List of county executives of St. Louis County, Missouri
Number of county executives of St. Louis County by party affiliation
Party |
County executives |
Republican |
4 |
Democratic |
4 |
The county executive of St. Louis County, Missouri is the chief executive officer of St. Louis County's government.
County executives
Presiding Justices, Court of Quarter Sessions
Presiding Justices, County Court
# | Justice | Took office | Left office |
1 | Samuel Hammond | 1813 | 1814 |
2 | George T. Tompkins | 1814 | 1815 |
3 | David Barton | 1815 | 1817 |
4 | Nathan B. Tucker | 1817 | 1820 |
5 | Alexander Gray | 1820 | 1820 |
6 | Nathan B. Tucker | 1820 | 1821 |
7 | Joseph V. Garnier | 1821 | 1830 |
8 | Marie Phillip Leduc | 1830 | 1842 |
9 | Henry Walton | 1842 | 1847 |
10 | Archibald Gamble | 1847 | 1854 |
11 | David Thomas | 1854 | 1857 |
12 | Aaron R. Hackney | 1857 | 1859 |
President of the Board of Commissioners
# | President | Took office | Left office |
1 | John H. Lightner | 1859 | 1863 |
Presiding Justices, County Court
Republican
Democratic
# | Justice | Took office | Left office | Party |
13 | John H. Lightner | 1863 | 1866 | — |
14 | Benjamin Charles | 1866 | 1869 | — |
15 | Thomas J. Dailey | 1869 | 1870 | — |
16 | Ferdinand Cronebold | 1870 | 1872 | — |
17 | Charles Spech | 1872 | 1873 | — |
18 | C.F. Schultz | 1873 | 1876 | — |
19 | Charles Spech | 1876 | 1877 | — |
20 | Henry L. Sutton | 1877 | 1878 | Democrat |
21 | George W. Brouster | 1878 | 1882 | Republican |
22 | W.A. Hequembourg | 1883 | 1886 | Republican |
23 | Julius Nolte | 1887 | 1888 | Republican |
24 | Theodore Heege | 1889 | 1898 | Republican |
25 | Henry L. Wilson | 1899 | 1902 | Republican |
26 | Theodore Heege | 1903 | 1906 | Republican |
27 | John Wiethaupt | 1907 | 1923 | Republican |
28 | Richard S. Smiley | 1923 | 1927 | Democrat |
29 | Albert Wehmeyer | 1927 | 1937 | Republican |
30 | Thomas H. Thatcher | 1937 | 1941 | Democrat |
31 | Clifford Corneli | 1941 | 1942 | Republican |
32 | Henry L. Mueller | 1943 | 1943 | Republican |
33 | Luman F. Matthews | 1943 | 1950 | Democrat |
County Executives
# | Name | Took office | Left office | Party | Terms[A] |
1 | Luman F. Matthews | 1951 | 1959 | Republican | 2 |
2 | James H. J. McNary | 1959 | 1963 | Democrat | 1 |
3 | Lawrence K. Roos | 1963 | 1975 | Republican | 3 |
4 | Gene McNary | 1975 | October 25, 1989 | Republican | 3½[B] |
5 | H. C. Milford | October 25, 1989 | January 1, 1991 | Republican | ½ |
6 | Buzz Westfall | January 1, 1991 | October 14, 2003 | Democrat | 3½[C] |
7 | Charlie Dooley | October 14, 2003 | January 1, 2015 | Democrat | 1½[D] |
8 | Steve Stenger | January 1, 2015 | Incumbent | Democrat | incumbent |
Notes
- A. ^ The fractional terms of some county executives are not to be understood absolutely literally; rather, they are meant to show single terms during which multiple county executives served, due to resignations, deaths and the like.
- B. ^ McNary resigned from office to head the federal Immigration and Naturalization Service.[1]
- C. ^ Westfall died while in office.[2]
- D. ^ Dooley was made the acting county executive on October 14, 2003.[2]
References
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