List of mayors of Missoula, Montana
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| body = Missoula
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| incumbent = Andrea Davis
| incumbentsince = November 20, 2023
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| inaugural = Frank H. Woody
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The List of mayors of Missoula, Montana begins with the establishment of the town of Missoula in 1883 (incorporated as a city two years later) with Judge Frank H. Woody serving as mayor. In 1883 Missoula used an aldermanic form of government that was approved with the town charter. The city adopted a commission-council form of government in 1911 with the opening of new City Hall and a council–manager government in 1954 before returning to an aldermanic form of government in 1959. Since January 1, 1997, Missoula has been governed in accordance with the Missoula City Charter, which calls for a mayor-council system of government.
The current system comprises a mayor and city treasurer elected in a citywide vote and twelve city council members who must reside in and are elected from one of six wards with each ward having two council members. All positions are nominally nonpartisan. Council members and the mayor are elected to four-year terms with council-member elections being staggered to allow only one member from each ward to up for re-election. There are no term limits for either position.[http://www.ci.missoula.mt.us/DocumentView.aspx?DID=461 City of Missoula Charter (1997)]{{cite web|url= http://www.ci.missoula.mt.us/index.aspx?NID=401|title= Missoula Historical Notes – Spotlights|publisher= Missoula City Government|access-date=2012-01-28 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.ci.missoula.mt.us/DocumentView.aspx?DID=461 |title=City of Missoula Charter |publisher=ci.missoula.met.us |access-date=November 27, 2010}}
List of Mayors
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| # | Name | Picture | Took Office | Length of Term{{cite web |url=http://www.ci.missoula.mt.us/index.aspx?NID=324 |title=Past Mayors |publisher=ci.missoula.mt.us |access-date=November 27, 2010}} |
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| 1
|75px |Elected April 19, 1883 |13 months | ||||
| 2
| |Elected May 23, 1884 |11 months | ||||
| rowspan="2"|3
|rowspan="2"| Thomas C. Marshall |rowspan="2"| 75px |Elected April 13, 1885 |rowspan="2"|4 months | ||||
| Resigned August 6, 1885 | ||||
| 4
| John Peter Smith (Montana politician) | |Appointed August 6, 1885 |21 months | ||||
| 5
| |Elected May 3, 1887 |12 months | ||||
| 6
| |Elected May 7, 1888 |12 months | ||||
| 7
|75px |Elected May 16, 1889 |12 months | ||||
| 8
| |Elected May 5, 1890 |12 months | ||||
| 9
|75px |Elected May 4, 1891 |12 months | ||||
| 10
|75px |Elected May 27, 1892 |12 months | ||||
| 11
| |Elected May 1, 1893 |24 months | ||||
| 12
|75px |Elected May 6, 1895 |24 months | ||||
| 13
|75px |Elected May 3, 1897 |48 months | ||||
| 14
|75px |Elected late 1900 |half-year | ||||
| 15
|75px |Elected May 6, 1901 |24 months | ||||
| rowspan="2"|16
|rowspan="2"| M. R. C. Smith |rowspan="2"| |Elected May 4, 1903 |rowspan="2"|2 months | ||||
| Resigned March 11, 1907 | ||||
| 17
| |Appointed March 11, 1907 |2 months | ||||
| 18
|75px |Elected May 6, 1907 |24 months | ||||
| 19
|75px |Elected May 3, 1909 |24 months | ||||
| rowspan="2"|20
|rowspan="2" | William H. Reid |rowspan="2"| |Elected May 1, 1911 |rowspan="2" |2 months | ||||
| Resigned July 7, 1911 | ||||
| 21
|75px |Appointed July 16, 1911 |10 months | ||||
| 22
| |Elected May 6, 1912 |24 months | ||||
| 23
| |Elected May 4, 1914 |24 months | ||||
| 24
| |Elected May 1, 1916 |72 months | ||||
| 25
| |Elected May 1, 1922 |48 months | ||||
| 26
|75px |Elected May 3, 1926 |24 months | ||||
| 27
| |Elected May 7, 1928 |72 months | ||||
| rowspan="2"|28
|rowspan="2" |Ralph L. Arnold |rowspan="2"| |Elected May 10, 1934 |rowspan="2" |32 months | ||||
| Resigned January 4, 1937 | ||||
| 29
| |Acting January 4, 1937 |3 months | ||||
| 30
| |Elected April 13, 1937 |121 months | ||||
| 31
| |Elected May 5, 1947 |24 months | ||||
| 32
| |Elected April 29, 1949 |62 months | ||||
| 33
| |Elected June 28, 1954 |42 months | ||||
| *34
| |City Manager | | ||||
| *35
| |City Manager | | ||||
| 36
| |Elected January 6, 1958 |16 months | ||||
| 37
| |Elected May 11, 1959 |24 months | ||||
| 38
| |Elected May 4, 1961 |24 months | ||||
| 39
| |Elected May 6, 1963 |3 months | ||||
| 40
| |Acting August 26, 1963 | 2 months | ||||
| 41
| |Elected November 1, 1963 |42 months | ||||
| rowspan="2"|42
|rowspan="2" |Richard G. Shoup |rowspan="2"|75px |Elected May 1, 1967 |rowspan="2" |38 months | ||||
| Resigned July 1, 1970 | ||||
| *
| |Acting Mayor July 1, 1970 |1-week | ||||
| rowspan="2"|43
|rowspan="2" |George Turman |rowspan="2"| |Appointed July 7, 1970 |rowspan="2" |30 months | ||||
| Resigned December 31, 1972 | ||||
| rowspan="2" |44
|rowspan="2" |Robert E. Brown |rowspan="2"| |Appointed January 1, 1973 |rowspan="2" |52 months | ||||
| Elected May 1, 1973 | ||||
| rowspan="2"|45
|rowspan="2" |William E. Cregg |rowspan="2"| |Elected May 1977 |rowspan="2" |78 months | ||||
| Re-elected May 1981 | ||||
| 46
| |Appointed December 12, 1983 |25 months | ||||
| 47
| |Elected January 1, 1986 |48 months | ||||
| rowspan="2"|48
|rowspan="2" |Daniel Kemmis |rowspan="2"| | Elected January 1, 1990 | rowspan="2" |80 months | ||||
| Resigned September 3, 1996 | ||||
| rowspan="2"|49
| rowspan="2" | Mike Kadas |rowspan="2"| | Appointed September 3, 1996 | rowspan="2" |112 months | ||||
| Elected January 1, 1998 | ||||
| rowspan="2"|50
|rowspan="2" | John Engen |rowspan="2"| | Elected November 8, 2005 |rowspan="2" |200 months | ||||
| Appointed January 2, 2006 | ||||
| *
| Gwen Jones | | Acting Mayor August 15, 2022 | 1 month | ||||
| 51
| Jordan Hess | | Appointed September 12, 2022 | 14 months | ||||
| 52
| Andrea Davis | | Elected November 7, 2023 | currently serving |
See also
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