List of governors of Missouri
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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.
Governors of Missouri
change- Parties
Democratic-Republican (3) Democratic (38) Republican (15) Liberal Republican (1)
No. | Governor | Term in office | Party | Election | Lt. Governor[a] | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alexander McNair (1775–1826) [1][2] |
September 18, 1820[3] – November 17, 1824 (term-limited)[b] |
Democratic- Republican[5] |
1820 | William Henry Ashley | |||
2 | Frederick Bates (1777–1825) [6][7] |
November 17, 1824[c] – August 4, 1825 (died in office) |
Democratic- Republican[5] |
1824 | Benjamin Harrison Reeves (resigned July 1825) | |||
Vacant | ||||||||
3 | Abraham J. Williams (1781–1839) [9][10] |
August 4, 1825[11] – January 20, 1826 (successor took office) |
Democratic- Republican[5] |
President of the Senate acting | ||||
4 | John Miller (1781–1846) [12][13] |
January 20, 1826[14] – November 21, 1832 (term-limited)[b] |
Democratic[5] | 1825 (special)[d] | ||||
1828 | Daniel Dunklin | |||||||
5 | Daniel Dunklin (1790–1844) [15][16] |
November 21, 1832[17] – September 30, 1836 (resigned)[e] |
Democratic[f] | 1832 | Lilburn Boggs | |||
6 | Lilburn Boggs (1796–1860) [20][21] |
September 30, 1836[22] – November 18, 1840 (term-limited)[b] |
Democratic[5] | Lieutenant governor acting |
Acting as governor | |||
1836 | Franklin Cannon | |||||||
7 | Thomas Reynolds (1796–1844) [23][24] |
November 18, 1840[25] – February 9, 1844 (died in office) |
Democratic[5] | 1840 | Meredith Miles Marmaduke | |||
8 | Meredith Miles Marmaduke (1791–1864) [26][27] |
February 9, 1844[28] – November 20, 1844 (successor took office) |
Democratic[5] | Lieutenant governor acting |
Acting as governor | |||
9 | John Cummins Edwards (1804–1888) [29][30] |
November 20, 1844[31] – December 27, 1848 (term-limited)[b] |
Democratic[5] | 1844 | James Young | |||
10 | Austin Augustus King (1802–1870) [32][33] |
December 27, 1848[34] – January 3, 1853 (term-limited)[b] |
Democratic[5] | 1848 | Thomas Lawson Price | |||
11 | Sterling Price (1809–1867) [35][36] |
January 3, 1853[37] – January 5, 1857 (term-limited)[b] |
Democratic[5] | 1852 | Wilson Brown (died August 27, 1855) | |||
Vacant | ||||||||
12 | Trusten Polk (1811–1876) [38][39] |
January 5, 1857[40] – February 27, 1857 (resigned)[g] |
Democratic[5] | 1856 | Hancock Lee Jackson | |||
13 | Hancock Lee Jackson (1796–1876) [41][42] |
February 27, 1857[43] – October 22, 1857 (successor took office) |
Democratic[5] | Lieutenant governor acting |
Acting as governor | |||
14 | Robert Marcellus Stewart (1815–1871) [44][45] |
October 22, 1857[46] – January 3, 1861 (term-limited)[b] |
Democratic[5] | 1857 (special)[h] |
Hancock Lee Jackson | |||
15 | Claiborne Fox Jackson (1806–1862) [47][48] |
January 3, 1861[49] – July 31, 1861 (office declared vacant)[i] |
Democratic[5] | 1860 | Thomas Caute Reynolds | |||
16 | Hamilton Rowan Gamble (1798–1864) [51][52] |
July 31, 1861[50] – January 31, 1864 (died in office) |
Union[5] | Provisional governor elected by convention |
Willard Preble Hall | |||
17 | Willard Preble Hall (1820–1882) [53][54] |
January 31, 1864[55] – January 2, 1865 (successor took office) |
Union[5] | Lieutenant governor acting |
Acting as governor | |||
18 | Thomas Clement Fletcher (1827–1899) [56][57] |
January 2, 1865[58] – January 12, 1869 (term-limited)[j] |
Republican[5] | 1864 | George Smith | |||
