Number of county executives of St. Louis County by party affiliation
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
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
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]
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