List of governors of Missouri

The governor of Missouri is the head of government of the U.S. state of Missouri and the commander-in-chief of the Missouri National Guard. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Missouri Legislature, to convene the legislature and grant pardons, except in cases of impeachment.

The current governor is Republican Mike Kehoe, who took office on January 13, 2025.

List of governors

Louisiana was purchased from France in 1803, with it being proclaimed in St. Louis in Upper Louisiana on March 10, 1804, by Amos Stoddard, who remained as military commander of the region until October 1, 1804, when Orleans Territory was split from it. The remainder was designated the District of Louisiana and placed under the jurisdiction of Indiana Territory and its governor, William Henry Harrison.<ref>Template:Usstat</ref><ref name="Shoemaker">Template:Cite book</ref>

Louisiana Territory and Missouri Territory

The District of Louisiana was organized as Louisiana Territory on July 4, 1805;<ref>Template:Usstat</ref> it was renamed Missouri Territory on June 4, 1812, after the admission of the state of Louisiana.<ref>Template:Usstat</ref> It had four governors appointed by the president of the United States, including both Meriwether Lewis and William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Governors of Louisiana and Missouri Territory

Template:Abbr	Governor		Term in officeTemplate:Efn	Appointed by
1	File:James Wilkinson.jpg	James Wilkinson Template:Small Template:Sfn	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – March 3, 1807 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Template:Sortname
2	File:Meriwether Lewis-Charles Willson Peale.jpg	Meriwether Lewis Template:Small Template:Sfn	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – October 11, 1809 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Template:Sortname
3	File:Benjamin-howard.jpg	Benjamin Howard Template:Small Template:Sfn	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – October 31, 1812 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Template:Sortname
4	File:William Clark-Charles Willson Peale.jpg	William Clark Template:Small Template:Sfn	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – September 18, 1820 Template:Small	Template:Sortname
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State of Missouri

Missouri was admitted to the union on August 10, 1821.<ref>Template:Usstat</ref>

The original constitution of 1820 created the offices of governor<ref>1820 Const. art. IV, § 1</ref> and lieutenant governor,<ref>1820 Const. art. IV, § 14</ref> to serve terms of four years<ref>1820 Const. art. IV, § 3</ref> without being able to succeed themselves.<ref>1820 Const. art. IV, § 4</ref> Terms were shortened to 2 years in 1865,<ref>1865 Const. art. V, § 3</ref> with a limit of serving no more than four out of every six years.<ref>1865 Const. art. V, § 4</ref> They were returned in 1875 to the four-year term and limit on succession of the 1820 constitution,<ref>1875 Const. art. V, § 2</ref> and the term limit changed to two terms in 1965.<ref name="amendments">University of Missouri Institute for Public Policy, "Constitutional Amendments, Statutory Revision and Referenda Submitted to the Voters by the General Assembly or by Initiative Petition, 1910–2010," accessed March 24, 2023</ref> Originally, the lieutenant governor would act as governor in the event of a vacancy;<ref>1820 Const. art. IV, § 16</ref> a 1968 amendment made it so that the lieutenant governor becomes governor in that situation.<ref name="amendments" />

A group including the governor, lieutenant governor, and members of the Missouri General Assembly, proclaimed Missouri's secession from the Union on October 31, 1861,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and it was admitted to the Confederate States of America on November 28, 1861.<ref>Confederate Public Law Session V, Chapter I; accessed May 22, 2015</ref> The Confederate government elected two governors, but only had any control in the south of the state, and was forced into exile in Marshall, Texas, after the Battle of Pea Ridge in March 1862.

