List of mayors of Portageville, Missouri

The city of Portageville, Missouri, located in Missouri's 8th congressional district in southeastern Missouri, is one of the largest cities in New Madrid County, Missouri, one of the five oldest counties in the state.

Mayor	Took office	Left office	Additional information
J. C. McCrate	c. 1933	1947
Joseph Edward McCrate (1909-1994)	1947	1953	School superintendent, bank director, hospital board member.
A. Henry Workman	1951	1953
L. Faherty Pinkley	1953	1957
Bailey Rutledge	1957	c. 1960
Leeds K. Butler (1913-1980)	c. 1960	c. 1964
Joseph E. Christian (1921-2009)^[1]	1965	1967	He served in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1945 during World War II.
Barry L. Richardson	c. 1968	1969	Resigned as mayor to be appointed to the Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service by Secretary of Agriculture Clifford Hardin.^[2]
Earl McCall Walker (1926-2003)^[3]	1969		Appointed, served as acting mayor. He served in U.S. Navy during the Korean War.
Roy Moore (1909-1979)	c. 1971	c. 1973	He had been a hardware merchant for 40 years.
Barry L. Richardson	1973	c. 1978	(Previously served as mayor.)
Don Rone, Jr.	c. 1978	1981	He was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in 2014.
Arvil Vernell Adams (1913-1999)	1981	1991	He served as president of the Portageville School Board, 1957-1972.
Don Rone, Jr.	c. 1991	c. 1995	(Previously served as mayor.)
James D. Patton, Sr.	c. 1995	c. 1998	He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.^[4]
Don Day	c. 1998	c. 1999
Denis McCrate^[5]	2012	-

References

↑ "Life Legacy: Joe E. Christian". Retrieved 2014-11-06.
↑ "Portageville Mayor to ASCS Post". Southeast Missourian. Cape Girardeau, Missouri. May 29, 1969.
↑ "Earl M. Walker obituary". Retrieved 2014-11-06.
↑ "House Resolution No. 4173" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-11-06.
↑ "Helping out their community: Fisher Delta Research Center employees elected mayors of small towns". 2014-10-10. Retrieved 2014-11-06.

Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress

American (Know Nothing) (K-N)
Adams (A), Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J), National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (Anti-Admin)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Democratic (D)

Dixiecrat (Dix), States' rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (D-R)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Free Soil (FS)
Free Silver (FSv)
Fusion (FU)

Greenback (GB)
Jacksonian (J)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition (O)
Populist (Pop)
Pro-Administration (Pro-Admin)

Independent, None, or Unaffiliated

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