The mayor of the City of Wichita is the head of the

executive branch The executive branch is the part of government which executes or enforces the law. Function The scope of executive power varies greatly depending on the political context in which it emerges, and it can change over time in a given country. In ...

of the Wichita, Kansas city government. The mayor serves a four-year term and is limited to two successive terms.

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Following is a list of mayors of the American city of

Wichita, Kansas Wichita ( ) is the List of cities in Kansas, most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Sedgwick County, Kansas, Sedgwick County. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 397, ...

. As of 2024, there have been 81 people who have served as mayor of Wichita in 103 administrations excluding one honorary mayor. {, class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! Number ! Person ! Image ! Mayor ! Years ! Notes , - style="height:2em" , - , 1 , 1 , , Edwin Bird Allen , 1871–1872 , Elder brother of mayor Joseph P. Allen , - , 2 , 2 , , James G. Hope
(1st term) , 1873–1874 , , - , 3 , 3 , , George E. Harris , 1875 , , - , 4 , (2) , , James G. Hope
(2nd term) , 1876–1877 , , - , 5 , 4 ,

, William Greiffenstein
(1st term) , 1878 , , - , 6 , 5 , , Sol H. Kohn , 1879 , First Jewish mayor of Wichita , - , 7 , (4) ,

, William Greiffenstein
(2nd term) , 1879–1884 , , - , 8 , 6 , , Benajah W. Aldrich , 1885–1886 , , - , 9 , 7 , ,

Joseph P. Allen Joseph Percival "Joe" Allen IV (born June 27, 1937) is an American former NASA astronaut. He logged more than 3,000 hours flying time in jet aircraft. Early life and education Allen was born in Crawfordsville, Indiana, in June 1937. His paren ...

, 1887–1888 , , - , 10 , 8 , , George W. Clement , 1889–1890 , , - , 11 , 9 , , John B. Carey , 1891–1892 , , - , 12 , 10 , , Lindley Murray Cox , 1893–1896 , , - , 13 , 11 , , Finlay Ross
(1st term) , 1897–1900 , , - , 14 , 12 , , Benjamin Franklin McLean
(1st term) , 1901–1904 , , - , 15 , (11) , , Finlay Ross
(2nd term) , 1905–1906 , , - , 16 , 13 , , John H. Graham
(1st term) , 1907–1908 , , - , 17 , 14 , , Charles Lock Davidson , 1909–1910 , , - , 18 , (13) , , John H. Graham
(2nd term) , April 1911 – Sept 1911 , Lost recall election in September 1911 , - , 19 , 15 , , William Walter Minick , 1911–1912 , , - , 20 , 16 , , William Jasper Babb , 1913–1914 , , - , 21 , 17 , , Orsemus Hills Bentley , 1915–1916 , , - , 22 , 18 , , Lewis William Clapp , 1917–1919 , Resigned on October 3, 1919 to become City Manager , - , 23 , 19 , , John Lee Powell , 1919–1920 , , - , 24 , 20 , , Wallace C. Kemp , 1921–1922 , , - , 25 , 21 , ,

George Henry Hamilton George Henry Hamilton (April 4, 1875 – January 19, 1948) was president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City from 1932 to 1941. Hamilton served three terms in the Illinois legislature. In 1912 he purchased the State Savings Bank of Wichi ...

, 1922 , , - , 26 , 22 , William Coffin Coleman circa 1920

William Coffin Coleman William Coffin Coleman (May 21, 1870 – November 2, 1957) was a businessman, the American founder of the Coleman Company, a maker of camping equipment, and a politician. He served as the Mayor of Wichita, Kansas, from 1923 to 1924. Biograph ...

