List of Governors of Missouri facts for kids

This is a list of Governors of Missouri since its territory became part of the United States.

Thirty-eight of the Governors have been Democratic. Fifteen have been Republican. One has been Liberal Republican.

As of 2018–19, Missouri has never had a female governor.

Governors of Missouri

      Democratic-Republican (3)       Democratic (38)       Republican (15)       Liberal Republican (1)

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

The most recent Governor to die was Joseph P. Teasdale (1936–2014). The most recently serving United States Governor of Missouri to die was Mel Carnahan (1934–2000). The oldest living Governor or former Governor of Missouri is Kit Bond (born 1939).