#TheLoopWantsToKnow….

Quizzes, polls, and more from the KC Downtown Loop

Each week, we’ll pose a question or a poll, an image or a graphic, to which we’d like your answers or opinions. We’ll post a link to the question or poll on Twitter, too, so you can choose to post your response either here (on Substack) or there (on Twitter).

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This week, #TheLoopWantsToKnow:

Johnston Lykins, born on tomorrow's date in 1880, has the distinction of being Kansas City's first "legal" mayor.

Q: Why was the man who won the first mayoral election, W.S. Gregory, disqualified after 10 months in office, thus giving the office to runner-up Lykins?

Comment below, or click the Twitter button to respond there:

Portrait of Johnston Lykins painted by his friend George Caleb Bingham.

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