# Mayor of St. Louis

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The Mayor of St. Louis is the chief executive officer of St. Louis's city government. The mayor has a duty to enforce city ordinances and the power to either approve or veto city ordinances passed by the Board of Aldermen. The current mayor is Tishaura Jones, who took office on April 20, 2021.
Forty-seven people have held the office, four of whom — William Carr Lane, John Fletcher Darby, John Wimer, and John How — served non-consecutive terms. Lane, the city's first mayor, served the most terms: eight one-year terms plus the unexpired term of Darby. Francis Slay is the longest-serving mayor, having served four 4-year terms. The second-longest-serving mayor was Henry Kiel, who served 12 years and nine days over three terms in office. Two others — Raymond Tucker and Vincent C. Schoemehl — also served three terms, but seven fewer days. The shortest-serving mayor was Arthur Barret, who died 11 days after taking office. The first female mayor was Lyda Krewson, who served from 2017 to 2021.

## Duties and powers

The mayor has an office in the St. Louis City Hall
St. Louis was incorporated as a city on December 9, 1822, four months after Missouri was admitted as a state to the Union. In accordance with its new charter, the city changed its governance to a mayor-council format and elected its first mayor, William Carr Lane, on April 7, 1823.

## Elections

The mayor is elected for four years during the general municipal election, which is held every two years on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April. The candidates are selected through a combined approval voting primary, with the top two advancing to the general. The mayor is usually sworn during the first session of the Board of Aldermen two weeks after the election.
Under the original city charter, the mayor was elected to a one-year term. Terms became two years under the 1859 city charter. The mayor's office was extended to its present four-year term after passage of the Charter and Scheme in 1876 which separated the City of St. Louis from St. Louis County.

## Succession

If the office of mayor becomes vacant through death, resignation, recall, or removal by the board of aldermen, the president of the board of aldermen becomes mayor until a special mayoral election can be held; if the office is only temporarily vacant due to disability of the mayor, the president only acts out the duties of mayor. Should both offices be vacant, the vice-president of the board of aldermen becomes mayor.
Five people have acted as mayor: Wilson Primm following the resignation of John Darby; Ferdinand W. Cronenbold following the resignation of Chauncey Filley; Herman Rechtien following the death of Arthur Barret; George W. Allen following the resignation of David Francis; and Aloys P. Kaufmann following the death of William Becker.

