List of mayors of Kennett, Missouri

The city of Kennett is governed by a city council with 10 elected city council members with the mayor acting as the presiding officer.[1]

Mayor	Took office	Left office	Additional information
Theophilus Robb			c. 1917–1918
Paul Caruthers Jones (1901–1981)	1933	1935[2]	U.S. Representative, Missouri senator, Missouri state representative[3]
John Warren Karsten (1887–1964)	c. 1943	1951
Lee A. Pickard, Sr.[4] (1892–1974)	1951	1951
John Warren Karsten (1887–1964)	1952	1952[5]	(He previously served as mayor.)
Lee A. Pickard, Sr.[4] (1892–1974)	1953	1954	(He previously served as mayor.)
Arthur Oscar Billington (1911–1985)	1955	1963
Sol Astrachan (born 1929)	1963	1971	Born in the Free City of Danzig.[6] He was responsible for paving the streets and implementing zoning ordinances.[7]
Dr. Harry E. Goddard (1907–1980)[8]	1971	1975
John Warren Karsten, Jr. (1922–1994)[5]	1975	c. 1991	He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.
Charles B. Brown[9][10][11]	c. 1991	c. 1999
Donald Parker[12]			c. 2005–2006
Roger Wheeler, Sr.[13]			c. 2008–2011
Jake Crafton[14]	2011		He previously served as a councilman for 4 years.[15]
Bob Hancock[16]	2015	2019	He previously served as mayor pro-tem and councilman.
Chancellor P. Wayne, DC[17]	2019		Chiropractor

References

"Government: Kennett, Missouri, Chamber of Commerce". Retrieved 2019-04-05.
Jan Onofrio. Missouri Biographical Dictionary (Third Edition). St. Clair Shores, MI: Somerset Publishers, Inc.
"Index to Politicians: Jones, O to R". Retrieved 2014-10-31.
"Index to Politicians: Phillips-calhoun to Picket". Retrieved 2014-10-31.
"Index to Politicians: Karofsky to Kauffmann". Retrieved 2014-10-31.
"An Interview with Sol Astrachan". 1998-10-28. Archived from the original on 2014-11-01. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
"Astrachan reminisces on Downtown's 'Days Gone By'..." 2011-01-09. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
"Ancientfaces.com: Harry E. Goddard". Retrieved 2014-10-31.
"Former mayor urges fiscal caution in 'spec' building construction". 2005-09-21. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
Jim Grebing (ed.). Official Manual State of Missouri 1997-1998. p. 830.
Julius Johnson (ed.). Official Manual State of Missouri 1999-2000. p. 811.
Hankins, Steve (2006-09-20). "Kennett council hears reason for name change". Delta Dunklin Democrat. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
"Kennett, Mo., puts brakes on driving nonregistered vehicles in city". Southeast Missourian. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. August 8, 2008.
"Kennett, Missouri, Chamber of Commerce". Archived from the original on 2015-02-12. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
"City sales tax still in effect this weekend in one Missouri town". Retrieved 2019-04-05.
"Kennett, MO medical center closing June 11". Retrieved 2019-04-05.
"Kennett, Campbell mayor races decided". Retrieved 2019-04-05.

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)

Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition Northern (O) Opposition Southern (O)
Populist (Pop)
Progressive (Prog)
Prohibition (Proh)
Readjuster (Rea)

Independent (I)
Nonpartisan (NP)

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