Milton J. Payne

Milton Jameson Payne (October 29, 1829 – July 17, 1900), who served six one-year terms as the Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri. He was also the city's youngest mayor, first being elected in 1855, at the age of 26. He was among the founders of Kansas City's first newspaper, the Enterprise. Payne, who always carried a gun while walking the streets, was elected mayor five times between 1855 and 1859 and was elected to a sixth term during the American Civil War in 1862. Payne's wife Adeline died in 1867. He remarried to Jeannie Chamberlin in 1892.

Milton J. Payne

Milton Jameson Payne (October 29, 1829 – July 17, 1900), who served six one-year terms as the Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri. He was also the city's youngest mayor, first being elected in 1855, at the age of 26. He was among the founders of Kansas City's first newspaper, the Enterprise. Payne, who always carried a gun while walking the streets, was elected mayor five times between 1855 and 1859 and was elected to a sixth term during the American Civil War in 1862. Payne's wife Adeline died in 1867. He remarried to Jeannie Chamberlin in 1892.