19 | Joseph W. McClurg (1818–1900) [60][61] |
January 12, 1869[62] – January 9, 1871 (lost election) |
Republican[5] | 1868 | Edwin O. Stanard | |||
20 | Benjamin Gratz Brown (1826–1885) [63][64] |
January 9, 1871[65] – January 8, 1873 (did not run)[k] |
Liberal Republican[5] |
1870 | Joseph J. Gravely (died April 28, 1872) | |||
Vacant | ||||||||
21 | Silas Woodson (1819–1896) [66][67] |
January 8, 1873[68] – January 12, 1875 (did not run) |
Democratic[l] | 1872 | Charles Phillip Johnson | |||
22 | Charles Henry Hardin (1820–1892) [69][70] |
January 12, 1875[71] – January 8, 1877 (did not run)[69] |
Democratic[m] | 1874 | Norman Jay Colman | |||
23 | John S. Phelps (1814–1886) [72][73] |
January 8, 1877[74] – January 10, 1881 (term-limited)[n] |
Democratic[5] | 1876 | Henry Clay Brockmeyer | |||
24 | Thomas Theodore Crittenden (1832–1909) [76][77] |
January 10, 1881[78] – January 12, 1885 (term-limited)[n] |
Democratic[5] | 1880 | Robert Alexander Campbell | |||
25 | John S. Marmaduke (1833–1887) [79][80] |
January 12, 1885[81] – December 28, 1887 (died in office) |
Democratic[5] | 1884 | Albert P. Morehouse | |||
26 | Albert P. Morehouse (1835–1891) [82][83] |
December 28, 1887[84] – January 14, 1889 (lost nomination)[85] |
Democratic[5] | Lieutenant governor acting |
Acting as governor | |||
27 | David R. Francis (1850–1927) [86][87] |
January 14, 1889[88] – January 9, 1893 (term-limited)[n] |
Democratic[5] | 1888 | Stephen Hugh Claycomb | |||
28 | William J. Stone (1848–1918) [89][90] |
January 9, 1893[91] – January 11, 1897 (term-limited)[n] |
Democratic[5] | 1892 | John Baptiste O'Meara | |||
29 | Lawrence Vest Stephens (1858–1923) [92][93] |
January 11, 1897[94] – January 14, 1901 (term-limited)[n] |
Democratic[5] | 1896 | August Henry Bolte | |||
30 | Alexander Monroe Dockery (1845–1926) [95][96] |
January 14, 1901[97] – January 9, 1905 (term-limited)[n] |
Democratic[5] | 1900 | John Adams Lee (resigned April 25, 1903) | |||
Thomas L. Rubey (appointed April 25, 1903) | ||||||||
31 | Joseph W. Folk (1869–1923) [98][99] |
January 9, 1905[100] – January 11, 1909 (term-limited)[n] |
Democratic[5] | 1904 | John C. McKinley | |||
32 | Herbert S. Hadley (1872–1927) [101][102] |
January 11, 1909[103] – January 13, 1913 (term-limited)[n] |
Republican[5] | 1908 | Jacob F. Gmelich | |||
33 | Elliott Woolfolk Major (1864–1949) [104][105] |
January 13, 1913[106] – January 8, 1917 (term-limited)[n] |
Democratic[5] | 1912 | William Rock Painter | |||
34 | Frederick D. Gardner (1869–1933) [107][108] |
January 8, 1917[109] – January 10, 1921 (term-limited)[n] |
Democratic[5] | 1916 | Wallace Crossley | |||
35 | Arthur M. Hyde (1877–1947) [110][111] |
January 10, 1921[112] – January 12, 1925 (term-limited)[n] |
Republican[5] | 1920 | Hiram Lloyd | |||
36 | Sam Aaron Baker (1874–1933) [113][114] |
January 12, 1925[115] – January 14, 1929 (term-limited)[n] |
Republican[5] | 1924 | Philip Allen Bennett | |||
37 | Henry S. Caulfield (1873–1966) [116][117] |
January 14, 1929[118] – January 9, 1933 (term-limited)[n] |
Republican[5] | 1928 | Edward Henry Winter | |||
38 | Guy Brasfield Park (1872–1946) [119][120] |
January 9, 1933[121] – January 11, 1937 (term-limited)[n] |
Democratic[5] | 1932 | Frank Gaines Harris (died December 30, 1944) | |||
39 | Lloyd C. Stark (1886–1972) [122][123] |
January 11, 1937[124] – February 26, 1941 (term-limited)[n] |
Democratic[5] | 1936 | ||||
40 | Forrest C. Donnell (1884–1980) [125][126] |
February 26, 1941[o] – January 8, 1945 (term-limited)[n] |
