Schaefer,
  • Joseph E. Schmuke, Sr.,
  • Samuel "Sam" Vandivort,