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List Of Mayors Of Topeka
List of Mayors The following is a list of mayors of the American city of Topeka, Kansas. See also * List of people from Topeka, Kansas * Timeline of Topeka, Kansas References {{reflist Sources City of Topeka website Topeka Topeka ( ; Kansa: ; iow, Dópikˀe, script=Latn or ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the seat of Shawnee County. It is along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, in northeast Kansas, in the Central Un ... * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Padilla
Michael Padilla (born 1948/1949) is an American politician who is the mayor of Topeka, Kansas, serving since January 2022. Prior to becoming mayor, Padilla was a member of the Topeka Police Department for 33 years and served one term on Topeka's city council. Career Padilla is a second-generation Mexican American. He graduated from Hayden High School (Topeka, Kansas), Hayden High School and Washburn University. He worked for Adams Business Forms but left the job in 1970 to become a police officer for Topeka's police department. In 2000, Padilla, then a police captain, ran for sheriff of Shawnee County as a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat. He won the Democratic Party's primary election in August, but lost the November general election to the incumbent, Republican Party (United States), Republican Richard Barta. Padilla retired from the Topeka Police Department in 2003 at the rank of major. Padilla was elected to Topeka's city council to represent District 5 in 2017. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duane Pomeroy
Duane Pomeroy (born 1952) is a Kansas politician and teacher who has served on the Topeka city council continuously since January 1993, was deputy mayor of Topeka, Kansas under Butch Felker, and then became acting mayor from November 2003 to early January 2004 after a scandal forced Felker's resignation. As a member of the council, he was barred from being selected as a replacement mayor and James McClinton was appointed to the position in December 2003 and sworn in the following month. As a show of support for Felker, Pomeroy did not use his desk or his office during his time as acting mayor. (He moved in a separate desk and moved the old desk out of the way.) He also did not sit in the mayor's position during city council meetings, instead keeping his spot as the deputy mayor. Pomeroy was born in Topeka and attended Washburn University, where he received a Bachelor's degree in political science, as well as a teaching certification. He subsequently taught government and socia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timeline Of Topeka, Kansas
The following is a timeline of the history of Topeka, Kansas, USA. 19th century * 1854 - Topeka Association organized. * 1855 ** Constitution Hall built. ** Topeka Constitutional Convention held. * 1856 ** Free-state government installed in Topeka, March 1856. * 1857 ** Topeka incorporated. ** State Library of Kansas established. * 1859 ** ''Kansas State Record'' newspaper begins publication. ** Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway chartered and set up offices and work shops. ** Wyandotte Constitution makes Topeka the temporary state capital. ** Topeka Cemetery established. * 1860 ** Grace Church incorporated. ** Drought. ** Population: 759. * 1861 ** Wyandotte Constitution designates Topeka as state capitol. ** Kansas legislature convenes. ** Episcopal Female Seminary of Topeka chartered. * 1863 - ''Kansas Farmer'' begins publication. * 1864 ** Topeka threatened during Price's Raid. ** Fort Simple built in the fall in to defend against Confederate troops during Price's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of People From Topeka, Kansas
This is a list of people from Topeka, Kansas. Academia * Warren Faidley (1957- ), meteorologist, storm chaser * Riley Gardner (1921-2007), psychologist * Wes Jackson (1936- ), environmentalist, The Land Institute * Sokoni Karanja (1940- ), child development expert * G. Warren Nutter (1923-1979), economist * Ruth Patrick (1907-2013), botanist, limnologist * Julius Rebek (1944- ), chemist * Walton T. Roth (1939- ), psychiatrist and psychophysiological researcher VA Palo Alto Healthcare System Epicenter * (1937- ), historian * |
Michelle De La Isla
Michelle De La Isla (born March 19, 1976) is an American politician who served as the mayor of Topeka, Kansas from 2018 to 2022. She previously served on the Topeka City Council from 2013 to 2018. De La Isla was the city's first Latina and single mother to serve as mayor. She was the Democratic nominee for Kansas's 2nd congressional district in the 2020 election, but lost. Early life and education Born in New York City, De La Isla grew up mostly in Puerto Rico. She attended the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez before moving to Wichita, Kansas in 2000. She experienced homelessness and gave birth to a child as a teenager. In 2001, she graduated from Wichita State University with a bachelor of science degree in biology. She received an MBA in leadership and human resources from Fort Hays State University and is in the MPA program for mid-career professionals at Harvard University. Career De La Isla worked as a teacher for Upward Bound. In 2005, she moved to Topeka, Kansas, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Wolgast
