Following is a list of the county executive

County executive

A county executive is the head of the executive branch of government in a county. This position is common in the United States.The executive may be an elected or an appointed position...

s of Jackson County, Missouri

Jackson County, Missouri

Jackson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. With a population of 674,158 in the 2010 census, Jackson County is the second most populous of Missouri's counties, after St. Louis County. Kansas City, the state's most populous city and focus city of the Kansas City Metropolitan...

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Presiding Judge

From 1827 until 1972 Jackson County was ruled by a three member County Commission called a County Court. The Presiding Judge ruled the county. There was no requirement that a judge be a lawyer. The Court reflected the county's divided nature with one judge representing the eastern more rural area around the county seat of Independence, Missouri

Independence, Missouri

Independence is the fourth largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri, and is contained within the counties of Jackson and Clay. It is part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area...

 while the western judge represented the more urban Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...

. Courthouses were built in both cities. The most famous presiding judge was Harry S. Truman who represented the Eastern District.

• 1827 - Richard Fristoe
• 1834 - Moses G. Wilson
• 1838 - John Davis
  John Davis
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• 1842 - James B. Yager
• 1846 - Alvin Brooking
• 1850 - Richard D. Stanley
• 1862 - Jacob Leader
• 1865 - M. T. Graham
• 1866 - Andrew G. Newgent
• 1867 - G. W. Gates
• 1869 - James B. Yager
• 1875 - Albert Gallatin Williams
• 1877 - Josiah Collins
  Josiah Collins
  Josiah Collins was a Seattle Washington attorney, civil servant and politician who was Seattle Fire Commissioner and United States Senator. He was Seattle's Fire Chief at the time of the Great Seattle Fire on June 6th, 1889...
  
  
• 1879 - James B. Yager
• 1883 - Robert L. Adkins
• 1887 - John A. McDonald
• 1891 - Daniel Murphy
• 1895 - John B. Stone
• 1899 - G.L. Chrisman
• 1907 - J. M. Patterson
• 1911 - H. C. Gilbert
• 1915 - Miles Bulger
• 1923 - Elihu W. Hayes
• 1927 - Harry S. Truman
  Harry S. Truman
  Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States . As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third vice president and the 34th Vice President of the United States , he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when President Roosevelt died less than three months after beginning his...
  
  
• 1935 - Eugene I. Purcell
• 1937 - David E. Long
• 1941 - George S. Montgomery
• 1947 - Harry M. Gambrel
• 1951 - Harry M. Fleming
• 1955 - Ray G. Cowan
• 1959 - John J. Kopp
• 1963 - Charles E. Curry
• 1971 - George W. Lehr
  George W. Lehr
  George W. Lehr was an American Democratic politician from Missouri who served as the state's auditor from 1974 to 1977....
  
  

County Executive

In 1970 a new county charter was approved effective January 1973 in which a County Executive ruled over a County Commission with representatives from 11 districts. The 11 districts were reduced to 6 in 1987.

• 1973 - George W. Lehr
• 1975 - Mike White
• 1979 - Dale Baumgardner
• 1983 - William F. Waris
• 1991 - Marsha Murphy
• 1995 - Katheryn Shields
  Katheryn Shields
  Katheryn Shields is a Kansas City, Missouri Democratic Party politician who served as Jackson County, Missouri County Executive from 1995 to 2006.-Early life:...
  
  
• 2007 - Mike Sanders
  Mike Sanders (Missouri)
  Mike Sanders is a Democratic Party politician in Independence, Missouri who was a Jackson County, Missouri Prosecuting Attorney from 2002 to 2006 and since 2007 has been Jackson County executive....
  
  

External links

• Jackson County Executive