Thomas B. Bullene was mayor of 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...

 in 1882.

Bullene was born in Oswego County, New York

Oswego County, New York

Oswego County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 Census, the estimated population was 122,109. The City of Oswego and the Village of Pulaski serve as the dual county seats in a two shire system of government...

. He was an owner of the Emery, Bird, Thayer & Co. department store.

He was active with the Kansas City Board of Trade

Kansas City Board of Trade

The Kansas City Board of Trade , is an American commodity futures and options exchange regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission...

 and helped found the Kansas City Club

Kansas City Club

The Kansas City Club, founded in 1882 and located in the Library District of Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, USA, is the oldest existing gentlemen's club in Missouri. The Club began admitting women members in 1975. Along with the River Club on nearby Quality Hill, it is one of two surviving...

 which is headquartered where his home stood.

He is buried in Elmwood Cemetery

Elmwood Cemetery (Kansas City, Missouri)

Elmwood Cemetery is a cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.It was formally organized in 1872 at 4900 Truman Road at Van Brunt Avenue and was landscaped by George Kessler. The first burial was in 1840.-Kansas City Mayors:* Edward Herrick Allen* Thomas Bulene...

in Kansas City.

He kept many journals which can be viewed at the Kansas Public Library.

External links

• Kansas City Public Library history
• Political graveyard biography
• Journals written by him