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The city of Cape Girardeau is the most populous city in Missouri's 8th congressional district and southeastern Missouri, which is sometimes known as the Missouri Bootheel.

List of mayors

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Cape Girardeau mayors since 1843, when the city was incorporated:[1][2][3]

Mayor Took office Left office Additional information
E. Mason 1843 1844
George Washington Juden, Sr. (1805–1844) 1844 1844 First elected mayor[4]
E. Mason 1844[4] 1846 2nd term (previously served as mayor, 1843–1844)
Thomas Johnston (1804–after 1870)[5] 1846 1849 Some sources spell his name as Johnson.
Dr. Patrick Henry Davis (1803–1852) 1849 1851 He was the publisher of the Southern Advocate and State Journal, originally an 1819 newspaper which was the second-oldest Missouri newspaper outside of St. Louis.[2]
Alfred T. Lacey (c.1821–1878)[6] 1851 1852 During the Civil War, this bank president moved his family to Memphis, where he remained after the war.[7]
Thomas Baldwin 1852 1853
John C. Watson (1796–1866)[8] 1853 1854 Captain Watson was a Mississippi River boat pilot for 24 years.[8]
Amasa Alton (1810–1855) 1854 1855
C. T. Gale 1855 1857
John Ivers, Jr. (1824–1885) 1857 1860
John Albert 1860 1862 In 1860, he tried to create the city fire department, but the city fire department was not officially established until 1866.[9]
George H. Cramer (1820–1892)[10] 1862 1867 Son of one of the county's first German settlers. In June 1861, he organized and led a battalion of four Union companies. In 1867, he became a member of Cape Girardeau's first school board. He was the father of Wilson Cramer,[11] Cape Girardeau County prosecuting attorney 1873–1874.[12]
George C. Thilenius (1829–1910) 1867 1873 The Colonel George C. Thilenius House is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Edward D. Engelmann (1830–1898) 1873 1877 He was from Hanover, Germany, and came to the United States in 1840. He was a clerk of the court of common pleas at Cape Girardeau for 18 years. His son Edward H. Engelmann was also a clerk of the court of common pleas at Cape Girardeau.[13]
Leon Joseph Albert (1840–1912)[14] 1877 1879 He spoke French and German and built the Alfred T. Lacy, named after a previous mayor. This was the only steamboat ever built at Cape Girardeau.[14] Author Mark Twain served as a co-pilot on the Alfred T. Lacy.[15] Albert Hall (1905–1960), the first dormitory on Southeast Missouri State University, was named after him.[16][17]
George H. Cramer (1820–1892)[10] 1879 1886 2nd term (previously served as mayor, 1862–1867)
Leon Joseph Albert (1840–1912) 1886 1891 2nd term (previously served as mayor, 1877–1879)
Harlan P. Pieronnet (1852–1912)[18] 1891 1895
William H. Coerver (1848–1940)[19] 1895 1901 He was a druggist for 50 years. His Broadway Street house was later converted into Schulz Surgical Hospital, until the opening of Southeast Missouri Hospital in 1928.[20]
Dr. John D. Porterfield (1843–1922) 1901 1903 He was educated at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia and Missouri Medical College in St. Louis. Porterfield retired as a doctor in 1906. His father and three sons all became doctors. He was also president of the Cape Girardeau Water Works and Electric Light Company.[21]
Rodney Gayso Whitelaw (1859–1922) 1903 1905 He may be related to former congressman and Cape Girardeau County prosecuting attorney Robert Henry Whitelaw (1854–1937).[12]
William H. Coerver (1848–1940)[8] 1905 1907 2nd term (previously served as mayor, 1895–1901)
Dr. Warren C. Patton (1858–1928)[22] 1907 1909
Merit E. Leming (1862–1938) 1909 1911 After serving on a dormitory association, Leming Hall (1905–1972),[23] the first women's dormitory on Southeast Missouri State University, was named after him.[17]
