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.^[1]

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,^[2] city assessor, county clerk, and judge.
Gabriel C. Pepper	1891	1893	He also served as clerk of the county court.^[3]
William Paar (1848-1920)	1893	1903	(Previously served as mayor.)
Edward Dixon Hays (1872-1941)	1903	1907	U.S. Representative, 1919-1923
Robert W. Russell (1862-1928)	1907	1909	He was the son of state representative Elam W. Russell Sr.
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
James Reed Bowman (1870-1961)	1923	1927	Born in Pocahontas, Missouri, he was the executive manager the Cape County milling firm from 1912 until 1953.^[4]
Joseph Schmuke (1870-1947)	1927	1931
James Reed Bowman (1870-1961)	1931	1941	(Previously served as mayor.)
Charles Henry Sander (1892-1984)	1941	1944
James Reed Bowman (1870-1961)	1944	1949	(Previously served as mayor.)
John R. Mabrey (1899-1973)	1949	1957
Larry A. Nowak (c. 1908-2000)^[5]	1957	1961
Walter A. Kasten (1897-1964)	1961	1963
Larry A. Nowak (c. 1908-2000)^[5]	1963	1969	(Previously served as mayor.)
R. O. Hawkins, Sr.	1969	1971
Paul J. Leonard	1971	1973
Carlton G. Meyer (1918-2005)	1973	1993
Paul W. Sander^[6]^[7]	1993	2007
Barbara Lohr	2007	2015
Dwaine Hahs^[8]	2015

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)

^ "Gallery of Mayors". Archived from the original on 2015-01-06. Retrieved 2014-11-07.
^ Municipal Journal & Public Works, Volume 22. New York: Swetland Published Company. 1907.
^ Missouri Supreme Court (1895). Reports of Cases Determined by the Supreme Court of the State of ..., Volume 127. Columbia, Missouri: E. W. Stephens.
^ "Former Mayor of Jackson Dies". Southeast Missourian, Jackson Bureau. Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
^ ^a ^b "Former Jackson Mayor Larry Nowak Dead At 92". Southeast Missourian. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. July 13, 2000.
^ Jim Grebing (ed.). Official Manual State of Missouri 1997-1998. p. 830.
^ Julius Johnson (ed.). Official Manual State of Missouri 1999-2000. p. 810.
^ "Hahs elected as new Jackson, MO Mayor". 2015-04-07. Retrieved 2016-02-15.

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