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{{Short description|Chief executive of St. Louis}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox official post
|post            = Mayor
|body            = St. Louis
|flag            = Flag of St. Louis, Missouri.svg
|flagcaption     = [[Flag of St. Louis]]
|flagborder      = yes
|insignia        = Seal of St. Louis, Missouri.svg
|insigniacaption = Seal of St. Louis
|imagesize       = 110px
|image           = File:Cara Spencer crop.jpg
|incumbent       = [[Cara Spencer]]
|incumbentsince  = April 15, 2025
|department      = [[Government of St. Louis]]
|style           = Her Honor
|termlength      = Four years, no term limits 
|formation       = April 14, 1823
|inaugural       = [[William Carr Lane]]
|succession      = [[St. Louis Board of Aldermen|President, Board of Aldermen]]
|salary          = $161,881<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://graphics.stltoday.com/apps/payrolls/salaries_2024/85_34/ |title=Public paychecks: Here's how much Mayor jones gets paid and how her salary stacks up nationally |date=October 8, 2018 |last=Jeffrey |first=Jeff |website=[[KSDK]] |access-date=April 21, 2021}}</ref>
|website         = [https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/mayor/index.cfm Office of the Mayor]
}}

{{Elections in Missouri sidebar}}

The '''mayor of St. Louis''' is the chief executive officer of [[St. Louis]]'s city government.  The [[mayor]] has a duty to enforce city [[bylaw|ordinances]] and the power to either approve or [[veto]] city ordinances passed by the [[St. Louis Board of Aldermen|Board of Aldermen]].<ref name="article7">{{cite web|url=http://www.slpl.lib.mo.us/cco/charter/data/art07.htm|title=St. Louis City Charter, Article VII|publisher=[[St. Louis Public Library]]|access-date=2008-07-23|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725052134/http://www.slpl.lib.mo.us/cco/charter/data/art07.htm|archive-date=2008-07-25}}</ref> The current mayor is [[Cara Spencer]], who took office on April 15, 2025.

Forty-eight 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 government|mayor-council]] format and elected its first mayor, William Carr Lane, on April 7, 1823.<ref>{{cite book|last=Conard|first=Howard Louis|title=Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri|publisher=The Southern History Company|location=New York; Louisville; St. Louis|year=1901|volume=1|pages=569–572|oclc=32872107|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VGsUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA569}}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{cite news |last=Schlinkmann |first=Mark |date=2021-03-01 |title=St. Louis mayoral candidates, voters deal with new rules in Tuesday’s primary |url=https://www.stltoday.com/life-entertainment/local/wellness/st-louis-mayoral-candidates-voters-deal-with-new-rules-in-tuesday-s-primary/article_4335d64e-7dc2-5f6b-832e-d02edc54477b.html |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |location=St. Louis |access-date=2024-05-24}}</ref> The mayor is usually sworn during the first session of the Board of Aldermen two weeks after the election.

Under the original [[municipal charter|city charter]], the mayor was elected to a one-year term. Terms became two years under the 1859 city charter.<ref name="Oliver">{{cite web|url=http://exhibits.slpl.org/mayors/data/dt42815532.asp |title=St. Louis Mayors: Oliver D. Filley |publisher=[[St. Louis Public Library]] |access-date=2008-07-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107070539/http://exhibits.slpl.org/mayors/data/dt42815532.asp |archive-date=2009-01-07 }}</ref> 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, Missouri|St. Louis County]].<ref name="Henry">{{cite web|url=http://exhibits.slpl.org/mayors/data/dt47812949.asp |title=St. Louis Mayors: Henry Overstolz |publisher=[[St. Louis Public Library]] |access-date=2008-07-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720181018/http://exhibits.slpl.org/mayors/data/dt47812949.asp |archive-date=2011-07-20 }}</ref>