Republican[5] | 1940 | ||||
Vacant | ||||||||
41 | Phil M. Donnelly (1891–1961) [128][129] |
January 8, 1945[130] – January 10, 1949 (term-limited)[p] |
Democratic[5] | 1944 | Walter Naylor Davis | |||
42 | Forrest Smith (1886–1962) [132][133] |
January 10, 1949[134] – January 12, 1953 (term-limited)[p] |
Democratic[5] | 1948 | James T. Blair Jr. | |||
43 | Phil M. Donnelly (1891–1961) [128][129] |
January 12, 1953[135] – January 14, 1957 (term-limited)[p] |
Democratic[5] | 1952 | ||||
44 | James T. Blair Jr. (1902–1962) [136][137] |
January 14, 1957[138] – January 9, 1961 (term-limited)[p] |
Democratic[5] | 1956 | Edward V. Long (resigned September 23, 1960) | |||
Vacant | ||||||||
45 | John M. Dalton (1900–1972) [139][140] |
January 9, 1961[141] – January 11, 1965 (term-limited)[p] |
Democratic[5] | 1960 | Hilary A. Bush | |||
46 | Warren E. Hearnes (1923–2009) [142][143] |
January 11, 1965[144] – January 8, 1973 (term-limited)[q] |
Democratic[5] | 1964 | Thomas Eagleton (resigned December 27, 1968) | |||
Vacant | ||||||||
1968 | William S. Morris | |||||||
47 | Kit Bond (b. 1939) [146][147] |
January 8, 1973[148] – January 10, 1977 (lost election) |
Republican[5] | 1972 | Bill Phelps | |||
48 | Joseph P. Teasdale (1936–2014) [146][149] |
January 10, 1977[150] – January 12, 1981 (lost election) |
Democratic[149] | 1976 | ||||
49 | Kit Bond (b. 1939) [146][147] |
January 12, 1981[151] – January 14, 1985 (did not run) |
Republican[147] | 1980 | Ken Rothman | |||
50 | John Ashcroft (b. 1942) [152] |
January 14, 1985[153] – January 11, 1993 (term-limited)[q] |
Republican[152] | 1984 | Harriett Woods | |||
1988 | Mel Carnahan | |||||||
51 | Mel Carnahan (1934–2000) [154] |
January 11, 1993[155] – October 16, 2000 (died in office)[r] |
Democratic[154] | 1992 | Roger B. Wilson | |||
1996 | ||||||||
52 | Roger B. Wilson (b. 1948) [156] |
October 16, 2000[s] – January 8, 2001 (did not run) |
Democratic[156] | Succeeded from lieutenant governor |
Vacant | |||
Joe Maxwell (appointed November 15, 2000) | ||||||||
53 | Bob Holden (b. 1949) [158] |
January 8, 2001[159] – January 10, 2005 (lost nomination)[t] |
Democratic[158] | 2000 | ||||
54 | Matt Blunt (b. 1970) [160] |
January 10, 2005[161] – January 12, 2009 (did not run) |
Republican[160] | 2004 | Peter Kinder | |||
55 | Jay Nixon (b. 1956) [162] |
January 12, 2009[163] – January 9, 2017 (term-limited)[q] |
Democratic[162] | 2008 | ||||
2012 | ||||||||
56 | Eric Greitens (b. 1974) [164] |
January 9, 2017[165] – June 1, 2018 (resigned)[u] |
Republican[164] | 2016 | Mike Parson | |||
57 | Mike Parson (b. 1955) [167] |
June 1, 2018[168] – January 13, 2025 (term-limited)[q] |
Republican[167] | Succeeded from lieutenant governor |
Vacant | |||
Mike Kehoe (appointed June 18, 2018) | ||||||||
2020 | ||||||||
58 | Mike Kehoe (b. 1962) |
January 13, 2025 – Incumbent[v] |
Republican | 2024 | David Wasinger |
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).[169] The oldest living Governor or former Governor of Missouri is Kit Bond (born 1939).
Notes
change- ↑ Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Under the 1820 constitution, governors were ineligible for four years after the end of their term.[4]
- ↑ Modern sources tend to say Bates took office on November 15; however, while this was the date McNair delivered his farewell address, Bates was not sworn in until November 17.[8]
- ↑ Special election to fill the remainder of Frederick Bates' term.
