List of governors of Missouri - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

Parties

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

#	Portrait		Governor	Took office	Left office	Party		Lieutenant Governor[F]	Terms[G]
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).

1. ↑ Mel Carnahan Dies in Crash (Report). New York Times. Retrieved July 30, 2018.