==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.<ref name="article7" />

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==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! align=center | #
! Portrait
! Mayor
! Term start
! Term end
! Terms{{ref|terms|[B]}}
! class=unsortable | &nbsp;
! style="border-left-style:hidden;padding:0.1em 0em" | Party
|-
| 1
| [[File:William Carr Lane (St. Louis Mayor, New Mexico Territory Governor).jpg|border|100px]]
| [[William Carr Lane]]
| {{dts|1823|04|14}} || {{dts|1829|04|14}} || align=center| 6
| bgcolor={{party color|Whig Party (United States)}} |
| [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]
|-
| 2
|
| [[Daniel Page]]
| {{dts|1829|04|14}} || {{dts|1833|11|11}} || align=center| 4½{{ref label|Merry|C|a}}
| bgcolor={{party color|Whig Party (United States)}} |
| Whig
|-
| 3
|
| [[John W. Johnston (mayor)|John W. Johnston]]
| {{dts|1833|11|11}} || {{dts|1835|04|14}} || align=center| 1½{{ref label|Merry|C|b}}
| bgcolor={{party color|Whig Party (United States)}} |
| Whig 
|-
| 4
| [[File:JohnFletcherDarby.jpg|border|100px]]
| [[John Fletcher Darby]]
| {{dts|1835|04|14}} || {{dts|1837|10|31}} || align=center| 2½{{ref|resigned|[D]}}
| bgcolor={{party color|Whig Party (United States)}} |
| Whig 
|-
| —
|
| [[Wilson Primm]]
| {{dts|1837|10|31}} || {{dts|1837|11|15}} || align=center| —{{ref|Primm|[E]}}
| bgcolor={{party color|Whig Party (United States)}} |
| Whig 
|-
| 1
| [[File:William Carr Lane (St. Louis Mayor, New Mexico Territory Governor).jpg|border|100px]]
| [[William Carr Lane]]
| {{dts|1837|11|15}} || {{dts|1840|04|14}} || align=center| 2½
| bgcolor={{party color|Whig Party (United States)}} |
| Whig 
|-
| 4
| [[File:JohnFletcherDarby.jpg|border|100px]]
| [[John Fletcher Darby]]
| {{dts|1840|04|14}} || {{dts|1841|04|13}} || align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Whig Party (United States)}} |
| Whig 
|-
| 5
| [[File:John D. Daggett.jpg|border|100px]]
| [[John D. Daggett]]
| {{dts|1841|04|13}} || {{dts|1842|04|12}} || align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Whig Party (United States)}} |
| Whig 
|-
| 6
|
| [[George Maguire (politician)|George Maguire]]
| {{dts|1842|04|12}} || {{dts|1843|04|11}} || align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} |
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] 
|-
| 7
| [[File:John M Wimer.jpg|border|100px]]
| [[John Wimer]]
| {{dts|1843|04|11}} || {{dts|1844|04|09}} || align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} |
| Democratic
|-
| 8
| [[File:Bernard Pratte.jpg|border|100px]]
| [[Bernard Pratte]]
| {{dts|1844|04|09}} || {{dts|1846|04|14}} || align=center| 2
| bgcolor={{party color|Whig Party (United States)}} |
| Whig 
|-
| 9
| [[File:Peter G. Camden (1801–1873).png|100px]]
| [[Peter G. Camden]]
| {{dts|1846|04|14}} || {{dts|1847|04|13}} || align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Know Nothing}} |
| [[Know Nothing]] 
|-
| 10
| [[File:Portrait of Bryan Mullanphy.jpg|border|100px]]
| [[Bryan Mullanphy]]
| {{dts|1847|04|13}} || {{dts|1848|04|11}} || align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} |
| Democratic 
|-
| 11
| [[File:John Krum.jpg|border|100px]]
| [[John Krum]]
| {{dts|1849|04|10}} || {{dts|1849|04|10}} || align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} |
| Democratic 
|-
| 12
| [[File:Photograph of James G. Barry.jpg|border|100px]]
| [[James G. Barry]]
| {{dts|1849|04|10}} || {{dts|1850|04|09}} || align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} |
| Democratic 
|-
| 13
| [[File:Luther Martin Kennett (St. Louis, Missouri Mayor and Congressman).jpg|border|100px]]
| [[Luther Martin Kennett]]
| {{dts|1850|04|09}} || {{dts|1853|04|12}} || align=center| 3
| bgcolor={{party color|Whig Party (United States)}} |
| Whig 
|-
| 14
|
| [[John How]]
| {{dts|1853|04|12}} || {{dts|1855|04|10}} || align=center| 2
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} |
| Democratic 
|-
| 15
| [[File:Washington King (1815–1861).png|100px]]
