List of mayors of Rapid City, South Dakota

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Rapid City, South Dakota was founded in 1876[1] and was run by a village board of trustees until 1882, when , a member of the board and cofounder of the city, was chosen as mayor.[2] Two months after the city was incorporated, was elected mayor.[3] The first form of elected government was mayor–council with an elected strong mayor. From 1910 to 1922, a city commission government was used. Later that year, the system of government was changed to council–manager. Rapid City returned to a mayor–council government in 1957.[4] The Rapid City Council chose to extend the mayoral term to four years in 2015, and the change took effect in 2019. There is no term limit.[5] The annual mayoral salary is $95,406.[6][7]

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Name (term) Term Began Term End
1882 1883
1883 1884
1884 1886
1886 1887
1887 1888
1888 1890
1890 1894
(1) 1894 1896
Valentine McGillycuddy 1896 1898
1898 1899
(2) 1899 1900
1900 1902
1902 1908
(3) 1908 1910
1910 1912
1912 1914
1914 1918
1919 1920
1920 1922
1922 1924
1924 1925
1925 1926
1926 1927
1927 1928
1928 1929
Theodore B. Werner 1929 1930
1930 1931
1931 1932
1933 1934
1934 1936
1937 1938
1938 1943
1943 1944
1944 1946
(1) 1946 1948
1948 1949
1949 1951
1951 1953
1953 1954
1954 1955
1955 1956
(1) 1956 1957
(2) 1957 1961
1961 1963
1963 1965
(2) 1965 1969
1969 1970
1970 1971
1971 1975
1975 1987
1987 1991
1991 1997
Jim Shaw (1) 1997 2001
2001 2003
Jim Shaw (2) 2003 2007
Alan Hanks 2007 2011
Sam Kooiker 2011 2015
2015 present
References:[8]

References[]

  1. ^ Hasselstrom, Linda M. (1994). Roadside History of South Dakota. Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Publishing Company. p. 331. ISBN 0-87842-262-5.
  2. ^ "John Richard Brennan". Rapid City Library. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
  3. ^ "Fred E. Stearns". Rapid City Library. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
  4. ^ "Types of City Governments and Home Rule (Rapid City)". Black Hills Knowledge Network. April 21, 2014.
  5. ^ Holland, Jim (October 6, 2015). "Council approves longer mayoral, council terms". Rapid City Journal. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  6. ^ Lawrence, Tom (July 2, 2008). "'There's never been a better time to be in Rapid City'". Black Hills Pioneer. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  7. ^ "Kooiker leaving Rapid City to manage modest-sized Iowa city". Rapid City Journal. October 6, 2015. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  8. ^ Rippentrop, Kay; Malone, Sandra. "Mayoral History of Rapid City". Black Hills Knowledge Network with mayoral biographies from Rapid City Library. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
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