| Party | County executives |
|---|---|
| Republican | 4 |
| Democratic | 5 |
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
| # | Justice | Took office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles Gratiot | 1804 | 1813 |
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
| # | 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 | 2½[D] |
| 8 | Steve Stenger | January 1, 2015 | April 29, 2019 | Democrat | 1½[E] |
| 9 | Sam Page | April 29, 2019 | Present | Democrat | |
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]
- E. ^ Stenger resigned after federal indictment.[3]
References
- General
- "St. Louis County Missouri: 2007-2012 Fact Book" (PDF). St. Louis County. Retrieved 2008-08-29.
- "2002 St. Louis County Fact Book - History" (PDF). St. Louis County. Retrieved 2008-08-29.
- "St. Louis County Charter". St. Louis County. Archived from the original on 2008-09-29. Retrieved 2008-08-29.
- Cohn, Robert A. (1974). The History and Growth of St. Louis County, Missouri (6th ed.). s. n. OCLC 2161309.
- Specific
- ↑ Tipton, Virgil (1989-10-26). "Milford Faces Test As Executive". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 2008-08-29.
- 1 2 "St. Louis County Executive 'Buzz' Westfall dies at 59". St. Louis Business Journal. 2003-10-28. Retrieved 2008-08-29.
- ↑ "St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger indicted in federal pay-for-play sting, resigns". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 2019-04-29. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
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