| [[Washington King]]
| {{dts|1855|04|10}} || {{dts|1856|04|15}} || align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Know Nothing}} |
| Know Nothing 
|-
| 14
|
| John How
| {{dts|1856|04|15}} || {{dts|1857|04|14}} || align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} |
| Democratic 
|-
| 7
| [[File:John M Wimer.jpg|border|100px]]
| [[John Wimer]]
| {{dts|1857|04|14}} || {{dts|1858|04|13}} || align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} |
| Democratic 
|-
| 16
| [[File:Oliver Filley.jpg|border|100px]]
| [[Oliver Filley]]
| {{dts|1858|04|13}} || {{dts|1861|04|09}} || align=center| 2{{ref|OFilley|[F]}}
| bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}} |
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] 
|-
| 17
| [[File:Daniel G. Taylor (1819–1878).jpg|100px]]
| [[Daniel G. Taylor]]
| {{dts|1861|04|09}} || {{dts|1863|04|14}} || align=center| 1{{ref|Taylor|[G]}}
| bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}} |
| Republican 
|-
| 18
| [[File:Chauncey Ives Filley 001.jpg|border|100px]]
|[[Chauncey Filley]]
| {{dts|1863|04|14}} || {{dts|1864|03|19}} || align=center| ½{{ref|CFilley|[H]}}
| bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}} |
| Republican 
|-
| —
|
| Ferdinand W. Cronenbold
| {{dts|1864|03|19}} || {{dts|1864|04|11}} || align=center| —{{ref|Cronenbold|[I]}}
| || 
|-
| 19
|
| [[James S. Thomas (mayor)|James Thomas]]
| {{dts|1864|04|11}} || {{dts|1869|04|13}} || align=center| 2½
| bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}} |
| Republican 
|-
| 20
| [[File:NathanCole.jpg|border|100px]]
| [[Nathan Cole]]
| {{dts|1869|04|13}} || {{dts|1871|04|11}} || align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}} |
| Republican 
|-
| 21
|
| [[Joseph Brown (Missouri politician)|Joseph Brown]]
| {{dts|1871|04|11}} || {{dts|1875|04|13}} || align=center| 2
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} |
| [[War Democrats|War Democrat]] 
|-
| 22
|
| [[Arthur Barret]]
| {{dts|1875|04|13}} || {{dts|1875|04|24}} || align=center| ⅓{{ref label|died|J|a}}{{ref|Barret|[K]}}
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} |
| Democratic 
|-
| —
|
| Herman Rechtien
| {{dts|1875|04|24}} || {{dts|1875|05|29}} || align=center| —{{ref|Rechtin|[L]}}
| || 
|-
| 23
|
| [[James H. Britton]]
| {{dts|1875|05|29}} || {{dts|1876|02|09}} || align=center| ⅓{{ref label|recount|M|a}}
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} |
| Democratic 
|-
| 24
| [[File:Henry Clemens von Overstolz (1821–1887).png|100px]]
| [[Henry Overstolz]]
| {{dts|1876|02|09}} || {{dts|1881|04|12}} || align=center| 1⅓{{ref label|recount|L|b}}{{ref|four-year|[N]}}
| bgcolor={{party color|Independent (politician)}} |
| ''[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]''
|-
| 25
| [[File:William L. Ewing (1843–1905).png|100px]]
| [[William L. Ewing]]
| {{dts|1881|04|12}} || {{dts|1885|04|14}} || align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}} |
| Republican
|-
| 26
| [[File:DRFrancis.jpg|border|100px]]
| [[David R. Francis]]
| {{dts|1885|04|14}} || {{dts|1889|01|02}} || align=center| 1{{ref|Francis|[O]}}
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} |
| Democratic
|-
| —
||
| George W. Allen
| {{dts|1889|01|02}} || {{dts|1889|04|06}} || align=center| —{{ref|Allen|[P]}}
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} |
| Democratic 
|-
| 27
|
| [[Edward A. Noonan]]
| {{dts|1889|04|06}} || {{dts|1893|04|08}} || align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} |
| Democratic
|-
| 28
| [[File:Cyrus Walbridge 1904.jpg|border|100px]]
| [[Cyrus Walbridge]]
| {{dts|1893|04|08}} || {{dts|1897|04|10}} || align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}} |
| Republican
|-
| 29
| [[File:Henry Ziegenhein June 1902.jpg|border|100px]]
| [[Henry Ziegenhein]]
| {{dts|1897|04|10}} || {{dts|1901|04|09}} || align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}} |
| Republican
|-
| 30
| [[File:Rolla Wells 1906.jpg|border|100px]]
| [[Rolla Wells]]
