Please read the following table in Markdown format and then answer the question according to the table. Table cells in one row are seperated by '|', and different rows are seperated by '
'.

Table:
| 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 |
Question:
Which governor took office on January 8, 1877?
Answer:
John Smith Phelps