- ↑ Dunklin resigned to be Surveyor General for Missouri and Illinois.[15]
- ↑ Most sources label Dunklin a Democrat,[18][5][15] but Glashan labels him a Democratic-Republican.[19]
- ↑ Polk resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.[38]
- ↑ Special election to fill the remainder of Trusten Polk's term.
- ↑ Jackson was pro-Confederate, and fled Jefferson City on June 17, 1861, after the Battle of Boonville in which Union forces gained control of the capital. The pro-Union constitutional convention declared his office vacant, and elected a new provisional governor, on July 31.[50] Jackson would soon establish a Confederate-aligned government in Neosho, Missouri.
- ↑ Under the 1865 constitution, governors were ineligible to serve more than four years in six.[59]
- ↑ Brown instead ran unsuccessfully for Vice President of the United States.[63]
- ↑ Woodson also represented the Liberal Republican Party.[19]
- ↑ Hardin also represented the Liberal Republican Party.[19]
- ↑ 14.00 14.01 14.02 14.03 14.04 14.05 14.06 14.07 14.08 14.09 14.10 14.11 14.12 14.13 14.14 14.15 Under the 1875 constitution, governors were ineligible to be re-elected as their own successor.[75]
- ↑ The election was very close, and the House of Representatives refused to certify Donnell's election until February 26, 1941, after being ordered to do so by the Missouri Supreme Court.[125][127]
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 Under the 1945 constitution, governors were ineligible to be re-elected as their own successor.[131]
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 Under a 1965 amendment to the constitution, governors are ineligible to be elected more than twice.[145]
- ↑ Carnahan died in a plane crash while campaigning for a seat in the United States Senate.[154]
- ↑ The plane crash that killed Carnahan occurred on October 16; his body was not identified until October 18, and shortly thereafter Wilson was sworn in.[157]
- ↑ Holden lost the Democratic nomination to Claire McCaskill.
- ↑ Greitens resigned due to allegations of sexual assault and campaign finance impropriety.[166]
- ↑ Kehoe's current term expires on January 8, 2029.
References
change- ↑ Sobel 1978, p. 837.
- ↑ "Alexander McNair". National Governors Association. January 8, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- ↑ Journal of the House, 1st General Assembly, Regular Session, 1820, page 8, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 21, 2023.
- ↑ "1820 Mo. Const. art. IV, § 4". www.stateconstitutions.umd.edu. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 5.20 5.21 5.22 5.23 5.24 5.25 5.26 5.27 5.28 5.29 5.30 5.31 5.32 5.33 5.34 5.35 5.36 5.37 5.38 5.39 5.40 5.41 5.42 5.43 5.44 Kallenbach 1977, pp. 338–340.
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- ↑ "Frederick Bates". National Governors Association. January 8, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
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- ↑ Sobel 1978, pp. 838–839.
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- ↑ "none". Missouri Intelligencer. 1826-01-23. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
On the next day, General John Miller was declared to be duly elected Governor - and after being qualified, communicated to the Legislature the following...
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Sobel 1978, p. 840.
- ↑ "Daniel Dunklin". National Governors Association. January 8, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- ↑ Journal of the House, 7th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1832, pp. 28–29, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 21, 2023.
- ↑ Dubin 2003, p. 138.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Glashan 1979, p. 176.
- ↑ Sobel 1978, p. 841.
- ↑ "Lilburn W. Boggs". National Governors Association. January 8, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
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- ↑ Sobel 1978, pp. 841–842.
- ↑ "Thomas Reynolds". National Governors Association. January 8, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- ↑ Journal of the House, 11th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1840, p. 28, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 21, 2023.
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- ↑ "Meredith Miles Marmaduke". National Governors Association. January 8, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- ↑ "Death of Gov. Reynolds". The Political Beacon. 1844-02-22. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
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- ↑ "John Cummins Edwards". National Governors Association. January 8, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- ↑ "none". Boon's Lick Times. 1844-11-30. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
On this morning a joint committee from the two Houses waited upon Gov. Edwards and Lt. Governor Young, and escorted them to the Hall of the House, where the oaths of office were administered...
- ↑ Sobel 1978, pp. 843–844.
- ↑ "Austin Augustus King". National Governors Association. January 8, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- ↑ Journal of the House, 15th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1848, p. 35, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 22, 2023.
- ↑ Sobel 1978, p. 844.
