Cape Girardeau mayors since 1843

The following men have served as Cape Girardeau mayors since 1843, when city was incorporated:E. Mason, 1843-1844

G.W. Juden, 1844-1845

E. Mason, 1845-1846

Thomas Johnston, 1846-1849

P.H. Davis, 1849-1851

Alfred T. Lacey, 1851-1852

Thomas Baldwin, 1852-1853

John C. Watson, 1853-1854

Amasa Alton, 1854-1855

C.T. Gale, 1855-1857

John Ivers Jr., 1857-1860

John Albert, 1860-1862

George H. Cramer 1862-1867

G.C. Thilenius, 1867-1873

Edward D. Englemann, 1873-1877

Leon J. Albert, 1877-1879

George H. Cramer, 1879-1886

Leon J. Albert, 1886-1891

Harlan P. Pieronnet, 1891-1895

William H. Coerver, 1895-1901

Dr. John D. Porterfield, 1901-1903

Rodney G. Whitelaw, 1903-1905

William H. Coerver, 1905-1907

Dr. W.C. Patton, 1907-1909

M.E. Leming, 1909-1911

Fred A. Kage, 1911-1917

Will Hirsch, 1917-1918

H.H. Haas, 1918-1922

James A. Barks, 1922-1930

Edward L. Drum, 1930-1936

Charles G. Wilson, 1936-1938

Edward L. Drum, 1938-1940

Hinkle Statler, 1940-1942 (was granted leave to serve in U.S. Navy)

Ray E. Beckman, 1942-1948

Walter H. Ford, 1948-1952

Manning P. Greer, 1952-1954

Narvol A. Randol, 1954-1956

Walter H. Ford, 1956-1964

Waddy E. Davis, 1964-1965

Charles A. Hood, 1965-1966

J. Ronald Fischer, 1966-1967

J. Hugh Logan, 1967-1968

A. Robert Pierce, 1968-1969

Ivan L. Irvin, 1969-1970

Howard C. Tooke, 1970-1978

Paul Stehr, 1978-1981

Howard C. Tooke, 1981-1986

Francis E. "Gene" Rhodes, 1986-1994

Albert M. Spradling III, 1994-2002

Jay Knudtson, 2002-present

NOTE: Some discrepancies were discovered when comparing Southeast Missourian records and those supplied by the city of Cape Girardeau. The city's list names the first four mayors as: E. Mason (1843-45); Thomas Johnson (1845-46); William Johnson (1846-47); and Thomas Johnson (1847-49).

(This original list -- from 1843 to 1986 -- was printed in the book "Images of the Past in the City of Roses.")