## List of mayors

| # | Mayor | Term start | Term end | Terms | Party |
| 1 | William Carr Lane | April 14, 1823 | April 14, 1829 | 6 | Whig |
| 2 | Daniel Page | April 14, 1829 | November 11, 1833 | 4½ | Whig |
| 3 | John W. Johnston | November 11, 1833 | April 14, 1835 | 1½ | Whig |
| 4 | John Fletcher Darby | April 14, 1835 | October 31, 1837 | 2½ | Whig |
| — | Wilson Primm | October 31, 1837 | November 15, 1837 | — | Whig |
| 1 | William Carr Lane | November 15, 1837 | April 14, 1840 | 2½ | Whig |
| 4 | John Fletcher Darby | April 14, 1840 | April 13, 1841 | 1 | Whig |
| 5 | John D. Daggett | April 13, 1841 | April 12, 1842 | 1 | Whig |
| 6 | George Maguire | April 12, 1842 | April 11, 1843 | 1 | Democratic |
| 7 | John Wimer | April 11, 1843 | April 9, 1844 | 1 | Democratic |
| 8 | Bernard Pratte | April 9, 1844 | April 14, 1846 | 2 | Whig |
| 9 | Peter G. Camden | April 14, 1846 | April 13, 1847 | 1 | Know Nothing |
| 10 | Bryan Mullanphy | April 13, 1847 | April 11, 1848 | 1 | Democratic |
| 11 | John Krum | April 10, 1849 | April 10, 1849 | 1 | Democratic |
| 12 | James G. Barry | April 10, 1849 | April 9, 1850 | 1 | Democratic |
| 13 | Luther Martin Kennett | April 9, 1850 | April 12, 1853 | 3 | Whig |
| 14 | John How | April 12, 1853 | April 10, 1855 | 2 | Democratic |
| 15 | Washington King | April 10, 1855 | April 15, 1856 | 1 | Know Nothing |
| 14 | John How | April 15, 1856 | April 14, 1857 | 1 | Democratic |
| 7 | John Wimer | April 14, 1857 | April 13, 1858 | 1 | Democratic |
| 16 | Oliver Filley | April 13, 1858 | April 9, 1861 | 2 | Republican |
| 17 | Daniel G. Taylor | April 9, 1861 | April 14, 1863 | 1 | Republican |
| 18 | Chauncey Filley | April 14, 1863 | March 19, 1864 | ½ | Republican |
| — | Ferdinand W. Cronenbold | March 19, 1864 | April 11, 1864 | — | |
| 19 | James Thomas | April 11, 1864 | April 13, 1869 | 2½ | Republican |
| 20 | Nathan Cole | April 13, 1869 | April 11, 1871 | 1 | Republican |
| 21 | Joseph Brown | April 11, 1871 | April 13, 1875 | 2 | War Democrat |
| 22 | Arthur Barret | April 13, 1875 | April 24, 1875 | ⅓ | Democratic |
| — | Herman Rechtien | April 24, 1875 | May 29, 1875 | — | |
| 23 | James H. Britton | May 29, 1875 | February 9, 1876 | ⅓ | Democratic |
| 24 | Henry Overstolz | February 9, 1876 | April 12, 1881 | 1⅓ | Independent |
| 25 | William L. Ewing | April 12, 1881 | April 14, 1885 | 1 | Republican |
| 26 | David R. Francis | April 14, 1885 | January 2, 1889 | 1 | Democratic |
| — | George W. Allen | January 2, 1889 | April 6, 1889 | — | Democratic |
| 27 | Edward A. Noonan | April 6, 1889 | April 8, 1893 | 1 | Democratic |
| 28 | Cyrus Walbridge | April 8, 1893 | April 10, 1897 | 1 | Republican |
| 29 | Henry Ziegenhein | April 10, 1897 | April 9, 1901 | 1 | Republican |
| 30 | Rolla Wells | April 9, 1901 | April 13, 1909 | 2 | Democratic |
| 31 | Frederick Kreismann | April 13, 1909 | April 12, 1913 | 1 | Republican |
| 32 | Henry Kiel | April 12, 1913 | April 21, 1925 | 3 | Republican |
| 33 | Victor J. Miller | April 21, 1925 | April 18, 1933 | 2 | Republican |
| 34 | Bernard F. Dickmann | April 18, 1933 | April 15, 1941 | 2 | Democratic |
| 35 | William D. Becker | April 15, 1941 | August 1, 1943 | ½ | Republican |
| 36 | Aloys P. Kaufmann | August 1, 1943 | April 19, 1949 | 1½ | Republican |
| 37 | Joseph Darst | April 19, 1949 | April 21, 1953 | 1 | Democratic |
| 38 | Raymond Tucker | April 21, 1953 | April 20, 1965 | 3 | Democratic |
| 39 | Alfonso J. Cervantes | April 20, 1965 | April 17, 1973 | 2 | Democratic |
| 40 | John Poelker | April 17, 1973 | April 19, 1977 | 1 | Democratic |
| 41 | James F. Conway | April 19, 1977 | April 21, 1981 | 1 | Democratic |
| 42 | Vincent C. Schoemehl | April 21, 1981 | April 20, 1993 | 3 | Democratic |
| 43 | Freeman Bosley Jr. | April 20, 1993 | April 15, 1997 | 1 | Democratic |
| 44 | Clarence Harmon | April 15, 1997 | April 17, 2001 | 1 | Democratic |
| 45 | Francis Slay | April 17, 2001 | April 18, 2017 | 4 | Democratic |
| 46 | Lyda Krewson | April 18, 2017 | April 20, 2021 | 1 | Democratic |
| 47 | Tishaura Jones | April 20, 2021 | Incumbent | 1 | Democratic |