List of governors of Missouri

This is a list of governors of Missouri since its territory became part of the United States.

Thirty-eight of the governors have been Democratic. Fifteen have been Republican. One has been Liberal Republican.

Governors of Missouri

Parties

  Democratic-Republican (3)   Democratic (38)   Republican (15)   Liberal Republican (1)

Governors of the State of Missouri
No. Governor Term in office Party Election Lt. Governor
1   Alexander McNair
(1775–1826)
 September 18, 1820
–
November 17, 1824
(term-limited)		 Democratic-
Republican		 1820   William Henry Ashley
2 Frederick Bates
(1777–1825)
 November 17, 1824
–
August 4, 1825
(died in office)		 Democratic-
Republican		 1824 Benjamin Harrison Reeves
(resigned July 1825)
Vacant
3 Abraham J. Williams
(1781–1839)
 August 4, 1825
–
January 20, 1826
(successor took office)		 Democratic-
Republican		 President of
the Senate
acting
4 John Miller
(1781–1846)
 January 20, 1826
–
November 21, 1832
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1825
(special)
1828 Daniel Dunklin
5 Daniel Dunklin
(1790–1844)
 November 21, 1832
–
September 30, 1836
(resigned)		 Democratic 1832 Lilburn Boggs
6 Lilburn Boggs
(1796–1860)
 September 30, 1836
–
November 18, 1840
(term-limited)		 Democratic Lieutenant
governor
acting		 Acting as governor
1836 Franklin Cannon
7 Thomas Reynolds
(1796–1844)
 November 18, 1840
–
February 9, 1844
(died in office)		 Democratic 1840 Meredith Miles Marmaduke
8 Meredith Miles Marmaduke
(1791–1864)
 February 9, 1844
–
November 20, 1844
(successor took office)		 Democratic Lieutenant
governor
acting		 Acting as governor
9 John Cummins Edwards
(1804–1888)
 November 20, 1844
–
December 27, 1848
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1844 James Young
10 Austin Augustus King
(1802–1870)
 December 27, 1848
–
January 3, 1853
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1848 Thomas Lawson Price
11 Sterling Price
(1809–1867)
 January 3, 1853
–
January 5, 1857
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1852 Wilson Brown
(died August 27, 1855)
Vacant
12 Trusten Polk
(1811–1876)
 January 5, 1857
–
February 27, 1857
(resigned)		 Democratic 1856 Hancock Lee Jackson
13 Hancock Lee Jackson
(1796–1876)
 February 27, 1857
–
October 22, 1857
(successor took office)		 Democratic Lieutenant
governor
acting		 Acting as governor
14 Robert Marcellus Stewart
(1815–1871)
 October 22, 1857
–
January 3, 1861
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1857
(special)		 Hancock Lee Jackson
15 Claiborne Fox Jackson
(1806–1862)
 January 3, 1861
–
July 31, 1861
(office declared vacant)		 Democratic 1860 Thomas Caute Reynolds
16 Hamilton Rowan Gamble
(1798–1864)
 July 31, 1861
–
January 31, 1864
(died in office)		 Union Provisional
governor
elected by
convention		 Willard Preble Hall
17 Willard Preble Hall
(1820–1882)
 January 31, 1864
–
January 2, 1865
(successor took office)		 Union Lieutenant
governor
acting		 Acting as governor
18 Thomas Clement Fletcher
(1827–1899)
 January 2, 1865
–
January 12, 1869
(term-limited)		 Republican 1864 George Smith
19 Joseph W. McClurg
(1818–1900)
 January 12, 1869
–
January 9, 1871
(lost election)		 Republican 1868 Edwin O. Stanard
20 Benjamin Gratz Brown
(1826–1885)
 January 9, 1871
–
January 8, 1873
(did not run)		 Liberal
Republican		 1870 Joseph J. Gravely
(died April 28, 1872)
Vacant
21 Silas Woodson
(1819–1896)
 January 8, 1873
–
January 12, 1875
(did not run)		 Democratic 1872 Charles Phillip Johnson
22 Charles Henry Hardin
(1820–1892)
 January 12, 1875
–
January 8, 1877
(did not run)		 Democratic 1874 Norman Jay Colman
23 John S. Phelps
(1814–1886)
 January 8, 1877
–
January 10, 1881
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1876 Henry Clay Brockmeyer
24 Thomas Theodore Crittenden
(1832–1909)
 January 10, 1881
–
January 12, 1885
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1880 Robert Alexander Campbell
25 John S. Marmaduke
(1833–1887)
 January 12, 1885
–
December 28, 1887
(died in office)		 Democratic 1884 Albert P. Morehouse
26 Albert P. Morehouse
(1835–1891)
 December 28, 1887
–
January 14, 1889
(lost nomination)		 Democratic Lieutenant
governor
acting		 Acting as governor
27 David R. Francis
(1850–1927)
 January 14, 1889
–
January 9, 1893