- ↑ "Sterling Price". National Governors Association. January 8, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- ↑ "Missouri Legislature". Glasgow Weekly Times. 1853-01-13. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
- ↑ 38.0 38.1 Sobel 1978, p. 845.
- ↑ "Trusten Polk". National Governors Association. January 8, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- ↑ Journal of the House, 19th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1857, p. 40, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 22, 2023.
- ↑ Sobel 1978, pp. 845–846.
- ↑ "Hancock Lee Jackson". National Governors Association. January 8, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- ↑ Journal of the Senate, 19th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1857, p. 357, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 22, 2023.
- ↑ Sobel 1978, p. 846.
- ↑ "Robert Marcellus Stewart". National Governors Association. January 8, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- ↑ Journal of the House, 19th General Assembly, Adjourned Session, 1857, p. 23, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 23, 2023.
- ↑ Sobel 1978, p. 847.
- ↑ "Claiborne Fox Jackson". National Governors Association. January 8, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- ↑ Journal of the House, 21st General Assembly, Regular Session, 1861, p. 45, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 23, 2023.
- ↑ 50.0 50.1 Journal of the Missouri State Convention Held at Jefferson City, July, 1861. St. Louis: George Knapp & Co., Printers and Binders. 1861. pp. 23–33. OCLC 2650423. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
- ↑ Sobel 1978, pp. 847–848.
- ↑ "Hamilton Rowan Gamble". National Governors Association. January 8, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- ↑ Sobel 1978, pp. 848–849.
- ↑ "Willard Preble Hall". National Governors Association. January 8, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- ↑ "Governor's Message". The Morning Herald. 1864-02-05. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
- ↑ Sobel 1978, p. 849.
- ↑ "Thomas Clement Fletcher". National Governors Association. January 8, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- ↑ Journal of the House, 23rd General Assembly, Regular Session, 1865, p. 46, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 23, 2023.
- ↑ "1865 Mo. Const. art. V, § 4". www.stateconstitutions.umd.edu. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- ↑ Sobel 1978, pp. 849–850.
- ↑ "Joseph Washington McClurg". National Governors Association. January 8, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- ↑ Journal of the House, 25th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1869, p. 112, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 23, 2023.
- ↑ 63.0 63.1 Sobel 1978, pp. 850–851.
- ↑ "Benjamin Gratz Brown". National Governors Association. January 8, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- ↑ Journal of the House, 26th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1871, p. 26, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 23, 2023.
- ↑ Sobel 1978, p. 851.
- ↑ "Silas Woodson". National Governors Association. January 8, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- ↑ Journal of the House, 27th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1873, p. 89, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.
- ↑ 69.0 69.1 Sobel 1978, p. 852.
- ↑ "Charles Henry Hardin". National Governors Association. January 8, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- ↑ Journal of the House, 28th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1875, p. 97, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.
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- ↑ "John Smith Phelps". National Governors Association. January 8, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- ↑ Journal of the House, 29th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1877, p. 59, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.
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- ↑ "William Joel Stone". National Governors Association. January 8, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
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- ↑ "Lawrence Vest Stephens". National Governors Association. January 8, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- ↑ Journal of the House, 39th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1897, p. 34, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.
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- ↑ "Alexander Monroe Dockery". National Governors Association. January 8, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- ↑ Journal of the House, 41st General Assembly, Regular Session, 1901, p. 63, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.
- ↑ Sobel 1978, pp. 858–859.
- ↑ "Joseph Wingate Folk". National Governors Association. January 8, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- ↑ Journal of the House, 43rd General Assembly, Regular Session, 1905, p. 24, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.
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- ↑ "Herbert Spencer Hadley". National Governors Association. January 8, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- ↑ Journal of the House, 45th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1909, p. 19, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.
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- ↑ "Elliot Woolfolk Major". National Governors Association. January 8, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- ↑ Journal of the House, 47th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1913, p. 23, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.
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- ↑ "Frederick Dozier Gardner". National Governors Association. January 8, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- ↑ Journal of the House, 49th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1917, p. 129, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.
- ↑ Sobel 1978, pp. 861–862.
- ↑ "Arthur Mastick Hyde". National Governors Association. January 8, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- ↑ Journal of the House, 51st General Assembly, Regular Session, 1921, p. 24, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.
- ↑ Sobel 1978, pp. 862–863.
- ↑ "Samuel Aaron Baker". National Governors Association. January 8, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- ↑ Journal of the House, 53rd General Assembly, Regular Session, 1925, p. 35, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.
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