List of Governors of Missouri

Table columns:
#
Portrait
Governor
Took office
Left office
Party
Lieutenant Governor[F]
Terms[G]

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

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