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.
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). The oldest living Governor or former Governor of Missouri is Kit Bond (born 1939).
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