Alexander L. Harris

Alexander L. Harris was a Democratic mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, in 1866 and 1868.

Biography

Harris was born in either Tennessee or Kentucky. He operated a saloon near the Missouri River levee and was councilman from the first ward in 1861–1862.
He was elected mayor in 1866, failed re-election in 1867, and was elected again in 1868.
In 1870 was a deputy sheriff for Jackson County, Missouri, and became a county commissioner in 1871.
He was buried at Union Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.