List of Governors of Missouri
Governors of Missouri
Columns: Governor | Took office | Left office | Party | Lieutenant Governor | Terms
Alexander McNair | September 18, 1820 | November 15, 1824 | Democratic-Republican | William Henry Ashley | 1 | Frederick Bates | November 15, 1824 | August 4, 1825 | Democratic-Republican | Benjamin Harrison Reeves | ⅓ [C ] | Abraham J. Williams | August 4, 1825 | January 20, 1826 | Democratic-Republican | vacant | ⅓ | John Miller | January 20, 1826 | November 19, 1832 | Democratic | Daniel Dunklin | 1⅓ [I ] | Daniel Dunklin | November 19, 1832 | September 30, 1836 | Democratic | Lilburn W. Boggs | ½ | Lilburn W. Boggs | September 30, 1836 | November 16, 1840 | Democratic | Franklin Cannon | 1½ | Thomas Reynolds | November 16, 1840 | February 9, 1844 | Democratic | Meredith Miles Marmaduke | ½ [C ] | Meredith Miles Marmaduke | February 9, 1844 | November 20, 1844 | Democratic | vacant | ½ [L ] | John C. Edwards | November 20, 1844 | November 20, 1848 | Democratic | James Young | 1 | Austin Augustus King | November 20, 1848 | January 3, 1853 | Democratic | Thomas Lawson Price | 1 | Sterling Price | January 3, 1853 | January 5, 1857 | Democratic | Wilson Brown | 1 | Trusten Polk | January 5, 1857 | February 27, 1857 | Democratic | Hancock Lee Jackson | ⅓ | Hancock Lee Jackson | February 27, 1857 | October 22, 1857 | Democratic | vacant | ⅓ | Robert Marcellus Stewart | October 22, 1857 | January 3, 1861 | Democratic | Hancock Lee Jackson | ⅓ [I ] | Claiborne Fox Jackson | January 3, 1861 | July 23, 1861 | Democratic | Thomas Caute Reynolds | ⅓ | Hamilton Rowan Gamble | July 31, 1861 | January 31, 1864 | Republican | William Willard Preble Hall | ⅓ [C ] | Willard Preble Hall | January 31, 1864 | January 2, 1865 | Republican | vacant | ⅓ [L ] | Thomas Clement Fletcher | January 2, 1865 | January 12, 1869 | Republican | George Rappeen Smith | 1 | Joseph W. McClurg | January 12, 1869 | January 4, 1871 | Republican | Edwin O. Stanard | 1 | B. Gratz Brown | January 4, 1871 | January 3, 1873 | Liberal Republican | Joseph J. Gravely | 1 | Silas Woodson | January 3, 1873 | January 12, 1875 | Democratic | Charles Phillip Johnson | 1 | Charles Henry Hardin | January 12, 1875 | January 8, 1877 | Democratic | Norman Jay Coleman | 1 | John Smith Phelps | January 8, 1877 | January 10, 1881 | Democratic | Henry Clay Brockmeyer | 1 | Thomas Theodore Crittenden | January 10, 1881 | January 12, 1885 | Democratic | Robert Alexander Campbell | 1 | John S. Marmaduke | January 12, 1885 | December 28, 1887 | Democratic | Albert P. Morehouse | ½ [C ] | Albert P. Morehouse | December 28, 1887 | January 14, 1889 | Democratic | vacant | ½ [L ] | David R. Francis | January 14, 1889 | January 9, 1893 | Democratic | Stephen Hugh Claycomb | 1 | William Joel Stone | January 9, 1893 | January 11, 1897 | Democratic | John Baptiste O'Meara | 1 | Lawrence Vest Stephens | January 11, 1897 | January 14, 1901 | Democratic | August Henry Bolte | 1 | Alexander Monroe Dockery | January 14, 1901 | January 9, 1905 | Democratic | John Adams Lee | 1 | Alexander Monroe Dockery | January 14, 1901 | January 9, 1905 | Democratic | Thomas L. Rubey | 1 | Joseph W. Folk | January 9, 1905 | January 11, 1909 | Democratic | John C. McKinley | 1 | Herbert S. Hadley | January 9, 1909 | January 13, 1913 | Republican | Jacob Friedrich Gmelich | 1 | Elliot Woolfolk Major | January 13, 1913 | January 8, 1917 | Democratic | William Rock Painter | 1 | Frederick D. Gardner | January 8, 1917 | January 10, 1921 | Democratic | Wallace Crossley | 1 | Arthur M. Hyde | January 10, 1921 | January 12, 1925 | Republican | Hiram Lloyd | 1 | Samuel Aaron Baker | January 12, 1925 | January 14, 1929 | Republican | Phillip Allen Bennett | 1 | Henry S. Caulfield | January 14, 1929 | January 9, 1933 | Republican | Edward Henry Winter | 1 | Guy Brasfield Park | January 9, 1933 | January 11, 1937 | Democratic | Frank Gaines Harris | 1 | Lloyd C. Stark | January 11, 1937 | February 26, 1941 | Democratic | Frank Gaines Harris | 1 | Forrest C. Donnell | February 26, 1941 | January 8, 1945 | Republican | Frank Gaines Harris | 1 | Phil M. Donnelly | January 8, 1945 | January 10, 1949 | Democratic | Walter Naylor Davis | 1 | Forrest Smith | January 10, 1949 | January 12, 1953 | Democratic | James T. Blair, Jr. | 1 | Phil M. Donnelly | January 12, 1953 | January 14, 1957 | Democratic | James T. Blair, Jr. | 1 | James T. Blair, Jr. | January 14, 1957 | January 9, 1961 | Democratic | Edward V. Long | 1 | John M. Dalton | January 9, 1961 | January 11, 1965 | Democratic | Hilary A. Bush | 1 | Warren E. Hearnes | January 11, 1965 | January 8, 1973 | Democratic | Thomas F. Eagleton | 2 | Warren E. Hearnes | January 11, 1965 | January 8, 1973 | Democratic | William S. Morris | 2 | Christopher "Kit" Bond | January 8, 1973 | January 10, 1977 | Republican | William C. Phelps | 1 | Joseph P. Teasdale | January 10, 1977 | January 12, 1981 | Democratic | William C. Phelps | 1 | Christopher "Kit" Bond | January 12, 1981 | January 14, 1985 | Republican | Kenneth J. Rothman | 1 | John Ashcroft | January 14, 1985 | January 11, 1993 | Republican | Harriett Woods | 2 | John Ashcroft | January 14, 1985 | January 11, 1993 | Republican | Mel Carnahan | 2 | Mel Carnahan | January 11, 1993 | October 16, 2000 | Democratic | Roger B. Wilson | 1½ [C ] | Roger B. Wilson | October 17, 2000 | January 8, 2001 | Democratic | Joe Maxwell | ½ [L ] | Bob Holden | January 8, 2001 | January 10, 2005 | Democratic | Joe Maxwell | 1 | Matt Blunt | January 10, 2005 | January 12, 2009 | Republican | Peter Kinder | 1 | Jay Nixon | January 12, 2009 | "Incumbent" | Democratic | Peter Kinder | 2