Following is a list of the county executives of

Jackson County, Missouri Jackson County is located in the western portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 717,204. making it the second-most populous county in the state (after St. Louis County). Although Independence retains ...

Presiding Judge

From 1827 until 1972 Jackson County was headed by a three- member County Commission called a County Court, with a Presiding Judge as the county's chief executive. There was no requirement that a judge be a lawyer, and these "judges" had no judicial authority. The Court reflected the county's divided nature with one judge representing the then-rural eastern areas around the county seat of

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, while the western judge represented the more urban areas closer to

Kansas City The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties). With and a population of more th ...

. The presiding judge was elected countywide. Courthouses were built in both cities. The most famous presiding judge was Harry S. Truman (later the 33rd U.S. President) who represented the Eastern District before later winning election as presiding judge. The last presiding judge, George W. Lehr, later served as

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from 1974 until 1977. *1827 - Richard Fristoe *1834 - Moses G. Wilson *1838 - John Davis (county executive) *1842 - James B. Yager *1846 - Alvin Brooking *1850 - Richard D. Stanley *1862 - Jacob Leader *1865 - M. T. Graham *1866 - Andrew G. Newgent *1867 - G. W. Gates *1869 - James B. Yager *1875 - Albert Gallatin Williams *1877 - Josiah Collins *1879 - James B. Yager *1883 - Robert L. Adkins *1887 - John A. McDonald *1891 - Daniel Murphy *1895 - John B. Stone *1899 - G.L. Chrisman *1907 - J. M. Patterson *1911 - H. C. Gilbert *1915 - Miles Bulger *1923 - Elihu W. Hayes *1927 - Harry S. Truman *1935 - Eugene I. Purcell *1937 - David E. Long *1941 - George S. Montgomery *1947 - Harry M. Gambrel *1951 - Harry M. Fleming *1955 - Ray G. Cowan *1959 - John J. Kopp *1963 - Charles E. Curry *1971 - George W. Lehr

County Executive

In 1970 a new county charter was approved effective January 1973 replaced the County Court with a stronger County Commission, with representatives elected from 11 districts. The 11 districts were reduced to 6 in 1987. A County Executive served as presiding officer. *1973 - George W. Lehr *1975 - Mike White *1979 - Dale Baumgardner *1983 - William F. Waris *1991 - Marsha Murphy *1995 -

Katheryn Shields Katheryn Shields (born Oct. 24, 1946) is a Kansas City, Missouri Democratic Party politician who has served as the Kansas City councilwoman for the 4th district at-large since 2015. She previously served as Jackson County, Missouri County Execu ...

*2007 - Mike Sanders *2016 - Fred Arbanas (Temporary)* *2016 - Frank White

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