Jay Holcomb Neff (July 6, 1854 – August 14, 1915)[1] was a newspaper publisher and Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri from 1904 to 1906.

He moved to Kansas City in 1881 where he started working the Kansas City Daily Price Current and eventually owned the publication which he renamed the Daily Drovers Telegram.

In 1901 an editorial in the Kansas City Drovers Telegram entitled "Call It The American Royal" was to end up causing the Kansas City Livestock Show to change its name to the American Royal.

His son also donated money from the estate to move the University of Missouri School of Journalism from Switzler Hall to a new building which was named Neff Hall in honor of Jay Holcomb.

[3] He died in Cody, Wyoming on August 14, 1915, and is buried in Forest Hill Calvary Cemetery in Kansas City.