Editing Kennett, Missouri (section)

==Government==
Kennett is located in [[Missouri's 8th congressional district]] in southeastern Missouri and is the county seat of [[Dunklin County, Missouri]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web |title=Find a County |url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 |access-date=June 7, 2011 |publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref>

The city of Kennett is governed by a city council with 10 elected city council members with the mayor acting as the presiding officer.<ref>{{cite web |title=Government: Kennett, Missouri, Chamber of Commerce |url=http://www.kennettmo.com/government.php |access-date=2019-04-05}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Mayor
!Took office
!Left office
!Additional information
|-
|Theophilus Robb
|
|
|c. 1917–1918
|-
|   |[[Paul C. Jones|Paul Caruthers Jones]]
: (1901–1981)
|1933
|1935<ref name="MO Bios">{{cite book |author=Jan Onofrio |title=Missouri Biographical Dictionary |publisher=Somerset Publishers, Inc. |location=St. Clair Shores, MI|edition=Third }}</ref>
|U.S. Representative, Missouri senator, Missouri state representative<ref name="Politicians: Jones, O to R">{{cite web |title=Index to Politicians: Jones, O to R |url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones7.html#561.37.96 |access-date=2014-10-31}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="1"   |John Warren Karsten

: (1887–1964)
|c. 1943
|1951
|
|-
| rowspan="1"   |Lee A. Pickard, Sr.

: (1892–1974)
|1951
|1951
|
|-
| rowspan="1"   |John Warren Karsten

: (1887–1964)
|1952
|1952<ref name="Politicians: Karofsky to Kauffmann">{{cite web |title=Index to Politicians: Karofsky to Kauffmann |url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/karol-kauffman.html#259.72.61 |access-date=2014-10-31}}</ref>
| bgcolor="#f7f7ff" |(He previously served as mayor.)
|-
| rowspan="1"   |Lee A. Pickard, Sr.<ref name="Politicians: Phillips-calhoun to Picket">{{cite web |url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phillipson-picket.html#523.85.06 |title=Index to Politicians: Phillips-calhoun to Picket |access-date=2014-10-31}}</ref>

: (1892–1974)
|1953
|1954
| bgcolor="#f7f7ff" |(He previously served as mayor.)
|-
|Arthur Oscar Billington

: (1911–1985)
|1955
|1963
|
|-
| rowspan="1"   |Sol Astrachan

: (1929–2022)
|1963
|1971
|Born in the Free City of Danzig.<ref name="Astrachan interview">{{cite web |date=1998-10-28 |title=An Interview with Sol Astrachan |url=http://statehistoricalsocietyofmissouri.org/cdm/ref/collection/ohc/id/446 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101055615/http://statehistoricalsocietyofmissouri.org/cdm/ref/collection/ohc/id/446 |archive-date=2014-11-01 |access-date=2014-10-31}}</ref>  He was responsible for paving the streets and implementing zoning ordinances.<ref name="Astrachan reminisces">{{cite web |date=2011-01-09 |title=Astrachan reminisces on Downtown's 'Days Gone By'... |url=http://www.dddnews.com/story/1693508.html |access-date=2014-10-31}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="1"   |Harry E. Goddard

: (1907–1980)
|1971
|1975
|
|-
| rowspan="1"   |John Warren Karsten, Jr.

: (1922–1994)<ref name="Politicians: Karofsky to Kauffmann" />
|1975
|c. 1991
|He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.
|-
|Charles B. Brown<ref name="Mayor urges caution">{{cite web |date=2005-09-21 |title=Former mayor urges fiscal caution in 'spec' building construction |url=http://www.dddnews.com/story/1119117.html |access-date=2014-10-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=http://cdm.sos.mo.gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/bluebook/id/62064/rec/61 |title=Official Manual State of Missouri 1997-1998 |editor=Jim Grebing |pages=830 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=http://cdm.sos.mo.gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/bluebook/id/63585/rec/62 |title=Official Manual State of Missouri 1999-2000 |editor=Julius Johnson |pages=811 |archive-date=December 27, 2016 |access-date=March 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227204950/http://cdm.sos.mo.gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/bluebook/id/63585/rec/62 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
: (1940–2020)
|c. 1991
|c. 1999
|
|-
|Donald Parker<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hankins |first1=Steve |date=2006-09-20 |title=Kennett council hears reason for name change |url=http://www.dddnews.com/story/1169102.html |access-date=2014-10-31 |work=Delta Dunklin Democrat}}</ref>
|
|
|c. 2005–2006
|-
|Roger Wheeler, Sr.<ref name="Brakes on vehicles">{{cite news |date=August 8, 2008 |title=Kennett, Mo., puts brakes on driving nonregistered vehicles in city |work=Southeast Missourian |location=Cape Girardeau, Missouri}}</ref>
|
|
|c. 2008–2011
|-
|Jake Crafton<ref name="Kennett Chamber">{{cite web |title=Kennett, Missouri, Chamber of Commerce |url=http://www.kennettmo.org/mayor.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212124513/http://kennettmo.org/mayor.php |archive-date=2015-02-12 |access-date=2014-10-31}}</ref>
|2011
|2015
|He previously served as a councilman for 4 years.<ref>{{cite web |title=City sales tax still in effect this weekend in one Missouri town |date=August 2013 |url=http://www.kait8.com/story/23021825/city-sales-tax-still-in-effect-this-weekend-in-one-missouri-town/ |access-date=2019-04-05}}</ref>
|-
|Bob Hancock<ref>{{cite web |title=Kennett, MO medical center closing June 11 |date=April 30, 2018 |url=http://www.kfvs12.com/story/38073946/kennett-mo-medical-center-closing-june-11/ |access-date=2019-04-05}}</ref>
|2015
|2019
|He previously served as mayor pro-tem and councilman.
|-
|Chancellor P. Wayne, DC<ref>{{cite web |title=Kennett, Campbell mayor races decided |date=April 2, 2019 |url=https://www.kzimksim.com/2019/04/02/kennett-campbell-mayor-races-decided/ |access-date=2019-04-05}}</ref>
|2019
|2023
|Chiropractor
|-
|Jake Crafton<ref>[https://www.dddnews.com/story/2990385.html DDD News] {{dead link|date=May 2023}}</ref>
|2023
|
| bgcolor="#f7f7ff" |(He previously served as mayor.)
|-
|}