| {{dts|1901|04|09}} || {{dts|1909|04|13}} || align=center| 2
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} |
| Democratic
|-
| 31
| [[File:Frederick H Kreismann 1909.jpg|border|100px]]
| [[Frederick Kreismann]]
| {{dts|1909|04|13}} || {{dts|1913|04|12}} || align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}} |
| Republican
|-
| 32
| [[File:Kiel-mhm.jpg|border|100px]]
| [[Henry Kiel]]
| {{dts|1913|04|12}} || {{dts|1925|04|21}} || align=center| 3
| bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}} |
| Republican
|-
| 33
| [[File:Victor J. Miller LCCN2014713012.jpg|border|100px]]
| [[Victor J. Miller]]
| {{dts|1925|04|21}} || {{dts|1933|04|18}} || align=center| 2
| bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}} |
| Republican
|-
| 34
| [[File:Mayor Bernard Dickmann speaking (cropped).jpg|border|100px]]
| [[Bernard F. Dickmann]]
| {{dts|1933|04|18}} || {{dts|1941|04|15}} || align=center| 2
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} |
| Democratic
|-
| 35
|
| [[William D. Becker]]
| {{dts|1941|04|15}} || {{dts|1943|08|01}} || align=center| ½{{ref label|died|J|b}}
| bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}} |
| Republican
|-
| 36
|
| [[Aloys P. Kaufmann]]
| {{dts|1943|08|01}} || {{dts|1949|04|19}} || align=center| 1½{{ref|Kaufmann|[Q]}}
| bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}} |
| Republican
|-
| 37
|
| [[Joseph Darst]]
| {{dts|1949|04|19}} || {{dts|1953|04|21}} || align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} |
| Democratic
|-
| 38
|
| [[Raymond Tucker]]
| {{dts|1953|04|21}} || {{dts|1965|04|20}} || align=center| 3
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} |
| Democratic
|-
| 39
| [[File:Alfonso J. Cervantes, mayor of St. Louis.jpg|100px]]
| [[Alfonso J. Cervantes]]
| {{dts|1965|04|20}} || {{dts|1973|04|17}} || align=center| 2
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} |
| Democratic
|-
| 40
|
| [[John Poelker]]
| {{dts|1973|04|17}} || {{dts|1977|04|19}} || align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} |
| Democratic
|-
| 41
|
| [[James F. Conway]]
| {{dts|1977|04|19}} || {{dts|1981|04|21}} || align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} |
| Democratic
|-
| 42
|
| [[Vincent C. Schoemehl]]
| {{dts|1981|04|21}} || {{dts|1993|04|20}} || align=center| 3
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} |
| Democratic 
|-
| 43
|
| [[Freeman Bosley Jr.]]
| {{dts|1993|04|20}} || {{dts|1997|04|15}} || align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} |
| Democratic
|-
| 44
|
| [[Clarence Harmon]]
| {{dts|1997|04|15}} || {{dts|2001|04|17}} || align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} |
| Democratic
|-
| 45
| [[File:Francis Slay 2015.jpg|border|100px]]
| [[Francis Slay]]
| {{dts|2001|04|17}} || {{dts|2017|04|18}} || align=center| 4
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} |
| Democratic
|-
| 46
| [[File:Lyda Krewson (325034).jpg|border|100px]]
| [[Lyda Krewson]]
| {{dts|2017|04|18}} || {{dts|2021|04|20}} || align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} |
| Democratic
|-
| 47
| [[File:Tishaura Jones tight crop.jpg|border|100px]]
| [[Tishaura Jones]]
| {{dts|2021|04|20}} || {{dts|2025|04|15}} || align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} |
| Democratic
|-
| 48
| [[File:Cara Spencer crop.jpg|border|100px]]
| [[Cara Spencer]]
| {{dts|2025|04|15}} || ''Incumbent''|| align=center| 1
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}} |
| Democratic
|}

[[File:City Hall of St. Louis.jpg|thumb|300 px|right|The Mayor of St. Louis has an office on the second floor of [[City Hall (St. Louis, Missouri)|City Hall]].]]

===Notes===
{{refbegin}}
* '''A.''' {{note|mayors}} 47 people have served as mayor, four twice; the table includes these non-consecutive terms as well.
* '''B.''' {{note|terms}} The fractional terms of some mayors are not to be understood absolutely literally; rather, they are meant to show single terms during which multiple mayors served, due to resignations, deaths and the like.