Governors of the State of Missouri

Template:Abbr	Governor			Term in office	Party	Election	Lt. GovernorTemplate:Efn
1	File:Alexander mcnair.jpg	rowspan="4" style="background:Template:Party color"|	Alexander McNair Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-mcnair">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Journal of the House, 1st General Assembly, Regular Session, 1820, page 8, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 21, 2023.</ref> – November 17, 1824 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1820	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color"|	Template:Sortname
2	File:Frederick Bates.jpg	Frederick Bates Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-bates">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – August 4, 1825 Template:Small	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1824	Template:Sortname Template:Small
			Vacant
3	File:No image.svg	Abraham J. Williams Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-williams">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation			CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> – January 20, 1826 Template:Small	Democratic- RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small
4	File:Missouri Governor John Miller.jpg	rowspan="15" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|			John Miller Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-miller">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – November 21, 1832 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1825 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn
		1828	rowspan="9" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Template:Sortname
5	File:Daniel Dunklin.jpg	Daniel Dunklin Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-dunklin">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Journal of the House, 7th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1832, pp. 28–29, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 21, 2023.</ref> – September 30, 1836 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Efn	1832	Template:Sortname
6	File:Lilburn-Boggs.jpg	Lilburn Boggs Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-boggs">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> – November 18, 1840 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small	Acting as governor
			1836			Template:Sortname
7	File:GovThomasReynolds.JPG	Thomas Reynolds Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-reynolds">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Journal of the House, 11th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1840, p. 28, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 21, 2023.</ref> – February 9, 1844 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1840	Template:Sortname
8	File:Meredith Miles Marmaduke.jpg	Meredith Miles Marmaduke Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-marmaduke-meredith">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – November 20, 1844 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small	Acting as governor
9	File:John Cummins Edwards.jpg	John Cummins Edwards Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-edwards">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – December 27, 1848 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1844	Template:Sortname
10	File:AustinAugustusKing.jpg	Austin Augustus King Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-king">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Journal of the House, 15th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1848, p. 35, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 22, 2023.</ref> – January 3, 1853 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1848	Template:Sortname
11	File:Sterling Price.jpg	Sterling Price Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-price">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 5, 1857 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1852	Template:Sortname Template:Small
			Vacant
12	File:Hon. Trusten Polk, Mo - NARA - 528704.jpg	Trusten Polk Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-polk">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Journal of the House, 19th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1857, p. 40, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 22, 2023.</ref> – February 27, 1857 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1856	rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Template:Sortname
13	File:Hancock Lee Jackson.jpg	Hancock Lee Jackson Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-jackson-hancock">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Journal of the Senate, 19th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1857, p. 357, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 22, 2023.</ref> – October 22, 1857 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small	Acting as governor
14	File:Robert M. Stewart, 14th governor of Missouri.jpg	Robert Marcellus Stewart Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-stewart">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Journal of the House, 19th General Assembly, Adjourned Session, 1857, p. 23, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 23, 2023.</ref> – January 3, 1861 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1857 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Template:Sortname
15	File:Claiborne fox jackson.jpg	Claiborne Fox Jackson Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-jackson-claiborne">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Journal of the House, 21st General Assembly, Regular Session, 1861, p. 45, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 23, 2023.</ref> – July 31, 1861 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1860	Template:Sortname
16	File:HamiltonRowanGamble.jpg	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Hamilton Rowan Gamble Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-gamble">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref name="convention" /> – January 31, 1864 Template:Small	UnionTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
17	File:Willard Preble Hall.jpg	Willard Preble Hall Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-hall">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 2, 1865 Template:Small	UnionTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small	Acting as governor
18	File:Thomas Clement Fletcher.jpg	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Thomas Clement Fletcher Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-fletcher">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Journal of the House, 23rd General Assembly, Regular Session, 1865, p. 46, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 23, 2023.</ref> – January 12, 1869 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1864	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Template:Sortname
19	File:Joseph W. McClurg - Brady-Handy.jpg	Joseph W. McClurg Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-mcclurg">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Journal of the House, 25th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1869, p. 112, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 23, 2023.</ref> – January 9, 1871 Template:Small	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1868	Template:Sortname
20	File:BGratzBrown.png	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Benjamin Gratz Brown Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-brown">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Journal of the House, 26th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1871, p. 26, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 23, 2023.</ref> – January 8, 1873 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Liberal RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1870	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Template:Sortname Template:Small
		Vacant
21	File:Silas Woodson.jpg	rowspan="12" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Silas Woodson Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-woodson">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Journal of the House, 27th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1873, p. 89, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.</ref> – January 12, 1875 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Efn	1872	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Template:Sortname