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1888 Stephen Hugh Claycomb
28 William J. Stone
(1848–1918)
 January 9, 1893
–
January 11, 1897
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1892 John Baptiste O'Meara
29 Lawrence Vest Stephens
(1858–1923)
 January 11, 1897
–
January 14, 1901
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1896 August Henry Bolte
30 Alexander Monroe Dockery
(1845–1926)
 January 14, 1901
–
January 9, 1905
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1900 John Adams Lee
(resigned April 25, 1903)
Thomas L. Rubey
(appointed April 25, 1903)
31 Joseph W. Folk
(1869–1923)
 January 9, 1905
–
January 11, 1909
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1904 John C. McKinley
32 Herbert S. Hadley
(1872–1927)
 January 11, 1909
–
January 13, 1913
(term-limited)		 Republican 1908 Jacob F. Gmelich
33 Elliott Woolfolk Major
(1864–1949)
 January 13, 1913
–
January 8, 1917
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1912 William Rock Painter
34 Frederick D. Gardner
(1869–1933)
 January 8, 1917
–
January 10, 1921
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1916 Wallace Crossley
35 Arthur M. Hyde
(1877–1947)
 January 10, 1921
–
January 12, 1925
(term-limited)		 Republican 1920 Hiram Lloyd
36 Sam Aaron Baker
(1874–1933)
 January 12, 1925
–
January 14, 1929
(term-limited)		 Republican 1924 Philip Allen Bennett
37 Henry S. Caulfield
(1873–1966)
 January 14, 1929
–
January 9, 1933
(term-limited)		 Republican 1928 Edward Henry Winter
38 Guy Brasfield Park
(1872–1946)
 January 9, 1933
–
January 11, 1937
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1932 Frank Gaines Harris
(died December 30, 1944)
39 Lloyd C. Stark
(1886–1972)
 January 11, 1937
–
February 26, 1941
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1936
40 Forrest C. Donnell
(1884–1980)
 February 26, 1941
–
January 8, 1945
(term-limited)		 Republican 1940
Vacant
41 Phil M. Donnelly
(1891–1961)
 January 8, 1945
–
January 10, 1949
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1944 Walter Naylor Davis
42 Forrest Smith
(1886–1962)
 January 10, 1949
–
January 12, 1953
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1948 James T. Blair Jr.
43 Phil M. Donnelly
(1891–1961)
 January 12, 1953
–
January 14, 1957
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1952
44 James T. Blair Jr.
(1902–1962)
 January 14, 1957
–
January 9, 1961
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1956 Edward V. Long
(resigned September 23, 1960)
Vacant
45 John M. Dalton
(1900–1972)
 January 9, 1961
–
January 11, 1965
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1960 Hilary A. Bush
46 Warren E. Hearnes
(1923–2009)
 January 11, 1965
–
January 8, 1973
(term-limited)		 Democratic 1964 Thomas Eagleton
(resigned December 27, 1968)
Vacant
1968 William S. Morris
47 Kit Bond
(b. 1939)
 January 8, 1973
–
January 10, 1977
(lost election)		 Republican 1972 Bill Phelps
48 Joseph P. Teasdale
(1936–2014)
 January 10, 1977
–
January 12, 1981
(lost election)		 Democratic 1976
49 Kit Bond
(b. 1939)
 January 12, 1981
–
January 14, 1985
(did not run)		 Republican 1980 Ken Rothman
50 John Ashcroft
(b. 1942)
 January 14, 1985
–
January 11, 1993
(term-limited)		 Republican 1984 Harriett Woods
1988 Mel Carnahan
51 Mel Carnahan
(1934–2000)
 January 11, 1993
–
October 16, 2000
(died in office)		 Democratic 1992 Roger B. Wilson
1996
52 Roger B. Wilson
(b. 1948)
 October 16, 2000
–
January 8, 2001
(did not run)		 Democratic Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor		 Vacant
Joe Maxwell
(appointed November 15, 2000)
53 Bob Holden
(b. 1949)
 January 8, 2001
–
January 10, 2005
(lost nomination)		 Democratic 2000
54 Matt Blunt
(b. 1970)
 January 10, 2005
–
January 12, 2009
(did not run)		 Republican 2004 Peter Kinder
55 Jay Nixon
(b. 1956)
 January 12, 2009
–
January 9, 2017
(term-limited)		 Democratic 2008
2012
56 Eric Greitens
(b. 1974)
 January 9, 2017
–
June 1, 2018
(resigned)		 Republican 2016 Mike Parson
57 Mike Parson
(b. 1955)
 June 1, 2018
–
January 13, 2025
(term-limited)		 Republican Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor		 Vacant
Mike Kehoe
(appointed June 18, 2018)
2020
58 Mike Kehoe
(b. 1962)		 January 13, 2025
–
Incumbent		 Republican 2024 David Wasinger

