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[change | change source]
- Parties
Democratic-Republican (3) Democratic (38) Republican (15) Liberal Republican (1)
# | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Party | Terms[G] | ||||
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1 | ![]() | Alexander McNair | September 18, 1820 | November 15, 1824 | Democratic-Republican | William Henry Ashley | 1 | ||
2 | ![]() | Frederick Bates | November 15, 1824 | August 4, 1825 | Democratic-Republican | Benjamin Harrison Reeves | 1⁄3[C] | ||
3 | ![]() | Abraham J. Williams | August 4, 1825 | January 20, 1826 | Democratic-Republican | Vacant | 1⁄3[H] | ||
4 | ![]() | John Miller | January 20, 1826 | November 19, 1832 | Democratic | Daniel Dunklin | 1 1⁄3[I] | ||
5 | ![]() | Daniel Dunklin | November 19, 1832 | September 30, 1836 | Democratic | Lilburn W. Boggs | 1⁄2[J] | ||
6 | ![]() | Lilburn Boggs | September 30, 1836 | November 16, 1840 | Democratic | Franklin Cannon | 1 1⁄2[K] | ||
7 | Thomas Reynolds | November 16, 1840 | February 9, 1844 | Democratic | Meredith Miles Marmaduke | 1⁄2[C] | |||
8 | ![]() | Meredith Miles Marmaduke | February 9, 1844 | November 20, 1844 | Democratic | Vacant | 1⁄2[L] | ||
9 | ![]() | John C. Edwards | November 20, 1844 | November 20, 1848 | Democratic | James Young | 1 | ||
10 | ![]() | Austin Augustus King | November 20, 1848 | January 3, 1853 | Democratic | Thomas Lawson Price | 1 | ||
11 | ![]() | Sterling Price | January 3, 1853 | January 5, 1857 | Democratic | Wilson Brown | 1 | ||
12 | ![]() | Trusten Polk | January 5, 1857 | February 27, 1857 | Democratic | Hancock Lee Jackson | 1⁄3[M] | ||
13 | ![]() | Hancock Lee Jackson | February 27, 1857 | October 22, 1857 | Democratic | Vacant | 1⁄3[N] | ||
14 | ![]() | Robert Marcellus Stewart | October 22, 1857 | January 3, 1861 | Democratic | Hancock Lee Jackson | 1⁄3[I] | ||
15 | ![]() | Claiborne Fox Jackson | January 3, 1861 | July 23, 1861 | Democratic | Thomas Caute Reynolds | 1⁄3[O] | ||
16 | ![]() | Hamilton Rowan Gamble | July 31, 1861 | January 31, 1864 | Republican | Willard Preble Hall | 1⁄3[P][C] | ||
17 | ![]() | Willard Preble Hall | January 31, 1864 | January 2, 1865 | Republican | Vacant | 1⁄3[L] | ||
18 | ![]() | Thomas Clement Fletcher | January 2, 1865 | January 12, 1869 | Republican | George Rappeen Smith | 1 | ||
19 | ![]() | Joseph W. McClurg | January 12, 1869 | January 4, 1871 | Republican | Edwin O. Stanard | 1 | ||
20 | ![]() | B. Gratz Brown | January 4, 1871 | January 3, 1873 | Liberal Republican | Joseph J. Gravely | 1 | ||
21 | ![]() | Silas Woodson | January 3, 1873 | January 12, 1875 | Democratic | Charles Phillip Johnson | 1 | ||
22 | ![]() | Charles Henry Hardin | January 12, 1875 | January 8, 1877 | Democratic | Norman Jay Coleman | 1 | ||
23 | ![]() | John Smith Phelps | January 8, 1877 | January 10, 1881 | Democratic | Henry Clay Brockmeyer | 1 | ||
24 | ![]() | Thomas Theodore Crittenden | January 10, 1881 | January 12, 1885 | Democratic | Robert Alexander Campbell | 1 | ||
25 | ![]() | John S. Marmaduke | January 12, 1885 | December 28, 1887 | Democratic | Albert P. Morehouse | 1⁄2[C] | ||
26 | ![]() | Albert P. Morehouse | December 28, 1887 | January 14, 1889 | Democratic | Vacant | 1⁄2[L] | ||
27 | ![]() | David R. Francis | January 14, 1889 | January 9, 1893 | Democratic | Stephen Hugh Claycomb | 1 | ||
28 | ![]() | William J. Stone | January 9, 1893 | January 11, 1897 | Democratic | John Baptiste O'Meara | 1 | ||