Frederick A. Kage (1848–1932)[24] 1911 1917 Cape Girardeau County sheriff, 1882–1886.[25] He served in city and county government for 63 years.[24]
William Hirsch (1866–1939) 1917 1918 He was born in Madison, Indiana; his father was born in Germany.[26] He was a pioneer merchant, a county judge, a bank president, and president of the Chamber of Commerce.[27][28]
Henry Harl Haas (1878–1935) 1918 1922 First mayor under the municipal form of government. He resigned to become postmaster for 12 years. In 1934, he was defeated in a mayor election by 325 votes.[29]
James Alexander Barks (1879–1936) 1922 1930
Edward L. Drum (1875–1955) 1930 1936 Cape Girardeau County prosecuting attorney, 1937[12]
Charles G. Wilson 1936 1938 He finished third in the 1934 mayoral election behind mayor Edward Drum and former mayor Henry Haas.[30]
Edward L. Drum (1875–1955) 1938 1940 2nd term (previously served as mayor, 1930–1936)
W. Hinkle Statler (1909–1962)[31] 1940 1942 Elected at the age of 30, he became the city's youngest mayor at that time.
Raymond E. Beckman (1896–1971)[32] 1942 1948 He became acting mayor while Hinkle Statler was serving in the military during World War II.
Walter H. "Doc" Ford (1910–1968) 1948 1952 He was given the nickname "Doc" as his father was a Gordonville doctor.[33]
Manning P. Greer 1952 1954
Narvol A. Randol (1916–1999)[34] 1954 1956 He was a lieutenant colonel and battalion commander at the Battle of the Bulge. In 1971, he retired as a brigadier general in the Missouri National Guard.[34]
Walter H. "Doc" Ford (1910–1968) 1956 1964 2nd term (previously served as mayor, 1948–1952)
Waddy Elmo Davis (1903–1992) 1964 1965
Charles A. Hood (1906–1996) 1965 1966 In 1965, he purchased the historic St. Charles Hotel[35] where guests reportedly had included Ulysses S. Grant, Mark Twain, and Charles Dickens.[36] Born in Cape Girardeau, he worked as a general contractor, a millworker, and in the retail grocery business.[37]
J. Ronald Fischer (1933–2026) 1966 1967 Cape Girardeau city manager, 1988–1995.[38] At age 32 he became the second-youngest person to serve as mayor of Cape Girardeau. He served in the US Navy during the Korean War.[39]
James Hugh Logan 1967 1968 First executive director of the Southeast Missouri Hospital Foundation, 1977–85,[40] and president of the hospital's board of directors, 1986–1989.[41]
A. Robert Price 1968 1969
Ivan L. Irvin (1934–2008)[42] 1969 1970 He served on the Missouri Real Estate Commission, 1987–1992.[42]
Howard C. Tooke (1918–2006) 1970 1978
Paul W. Stehr (1936–2023) 1978 1981 Stehr grew up in Cape Girardeau and died at age 87 in Charlotte, North Carolina. He won the MVP trophy after his Cape Central team won the state high school basketball championship in 1954. Stehr opened a clothing and athletic store,[43] worked in the insurance business, and served as a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps.[44] Acting city manager, 1981.[38]
Howard C. Tooke (1918–2006) 1981 1986 2nd term (previously served as mayor, 1970–1978)
Francis E. "Gene" Rhodes (1926–2014) 1986 1994 In 1963, he founded Rhodes Oil Companies, which runs Rhodes 101 Stop gas stations and convenience stores.[45] He served in the U.S. Army in the Pacific Theatre during World War II.[46]
Albert M. Spradling, III[47][48] 1994 2002 Son of Missouri state senator Albert Spradling, Jr.
Jay Knudtson 2002 2010 Banker and Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents member (2011–2018)[49]
Harry Rediger (1937–2024) 2010 2018 Former manager of the J. C. Penney in Cape Girardeau. Many years on the United Way Board of Directors.[50][51] He was born in Seward, Nebraska, and later served in the Naval Reserve.[52]
Bob Fox 2018 2022 Former city councilman of Cape Girardeau
Stacy Blakeslee Kinder 2022 2026 First female mayor of Cape Girardeau, former councilwoman, and former member of the Cape Girardeau School Board[53]
Robbie Guard 2026 - He has worked as a banker.[54]

