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Mayors of Perry

1871 - 1925 and 1973 - Present

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Here are a few keys about this page: 

1 Year Term

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Terms

2 Year Term

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Terms

4 Year Term

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Terms

1870s

1

N. J. Stark

1871 - 1872

No Records

1872 - 1876

1

Dave Rorick

1876 - 1877

1

A. M. Dunham

1877 - 1878

1

James Durbin

1878 - 1879

2

A. M. Dunham

1879 - 1881

1880s

1

M. F. Taylor

1881 - 1882

1

Dr. D. Surber

1882 - 1883

1

H. W. Spangler

1883 - 1884

2

Tom Kirby

1884 - 1886

3

Thomas Lee

1886 - 1889

1

E. D. Flagg

1889 - 1890

1890s

1

L. E. Merritt

1890 - 1891

2

B. F. Empie

1891 - 1893

1

M. F. Taylor

1893 - 1894

1

Dr. P. Burns

1894 - 1895

1

M. F. Taylor

1895 - 1896

3

J. L. Raines

1896 - 1899

1900s

2

Fred L. Diggs

1899 - 1901

1

Thomas Lee

1901 - 1902

1

W. C. Ingle

1902 - 1903

4

E. D. Flagg

1903 - 1907

1

Ed T. Arnold

1907 - 1908

1

S. J. Pemberton

1908 - 1909

1

E. W. Jette

1909 - 1910

1910s

1

E. L. Raines

1910 - 1911

1

E. D. Flagg

1911 - 1913

3

Merrill L. Taylor

1913 - 1919

1920s

1

Arthur C. Elswick

1919 - 1921

1

W. B. Dunham

1921 - 1923

1

Willard Good

1923 - 1925
1925 - 1973

No records have been found (yet...)

1973 - 2007

3

Hugh Seetin

1973 - 1979

3

James Abel

1979 - 1991

4

Matt Wilkomm

1991 - 2007

2007 - Present

3

Michael Lang

2007 - 2019

1

Clay McHardie

2019 - 2023

Ramon C. Gonzalez II

2023 - Present

Bibliography: 

County Clerk's Office, County of Jefferson, Kansas. 

Kaw Valley Chief (or The Perry Monitor), 1879-1884. Perry, Kansas. https://newspapers.com

Oskaloosa Independent, 1860-2001. Oskaloosa, Kansas. https://newspapers.com

Oskaloosa Sickle, 1873-1886. Oskaloosa, Kansas. https://newspapers.com

Perry Mirror, 1898-1923. Perry, Kansas. https://newspapers.com

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