Mayor Bryce Byram Smith, 32°
(Dec 7, 1878 - May 22, 1962)
Member, Ivanhoe Lodge #446

1921 - 32° Consistory of Western Missouri, Valley of Kansas City

Occupation: Manager of Consumers Bread Company, General Baking Company, Kansas City Mayor, City Councilman.
Recommended: EC Ritter, OP Bloss
Interred: Forest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, MO

Bryce B. Smith was Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri from 1930 to 1939 serving 4 1/2 terms. Brother Smith was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. His family moved to Kansas City in the 1880s and founded what would become General Baking Corporation.

He served on the city council from 1920 to 1924. He was the second mayor under Kansas City's new city manager form of government with Henry McElroy as City Manager.

Many of the landmarks of Kansas City were built during his term during what was called the "Ten Year Plan":