Notable city managers for Cape Girardeau

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City managers[55] Took office Left office Additional information
Paul F. Frederick 1966 1970 First Cape Girardeau city manager. He was from Minot, North Dakota.
W. G. Lawley 1970 1980
Paul Stehr 1981 1981 Acting city manager. Mayor of Cape Girardeau, 1978–1981.
Gary A. Eide 1981 1987
J. Ronald Fischer 1988 1995 Mayor of Cape Girardeau, 1966–1967
Michael G. Miller 1995 2003 Died in 2017[56]
Doug Leslie 2003 2009
Scott A. Meyer[57] 2009 2020 Former director of facilities management at Southeast Missouri State University
Kenneth Haskin 2021 present City manager of Texarkana, Texas 2013–2021, and Texarkana's assistant city manager and director of economic development 2008–2013[58]

Notable members of the Cape Girardeau city council

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  • David Limbaugh, commentator and author who served as a member of the Cape Girardeau City Council for eight years, including six as mayor pro-tem[59]
  • Raymond Melvin Gateley (1926–2018), former president of the Missouri State Teacher's Association who served in the Army Air Corps during the Pacific War and as a member of the Cape Girardeau City Council for eight years
  • James "J.J." Williamson (1952–2022), Cape Girardeau's first black city council member, elected in 1994[60]

Key

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Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other politicians or officials
Alaskan Independence (AKIP)
Know Nothing (KN)
American Labor (AL)
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J)
National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (AA)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Covenant (Cov)
Democratic (D)
Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL)
Democratic–NPL (D-NPL)
Dixiecrat (Dix),
States' Rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (DR)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Pro-Administration (PA)
Free Soil (FS)
Fusion (Fus)
Greenback (GB)
Independence (IPM)
Jacksonian (J)
Liberal (Lib)
Libertarian (L)
National Union (NU)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition Northern (O)
Opposition Southern (O)
Populist (Pop)
Progressive (Prog)
Prohibition (Proh)
Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Silver (Sv)
Silver Republican (SvR)
Socialist (Soc)
Union (U)
Unconditional Union (UU)
Vermont Progressive (VP)
Whig (W)
Independent (I)
Nonpartisan (NP)