, 1922–1923 , , - , 27 , (12) , , Benjamin Franklin McLean
(2nd term) , 1923–1924 , , - , 28 , 23 , , Frank Leslie Dunn
(1st term) , 1924–1925 , , - , 29 , 24 , , Ben F. Copley , 1925–1926 , , - , 30 , 25 , , Frank Nighswonger
(1st term) , 1926–1927 , , - , 31 , 26 , , A.J. Coombs , 1927–1928 , , - , 32 , (23) , , Frank Leslie Dunn
(2nd term) , 1928–1929 , , - , 33 , 27 , , Charles S. Lawrence
(1st term) , 1929–1930 , , - , 34 , 28 , , Herman A. Hill , 1930–1931 , , - , 35 , (25) , , Frank Nighswonger
(2nd term) , 1931–1932 , , - , 36 , 29 , , Harry D. Cottman , 1932–1933 , , - , 37 , (27) , , Charles S. Lawrence
(2nd term) , 1933–1934 , , - , 38 , 30 , , James Schuyler Crawford , 1934–1935 , , - , 39 , (25) , , Frank Nighswonger
(3rd term) , 1935–1936 , , - , 40 , 31 , , Robert E. Israel , 1936–1937 , , - , 41 , 32 , , T. Walker Weaver , 1937–1938 , , - , 42 , 33 , , Elmer R. Corn
(1st term) , 1938–1939 , , - , 43 , 34 , , Frank W. Coleman
(1st term) , 1939–1940 , , - , 44 , (33) , , Elmer R. Corn
(2nd term) , 1940–1941 , , - , 45 , 35 , , John I. Dotson , 1941–1942 , , - , 46 , 36 , , Odom Farrell Sullivan , 1942–1943 , , - , 47 , 37 , , Eugene Calendar Moriarty , 1943–1944 , , - , 48 , 38 , , Herman William Beuttel , 1944–1945 , , - , 49 , 39 , , Phil H. Manning , 1945–1946 , , - , 50 , (34) , , Frank W. Coleman
(2nd term) , 1946–1947 , , - , 51 , 40 , , Charles S. Ritchie , 1947–1948 , , - , 52 , 41 , , Louis August Donnell
(1st term) , 1948–1949 , , - , 53 , 42 , , William Christian Salome, Jr.
(1st term) , 1949–1950 , , - , 54 , 43 , , Earl K. Duke , 1950–1951 , , - , 55 , 44 , , Floyd Throckmorton Amsden , 1951–1952 , , - , 56 , 45 , , Frank Russell Jump , 1952–1953 , , - , 57 , 46 , , Walter M. Keeler , 1953–1954 , , - , 58 , (42) , , William Christian Salome Jr. , 1954
(2nd term) , , - , 59 , (41) , , Louis August Donnell
(2nd term) , 1954–1955 , , - , 60 , 47 , , Claude M. DeVorss , 1955–1956 , , - , 61 , 48 , , Hugh David Lester , 1956 , , - , 62 , 49 , , Alfred E. Howse , 1956–1957 , , - , 63 , 50 , , Elzie E. Baird , 1957–1958 , , - , 64 , 51 , , James L. Gardner , 1958–1959 , , - , 65 , 52 , , Justus H. Fugate , 1959–1960 , , - , 66 , 53 , , Levi Budd Rymph , 1960–1961 , , - , 67 , 54 , , Herbert Piper Lindsley , 1961–1962 , , - , 68 , 55 , , Carl A. Bell, Jr. , 1962–1963 , , - , 69 , 56 , , Gerald F. Byrd , 1963–1964 , , - , 70 , 57 , , Vincent L. Bogart , 1964–1965 , , - , 71 , 58 , , William D. Tarrant , 1965–1966 , , - , 72 , 59 , , John S. Stevens , 1966–1967 , , - , 73 , 60 , , Clarence Eldert Vollmer , 1967–1968 , , - , 74 , 61 , , William D. Anderson Jr. , 1968–1969 , , - , 75 , 62 , , Donald K. Enoch , 1969–1970 , , - , 76 , 63 , , A. Price Woodard Jr. , 1970–1971 , First African–American mayor. , - , 77 , 64 , , Jack H. Greene , 1971–1972 , , - , 78 , 65 , , Glenn J. "Jack" Shanahan , 1972–1973 , , - , 79 , 66 , , James M. Donnell
(1st term) , 1973–1974 , , - , 80 , 67 , , Garry L. Porter , 1974–1975 , , - , 81 , 68 , , Connie Ames Peters Kennard
(1st term) , 1975–1976 , First woman commissioner and first woman mayor , - , 82 , (66) , , James M. Donnell
(2nd term) , 1976–1977 , , - , 83 , 69 , , Antonio F. "Tony" Casado
(1st term) , 1977–1978 , First Latino (Cuban) mayor of Wichita , - , 84 , (68) , , Connie Ames Peters Kennard
(2nd term) , 1978–1979 , , - , 85 , (69) , , Antonio F. "Tony" Casado
(2nd term) , 1979–1980 , , - , 86 , 70 , , Robert G. Knight
(1st term) , 1980–1981 , , - , 87 , 71 , , Robert C. Brown
(1st term) , 1981–1982 , , - , 88 , 72 , , Albert J. Kirk , 1982–1983 , , - , 89 , 73 , , Margalee Wright , 1983–1984 , , - , 90 , (70) , , Robert G. Knight
(2nd term) , 1984– April 9, 1985 , , - , x , x , , Kathlien Edmiston
(honorary) , April 9, 1985 – April 9, 1985 , Edmiston was elected in a 3-1 vote to the City Commission on February 12, 1985 to serve the remaining two-month term through April 9
of commissioner Margalee Wright who resigned to serve on the Kansas Corporation Commission.
Mayor Robert Knight resigned on April 2, 1985 in order for Edmiston to hold the office of mayor
until the swearing of two new commissioners so that she might have the honor of serving as mayor.
Knight was unaware that he was required to provide a week's notice making April 9 the earliest she could be sworn in,
the same day the new commissioners took office. She was sworn in on April 9.
After the newly elected commissioners were sworn in shortly after,
a vote was held and Robert C. Brown was elected as the next mayor.
Edmiston held the office of mayor for approximately 30 minutes. , - , 91 , (71) , , Robert C. Brown
(2nd term) , 1985–1986 , , - , 92 , (69) , , Antonio F. "Tony" Casado
(3rd term) , 1986–1987 , , - , 93 , (70) , , Robert G. Knight
(3rd term) , 1987–1988 , , - , 94 , 74 , , Sheldon Kamen , 1988–1989 , , - , 95 , (70) , , Robert G. Knight
(4th term) , 1989–1992 , , - , 96 , 75 , , Frank M. Ojile , 1992–1993 , , - , 97 , 76 , , Elma Broadfoot , 1993–1995 , , - , 98 , (70) , , Robert G. Knight
(5th term) , 1995–2003 , , - , 99 , 77 , , Carlos Mayans , 2003–2007 , , - , 100 , 78 ,

, Carl Brewer , 2007–2015 , First elected African–American mayor , - , 101 , 79 , , Jeff Longwell , 2015–2020 , , - , 102 , 80 , , Brandon Whipple , 2020–2024 , , - , 103 , 81 , , Lily Wu , 2024–Present , First elected

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