List of mayors of Missoula, Montana

Mayor of Missoula
Incumbent Andrea Davis since November 20, 2023
Style	The Honorable
Term length	4 years
Inaugural holder	Frank H. Woody
Formation	April 19, 1883
Website	http://www.ci.missoula.mt.us/index.aspx?NID=318

The List of mayors of Missoula, Montana begins with the establishment of the town of Missoula in 1883 (incorporated as a city two years later) with Judge Frank H. Woody serving as mayor. In 1883 Missoula used an aldermanic form of government that was approved with the town charter. The city adopted a commission-council form of government in 1911 with the opening of new City Hall and a council–manager government in 1954 before returning to an aldermanic form of government in 1959. Since January 1, 1997, Missoula has been governed in accordance with the Missoula City Charter, which calls for a mayor-council system of government.

The current system comprises a mayor and city treasurer elected in a citywide vote and twelve city council members who must reside in and are elected from one of six wards with each ward having two council members. All positions are nominally nonpartisan. Council members and the mayor are elected to four-year terms with council-member elections being staggered to allow only one member from each ward to up for re-election. There are no term limits for either position.^[1][2][3]

List of Mayors

#	Name	Picture	Took Office	Length of Term[4]
1	Frank H. Woody		Elected April 19, 1883	13 months
2	Henry C. Myers		Elected May 23, 1884	11 months
3	Thomas C. Marshall		Elected April 13, 1885	4 months
			Resigned August 6, 1885
4	John Peter Smith (Montana politician)		Appointed August 6, 1885	21 months
5	Dwight Harding		Elected May 3, 1887	12 months
6	David D. Bogart		Elected May 7, 1888	12 months
7	John L. Sloane		Elected May 16, 1889	12 months
8	William Kennedy		Elected May 5, 1890	12 months
9	John M. Keith		Elected May 4, 1891	12 months
10	Frank G. Higgins		Elected May 27, 1892	12 months
11	Henry W. McLaughlin		Elected May 1, 1893	24 months
12	John M. Keith		Elected May 6, 1895	24 months
13	Frederick C. Webster		Elected May 3, 1897	48 months
14	Andrew Logan		Elected late 1900	half-year
15	Albert M. Stevens		Elected May 6, 1901	24 months
16	M. R. C. Smith		Elected May 4, 1903	2 months
			Resigned March 11, 1907
17	Fred C. Morgan		Appointed March 11, 1907	2 months
18	John M. Keith		Elected May 6, 1907	24 months
19	Andrew Logan		Elected May 3, 1909	24 months
20	William H. Reid		Elected May 1, 1911	2 months
			Resigned July 7, 1911
21	John M. Evans		Appointed July 16, 1911	10 months
22	James M. Rhoades		Elected May 6, 1912	24 months
23	Andrew M. Getchel		Elected May 4, 1914	24 months
24	Herbert T. Wilkinson		Elected May 1, 1916	72 months
25	William H. Beacom		Elected May 1, 1922	48 months
26	Robert W. Kemp		Elected May 3, 1926	24 months
27	William H. Beacom		Elected May 7, 1928	72 months
28	Ralph L. Arnold		Elected May 10, 1934	32 months
			Resigned January 4, 1937
29	Roy F. Hamilton		Acting January 4, 1937	3 months
30	Dwight M. Mason		Elected April 13, 1937	121 months
31	Juliet Gregory		Elected May 5, 1947	24 months
32	Ralph L. Starr		Elected April 29, 1949	62 months
33	James A. Hart		Elected June 28, 1954	42 months
*34	Walton R. L. Taylor Jr.		City Manager
*35	Alan Cuthburtson		City Manager
36	Alan Bradley		Elected January 6, 1958	16 months
37	Walter A. Cash		Elected May 11, 1959	24 months
38	Wes Waldbillig		Elected May 4, 1961	24 months
39	Leonard M. Roche		Elected May 6, 1963	3 months
40	Edward L. Shults		Acting August 26, 1963	2 months
41	Howard R. Dix		Elected November 1, 1963	42 months
42	Richard G. Shoup		Elected May 1, 1967	38 months
			Resigned July 1, 1970
*	John F. Patterson, Jr.		Acting Mayor July 1, 1970	1-week
43	George Turman		Appointed July 7, 1970	30 months
			Resigned December 31, 1972
44	Robert E. Brown		Appointed January 1, 1973	52 months
			Elected May 1, 1973
45	William E. Cregg		Elected May 1977	78 months
			Re-elected May 1981
46	John H. Toole		Appointed December 12, 1983	25 months
47	Robert E. Lovegrove		Elected January 1, 1986	48 months
48	Daniel Kemmis		Elected January 1, 1990	80 months
			Resigned September 3, 1996
49	Mike Kadas		Appointed September 3, 1996	112 months
			Elected January 1, 1998
50	John Engen		Elected November 8, 2005	200 months
			Appointed January 2, 2006
*	Gwen Jones		Acting Mayor August 15, 2022	1 month
51	Jordan Hess		Appointed September 12, 2022	14 months
52	Andrea Davis		Elected November 7, 2023	currently serving

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References

1. City of Missoula Charter (1997)
2. "Missoula Historical Notes – Spotlights". Missoula City Government. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
3. "City of Missoula Charter". ci.missoula.met.us. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
4. "Past Mayors". ci.missoula.mt.us. Retrieved November 27, 2010.

External links

• Juliet Gregory Papers (University of Montana Archives)