The city of Joplin came into existence in 1873. Since that time period, there have been a number of mayors. Below is our attempt to slowly build up a convenient list of Joplin’s early leaders. Eventually, each mayor will also have their own post which will offer more detailed information about these early leaders and the roles they played in the city’s development.
1873
Elliot R. Moffett
1874
.Lee Taylor
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J.H. McCoy (finished Taylor’s Term)
1875
Patrick Murphy
1876
F.J. Thompson
1877 – 1878
Frank E. Williams
1879
F.M. Roberts
1880 – 1881
W.E. Maynard
1882 – 1883
Galen Spencer
1884
W.B. Halyard
1885 – 1886
A.B. McCarty
1887
J.L. Briggs
1888
C. Livingston
1889 – 1892
R.B. Tyler
R.B. Tyler
1893 – 1894
W.B. Halyard
1895 – 1896
E.D. Porter
1897 – 1898
T.W. Cunningham
1899 – 1900
J.H. Spencer
J.H. Spencer
1901 – 1902
J.C. Trigg
1903 – 1904
T.W. Cunningham
1905 – 1906
C.W. Lyon
1907 – 1908
Jesse F. Osborne
1909 – 1910
Guy Humes
Guy T. Humes
1911 – 1914 (to April 20)
Jesse F. Osborne
If you have photographs of the above listed men or documents connected to them, we’d love to share them here on Historic Joplin.