* '''C.''' {{note label|Merry|C|a}}{{note label|Merry|C|b}} Samuel Merry was elected mayor of St. Louis in April 1833; however, his eligibility was questioned by the City Council as he was a federal officer—United States Receiver of Public Moneys in St. Louis.  Merry filed suit to force the council's compliance and in October 1833, he was ruled ineligible by the [[Supreme Court of Missouri|Missouri Supreme Court]].<ref>{{cite court |litigants=State v. Samuel Merry |court=Mo. |date=1833 |url=http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/judiciary/allcourts/detail.asp?rID=4333}}</ref>  Johnston was elected mayor in a special mayoral election held a month later on November 9.  Page continued to serve as mayor until the case was settled and Johnston elected.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://exhibits.slpl.org/mayors/data/dt46613331.asp |title=St. Louis Mayors: John W. Johnston |publisher=[[St. Louis Public Library]] |access-date=2008-09-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121005704/http://exhibits.slpl.org/mayors/data/dt46613331.asp |archive-date=2008-11-21 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Shepard |first=Elihu Hotchkiss |title=The Early History of St. Louis and Missouri |publisher=Southwestern Book and Publishing Company |location=Saint Louis |year=1870 |oclc=2804761 |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_vUUVAAAAYAAJ |access-date=2008-09-03 |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_vUUVAAAAYAAJ/page/n116 112]}}</ref>
* '''D.''' {{note|resigned}} Darby resigned from office.  William Carr Lane was later elected to fill the vacancy.<ref>{{cite book |last=Stevens |first=Walter Barlow |title=St. Louis: The Fourth City, 1764-1911 |publisher=The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. |year=1911 |oclc=9351989 |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_7D0VAAAAYAAJ |access-date=2008-08-22 |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_7D0VAAAAYAAJ/page/n155 112]}}</ref>
* '''E.''' {{note|Primm}} As president of the Board of Aldermen, Primm acted as mayor following the resignation of Darby.<ref>{{cite news |title=Proceedings of the Board of Aldermen of the City of St. Louis |date=1837-12-02 |work=Daily Commercial Bulletin and Missouri Literary Register}}</ref>
* '''F.''' {{note|OFilley}} Oliver Filley's second term was the first mayoral term to last 2 years.<ref name="Oliver"/>
* '''G.''' {{note|Taylor}} Daniel G. Taylor was the candidate of a one-time coalition of traditional Missouri Democrats, pro-slavery activists, and secessionists calling itself the "Union Anti-Black Republican" ticket. The coalition was suspicious of the Abolitionist platform of the Republican party, and argued that St. Louis should not be governed by "Black Abolitionists" who would support newly elected President Lincoln in acting, including the use of military force, to prevent secession of southern states. Mayor Taylor worked in concert with Governor Claiborne Fox Jackson, until Jackson fled the state capitol to establish a Confederate aligned state government-in-exile. Mayor Taylor then cooperated with the new conservative-Unionist Governor, Hamilton Gamble.
* '''H.''' {{note|CFilley}} Chauncey Filley resigned after serving one year of his two-year term as mayor due to poor health.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://exhibits.slpl.org/mayors/data/dt50576468.asp |title=St. Louis Mayors: Chauncey I. Filley |publisher=[[St. Louis Public Library]] |access-date=2008-07-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106200314/http://exhibits.slpl.org/mayors/data/dt50576468.asp |archive-date=2009-01-06 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |title=Resignation of the Mayor |url=https://shsmo.newspapers.com/image/571012255/?terms=filley&match=1 |date=1864-03-16 |work=St. Louis Globe-Democrat |location=St. Louis |access-date=2024-05-25}}</ref>
* '''I.''' {{note|Cronenbold}} As president of the Board of Common Council, Cronenbold acted as mayor following the resignation of Chauncey Filley.
* '''J.''' {{note label|died|I|a}}{{note label|died|I|b}} Died in office.