Larry E. Wolgast is an American politician who served as Mayor of Topeka, Kansas from 2013 to 2018. He previously served as Kansas Secretary of Human Resources during the administration of Governor John W. Carlin. Early life and career Wolgast was raised in Wabaunsee County, Kansas. He has an undergraduate degree from Kansas State University and a master's and doctorate degree from the University of Kansas. He was the administrative assistant to Congressman Bill Roy and a cabinet secretary in the administration of Governor John Carlin. Wolgast served in administrative positions at United Way of Topeka, National Education Association of Kansas, and as a teacher and administrator in Topeka Public Schools. He has also served on boards at the local, state and national level, including the YMCA of Topeka, Topeka Shawnee County Landmarks Commission, Topeka Symphony and Topeka Performing Arts Center. Larry retired as Vice President of Development for the Menninger Foundation, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Bunten
William Wallace Bunten (April 5, 1930 – February 29, 2020) was an American politician from Kansas. He served as mayor of Topeka, Kansas, having been elected to a four-year term in 2005 and re-elected in 2009. Before being elected mayor, he served in the Kansas House of Representatives from 1963 to 1991 and in the Kansas Senate from 2003 to 2004. He previously ran for mayor in 2001 and in a special election in 2003. To date, Bunten is the last member of the Republican Party to serve as Topeka mayor. Bunten was the first mayor to be elected in Topeka under the new council-manager government, which stripped most of the powers of the office of mayor. Instead, the city council and appointed city manager held most of the power. As such, Bunten's role was limited to leading city council meetings, promoting economic development, and being the "ceremonial head" of the city. He replaced James McClinton as mayor, who did not seek a second term after the powers of the office were reduced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James McClinton
James A. McClinton (born 1961) is a Kansas politician, originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and former mayor of Topeka, Kansas who served only a portion of his term from January 2004 to April 2005. He was appointed by the city council to replace Butch Felker, who resigned amid a campaign finance scandal (Duane Pomeroy served as acting mayor from November to December 2003). McClinton had previously served on the city council from 1991 to 1993 and from 1997 to 2001. He is a member of the Democratic Party. James McClinton was born in Milwaukee, then moved to Helena, Arkansas in early childhood, and then finally to Topeka. After graduating from Washburn Rural High School, he attended Washburn University, where he received a minor degree in psychology, an associate degree in mental health and a bachelor's degree in criminal justice. He received his master's degree in public administration from the University of Kansas with honors. McClinton's short stint as mayor is significant f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Wagnon
Joan Wagnon (; born October 17, 1940) is an American former politician. She was a representative in the Kansas House of Representatives between 1983 and 1995 and the mayor of Topeka, Kansas, between 1997 and 2001. She was secretary of the Kansas Department of Revenue from 2003 to 2011, when she took over as chair of the Kansas Democratic Party, a position that she held until 2015. Early life Wagnon was born on October 17, 1940, in Texarkana, Arkansas. She was the eldest of two daughters of Jack Davis, an electrician, and Louise Davis (née Lucas), a businesswoman.How a tech-savvy grandma is trying to lead Kansas Democrats out of the wilderness '' |
Topeka, Kansas
Topeka ( ; Kansa language, Kansa: ; iow, Dópikˀe, script=Latn or ) is the Capital (political), capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the County seat, seat of Shawnee County, Kansas, Shawnee County. It is along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 126,587. The Topeka Topeka, Kansas metropolitan area, metropolitan statistical area, which includes Shawnee, Jackson County, Kansas, Jackson, Jefferson County, Kansas, Jefferson, Osage County, Kansas, Osage, and Wabaunsee County, Kansas, Wabaunsee Counties, had a population of 233,870 in the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. The name "Topeka" is a Kansa-Osage word that means "place where we dig potatoes", or "a good place to dig potatoes". As a placename, Topeka was first recorded in 1826 as the Kansa name for what is now called the Kansas River. Topeka's founders chose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butch Felker
Harry L. "Butch" Felker III (September 13, 1945 – January 3, 2008) was an American politician and former Mayor of Topeka, Kansas who served two full terms and one portion of a term, resigning in 2003 due to political pressure as a result of a scandal. Felker lived in Kansas his whole life, having attended Topeka public schools and then Washburn University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science in 1967. He subsequently attended Washburn School of Law where he earned his Juris Doctor in 1972. Following college, he first entered in the public life as the elected parks and Recreation commissioner of Topeka, a position he held from 1975 to 1985. He subsequently ran for mayor in 1989 and served for two terms before resigning due to health problems in 1997. In 2001, he ran for mayor again and served until 2003 before resigning amid a scandal. After leaving office, he ran the nonprofit Heartland Park Foundation. Scandal and resignation In 2002, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas S
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