page_title: Mayor of St. Louis
section_title: List of mayors and gallery
hierarchical_section_title: Mayor of St. Louis / List of mayors and gallery
caption_attribution_description: English: St. Louis City Hall
context_page_description: 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.
  Forty-six individuals have held the office of mayor of St. Louis, four of whom — William Carr Lane, John Fletcher Darby, John Wimer, and John How — served non-consecutive terms. The most terms served by a mayor was by Lane, who served eight full terms plus the unexpired term of Darby. The current mayor is Lyda Krewson who took office April 18, 2017. Francis Slay is the longest-serving mayor of St. Louis. The second-longest-serving mayor was Henry Kiel, who took office April 15, 1913 and left office April 21, 1925, a total of 12 years and nine days over three terms in office. Two others — Raymond Tucker, and Vincent C. Schoemehl — also served three terms as mayor, but served seven fewer days. The shortest serving mayor was Arthur Barret, who died 11 days after taking office.
caption: The Mayor of St. Louis has an office on the 2nd floor of the City Hall (St. Louis, Missouri) which is the highest occupiable in the building
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