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