The city of Perryville, which is located in Missouri's 8th congressional district in southeastern Missouri, is the county seat and the largest city of Perry County. The city was incorporated in 1831.
List of mayors
Perryville mayors since 1882:
Mayor Took office Left office Additional information Charles A. Weber (1833–1906) 1880 1896 Druggist and apothecary, founder of a general store, county clerk. In 1861, he raised a company for the Missouri Militia and served as its captain. In 1862, he organized the 64th regiment of the Missouri Militia and was commissioned a major. In 1864, he was commissioned a lieutenant colonel of the 64th regiment. In 1889, he was elected a probate judge. Weber was born in Planena in the Kingdom of Prussia. His wife was also a native of the Kingdom of Hanover. Robert M. Wilson 1896 1900 Charles Edward Kiefner (1869–1942) 1900 c. 1903City hall information states that his term ended in 1904, while congress.gov states that his term ended in 1902, as he was a state representative from 1902 until 1908. U.S. representative, 1925–1927; 1929–1931 Thomas E. Hudson 1904 1908 Henry Francis Weiss (1868–1940) 1908 1918 He died in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. His parents were born in Germany in the 1840s. Dr. Louis W. Holtmann (1886–1918) c. 1918 1918 Dentist. He died of pneumonia and influenza in Perryville in 1918 at the age of 33. Henry F. Weiss (1868–1940) 1919 1922 (previously served as mayor, 1908–1918) Leo A. Herbst (1883–1969) 1922 c. 1923–1924 Phillip Louis Zoellner (1882–1964) 1923 1932 John Kiefner 1932 1942 John Francis Lottes, Jr. (1912–1994) 1942 1948 Edwin J. Layton (1896–1992) 1948 1950 Clarence J. Hinni (1907–1989) 1950 1951 John Francis Lottes, Jr. (1912–1994) 1951 1952 (previously served as mayor, 1942–1948) Clarence J. Hinni (1907–1989) 1952 1954 (previously served as mayor, 1950–1951) Wallace Young 1954 1956 Austin G. Harter (1914–1998) 1956 1960 In 1964, he retired from the U.S. Army Reserve after 33 years. Carl O. Peterson (1912–1992) 1960 1964 Born in Renville, Minnesota. Former owner of the Perryville Cheese Company. Wallace Gagnepain (1916–2005) 1964 1972 Paul L. Gibbar 1972 1978 Frank W. "Bill" Bergman 1978 1980 Larry H. Pryor (c. 1939–1993) 1980 1982 He was the owner and operator of the Park-Et Motel. He died in 1993 at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis at age 54. Kim R. Moore 1982 1984 Robert J. Miget (1936–2007) 1984 2007 U.S. Army veteran who was employed at the Republic-Monitor newspaper, 1959–2001. Debbie Gahan 2008 Perryville's first woman mayor. Ken Baer (born c. 1946) Former Navy Civil Engineer Corps officer
References Missouri Secretary of State official manuals
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