The Political Graveyard: Missouri: Governors

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Missouri: Governors

Governors of Missouri, 1820-2007 (May be incomplete!)
Alexander McNair 1821-24 Frederick Bates 1824-25 Abraham J. Williams 1825-26 John Miller 1826-32 Daniel Dunklin 1832-36 Lilburn W. Boggs 1836-40 Thomas Reynolds 1840-44 Meredith Miles Marmaduke 1844 John C. Edwards 1844-48 Austin A. King 1848-53 Sterling Price 1853-57 Trusten Polk 1857 Hancock Lee Jackson 1857 Robert Marcellus Stewart 1857-61 Claiborne Fox Jackson 1861-62 Hamilton Rowan Gamble 1861-64 Thomas C. Reynolds 1862-65 Willard P. Hall 1864-65 Thomas Clement Fletcher 1865-69 Joseph W. McClurg 1869-71 B. Gratz Brown 1871-73 Silas Woodson 1873-75 Charles Henry Hardin 1875-77 John S. Phelps 1877-81 Thomas Theodore Crittenden 1881-85 John Sappington Marmaduke 1885-87 Albert P. Morehouse 1887-89 David R. Francis 1889-93 William J. Stone 1893-97 Lon Vest Stephens 1897-1901 Alexander M. Dockery 1901-05 Joseph W. Folk 1905-09 Herbert S. Hadley 1909-13 Elliot Woolfolk Major 1913-17 Frederick D. Gardner 1917-21 Arthur M. Hyde 1921-25 Sam Aaron Baker 1925-29 Henry S. Caulfield 1929-33 Guy Brasfield Park 1933-37 Lloyd C. Stark 1937-41 Forrest C. Donnell 1941-45 Phil M. Donnelly 1945-49 Forrest Smith 1949-53 Phil M. Donnelly 1953-57 James T. Blair, Jr. 1957-61 John M. Dalton 1961-65 Warren E. Hearnes 1965-73 Christopher S. Bond 1973-77 Joseph P. Teasdale 1977-81 Christopher S. Bond 1981-85 John Ashcroft 1985-93 Mel Carnahan 1993-2000 Roger B. Wilson 2000-01 Bob Holden 2001-05 Matt Blunt 2005-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1820: William Clark, defeated.

1825 Aug 4: Frederick Bates, died in office.

1844 Feb 9: Thomas Reynolds, died in office.

1856: Thomas Hart Benton, defeated.

1860: Sample Orr, defeated; Claiborne Fox Jackson, elected.

1862 Dec 6: Claiborne Fox Jackson, died in office.

1864 Jan 31: Hamilton Rowan Gamble, died in office.

1887 Dec 28: John Sappington Marmaduke, died in office.

1892: William Warner (Rep), defeated.

1904: Joseph W. Folk (Dem), elected.

1908: William S. Cowherd, defeated.

1912: John C. McKinley (Rep), defeated.

1928: Philip A. Bennett (Rep), defeated for nomination.

1928 Nov 6: Henry S. Caulfield (Rep), elected.

1936: Jesse W. Barrett, defeated.

1944: Jean Paul Bradshaw (Rep), defeated.

1944 Nov 7: Phil M. Donnelly (Dem), elected.

1948: Roy McKittrick (Dem), defeated for nomination.

1952 Nov 4: Phil M. Donnelly (Dem), elected.

1964 Nov 3: Warren E. Hearnes (Dem), elected; Ethan A. H. Shepley (Rep), defeated.

1976: Christopher S. Bond (Rep), defeated.

1984: Mel Carnahan (Dem), defeated in primary.

1992: R. Wendell Bailey (Rep), defeated in primary.

1992: William L. Webster (Rep), defeated.

2000: James M. Talent (Rep), defeated; Bob Holden (Dem), elected.

2000 Oct 16: Mel Carnahan, died in office.

2004: Matt Blunt (Rep), elected; Claire McCaskill (Dem), defeated.

"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."
Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872

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