List of mayors of Portageville, Missouri

The city of Portageville, Missouri, located in Missouri's 8th congressional district in southeastern Missouri, is one of the largest cities in New Madrid County, Missouri, one of the five oldest counties in the state.

Mayor Took office Left office Additional information
J. C. McCrate c. 1933 1947
Joseph Edward McCrate
  • (1909-1994)
 1947 1953 School superintendent, bank director, hospital board member.
A. Henry Workman 1951 1953
L. Faherty Pinkley 1953 1957
Bailey Rutledge 1957 c. 1960
Leeds K. Butler
  • (1913-1980)
 c. 1960 c. 1964
Joseph E. Christian
  • (1921-2009)[1]
 1965 1967 He served in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1945 during World War II.
Barry L. Richardson c. 1968 1969 Resigned as mayor to be appointed to the Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service by Secretary of Agriculture Clifford Hardin.[2]
Earl McCall Walker 1969 Appointed, served as acting mayor. He served in U.S. Navy during the Korean War.
Roy Moore
  • (1909-1979)
 c. 1971 c. 1973 He had been a hardware merchant for 40 years.
Barry L. Richardson 1973 c. 1978 (Previously served as mayor.)
Don Rone, Jr. c. 1978 1981 He was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in 2014.
Arvil Vernell Adams
  • (1913-1999)
 1981 1991 He served as president of the Portageville School Board, 1957-1972.
Don Rone, Jr. c. 1991 c. 1995 (Previously served as mayor.)
James D. Patton, Sr. c. 1995 c. 1998 He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.[4]
Don Day c. 1998 c. 1999
Denis McCrate[5] 2012 -

References

  1. ↑ "Life Legacy: Joe E. Christian". Retrieved 2014-11-06.
  2. ↑ "Portageville Mayor to ASCS Post". Southeast Missourian. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. May 29, 1969.
  3. ↑ "Earl M. Walker obituary". Retrieved 2014-11-06.
  4. ↑ "House Resolution No. 4173" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-11-06.
  5. ↑ "Helping out their community: Fisher Delta Research Center employees elected mayors of small towns". 2014-10-10. Retrieved 2014-11-06.

Key

Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress
American (Know Nothing) (K-N)
Adams (A),
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)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition (O)
Populist (Pop)
Pro-Administration (Pro-Admin)
Progressive (Prog)
Prohibition (Proh)
Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Socialist (Soc)
Unionist (U)
Whig (W)
Independent,
None,
or Unaffiliated
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