22	File:Charles Henry Hardin.jpg	Charles Henry Hardin Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-hardin">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Journal of the House, 28th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1875, p. 97, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.</ref> – January 8, 1877 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	DemocraticTemplate:Efn	1874	rowspan="10" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Template:Sortname
23	File:John smith phelps.jpg	John S. Phelps Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-phelps">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Journal of the House, 29th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1877, p. 59, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.</ref> – January 10, 1881 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1876	Template:Sortname
24	File:Thomas Theodore Crittenden - Brady-Handy.jpg	Thomas Theodore Crittenden Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-crittenden">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Journal of the House, 31st General Assembly, Regular Session, 1881, p. 53, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.</ref> – January 12, 1885 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1880	Template:Sortname
25	File:John S. Marmaduke.jpg	John S. Marmaduke Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-marmaduke-john">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Journal of the House, 33rd General Assembly, Regular Session, 1885, p. 93, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.</ref> – December 28, 1887 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1884	Template:Sortname
26	File:Albert-p-morehouse.jpg	Albert P. Morehouse Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-morehouse">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 14, 1889 Template:Small<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small	Acting as governor
27	File:DRFrancis.jpg	David R. Francis Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-francis">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Journal of the House, 35th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1889, p. 74, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.</ref> – January 9, 1893 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1888	Template:Sortname
28	File:William Joel Stone in 1917 (cropped).jpg	William J. Stone Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-stone">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Journal of the House, 37th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1893, p. 25, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.</ref> – January 11, 1897 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1892	Template:Sortname
29	File:Lon V. Stephens.jpg	Lawrence Vest Stephens Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-stephens">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Journal of the House, 39th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1897, p. 34, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.</ref> – January 14, 1901 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1896	Template:Sortname
30	File:AlexanderDockery.jpg	Alexander Monroe Dockery Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-dockery">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Journal of the House, 41st General Assembly, Regular Session, 1901, p. 63, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.</ref> – January 9, 1905 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1900	Template:Sortname Template:Small
			Template:Sortname Template:Small
31	File:Joseph Wingate Folk cph.3b47532.jpg	Joseph W. Folk Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-folk">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Journal of the House, 43rd General Assembly, Regular Session, 1905, p. 24, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.</ref> – January 11, 1909 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1904	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Template:Sortname
32	File:HerbertSHadley.jpg	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Herbert S. Hadley Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-hadley">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Journal of the House, 45th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1909, p. 19, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.</ref> – January 13, 1913 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1908	Template:Sortname
33	File:MAJOR, ELLIOTT M. GOVERNOR LCCN2016858288.jpg	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Elliott Woolfolk Major Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-major">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Journal of the House, 47th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1913, p. 23, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.</ref> – January 8, 1917 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1912	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Template:Sortname
34	File:Frederick Dozier Gardner circa 1915.jpg	Frederick D. Gardner Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-gardner">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Journal of the House, 49th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1917, p. 129, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.</ref> – January 10, 1921 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1916	Template:Sortname
35	File:Arthur M. Hyde.jpg	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Arthur M. Hyde Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-hyde">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Journal of the House, 51st General Assembly, Regular Session, 1921, p. 24, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.</ref> – January 12, 1925 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1920	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Template:Sortname
36	File:Sam Aaron Baker.jpg	Sam Aaron Baker Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-baker">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Journal of the House, 53rd General Assembly, Regular Session, 1925, p. 35, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.</ref> – January 14, 1929 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1924	Template:Sortname
37	File:Henry Stewart Caulfield.jpg	Henry S. Caulfield Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-caulfield">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Journal of the House, 55th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1929, p. 78, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.</ref> – January 9, 1933 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1928	Template:Sortname
38	File:Guy Brasfield Park 1933 (cropped).jpg	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Guy Brasfield Park Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-park">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Journal of the Senate, 57th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1933, p. 22, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.</ref> – January 11, 1937 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1932	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Template:Sortname Template:Small
39	File:Lloyd Stark Restored.png	Lloyd C. Stark Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-stark">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Journal of the House, 59th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1937, p. 29, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.</ref> – February 26, 1941 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1936
40	File:Forrest C. Donnell.jpg	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Forrest C. Donnell Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-donnell">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – January 8, 1945 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1940
		Vacant
