List of governors of Missouri

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The governor of Missouri is the head of government of the U.S. state of Missouri and the commander-in-chief of the Missouri National Guard. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Missouri Legislature, to convene the legislature and grant pardons, except in cases of impeachment.

The current governor is Republican Mike Kehoe, who took office on January 13, 2025.

List of governors

Louisiana was purchased from France in 1803, with it being proclaimed in St. Louis in Upper Louisiana on March 10, 1804, by Amos Stoddard, who remained as military commander of the region until October 1, 1804, when Orleans Territory was split from it. The remainder was designated the District of Louisiana and placed under the jurisdiction of Indiana Territory and its governor, William Henry Harrison.[1][2]

Louisiana Territory and Missouri Territory

The District of Louisiana was organized as Louisiana Territory on July 4, 1805;[3] it was renamed Missouri Territory on June 4, 1812, after the admission of the state of Louisiana.[4] It had four governors appointed by the president of the United States, including both Meriwether Lewis and William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Governors of Louisiana and Missouri Territory
No. Governor Term in officeTemplate:Efn Appointed by
1 File:James Wilkinson.jpg James Wilkinson
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March 3, 1807
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2 File:Meriwether Lewis-Charles Willson Peale.jpg Meriwether Lewis
(1774–1809)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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October 11, 1809
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3 File:Benjamin-howard.jpg Benjamin Howard
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October 31, 1812
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4 File:William Clark-Charles Willson Peale.jpg William Clark
(1770–1838)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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September 18, 1820
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State of Missouri

Missouri was admitted to the union on August 10, 1821.[5]

The original constitution of 1820 created the offices of governor[6] and lieutenant governor,[7] to serve terms of four years[8] without being able to succeed themselves.[9] Terms were shortened to 2 years in 1865,[10] with a limit of serving no more than four out of every six years.[11] They were returned in 1875 to the four-year term and limit on succession of the 1820 constitution,[12] and the term limit changed to two terms in 1965.[13] Originally, the lieutenant governor would act as governor in the event of a vacancy;[14] a 1968 amendment made it so that the lieutenant governor becomes governor in that situation.[13]

A group including the governor, lieutenant governor, and members of the Missouri General Assembly, proclaimed Missouri's secession from the Union on October 31, 1861,[15] and it was admitted to the Confederate States of America on November 28, 1861.[16] The Confederate government elected two governors, but only had any control in the south of the state, and was forced into exile in Marshall, Texas, after the Battle of Pea Ridge in March 1862.

