Editing Mayor of St. Louis

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.

The mayor is not term limited.

| [[William Carr Lane]]

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| [[Daniel Page]]

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| [[John W. Johnston (mayor)|John W. Johnston]]

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| [[John Fletcher Darby]]

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| Wilson Primm

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| [[William Carr Lane]]

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| John Fletcher Darby

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| [[John D. Daggett]]

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| [[George Maguire (politician)|George Maguire]]

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| [[John Wimer]]

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| [[Bernard Pratte]]

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| [[Peter G. Camden]]

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| [[Bryan Mullanphy]]

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| [[John Krum]]

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| [[James G. Barry]]

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| [[Luther Martin Kennett]]

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| [[John How]]

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| [[Washington King]]

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| John How

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| [[John Wimer]]

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| [[Oliver Filley]]

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| [[Daniel G. Taylor]]

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|[[Chauncey Filley]]

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| [[James S. Thomas (Mayor)|James Thomas]]

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| [[Nathan Cole]]

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| [[Joseph Brown (Missouri politician)|Joseph Brown]]

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| [[Arthur Barret]]

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| [[James H. Britton]]

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| [[Henry Overstolz]]

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| ''[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]''

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| [[William L. Ewing]]

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| [[David R. Francis]]

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| George W. Allen

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| [[Edward A. Noonan]]

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| [[Cyrus Walbridge]]

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| [[Henry Ziegenhein]]

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| [[Rolla Wells]]

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| [[Frederick Kreismann]]

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| [[Henry Kiel]]

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| [[Victor J. Miller]]

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| [[Bernard F. Dickmann]]

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| [[William D. Becker]]

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| [[Aloys P. Kaufmann]]

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| [[Joseph Darst]]

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| [[Raymond Tucker]]

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| [[Alfonso J. Cervantes]]

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| [[John Poelker]]

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| [[James F. Conway]]

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| [[Vincent C. Schoemehl]]

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| [[Freeman Bosley Jr.]]

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| [[Clarence Harmon]]

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| [[Francis Slay]]

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| [[Lyda Krewson]]

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| [[Tishaura Jones]]

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* '''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>

* '''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>

* '''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>

* '''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>