29 | Lawrence Vest Stephens | January 11, 1897 | January 14, 1901 | Democratic | August Henry Bolte | 1 | |||
30 | ![]() | Alexander Monroe Dockery | January 14, 1901 | January 9, 1905 | Democratic | John Adams Lee | 1 | ||
Thomas L. Rubey | |||||||||
31 | ![]() | Joseph W. Folk | January 9, 1905 | January 11, 1909 | Democratic | John C. McKinley | 1 | ||
32 | ![]() | Herbert S. Hadley | January 9, 1909 | January 13, 1913 | Republican | Jacob Friedrich Gmelich | 1 | ||
33 | ![]() | Elliot Woolfolk Major | January 13, 1913 | January 8, 1917 | Democratic | William Rock Painter | 1 | ||
34 | ![]() | Frederick D. Gardner | January 8, 1917 | January 10, 1921 | Democratic | Wallace Crossley | 1 | ||
35 | ![]() | Arthur M. Hyde | January 10, 1921 | January 12, 1925 | Republican | Hiram Lloyd | 1 | ||
36 | ![]() | Samuel Aaron Baker | January 12, 1925 | January 14, 1929 | Republican | Phillip Allen Bennett | 1 | ||
37 | ![]() | Henry S. Caulfield | January 14, 1929 | January 9, 1933 | Republican | Edward Henry Winter | 1 | ||
38 | ![]() | Guy Brasfield Park | January 9, 1933 | January 11, 1937 | Democratic | Frank Gaines Harris | 1 | ||
39 | ![]() | Lloyd C. Stark | January 11, 1937 | February 26, 1941 | Democratic | Frank Gaines Harris | 1[Q] | ||
40 | ![]() | Forrest C. Donnell | February 26, 1941 | January 8, 1945 | Republican | Frank Gaines Harris | 1[R] | ||
41 | ![]() | Phil M. Donnelly | January 8, 1945 | January 10, 1949 | Democratic | Walter Naylor Davis | 1 | ||
42 | ![]() | Forrest Smith | January 10, 1949 | January 12, 1953 | Democratic | James T. Blair, Jr. | 1 | ||
43 | ![]() | Phil M. Donnelly | January 12, 1953 | January 14, 1957 | Democratic | James T. Blair, Jr. | 1 | ||
44 | ![]() | James T. Blair, Jr. | January 14, 1957 | January 9, 1961 | Democratic | Edward V. Long | 1 | ||
45 | ![]() | John M. Dalton | January 9, 1961 | January 11, 1965 | Democratic | Hilary A. Bush | 1 | ||
46 | ![]() | Warren E. Hearnes | January 11, 1965 | January 8, 1973 | Democratic | Thomas F. Eagleton | 2 | ||
William S. Morris | |||||||||
47 | ![]() | Kit Bond | January 8, 1973 | January 10, 1977 | Republican | William C. Phelps | 1 | ||
48 | ![]() | Joseph P. Teasdale | January 10, 1977 | January 12, 1981 | Democratic | William C. Phelps | 1 | ||
49 | ![]() | Kit Bond | January 12, 1981 | January 14, 1985 | Republican | Kenneth J. Rothman | 1 | ||
50 | ![]() | John Ashcroft | January 14, 1985 | January 11, 1993 | Republican | Harriett Woods | 2 | ||
Mel Carnahan | |||||||||
51 | ![]() | Mel Carnahan | January 11, 1993 | October 16, 2000 | Democratic | Roger B. Wilson | 1 1⁄2[C] | ||
52 | ![]() | Roger B. Wilson | October 16, 2000 | January 8, 2001 | Democratic | Joe Maxwell | 1⁄2[L][S] | ||
53 | ![]() | Bob Holden | January 8, 2001 | January 10, 2005 | Democratic | Joe Maxwell | 1 | ||
54 | ![]() | Matt Blunt | January 10, 2005 | January 12, 2009 | Republican | Peter Kinder | 1 | ||
55 | ![]() | Jay Nixon | January 12, 2009 | January 9, 2017 | Democratic | Peter Kinder | 2 | ||
56 | ![]() | Eric Greitens | January 9, 2017 | June 1, 2018 | Republican | Mike Parson | 1 | ||
57 | ![]() | Mike Parson | June 1, 2018 | Incumbent | Republican | Mike Kehoe | N/A[L] |
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).[1] The oldest living Governor or former Governor of Missouri is Kit Bond (born 1939).
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Mel Carnahan Dies in Crash (Report). New York Times. Retrieved July 30, 2018.