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.[1] 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 format and elected its first mayor, William Carr Lane, on April 7, 1823.[2]
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.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]
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.[1]
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
| No.Template:Efn | Mayor | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Election | Party | ||
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| 1 | File:William Carr Lane (St. Louis Mayor, New Mexico Territory Governor).jpg | William Carr Lane (1789–1863) 1st timeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 2 | File:No image.png | Daniel Page (1790–1869)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 3 | File:No image.png | John W. Johnston (1774–1854)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 4 | File:JohnFletcherDarby.jpg | John Fletcher Darby (1803–1882) 1st timeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| – | File:No image.png | Wilson Primm (TBA–TBA) ActingScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| (1)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | File:William Carr Lane (St. Louis Mayor, New Mexico Territory Governor).jpg | William Carr Lane (1789–1863) 2nd timeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| (4)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | File:JohnFletcherDarby.jpg | John Fletcher Darby (1803–1882) 2nd timeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 5 | File:John D. Daggett.jpg | John D. Daggett (1793–1874)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 6 | File:No image.png | George Maguire (1796–1882)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 7 | File:John M Wimer.jpg | John Wimer (1810–1863) 1st timeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 8 | File:Bernard Pratte, esq.jpg | Bernard Pratte (1803–1886)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 9 | File:Peter G. Camden (1801–1873).png | Peter G. Camden (1801–1873)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 10 | File:Portrait of Bryan Mullanphy.jpg | Bryan Mullanphy (1809–1851)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 11 | File:John Krum.jpg | John M. Krum (1810–1883)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 12 | File:Photograph of James G. Barry.jpg | James G. Barry (1800–1880)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 13 | File:Luther Martin Kennett (St. Louis, Missouri Mayor and Congressman).jpg | Luther Martin Kennett (1807–1873)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 14 | File:No image.png | John How (c.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1813–1885) 1st timeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 15 | File:Washington King (1815–1861).png | Washington King (1815–1861)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| (14)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | File:No image.png | John How (c.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1813–1885) 2nd timeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| (7)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | File:John M Wimer.jpg | John Wimer (1810–1863) 2nd timeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 16 | File:Oliver Filley.jpg | Oliver Filley (1806–1881)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 17 | File:Daniel G. Taylor (1819–1878).jpg | Daniel G. Taylor (1819–1878)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 18 | File:Chauncey Ives Filley 001.jpg | Chauncey Ives Filley (1829–1923)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| – | File:No image.png | Ferdinand W. Cronenbold (TBA–TBA) ActingScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 19 | File:No image.png | James S. Thomas (1802–1874)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 20 | File:NathanCole.jpg | Nathan Cole (1825–1904)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 21 | File:No image.png | Joseph Brown (1823–1899)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 22 | File:No image.png | Arthur Barret (1836–1875)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| – | File:No image.png | Herman Rechtien (TBA–TBA) ActingScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 23 | File:No image.png | James H. Britton (1817–1900)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 24 | File:Henry Clemens von Overstolz (1821–1887).png | Henry Overstolz (1821–1887)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 25 | File:William L. Ewing (1843–1905).png | William L. Ewing (1843–1905)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 26 | File:DRFrancis.jpg | David R. Francis (1850–1927)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| – | File:No image.png | George W. Allen (TBA–TBA) ActingScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 27 | File:No image.png | Edward A. Noonan (1852–1927)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 28 | File:Cyrus Walbridge 1904.jpg | Cyrus Walbridge (1849–1921)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 29 | File:Henry Ziegenhein June 1902.jpg | Henry Ziegenhein (c.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1845–1910)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 30 | File:Rolla Wells 1906.jpg | Rolla Wells (1856–1944)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 31 | File:Frederick H Kreismann 1909.jpg | Frederick Kreismann (1869–1944)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 32 | File:Kiel-mhm.jpg | Henry Kiel (1871–1942)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 33 | File:Victor J. Miller LCCN2014713012.jpg | Victor J. Miller (1888–1955)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 34 | File:Mayor Bernard Dickmann speaking (cropped).jpg | Bernard F. Dickmann (1888–1971)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 35 | File:No image.png | William D. Becker (1876–1943)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| – | File:No image.png | Aloys P. Kaufmann (1902–1984)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 37 | File:No image.png | Joseph Darst (1889–1953)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 38 | File:No image.png | Raymond Tucker (1896–1970)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 39 | File:Alfonso J. Cervantes, mayor of St. Louis.jpg | Alfonso J. Cervantes (1920–1983)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 40 | File:No image.png | John Poelker (1913–1990)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 41 | File:No image.png | James F. Conway (1932–2025)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 42 | File:No image.png | Vincent C. Schoemehl (born 1946)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 43 | File:No image.png | Freeman Bosley Jr. (born 1954)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 44 | File:No image.png | Clarence Harmon (born 1940)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 45 | File:Francis Slay 2015.jpg | Francis Slay (born 1955)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 46 | File:Lyda Krewson (325034).jpg | Lyda Krewson (born 1953)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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Notes
References
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