List of mayors of Springfield, Missouri
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{{more citations needed|date=March 2020}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox Political post
| post = Mayor
| body = The City of Springfield
| incumbent = Jeff Schrag
| incumbentsince = {{Unbulleted list|{{start date|2025|04|21}}|({{years ago|2025}} years ago)}}
| style = His/Her Honor
| acting =
| residence = Private residence
| termlength = 4 years
| formation = 19th century
| inaugural = A. Maurice
}}
The mayor of Springfield is the highest ranking elected official in the city of Springfield, Missouri. Mayoral elections in Springfield are nonpartisan, and though the candidate may personally affiliate with a party, they do not appear on the ticket as a particular party's candidate.{{Cite web|url=https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2019/01/16/springfield-city-council-candidates-2019-local-politics/2592168002/|title=The deadline to run for Springfield City Council was Tuesday. Here are the candidates.|last=Holman|first=Gregory J.|website=Springfield News-Leader|language=en|access-date=2020-03-20}} Since 1953 all mayoral elections have been voted on by the public, before then having been appointed by the city council. From 1861 to 1865, Springfield was ruled under martial law by Union and Confederate leaders during the American Civil War.{{Cite web|url=https://thelibrary.org/blogs/article.cfm?aid=1390|title=Springfield Mayors|website=thelibrary.org|access-date=2020-03-20}}
List of Mayors
| class="wikitable"
!Name !Term Duration !Party ! |
| A. Maurice
|1847-1849 |no party | |
| Joseph Burden
|1849-1851 | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} | |
| Warren Graves
|1852-1856 |no party | |
| H.S. Chenoweth
|1856-1857 |no party | |
| J.S. Kimbrough
|1857-1858 |no party | |
| Sempronius H. Boyd
|1858-1860 | bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}} | |
| J.W. Mack
|1860-1861 |no party | |
| Benjamin Kite
|1865-1866 |Republican | bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}} | |
| James H. Creighton
|1866-1867 |Republican | bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}} | |
| R.B. Owen
|1867-1868 |no party | |
| J.B. Dexter
|1868-1869 |no party | |
| W.E. Gilmore
|1869-1870 |Republican | bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}} | |
| L.H. Murray
|1871-1872 |Democratic | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} | |
| Jonathan Faribanks
|1872-1873 |Republican | bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}} | |
| John McGregor
|1873-1873 |Democratic | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} | |
| John Lisenby
|1874-1875 |Republican | bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}} | |
| Joseph J. Weaver
|1875-1876 |no party | |
| W.A. Hall
|1876-1877 |Democratic | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} | |
| Homer F. Fellows
|1877-1879 |Whig | bgcolor={{party color|Whig Party (United States)}} | |
| Joseph McAdoo
|1879-1880 |Republican | bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}} | |
| Marzavan J Rountree
|1880-1881 |Democratic | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} | |
| James Abbott
|1881-1882 |Republican | bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}} | |
| George Sale Day
|1882-1883 |no party | |
| John McGregor
|1883-1884 |Democratic | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} | |
| Ralph Walker
|1884-1886 |Democratic | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} | |
| J.S. Atkinson
|1887-1888 |Republican | bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}} | |
| Ralph Walker
|1888-1890 |Democratic | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} | |
| E.D. Parce
|1890-1894 |no party | |
| Jeremiah Fenton
|1894-1896 |Republican | bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}} | |
| V.S. Barlett
|1896-1898 |no party | |
| W.A. Hall
|1898-1900 |Democratic | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} | |
| Ralph Walker
|1900-1902 |Democratic | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} | |
| J.E.Mallette
|1902-1904 |Republican | bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}} | |
| Ben E. Meyer
|1904-1906 |Democratic | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} | |
| James Bain
|1906-1908 |Democratic | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} | |
| Louis P. Ernst
|1908-1910 |Republican | bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}} | |
| Robert E. Lee
|1910-1912 |Democratic | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} | |
| George Culler
|1912-1914 |Republican | bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}} | |
| T.K. Bowman
|1914-1916 |Democratic | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} | |
| J.J. Gideon
|1916-1920 |Republican | bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}} | |
| W.E. Freeman
|1920-1928 |Democratic | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} | |
| T.H. Gideon
|1928-1932 |Republican | bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}} | |
| Harry D. Durst
|1932-1940 |Democratic | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} | |
| Harry Ben Carr
|1940-1948 |Democratic | bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} | |
| Otis L. Barbarick
|1948-1951 |Republican | bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}} | |
| J. Oliver Gideon
|1952-1952 |no party | |
| Nathan Karchmer
|1952-1952 |no party | |
| W.I. English
|1952-1955 |no party | |
| Warren Turner
|1955-1957 |no party | |
| Joe Ben Wann
|1957-1959 |no party | |
| David C. Scott
|1959-1962 |no party | |
| E.I. Anderson
|1962-1967 |no party | |
| Carl Stillwell
|1967-1972 |no party | |
| Jim Payne
|1972-1978 |no party | |
| Paul Redfearn
|1978-1981 |no party | |
| Harry C. Strawn
|1981-1983 |no party | |
| George Scruggs
|1983-1987 |no party | |
| Thomas J. Carlson
|1988-1993 |no party | |
| N.L. McCartney
|1993-1995 |no party | |
| Leland Gannaway
|1995-1998 |no party | |
| Thomas Carlson
|1999-1999 |no party | |
| Leland Gannaway
|1999-2001 |no party | |
| Thomas Carlson
|2001-2009 | bgcolor={{party color|Independent (politician)}} | |
| Jim O'Neal
|2009-2012 |Independent | bgcolor={{party color|Independent (politician)}} | |
| Bob Stephens
|2012-2017 |Independent | bgcolor="{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | |
| Ken McClure
|2017–2025 | Independent | bgcolor={{party color|Independent (politician)}} | |
| Jeff Schrag
|2025–2029 | Independent | bgcolor={{party color|Independent (politician)}} | |
Mayors of Note
- Sempronius H. Boyd served as mayor of Springfield from 1858 to 1860, he became a member of the United States House of Representatives representing Missouri's 4th congressional district and was later Minister of the United States to Siam.{{Cite web|url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/boyd-sempronius-hamilton|title=Sempronius Hamilton Boyd - People - Department History - Office of the Historian|website=history.state.gov|access-date=2020-03-21}}
- Homer F. Fellows served as the city's only Whig mayor, later becoming an Abolitionist, then becoming a Republican.{{Cite web|url=https://thelibrary.org/lochist/history/paspres/fellowsh.html|title=Past and Present of Greene County, Missouri|website=thelibrary.org|access-date=2020-03-21}}
- Bob Stephens served as the city's only Libertarian mayor, though elections are non-partisan.
- Elected as a Republican, W. E. Gilmore ran for congress as a Liberal Republican in 1870.{{Cite web|url=https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilmore.html#267.36.85|title=Index to Politicians|website=politicalgraveyard.com|access-date=2022-10-23}}
- Nathan Karchmer was the first and so far only Jewish mayor of Springfield.{{Cite book|last1=Ioannides|first1=Mara W. Cohen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eHLgW4msAW4C&q=nathan+karchmer+springfield+jewish&pg=PA82|title=Jews of Springfield in the Ozarks|last2=Gholson|first2=M. Rachel|date=2013|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-0-7385-9094-3|language=en}}
- Thomas Carlson, having served seven terms, is the longest serving mayor in the city's history.{{Cite web|url=https://sbj.net/stories/former-mayor-carlson-named-2014-springfieldian,15046|title=Former Mayor Carlson named 2014 Springfieldian|website=Springfield Business Journal|language=en|access-date=2020-03-21}}