List of mayors of Dexter, Missouri

The city of Dexter, Missouri, located in Missouri's 8th congressional district in southeastern Missouri, is the largest city in Stoddard County, Missouri.

Mayor Took office Left office Additional information
Charles E. Stokes
  • (1852-1943)
Cicero Allison Crane
  • (1876-1967)
Served as mayor for 7 years around 1917. He served as a private in the US Army during the Spanish-American War in Cuba.
Thomas J. Ross
  • (1897-1971)
c. 1944 1946
Gilbert G. Hill, Sr.
  • (1896-1954)
1946 1948 President of the company bearing his name.
Roy Kilmer
  • (c.1904-1963)
1948 c. 1952 He worked in the insurance industry and was city collector before becoming mayor.[1]
Thomas J. Ross
  • (1897-1971)
c. 1952 1956 (He previously served as mayor.)
Gilbert G. Hill, Jr. 1956 1957 During World War II, he served in the Pacific aboard the USS Quincy. He died at Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Thomas J. Ross
  • (1897-1971)
c. 1957 1964 (He previously served as mayor.)
Rev. Dr. Melvin Gainer, Jr.
  • (1920-2003)
1964 1966 He was an expert rifleman who landed at Utah Beach during D-Day[3] and became the last-surviving scout for General Patton. Gainer also worked for Gen. Eisenhower in Versailles and earned many military honors. He became a jeweler and a Southern Baptist minister after the war.[4]
Wilis Conner
  • (1919-2004)
1966 c. 1996 He served as mayor for about 30 or 35 years.
Myra Pritchett[5][6] c. 1996 c. 2000
John Pruitt 2000 2002[7]
Joe Ernest Weber 2002[7] 2018 He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force when the Korean War broke out and would fly 100 missions during the War. He retired as a First Lieutenant.
Jason Banken 2018 current[9]

References

  • Missouri Secretary of State official manuals
  1. "Rites Conducted for the Former Mayor of Dexter". Southeast Missourian. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. November 9, 1963.
  2. "Gilbert Hill". 2002-08-03. Archived from the original on 2014-11-03. Retrieved 2014-11-03.
  3. "Veterans Day activities planned in area to pay tribute". Southeast Missourian. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. November 9, 1998.
  4. "Patton's last scout". Reading Eagle. Reading, Pennsylvania. September 2, 2002.
  5. Jim Grebing (ed.). Official Manual State of Missouri 1997-1998. p. 822.
  6. Julius Johnson (ed.). Official Manual State of Missouri 1999-2000. p. 803.
  7. "New mayor, new projects highlight year". Retrieved 2014-11-03.
  8. "Former Dexter mayor, Joe Weber, dies at 89". Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  9. "Stories from Tuesday, July 7, 2020". Retrieved 2021-01-19.

Key

Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other politicians or officials
American (Know Nothing) (K-N)
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J),
National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (Anti-Admin)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Democratic (D)
Dixiecrat (Dix),
States' rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (D-R)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Free Soil (FS)
Free Silver (FSv)
Fusion (FU)
Greenback (GB)
Jacksonian (J)
Libertarian (L)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition Northern (O)
Opposition Southern (O)
Populist (Pop)
Pro-Administration (Pro-Admin)
Progressive (Prog)
Prohibition (Proh)
Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Socialist (Soc)
Unionist (U)
Unconditional Unionist (UU)
Whig (W)
Independent,
None,
or Unaffiliated
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