List of mayors of Lawton, Oklahoma

Old Lawton High School is the site of City Hall

This is a complete list of the people who have served as mayor of the city of Lawton in southwest Oklahoma.

Lawton's city government uses a council-manager model of municipal government where most of the authority resides in the City Council. The mayor presides and sets the agenda over the City Council whereas most of the day-to-day operations is handled by the City Manager.[1][2] The mayor is elected every three years. The position is currently held by Stan Booker.[3]

Mayor Term Began Term Ended Political Party
Colonel Leslie P. Ross 1901 1903
Dr. W.M. Turner 1903 1908
Richard A. Jones 1908 1909
Henry Boyle 1909 1911
G.H. Block 1911 1911
George Short 1911 1913
R. Henry Warren 1913 1915
Sim Sheppard 1918 1919
George Short 1919 1921
F.A. Parkinson 1921 1922
J.A. Johnson 1922 1923
John D. Kennard 1923 1924
G.S. Holman (acting mayor) 1924 1925
Charles S. Powell 1925 1929
Fred Larrance 1929 1931
Jackson Broshears 1931 1935
Walter Fuller 1933 1935
Richard A. Jones 1935 1941
Everett Glenn 1941 1947
George Hutchins 1947 1949
R Everett Glenn 1949 1953
Joe McCain 1953 1955
C.R. Ellsworth 1955 1961
Wayne Gilley 1961 1971
Don Whitaker 1971 1975
Wayne Gilley 1975 1989
Robert L. Shanklin 1989 1991
John T. "Ted" Marley 1991 1998
Cecil E. Powell 1998 2004
John P. Purcell, Jr. 2004 2010
Fred L. Fitch 2010 2019
Stan Booker 2019 present

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References

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  1. ^ Lawton, Oklahoma, Municipal Code art. C-2-2 Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 2011-03-30)
  2. ^ Lawton, Oklahoma, Municipal Code art. C-3-2 Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine(accessed 2011-03-30)
  3. ^ City of Lawton Oklahoma. "Mayor/Council". Retrieved 2011-03-30.
  4. ^ Kutchta, Howard (2001). Lawton, A Centennial History, 1901–2001. Bell Books. p. 131.
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