The most recent Governor to die was Joseph P. Teasdale (1936–2014). The most recently serving United States Governor of Missouri to die was Mel Carnahan (1934–2000). The oldest living Governor or former Governor of Missouri is Kit Bond (born 1939).

Notes

  1. ↑ Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Under the 1820 constitution, governors were ineligible for four years after the end of their term.
  3. ↑ Modern sources tend to say Bates took office on November 15; however, while this was the date McNair delivered his farewell address, Bates was not sworn in until November 17.
  4. ↑ Special election to fill the remainder of Frederick Bates' term.
  5. ↑ Dunklin resigned to be Surveyor General for Missouri and Illinois.
  6. ↑ Most sources label Dunklin a Democrat, but Glashan labels him a Democratic-Republican.
  7. ↑ Polk resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.
  8. ↑ Special election to fill the remainder of Trusten Polk's term.
  9. ↑ Jackson was pro-Confederate, and fled Jefferson City on June 17, 1861, after the Battle of Boonville in which Union forces gained control of the capital. The pro-Union constitutional convention declared his office vacant, and elected a new provisional governor, on July 31. Jackson would soon establish a Confederate-aligned government in Neosho, Missouri.
  10. ↑ Under the 1865 constitution, governors were ineligible to serve more than four years in six.
  11. ↑ Brown instead ran unsuccessfully for Vice President of the United States.
  12. ↑ Woodson also represented the Liberal Republican Party.
  13. ↑ Hardin also represented the Liberal Republican Party.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Under the 1875 constitution, governors were ineligible to be re-elected as their own successor.
  15. ↑ The election was very close, and the House of Representatives refused to certify Donnell's election until February 26, 1941, after being ordered to do so by the Missouri Supreme Court.
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 Under the 1945 constitution, governors were ineligible to be re-elected as their own successor.
  17. 1 2 3 4 Under a 1965 amendment to the constitution, governors are ineligible to be elected more than twice.
  18. ↑ Carnahan died in a plane crash while campaigning for a seat in the United States Senate.
  19. ↑ The plane crash that killed Carnahan occurred on October 16; his body was not identified until October 18, and shortly thereafter Wilson was sworn in.
  20. ↑ Holden lost the Democratic nomination to Claire McCaskill.
  21. ↑ Greitens resigned due to allegations of sexual assault and campaign finance impropriety.
  22. ↑ Kehoe's current term expires on January 8, 2029.

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