41	File:Phil Donnelly.jpg	rowspan="9" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Phil M. Donnelly Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-donnelly">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Journal of the House, 63rd General Assembly, Regular Session, 1945, p. 87, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.</ref> – January 10, 1949 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1944	rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Template:Sortname
42	File:Forrest Smith.jpg	Forrest Smith Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-smith">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Journal of the House, 65th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1949, p. 36, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.</ref> – January 12, 1953 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1948	Template:Sortname
43	File:Phil Donnelly.jpg	Phil M. Donnelly Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-donnelly" />	Template:Dts<ref>Journal of the House, 67th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1953, p. 56, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.</ref> – January 14, 1957 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1952
44	File:James T. Blair.jpg	James T. Blair Jr. Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-blair">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Journal of the House, 69th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1957, p. 47, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.</ref> – January 9, 1961 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1956	Template:Sortname Template:Small
			Vacant
45	File:Portrait of John M. Dalton.jpg	John M. Dalton Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-dalton">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Journal of the House, 71st General Assembly, Regular Session, 1961, p. 52, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.</ref> – January 11, 1965 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1960	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Template:Sortname
46	File:Warren E. Hearnes.jpg	Warren E. Hearnes Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-hearnes">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Journal of the House, 73rd General Assembly, Regular Session, 1965, p. 67, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.</ref> – January 8, 1973 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1964	Template:Sortname Template:Small
			Vacant
			1968	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|		Template:Sortname
47	File:MO Governors - 47 Christopher S. Bond (1973-1977) (52976854530).jpg	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Kit Bond Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-bond">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Journal of the Senate, 77th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1973, p. 47, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.</ref> – January 10, 1977 Template:Small	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn	1972	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Template:Sortname
48	File:Joseph P. Teasdale (cropped).jpg	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Joseph P. Teasdale Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-teasdale">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Journal of the House, 79th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1977, p. 217, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.</ref> – January 12, 1981 Template:Small	Democratic<ref name="nga-teasdale" />	1976
49	File:Portrait of Christopher S Bond.jpg	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Kit Bond Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-bond" />	Template:Dts<ref>Journal of the House, 81st General Assembly, Regular Session, 1981, p. 135, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.</ref> – January 14, 1985 Template:Small	Republican<ref name="nga-bond" />	1980	rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Template:Sortname
50	File:John Ashcroft official photo as Governor (cropped).jpg	John Ashcroft Template:Small <ref name="nga-ashcroft">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Journal of the House, 83rd General Assembly, Regular Session, 1985, p. 131, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.</ref> – January 11, 1993 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Republican<ref name="nga-ashcroft" />	1984	Template:Sortname
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51	File:MO Governors - 51 Melvin Carnahan (1993-2000) (52976484531) (cropped).jpg	rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Mel Carnahan Template:Small <ref name="nga-carnahan">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Journal of the Senate, 87th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1993, p. 97, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.</ref> – October 16, 2000 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic<ref name="nga-carnahan" />	1992	Template:Sortname
		1996
52	File:MO Governors - 52 Roger Wilson (2000-2001) (52975885417).jpg	Roger B. Wilson Template:Small <ref name="nga-wilson">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – January 8, 2001 Template:Small	Democratic<ref name="nga-wilson" />	Template:Small	Vacant
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53	File:Gov.Bob Holden portrait (crop).jpg	Bob Holden Template:Small <ref name="nga-holden">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Journal of the House, 91st General Assembly, Regular Session, 2001, p. 95, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.</ref> – January 10, 2005 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic<ref name="nga-holden" />	2000
54	File:Matt Blunt.jpg	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Matt Blunt Template:Small <ref name="nga-blunt">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 12, 2009 Template:Small	Republican<ref name="nga-blunt" />	2004	rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Template:Sortname
55	File:MO Governors - 55 Jeremiah Jay Nixon (2009-2017) (52976934813) (crop).jpg	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Jay Nixon Template:Small <ref name="nga-nixon">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 9, 2017 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Democratic<ref name="nga-nixon" />	2008
		2012
56	File:Governor Eric Greitens (cropped).jpg	rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"|	Eric Greitens Template:Small <ref name="nga-greitens">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Journal of the Senate, 99th General Assembly, Regular Session, 2017, p. 85, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.</ref> – June 1, 2018 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Republican<ref name="nga-greitens" />	2016	Template:Sortname
57	File:Mike Parson Governor (cropped).jpg	Mike Parson Template:Small <ref name="nga-parson">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – Template:Dts Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Republican<ref name="nga-parson" />	Template:Small	Vacant
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			2020
58	File:Mike Kehoe official photo.jpg	Mike Kehoe Template:Small <ref name="nga-kehoe">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> – IncumbentTemplate:Efn	Republican<ref name="nga-kehoe" />	2024	Template:Sortname

Confederate governors

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Thomas Caute Reynolds, 2nd Confederate governor of Missouri

During the Civil War, after the capture of Jefferson City by the Union, a constitutional convention declared the office then held by Governor Claiborne Fox Jackson to be vacant.<ref name="convention" /> In October, Jackson, Lieutenant Governor Thomas Caute Reynolds, and some members of the General Assembly, organized at Neosho and passed an Ordinance of Secession. This Confederate government never displaced the government in Jefferson City, and Missouri remained in the Union through the entire war. Jackson continued on as governor until his death on December 6, 1862, at which time Reynolds took over, serving until he fled to Mexico in June 1865 after the end of the war.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

See also

• Gubernatorial lines of succession in the United States#Missouri
• List of Missouri General Assemblies

References

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External links

• Office of the Governor of Missouri