Vincent C. Schoemehl,Jr. was the 42nd mayor of St. Louis,Missouri,serving three terms from 1981 to 1993. At the time of his first election,he was one of the city's youngest mayors. In 1992,Schoemehl was defeated in the Democratic primary by lieutenant governor Mel Carnahan in a bid to become Governor of Missouri. He is best known as being primarily responsible for the NFL St. Louis Cardinals relocating to Phoenix,Arizona,and the expansion of Lambert Airport and the start of the eminent domain destruction of the Carrolton neighborhood in the name of noise abatement.
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. The current mayor is Tishaura Jones,who took office on April 20,2021.
Alfonso Juan Cervantes was the 39th Mayor of St. Louis,Missouri,from 1965 to 1973.
Edgar "Eddie" Francis is the former mayor of Windsor,Ontario. He was 29 years old when he was elected mayor in 2003,the second-youngest mayor in Windsor's history and one of the youngest mayors ever elected in Canada. He is also Windsor's first Lebanese-Canadian mayor.
Freeman R. Bosley Jr. is an American politician who served as the 43rd mayor of St. Louis,and the city's first African-American mayor.
Clarence Harmon was the 44th Mayor of St. Louis,and the city's second African-American mayor.
Tom Bauer is an American lawyer and politician from St. Louis,Missouri,who served in the Missouri House of Representatives and on the St. Louis Board of Aldermen. In 2005 he was recalled from his position as alderman after supporting a controversial redevelopment proposal,using eminent domain to acquire homes to build a gas station. In March 2011,Bauer defeated incumbent 24th Ward alderman Bill Waterhouse in the Democratic primary,but lost to independent candidate Scott Ogilvie in the April general election.
The St. Louis Board of Aldermen is the lawmaking body of St. Louis,an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri. The Board consists of 14 alderpersons,one elected by each of the city's 14 wards. The President of the Board is a separate position elected by all city voters with the same voting power as an alderperson,and serves as the body's presiding officer.
Tishaura Oneda Jones is an American politician who has served as the mayor of St. Louis,Missouri since April 2021. A member of the Missouri Democratic Party,Jones served from 2008 to 2013 in the Missouri House of Representatives;and as Treasurer of the City of St. Louis from 2013 to 2021.
Citygarden is an urban park and sculpture garden in St. Louis,Missouri owned by the City of St. Louis but maintained by the Gateway Foundation. It is located between Eighth,Tenth,Market,and Chestnut streets,in the city's "Gateway Mall" area. Before being converted to a garden and park,the site comprised two empty blocks of grass. Citygarden was dedicated on June 30,2009,and opened one day later,on July 1,2009.
Lewis E. Reed is a former American politician from St. Louis,Missouri. His last position was president of its Board of Aldermen which he held for a record duration of 15 years. He was federally indicted on bribery charges in May 2022 and resigned his at large board position in June.
Antonio French is a former city alderman in St. Louis,Missouri's 21st Ward.
The 2017 St. Louis mayoral election was held on April 4,2017,to elect the mayor of St. Louis,Missouri. Incumbent Mayor Francis Slay chose not to run for reelection. Slay,who was serving his fourth term as mayor,indicated in March 2016 that he would run for reelection,but announced in April 2016 that he would not run for a fifth term. Primary elections took place on March 7,2017,and the general election was held on April 4. Alderwoman Lyda Krewson was elected and became the first female Mayor of St. Louis.
Lyda Krewson is an American retired politician who was the 46th mayor of St. Louis,Missouri. She is a member of the Democratic Party and St. Louis's first female mayor,serving from 2017 to 2021. On November 18,2020,Krewson announced that she would not seek a second term.
John Collins-Muhammad,Jr.,known by his initials,JCM,is a former American politician and Muslim minister from the state of Missouri. He served on the Board of Aldermen of the City of St. Louis representing the 21st Ward. Collins-Muhammad was elected to his first term in April 2017 at the age of 25,which makes him the youngest person ever to be elected alderman in St. Louis,and the first Muslim ever elected to that position. He was re-elected in April 2021 garnishing nearly 65% of the vote in his ward. He resigned in May 2022. He led protests during the 2014 Ferguson Uprising and is a prominent figure in the Nation of Islam. Although he was a member of the Democratic Party,he was a frequent critic of the party.
The 2013 St. Louis mayoral election was held on April 2,2013 to elect the mayor of St. Louis,Missouri. It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Francis Slay to a fourth term.
Cara Spencer is an American politician from the state of Missouri. She serves on the St. Louis Board of Aldermen as alderwoman of Ward 8,having previously represented Ward 20 from 2015-2023. Spencer ran in the 2021 St. Louis mayoral election,finishing as a top-two candidate in the primary election. She lost in the general election to Tishaura Jones.
The 2021 St. Louis mayoral election occurred in two stages,with a unified primary on March 2,2021,and a two-candidate general election on April 6,2021. The election was the first in the nation to use approval voting for a primary. Incumbent Democratic mayor Lyda Krewson was eligible to seek re-election to a second term in office,but chose to retire.
Megan Ellyia Green is an American politician and educator from St. Louis,Missouri. She has served as the President of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen since 2022 and previously represented the 15th ward on the Board from 2014 to 2022. Green is a progressive Democrat and a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.
The 2023 St. Louis aldermanic elections were held in two rounds,with nonpartisan blanket approval voting primaries on March 7 and general elections on April 4. All 14 members of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen and the President of the Board of Aldermen were elected. These were the first elections held after Proposition R (2012) came into effect,reducing the number of alderpersons from 28 to 14.
