Henry Christian Kumpf (July 12, 1830 - April 13, 1904) was elected to three one-year terms as Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri in 1886-1889.
He moved to St. Louis, Missouri in 1850 where he studied English as a grocery clerk and worked as a shipping clerk at the St. Louis Arsenal from 1861 to 1865.
After the American Civil War, he moved to Kansas City where he opened a billiard hall.
His residences included 2nd and High Streets, 1222 Delaware (Baltimore), and he died while living with his son George, at 1109 Forest.
[citation needed] A public elementary school at 44th and Wabash, near Brooklyn Park, was named after him.