The city of Charleston, Missouri, located in Missouri's 8th congressional district in southeastern Missouri, is the county seat and the largest city of Mississippi County, Missouri. The city was incorporated in 1872.
Mayor Took office Left office Additional information Thomas Jefferson Johns (1858-1927) c. 1917–1918, He was born in Ontario, Canada. Willis Ransom McCracken (1876-1948) c. 1943 c. 1946 He was born in Ontario, Canada, and twice served as mayor. Robert R. Davis (c. 1913-2000) c. 1946 c. 1948 R. B. Patterson c. 1948 c. 1950 Paul Moore c. 1950 1952 Robert R. Davis (c. 1913-2000) 1952 (Previously served as mayor.) Max Friedman 1952 1954 Charles A. Goodin c. 1955 James Atteberry (1915-1985) 1955 1956 He served in the US Army during World War II. Max Friedman c. 1956 c. 1957 (Previously served as mayor.) Charles I. Lutz Jr. (1909-1999) 1957 1959 He was a U.S. Army colonel. Arthur J. "Buck" Drinkwater Jr. (1903-2001) 1959 1960 Dr. Thomas Page Fenton (1914-1988) 1961 1962 Died before his wife Dr. Alouise Carter Fenton (1915-2005). E. R. Putnam c. 1962 c. 1963 William G. Knight (1923-1988) 1963 1964 Philip James "Pete" Ponder (1916-2009) c. 1964 c. 1965 He served three terms as mayor and owned and operated a car dealership and an equipment company. R. B. Logan Jr. c. 1965 c. 1965 Charles E. Wright (died 2001) c. 1965 c. 1966 Dr. Thomas Page Fenton (1914-1988) 1967 1968 (Previously served as mayor.) Joseph Willis Layton Sr (1933-1995) 1969 19703rd Generation Mayor son of Carl William Layton (former mayor), grandson of Willis Ransom McCracken (former mayor). Born 1933 in Charleston, Missouri. Sam E. Story Sr. (1928-2002) 1971 1972 He served in U.S. Navy during the Korean War. Charles Richard Williams Sr. (1940-2017) 1972 c. 1973 Charleston's first black mayor. In 1974, he became a founding member of the Black Mayors Conference in Fayette, Mississippi. He owned three funeral homes. Dr. Lowell Nicholas (1941-2017) 1973 1974 He was a dentist from Arkansas. William G. Knight (1923-1988) 1975 1976 (Previously served as mayor.) Duane Eastman (1935-2006) c. 1976 c. 1978 Jackie Whiteside 1979 1980 Ernest Carman 1980 c. 1981 Don Daughhetee (1924-1995) 1981 1982 He served as sergeant major during World War II. Howard Terry Rowe (1945-2021) 1983 1984 He had a master's degree in speech pathology and served in the U.S. Navy on the USS Thetis Bay which was President Kennedy's helicopter ship. Jackie Whiteside 1985 1986 (Previously served as mayor.) Larry Smith 1987 1988 Howard Terry Rowe (1945-2021) 1989 1990 (Previously served as mayor.) Don Daughhetee (1924-1995) 1990 c. 1992 (Previously served as mayor.) Jackie Whiteside c. 1992 c. 1994 (Previously served as mayor.) Larry Smith 1996 1998 Jackie Whiteside 1998 2000 (Previously served as mayor.) Jackie Whiteside c. 2006 c. 2008 (Previously served as mayor.) Philip Halter 2022 Michael Jones Richard Toon 2022 2023 Patrick Farmer 2023 Jackie Whiteside 2024 (Previously served as mayor.) Monica Goodin 2025 2026 Charleston’s first female mayor Jason Oliver 2026
References Missouri Secretary of State official manuals
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