Complete List of KCS Presidents

Presidents of KCS Railway and Lineal Predecessor Lines

The Kansas City Suburban Belt Railroad Company

• Edward L. Martin (1887 - 1889)

Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Company

• Edward L. Martin (1889 - 1897)
  
  
• Arthur E. Stilwell (1897 - 1900)

The Kansas City Southern Railway Company

• Col. Samuel W. Fordyce (1900)
  
  
• Stuart R. Knott (1900 - 1905)
  
  
• Job A. Edson (1905 - 1918)
  
  
• Leonor F. Loree (1918 - 1920)
  
  
• Job A. Edson (1920 - 1927)
  
  
• Charles E. Johnston (1928 - 1938)
  
  
• Harvey C. Couch (1939)
  
  
• C. P. "Pete" Couch (1939 - 1941)
  
  
• William N. Deramus, Jr. (1941 - 1961)
  
  
• William N. Deramus III (1961 - 1973)
  
  
• Thomas S. Carter (1973 - 1986)
  
  
• William N. Deramus IV (1986 - 1990)
  
  
• Landon H. Rowland (1990 - 1991)
  
  
• George W. Edwards (1991 - 1995)
  
  
• Michael R. Haverty (1995 - 2005)
  
  
• Arthur L. Shoener (2005 - 2008)
  
  
• David L. Starling (2008 - 2015)
  
  
• Patrick J. Ottensmeyer (2015 - 2023)