* '''K.''' {{note|Barret}} Barret became suddenly ill and died after only 11 days in office.<ref>{{cite book |last=Reavis |first=L. U. |title=Saint Louis: The Future Great City of the World |publisher=Gray, Baker & Co. |location=Saint Louis, MO |year=1875 |edition=Biographical| pages=[https://archive.org/details/saintlouisfutur01reavgoog/page/n591 467]–470 |oclc=1805694 |url=https://archive.org/details/saintlouisfutur01reavgoog |access-date=2008-07-21}}</ref><ref name="Barret Post">{{cite news |title=Arthur B. Barret. The Mayor's Illness Results in Death This Morning |date=1875-04-24 |work=[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]}}</ref>
* '''L.''' {{note|Rechtin}} As president of the City Council, Rechtin acted as mayor following the death of Arthur Barret.<ref name="Barret Post" /><ref>{{cite news |title=A Municipal Row |date=1875-05-19 |work=[[Chicago Inter Ocean|The Inter Ocean]]}}</ref>
* '''M.''' {{note label|recount|L|a}}{{note label|recount|L|b}} Henry Overstolz was declared defeated by James Britton in the 1875 election, but contested the election and was seated as mayor nine months later after a recount of the ballots.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://exhibits.slpl.org/mayors/data/dt49584725.asp |title=St. Louis Mayors: James H. Britton |publisher=[[St. Louis Public Library]] |access-date=2008-07-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107030320/http://exhibits.slpl.org/mayors/data/dt49584725.asp |archive-date=2009-01-07 }}</ref>
* '''N.''' {{note|four-year}} Per the new city charter of 1876, Overstolz became the first mayor of St. Louis elected to a four-year term.<ref name="Henry"/>
* '''O.''' {{note|Francis}} Resigned from office to become Governor of Missouri.<ref name="Francis Allen">{{cite news|title=The City Hall Change|newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|page=10|date=2 January 1889}}</ref>
* '''P.''' {{note|Allen}} As president of the City Council, Allen acted as mayor following the resignation of David Francis.<ref name="Francis Allen"/><ref name="Dem Allen">{{cite news|title=Next Municipal Chief|newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |page=2 |date= 2 January 1889}}</ref>
* '''Q.''' {{note|Kaufmann}} As president of the Board of Aldermen, Kaufmann became mayor following the death of William Becker.  He was later elected mayor, in a special mayoral election in November 1944, to fill Becker's unexpired term.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05E7D8123BF936A25751C0A962948260&sec=&spon= |title= Aloys P. Kaufmann |date= 1984-02-15 |work= [[The New York Times]] |access-date=2008-07-17}}</ref>
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==References==
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* {{cite web |url=http://exhibits.slpl.org/mayors/ |title=St. Louis Mayors |publisher=[[St. Louis Public Library]] |access-date=2008-07-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080606031938/http://exhibits.slpl.org/mayors/ |archive-date=2008-06-06 }}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.slpl.lib.mo.us/cco/ |title=Laws of the City of St. Louis |publisher=[[St. Louis Public Library]] |access-date=2008-07-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080614001848/http://www.slpl.lib.mo.us/cco/ |archive-date=2008-06-14 }}
* {{cite book |last=Cornwell |first=Charles H. |title=St. Louis Mayors: Brief Biographies |publisher=[[St. Louis Public Library]] |location=St. Louis, Missouri |year=1965}}
* {{cite book |last=Reavis |first=L. U. |title=Saint Louis: The Future Great City of the World |publisher=C. R. Barns |location=St. Louis |year=1876 |edition=Centennial |pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_rz0VAAAAYAAJ/page/n101 74]–77 |oclc=2186198 |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_rz0VAAAAYAAJ |access-date=2008-07-02}}
* {{cite book |last=Stevens |first=Walter Barlow |title=St. Louis: The Fourth City, 1764-1911 |publisher=The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. |year=1911 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_7D0VAAAAYAAJ/page/n128 91]–123 |oclc=9351989 |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_7D0VAAAAYAAJ |access-date=2008-08-22}}
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;Charters
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* {{cite web |url=http://www.slpl.lib.mo.us/cco/charter/ |title=St. Louis City Charter |publisher=[[St. Louis Public Library]] |access-date=2008-09-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922073706/http://www.slpl.lib.mo.us/cco/charter/ |archive-date=2008-09-22 }}
* {{cite book |title=The Scheme of Separation Between St. Louis City and County and the Charter of the City of St. Louis, with All Amendments and Modifications to May 1, 1902: And Constitutional Provisions Specially Applicable to the City of St. Louis |publisher=Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co. |location=St. Louis |year=1902 |oclc=19450592 |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_32VDAAAAIAAJ|access-date=2008-09-02}}
* {{cite book |title=The Ordinances of the City of St. Louis|publisher=George Knapp & Co., Printers and Binders |location=St. Louis |year=1861 |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_m8UUAAAAYAAJ |access-date=2008-09-02}}
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;Specific
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==External links==
* {{citation |title=Missouri City Directories: St. Louis Directories, Gazetteers, Rosters and Guides |url=https://www.sos.mo.gov/mdh/CityDirectories |work=Missouri Digital Heritage |publisher=Missouri Secretrary of State }}

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