List of Governors of Missouri
Governors of Missouri
Parties Democratic-Republican (3) Democratic (38) Republican (15) Liberal Republican (1)

List of Governors of Missouri

Section Title: Governors of Missouri
Table Section Text: Parties Democratic-Republican (3) Democratic (38) Republican (15) Liberal Republican (1)

#	Governor	Took office	Left office	Party	Lt. Governor	Term(s)

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

3	-	Abraham J. Williams	August 4, 1825	January 20, 1826	Democratic-Republican	Vacant	​1⁄3

4	-	John Miller	January 20, 1826	November 19, 1832	Democratic	Daniel Dunklin	​1 1⁄3

5	-	Daniel Dunklin	November 19, 1832	September 30, 1836	Democratic	Lilburn W. Boggs	​1⁄2

6	-	Lilburn Boggs	September 30, 1836	November 16, 1840	Democratic	Franklin Cannon	​1 1⁄2

7	GovThomasReynolds.JPG	Thomas Reynolds	November 16, 1840	February 9, 1844	Democratic	Meredith Miles Marmaduke	​1⁄2

8	-	Meredith Miles Marmaduke	February 9, 1844	November 20, 1844	Democratic	Vacant	​1⁄2

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

13	-	Hancock Lee Jackson	February 27, 1857	October 22, 1857	Democratic	Vacant	​1⁄3

14	-	Robert Marcellus Stewart	October 22, 1857	January 3, 1861	Democratic	Hancock Lee Jackson	​1⁄3

15	-	Claiborne Fox Jackson	January 3, 1861	July 23, 1861	Democratic	Thomas Caute Reynolds	​1⁄3

16	-	Hamilton Rowan Gamble	July 31, 1861	January 31, 1864	Republican	Willard Preble Hall	​1⁄3

17	-	Willard Preble Hall	January 31, 1864	January 2, 1865	Republican	Vacant	​1⁄3

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

26	-	Albert P. Morehouse	December 28, 1887	January 14, 1889	Democratic	Vacant	​1⁄2

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	Lon Vest Stephens.JPG	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

40	-	Forrest C. Donnell	February 26, 1941	January 8, 1945	Republican	Frank Gaines Harris	1

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

52	-	Roger B. Wilson	October 16, 2000	January 8, 2001	Democratic	Joe Maxwell	​1⁄2

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	​1⁄2

57	-	Mike Parson	June 1, 2018	Incumbent	Republican	Mike Kehoe	​1⁄2

Sentence(s)

Abraham J. Williams was the third Governor of Missouri, serving from 1825 to 1826, following Frederick Bates.

final_sentence: Abraham J. Williams was the third Governor of Missouri, serving from 1825 to 1826, following Frederick Bates.