Alexander L. Harris (October 9, 1820 â August 27, 1898) was an American politician. A Democrat, he was mayor of Kansas City, Missouri from 1866 to 1867, and from 1868 to 1869.
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 1861âÂÂ1862.
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 (called county judge) in 1871.
He was buried at Union Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.