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Missouri: Secretaries of State

Missouri Secretaries of State, 1820-2012 (May be incomplete!)
Joshua Barton 1820-21 William Grymes Pettus 1821-24 Hamilton Rowan Gamble 1824-26 Spencer D. Pettis 1826-28 P. H. McBride 1829-30 John C. Edwards 1830-35 Henry Shurlds 1835-37 John C. Edwards 1837 Peter Garland Glover 1837-39 James Lawrence Minor 1839-45 Faulkland Heard Martin 1845-49 Ephraim B. Ewing 1849-53 John M. Richardson 1853-57 Benjamin Franklin Massey 1857-61 Mordecai Oliver 1861-65 Francis A. Rodman 1865-71 Eugene F. Weigel 1871-75 Michael K. McGrath 1875-89 Alexander A. Lesueur 1889-1901 Sam B. Cook 1901-05 John E. Swanger 1905-09 Cornelius Roach 1909-17 John L. Sullivan 1917-21 Charles U. Becker 1921-33 Dwight H. Brown 1933-44 Gregory C. Stockard 1944-45 Wilson Bell 1945-47 Edgar C. Nelson 1947-49 Walter H. Toberman 1949-60 Robert W. Crawford 1960-61 Warren E. Hearnes 1961-65 James C. Kirkpatrick 1965-85 Roy Blunt 1985-93 Judith K. Moriarty 1993-94 Richard Hanson 1994 Rebecca M. Cook 1994-2001 Matt Blunt 2001-05 Robin Carnahan 2005-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1821 Sep 8: Joshua Barton, resigned.
  • 1860: John T. Coffee, defeated.
  • 1880 Nov 2: Michael K. McGrath (Dem), elected; James C. Broadwell (Rep), defeated; Orville D. Jones (Greenback), defeated.
  • 1888: Herman P. Faris (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1900 Nov 6: Sam B. Cook (Dem), elected.
  • 1916 Aug 1: John L. Sullivan (Dem), nominated; James Kelly Pool (Dem), defeated in primary; James Horace Emmons (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1916 Aug 1: William C. Askin (Rep), nominated; Charles A. Hendricks (Rep), defeated in primary; James E. Ford (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1916 Aug 1: Arthur B. Warner (Progressive), nominated unopposed, but withdrew.
  • 1916 Aug 1: William M. Godwin (Prohibition), nominated unopposed.
  • 1916 Aug 1: Otto Vierling (Socialist), nominated unopposed.
  • 1916 Aug 1: William W. Cox (Socialist Labor), nominated unopposed.
  • 1916 Nov 7: John L. Sullivan (Dem), elected; William C. Askin (Rep), defeated; Otto Vierling (Socialist), defeated; William M. Godwin (Prohibition), defeated; William W. Cox (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1920 Nov 2: Charles U. Becker (Rep), elected; John L. Sullivan (Dem), defeated; David S. Landis (Socialist), defeated; Dan Richmond (Farmer-Workers), defeated; Charles Scheffler (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1924 Nov 4: Charles U. Becker (Rep), elected; Kate S. Morrow (Dem), defeated; David S. Landis (Socialist), defeated; Karl Oberheu (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1928: Dwight H. Brown, defeated.
  • 1928 Nov 6: Charles U. Becker (Rep), elected.
  • 1936 Nov 3: Dwight H. Brown (Dem), elected; L. D. Thompson (Rep), defeated; John Day (Communist), defeated; Peter Tendler (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1940 Nov 5: Dwight H. Brown (Dem), elected; Loyd Miller (Rep), defeated; Henry Siroky (Socialist), defeated; Henry W. Genck (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1944 May 8: Dwight H. Brown, died in office.
  • 1944 May 12: Gregory C. Stockard, appointed.
  • 1944 Aug 1: Wilson Bell (Dem), nominated; V. H. Steward (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1944 Aug 1: Loyd Miller (Rep), nominated; F. P. 'Ted' Graves (Rep), defeated in primary; Jesse E. Smith (Rep), defeated in primary; L. D. Thompson (Rep), defeated in primary; Elmer Nicolay (Rep), defeated in primary; Herman H. Lark (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1944 Nov 7: Wilson Bell (Dem), elected; Loyd Miller (Rep), defeated; Alice B. Verburg (Socialist), defeated; F. H. Jackson (Prohibition), defeated; Theodore Baeff (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1947 May 20: Wilson Bell, died in office.
  • 1947 May 23: Edgar C. Nelson, appointed.
  • 1948 Nov 2: Walter H. Toberman (Dem), elected.
  • 1952 Aug 5: Walter H. Toberman (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1952 Aug 5: Ballard Watters (Rep), nominated; Herman H. Lark (Rep), defeated in primary; Joseph M. Badgett (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1952 Nov 4: Walter H. Toberman (Dem), elected; Ballard Watters (Rep), defeated; Karl Oberheu (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1956 Nov 6: Walter H. Toberman (Dem), elected; Jesse E. Smith (Rep), defeated.
  • 1960 Feb 13: Walter H. Toberman, died in office.
  • 1964 Nov 3: James C. Kirkpatrick (Dem), elected; William J. Jones (Rep), defeated.
  • 1994: Judith K. Moriarty, removed; Richard Hanson, resigned.
  • 2000: Matt Blunt (Rep), elected.
  • 2012 Aug 7: Jason Kander (Dem), nominated; MD Rabbi Alam (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 2012 Aug 7: Shane Schoeller (Rep), nominated; Scott Rupp (Rep), defeated in primary; Bill Stouffer (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 2012 Aug 7: Justin Harter (Constitution), nominated unopposed.
  • 2012 Aug 7: Cisse W. Spragins (Libertarian), nominated unopposed.
  • 2012 Nov 6: Jason Kander (Dem), elected; Shane Schoeller (Rep), defeated; Cisse W. Spragins (Libertarian), defeated; Justin Harter (Constitution), defeated.
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