References

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  • Missouri Secretary of State official manuals
  1. ↑ "Local News: Cape Girardeau mayors since 1843". Southeast Missourian. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. November 1, 2009.
  2. 1 2 Robert Sidney Douglass (1912). History of Southeast Missouri: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests: Volume 1. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company.
  3. ↑ "Cape Girardeau mayors". semissourian.com. November 1, 2009. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Anniversaries in 1949 of Events Recorded in The Missourian Files". Southeast Missouri. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. January 29, 1949.
  5. ↑ "Hill, Meredith, McFarland, Harper, Jackson, Wieland, Mobley". Retrieved October 27, 2014.
  6. ↑ Andrew Johnson (1997). The Papers of Andrew Johnson: April-August 1868. University of Tennessee Press.
  7. ↑ Mark W. Geiger (2010). Yale Series in Economic and Financial History. Yale University.
  8. 1 2 3 "National Register of Historic Places: Old Lorimier Cemetery" (PDF). Retrieved October 25, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Cape Girardeau Fire Department: Established 1866". Retrieved May 27, 2022.
  10. 1 2 "Missouri Birth and Death Records Database". Retrieved October 25, 2014.
  11. ↑ "History of Southeast Missouri: A Narrative Account of its Historical Progress, Its People and its Principal Interests". Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  12. 1 2 3 "History of the Prosecutor's Office". Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  13. ↑ Howard Louis Conard, ed. (1901). Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri: A Compendium of History and Biography for Ready Reference. New York: The Southern Hoistory Company. pp. 378–379.
  14. 1 2 "Biographies: Cape Girardeau County Missouri Genealogy Trails". Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  15. ↑ Mark Twain (1938). Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer Among the Indians: And Other Unfinished Stories. Berkeley, California: University of California Press.
  16. ↑ "Albert Hall & Dearmont House Council Minutes". Retrieved October 27, 2014.
  17. 1 2 "Leming Scrapbook, A Red-Letter Year for 1967-1968". Retrieved October 27, 2014.
  18. ↑ "Pieronnet death certificate" (PDF). Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  19. ↑ "Old Lorimier Cemetery" (PDF). Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  20. ↑ "On Broadway" (PDF). Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  21. ↑ "History of Southeast Missouri 1912 Volume 1". Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  22. ↑ "Warren C. Patton death certificate" (PDF). Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  23. ↑ "Leming Hall Falls Victim to University Progress". Southeast Missourian. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. October 12, 1972.
  24. 1 2 "F. A. Kage, Former Cape Mayor, Dies". Southeast Missouri. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. October 6, 1932.
  25. ↑ "History of the Sheriff". Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  26. ↑ "William Hirsch death certificate" (PDF). Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  27. ↑ "Out of the past 4/20/14". Southeast Missourian. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. April 20, 2014.
  28. ↑ "From the Morgue: How Hirsch's 'Centennial Store' became a four-generation grocery icon for Haarig". Retrieved March 16, 2026.
  29. ↑ "Leadership of H. H. Haas Was Widely Recognized in District". Southeast Missourian. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. December 23, 1935.
  30. ↑ "Official Vote of City Primary Election: March 20th, 1934" (PDF). Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  31. ↑ "Heart Attack Is Fatal For Hinkle Statler Monday". Southeast Weekly Bulletin. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. April 26, 1962.
  32. ↑ "Former city mayor dies at 74". Southeast Missourian. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. October 4, 1971.
  33. ↑ "Mayor Walter H. Ford". Southeast Missourian. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. July 30, 2010.
  34. 1 2 "Community leader Randol dead at 83". Southeast Missourian. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. August 29, 1999.
  35. ↑ "A century of commerce (Part 1, 1904-1990)". Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  36. ↑ "Themis Turns A Thousand Tales" (PDF). Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  37. ↑ "CHARLES HOOD". Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  38. 1 2 "Former Cape Girardeau city managers". Retrieved October 27, 2014.
  39. ↑ "'Dad of City Hall' J Ronald Fischer leaves lasting legacy as a former Cape Girardeau mayor, city manager". Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  40. ↑ "SoutheastHEALTH Scholarship Opportunities". Archived from the original on October 26, 2014. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  41. ↑ "Meet our Board of Directors". Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  42. 1 2 "Ivan Irvin obituary". Southeast Missourian. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. March 21, 2008.
  43. ↑ "Former Cape mayor, business owner, 'family man' Paul Stehr dies at 87". Retrieved September 5, 2023.
  44. ↑ "Capital Insurance and Associates". Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  45. ↑ "A Short History of our flagship brand -- Rhodes 101 Stops". Archived from the original on October 27, 2014. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
  46. ↑ "Former Cape Girardeau mayor, Rhodes 101 founder dies". December 16, 2014. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
  47. ↑ Jim Grebing (ed.). Official Manual State of Missouri 1997-1998. p. 818.
  48. ↑ Julius Johnson (ed.). Official Manual State of Missouri 1999-2000. p. 799.
  49. ↑ "Jay B. Knudtson". Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  50. ↑ "Captured on Film #70". Southeast Missouri. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. June 30, 2016.
  51. ↑ "City of Cape Girardeau - Mayor-Cape-Girardeau". Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  52. ↑ "Former Cape Girardeau mayor dies at 86". Retrieved September 24, 2024.
  53. ↑ "Cape Girardeau Mayor-Elect Stacy Kinder shares her plans for the city". Retrieved April 19, 2022.
  54. ↑ "Guard secures Cape mayoral seat in race with Kinder by more than 300 votes". Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  55. ↑ "Former Cape Girardeau city managers". Retrieved July 13, 2017.
  56. ↑ "Former Cape Girardeau city manager Michael Miller dies". Retrieved July 13, 2017.
  57. ↑ "Cape Girardeau hires Scott Meyer as city manager". Retrieved July 13, 2017.
  58. ↑ "Incoming Cape city manager's accomplishments detailed". Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  59. ↑ "David Limbaugh biography". Retrieved May 27, 2022.
  60. ↑ "Sikeston native, first Black Cape Girardeau city council member, dies". Retrieved May 27, 2022.
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