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following is a list of governors of missouri since its territory became part of the united states .
missouri was part of the louisiana purchase in which the united states purchased from france in 1803 .
in its first year it was part of louisiana .
in 1804 all of the territory above what is modern-day louisiana was broken off and administered by a governor based in st. louis , missouri until statehood .
prior to the purchase both france and spain administered the territory in a similar manner .
france initially had a commandant in charge of upper louisiana .
spain around 1770 began having a lieutenant governor in st. louis and governor in new orleans , louisiana ruling the whole territory .
for a list of governors under spanish and french rule see louisiana governor .
for a list of lieutenant governors ruling upper louisiana under french and spanish control see list of commandants of the illinois country .
since the state capitol moved to jefferson city in 1826 the governor has lived on the same block in the missouri governor 's mansion a block east of the missouri state capitol -lrb- although the current mansion is the third one -rrb- .
the current governor of missouri is jay nixon .