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Governors of the State of Missouri
No. Governor Term in office Party Election Lt. GovernorTemplate:Efn
1 File:Alexander mcnair.jpg rowspan="4" style="background:Template:Party color"|  Alexander McNair
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November 17, 1824
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2 File:Frederick Bates.jpg Frederick Bates
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August 4, 1825
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3 File:No image.svg Abraham J. Williams
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January 20, 1826
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4 File:Missouri Governor John Miller.jpg rowspan="15" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| John Miller
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November 21, 1832
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1828 rowspan="9" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Template:Sortname
5 File:Daniel Dunklin.jpg Daniel Dunklin
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September 30, 1836
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6 File:Lilburn-Boggs.jpg Lilburn Boggs
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November 18, 1840
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1836 Template:Sortname
7 File:GovThomasReynolds.JPG Thomas Reynolds
(1796–1844)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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February 9, 1844
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8 File:Meredith Miles Marmaduke.jpg Meredith Miles Marmaduke
(1791–1864)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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November 20, 1844
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9 File:John Cummins Edwards.jpg John Cummins Edwards
(1804–1888)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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December 27, 1848
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10 File:AustinAugustusKing.jpg Austin Augustus King
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January 3, 1853
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11 File:Sterling Price.jpg Sterling Price
(1809–1867)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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January 5, 1857
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(died August 27, 1855)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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12 File:Hon. Trusten Polk, Mo - NARA - 528704.jpg Trusten Polk
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February 27, 1857
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13 File:Hancock Lee Jackson.jpg Hancock Lee Jackson
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October 22, 1857
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14 File:Robert M. Stewart, 14th governor of Missouri.jpg Robert Marcellus Stewart
(1815–1871)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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January 3, 1861
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15 File:Claiborne fox jackson.jpg Claiborne Fox Jackson
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July 31, 1861
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DemocraticTemplate:Sfn 1860 Template:Sortname
16 File:HamiltonRowanGamble.jpg rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"| Hamilton Rowan Gamble
(1798–1864)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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January 31, 1864
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17 File:Willard Preble Hall.jpg Willard Preble Hall
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January 2, 1865
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18 File:Thomas Clement Fletcher.jpg rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Thomas Clement Fletcher
(1827–1899)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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January 12, 1869
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19 File:Joseph W. McClurg - Brady-Handy.jpg Joseph W. McClurg
(1818–1900)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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January 9, 1871
(lost election)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
RepublicanTemplate:Sfn 1868 Template:Sortname
20 File:BGratzBrown.png rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Benjamin Gratz Brown
(1826–1885)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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January 8, 1873
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21 File:Silas Woodson.jpg rowspan="12" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Silas Woodson
(1819–1896)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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January 12, 1875
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22 File:Charles Henry Hardin.jpg Charles Henry Hardin
(1820–1892)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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January 8, 1877
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23 File:John smith phelps.jpg John S. Phelps
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January 10, 1881
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DemocraticTemplate:Sfn 1876 Template:Sortname
24 File:Thomas Theodore Crittenden - Brady-Handy.jpg Thomas Theodore Crittenden
(1832–1909)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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January 12, 1885
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25 File:John S. Marmaduke.jpg John S. Marmaduke
(1833–1887)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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December 28, 1887
(died in office)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
DemocraticTemplate:Sfn 1884 Template:Sortname
26 File:Albert-p-morehouse.jpg Albert P. Morehouse
(1835–1891)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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January 14, 1889
(lost nomination)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[68]
DemocraticTemplate:Sfn Lieutenant
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Acting as governor
27 File:DRFrancis.jpg David R. Francis
(1850–1927)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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January 9, 1893
(term-limited)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn
DemocraticTemplate:Sfn 1888 Template:Sortname
28 File:William Joel Stone in 1917 (cropped).jpg William J. Stone
(1848–1918)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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January 11, 1897
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29 File:Lon V. Stephens.jpg Lawrence Vest Stephens
(1858–1923)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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January 14, 1901
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DemocraticTemplate:Sfn 1896 Template:Sortname
30 File:AlexanderDockery.jpg Alexander Monroe Dockery
(1845–1926)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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January 9, 1905
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DemocraticTemplate:Sfn 1900 Template:Sortname
(resigned April 25, 1903)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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(appointed April 25, 1903)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
31 File:Joseph Wingate Folk cph.3b47532.jpg Joseph W. Folk
(1869–1923)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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January 11, 1909
(term-limited)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn
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32 File:HerbertSHadley.jpg style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Herbert S. Hadley
(1872–1927)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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January 13, 1913
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33 File:MAJOR, ELLIOTT M. GOVERNOR LCCN2016858288.jpg rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Elliott Woolfolk Major
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January 8, 1917
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34 File:Frederick Dozier Gardner circa 1915.jpg Frederick D. Gardner
(1869–1933)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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January 10, 1921
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35 File:Arthur M. Hyde.jpg rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Arthur M. Hyde
