Mayor 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
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 R. Bowman	1923	1927
Joseph Schmuke (1870-1947)	1927	1931
James R. Bowman	1931	1941	(Previously served as mayor.)
C. H. Sander	1941	1944
James R. Bowman	1944	1949	(Previously served as mayor.)
John R. Mabrey (1899-1973)	1949	1957
Larry A. Nowak (c. 1908-2000)^[4]	1957	1961
Walter A. Kasten (1897-1964)	1961	1963
Larry A. Nowak (c. 1908-2000)^[4]	1963	1969	(Previously served as mayor.)
R. O. Hawkins, Sr.	1969	1971
Paul J. Leonard	1971	1973
Charlton G. Meyer (1918-2005)	1973	1993
Paul W. Sander	1993	2007
Barbara Lohr	2007	-

Key to party COLORS and ABBREVIATIONS for Members of the U.S. Congress

American (Know-Nothing) (K-N)
Adams (A), Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J), National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (Anti-Admin)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Democratic (D)

Dixiecrat (Dix), States' rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (D-R)
Farmer-Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Free Soil (FS)
Free Silver (FSv)
Fusion (FU)

Greenback (GB)
Jacksonian (J)
Non-Partisan League (NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition (O)
Populist (Pop)
Pro-Administration (Pro-Admin)

Independent, or None, or Unaffiliated

↑ "Gallery of Mayors". 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.
↑ 4.0 4.1 "Former Jackson Mayor Larry Nowak Dead At 92". Southeast Missourian (Cape Girardeau, Missouri). July 13, 2000.