List of mayors of Caruthersville, Missouri

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The city of Caruthersville, Missouri, located in Missouri's 8th congressional district in southeastern Missouri, is the county seat of Pemiscot County, Missouri.

Mayor Took office Left office Additional information
Dr. Bennett Dillon Crowe
  • (1864-1923)
 He was born across the Mississippi River in or close to nearby Newbern, Tennessee. In 1892, he entered medical college in connection with the Memphis Hospital and graduated in three years. After practicing medicine for four years in Tennessee, he began a medical practice in Caruthersville. His office was on Ward Street.
Henry Clay Garrett
  • (1840-1921)
 c. 1912 He was born in Evansville, Indiana.
William Dyer Byrd, Sr.
  • (1884-1970)
 1915 1922 He worked in the insurance business.
William Dyer Byrd, Sr.
  • (1884-1970)
 1942 1958 (He previously served as mayor.)[1]
Benjamin Franklin Rogers
  • (1908-1999)
 1958 1970 He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
William L. Inman
  • (1934-2013)
 1970 1974 He later moved to Blytheville, Little Rock, and Heber Springs, Arkansas.
Benjamin Franklin Rogers
  • (1908-1999)
 1974 1986 (He previously served as mayor.)
Rickey Lee Davis
  • (1951-2014)
 1994 1998 He was killed in a house fire[2]
Betsy Diane Sayre
  • (1947-2013)
 1986 c. 1994 Teacher and certified in school administration.
Rickey Lee Davis[3]
  • (1951-2014)
 c. 1994 c. 1998 He was killed in a house fire in July 2014.[2]

(He previously served as mayor.)

Betsy Diane Sayre[4]
  • (1947-2013)
 c. 1998 c. 2009 (She previously served as mayor)
Rickey Lee Davis
  • (1951-2014)
 April 2014 July 2014[2] He was killed in a house fire in July 2014.[2]

(He previously served as mayor.)

Sue Grantham 2014 2015 She was appointed mayor after the previous mayor was killed.
Mike McGraw 2015[5] 2018[6]
Sue Grantham 2018 (She previously served as mayor.)

References[edit]

  • Missouri Secretary of State official manuals
  1. ^ "PoliticalGraveyard.com, Buttery to Byrn". Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  2. ^ a b c d "Services set for Caruthersville mayor killed in house fire". Retrieved 2014-11-01.
  3. ^ Jim Grebing (ed.). Official Manual State of Missouri 1997-1998. p. 818.
  4. ^ Julius Johnson (ed.). Official Manual State of Missouri 1999-2000. p. 800.
  5. ^ "New mayor elected for Caruthersville". Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  6. ^ "2018 Missouri Municipal Elections". Retrieved 2021-01-19.

Key[edit]

Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other politicians or officials
Alaskan Independence (AKIP)
American (Know Nothing) (KN)
American Labor (AL)
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J)
National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (AA)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Covenant (Cov)
Democratic (D)
Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL)
Dixiecrat (Dix),
States' Rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (DR)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Pro-Administration (PA)
Free Soil (FS)
Fusion (Fus)
Greenback (GB)
Independence (IPM)
Independent Democrat (ID)
Independent Republican (IR)
Jacksonian (J)
Liberal (Lib)
Libertarian (L)
National Union (NU)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Democratic–Nonpartisan
League (D-NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition Northern (O)
Opposition Southern (O)
Populist (Pop)
Progressive (Prog)
Prohibition (Proh)
Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Silver (Sv)
Silver Republican (SvR)
Socialist (Soc)
Unionist (U)
Unconditional Unionist (UU)
Vermont Progressive (VP)
Whig (W)
Independent (I)
Nonpartisan (NP)
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