(1877–1947)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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January 12, 1925
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36 File:Sam Aaron Baker.jpg Sam Aaron Baker
(1874–1933)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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January 14, 1929
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37 File:Henry Stewart Caulfield.jpg Henry S. Caulfield
(1873–1966)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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January 9, 1933
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38 File:Guy Brasfield Park 1933 (cropped).jpg rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Guy Brasfield Park
(1872–1946)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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January 11, 1937
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DemocraticTemplate:Sfn 1932 rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Template:Sortname
(died December 30, 1944)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
39 File:Lloyd Stark Restored.png Lloyd C. Stark
(1886–1972)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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February 26, 1941
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DemocraticTemplate:Sfn 1936
40 File:Forrest C. Donnell.jpg rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Forrest C. Donnell
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January 8, 1945
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41 File:Phil Donnelly.jpg rowspan="9" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Phil M. Donnelly
(1891–1961)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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January 10, 1949
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DemocraticTemplate:Sfn 1944 rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Template:Sortname
42 File:Forrest Smith.jpg Forrest Smith
(1886–1962)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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January 12, 1953
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DemocraticTemplate:Sfn 1948 Template:Sortname
43 File:Phil Donnelly.jpg Phil M. Donnelly
(1891–1961)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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January 14, 1957
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DemocraticTemplate:Sfn 1952
44 File:James T. Blair.jpg James T. Blair Jr.
(1902–1962)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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January 9, 1961
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(resigned September 23, 1960)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Vacant
45 File:Portrait of John M. Dalton.jpg John M. Dalton
(1900–1972)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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January 11, 1965
(term-limited)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn
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46 File:Warren E. Hearnes.jpg Warren E. Hearnes
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January 8, 1973
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(resigned December 27, 1968)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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1968 style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Template:Sortname
47 File:MO Governors - 47 Christopher S. Bond (1973-1977) (52976854530).jpg style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Kit Bond
(1939–2025)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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January 10, 1977
(lost election)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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48 File:Joseph P. Teasdale (cropped).jpg style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Joseph P. Teasdale
(1936–2014)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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January 12, 1981
(lost election)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Democratic[109] 1976
49 File:Portrait of Christopher S Bond.jpg rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Kit Bond
(1939–2025)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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January 14, 1985
(did not run)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Republican[107] 1980 rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Template:Sortname
50 File:John Ashcroft official photo as Governor (cropped).jpg John Ashcroft
(b. 1942)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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January 11, 1993
(term-limited)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn
Republican[112] 1984 Template:Sortname
1988 Template:Sortname
51 File:MO Governors - 51 Melvin Carnahan (1993-2000) (52976484531) (cropped).jpg rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Mel Carnahan
(1934–2000)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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October 16, 2000
(died in office)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn
Democratic[114] 1992 Template:Sortname
1996
52 File:Roger Wilson (cropped).jpg Roger B. Wilson
(b. 1948)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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January 8, 2001
(did not run)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Democratic[116] Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor
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Vacant
rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Template:Sortname
(appointed November 15, 2000)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
53 File:Gov.Bob Holden portrait (crop).jpg Bob Holden
(b. 1949)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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January 10, 2005
(lost nomination)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn
Democratic[117] 2000
54 File:Matt Blunt.jpg style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Matt Blunt
(b. 1970)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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January 12, 2009
(did not run)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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55 File:MO Governors - 55 Jeremiah Jay Nixon (2009-2017) (52976934813) (crop).jpg rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Jay Nixon
(b. 1956)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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January 9, 2017
(term-limited)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn
Democratic[121] 2008
2012
56 File:Governor Eric Greitens (cropped) (cropped).jpg rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Eric Greitens
(b. 1974)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
[123]
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June 1, 2018
(resigned)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn
Republican[123] 2016 Template:Sortname
57 File:Mike Parson Governor (3x4 cropped).jpg Mike Parson
(b. 1955)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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(term-limited)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn
Republican[125] Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor
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Vacant
rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color"| Template:Sortname
(appointed June 18, 2018)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2020
58 File:Mike Kehoe 2025 (croppedfurther).jpg Mike Kehoe
(b. 1962)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Timeline

Confederate governors

File:Thomas-c-reynolds.jpg
Thomas Caute Reynolds, 2nd Confederate governor of Missouri

During the Civil War, after the capture of Jefferson City by the Union, a constitutional convention declared the office then held by Governor Claiborne Fox Jackson to be vacant.[47] In October, Jackson, Lieutenant Governor Thomas Caute Reynolds, and some members of the General Assembly, organized at Neosho and passed an Ordinance of Secession. This Confederate government never displaced the government in Jefferson City, and Missouri remained in the Union through the entire war. Jackson continued on as governor until his death on December 6, 1862, at which time Reynolds took over, serving until he fled to Mexico in June 1865 after the end of the war.[129]

See also

Notes

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References

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  10. 1865 Const. art. V, § 3
  11. 1865 Const. art. V, § 4
  12. 1875 Const. art. V, § 2
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