Governors of Missouri, 1820-2019 (May be
incomplete!)
Alexander
McNair 1820-24
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
M. 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
Hamilton
Rowan Gamble 1861-64
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
H. Hardin 1875-77
John
S. Phelps 1877-81
Thomas
T. 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
W. Major 1913-17
Frederick
D. Gardner 1917-21
Arthur
M. Hyde 1921-25
Sam
Aaron Baker 1925-29
Henry
S. Caulfield 1929-33
Guy
B. 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 2005-09
Jay
Nixon 2009-17
Eric
Greitens 2017-18
Michael
L. Parson 2018-
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.
1848:
James
S. Rollins, defeated.
1852 Aug 2:
Sterling
Price (Dem), elected;
James
Winston (Whig), defeated.
1856 Aug 4:
Trusten
Polk (Dem), elected;
Robert
C. Ewing (American), defeated;
Thomas
Hart Benton (Benton Democrat), defeated.
1857:
James
S. Rollins, defeated.
1860:
Sample
Orr, defeated;
Claiborne
Fox Jackson, elected.
1864 Jan 31:
Hamilton
Rowan Gamble, died in office.
1864 Nov 8:
Thomas
Clement Fletcher (Union), elected;
Thomas
L. Price (Dem), defeated.
1868 Nov 3:
Joseph
W. McClurg (Rep), elected;
John
S. Phelps (Dem), defeated.
1870 Nov 8:
B.
Gratz Brown (Dem), elected;
Joseph
W. McClurg (Rep), defeated.
1872 Nov 5:
Silas
Woodson (Dem & Liberal Republican), elected;
John
B. Henderson (Rep), defeated.
1874 Nov 3:
Charles
H. Hardin (Dem), elected;
William
Gentry (Rep & Reform), defeated.
1876:
Daniel
W. Twichell (Rep), defeated for nomination.
1876 Nov 7:
John
S. Phelps (Dem), elected;
Gustavus
A. Finkelnburg (Rep), defeated;
Jesse
P. Alexander (Greenback), defeated.
1880:
David
P. Dyer (Rep), defeated.
1884:
Nicholas
Ford (Rep), defeated.
1887 Dec 28:
John
Sappington Marmaduke, died in office.
1892:
William
Warner (Rep), defeated.
1904:
Joseph
W. Folk (Dem), elected;
Cyrus
P. Walbridge (Rep), defeated.
1908:
David
A. Ball (Dem), defeated in primary.
1908:
William
S. Cowherd, defeated.
1912 Nov 5:
Elliot
W. Major (Dem), elected;
John
C. McKinley (Rep), defeated;
Albert
D. Nortoni (Progressive), defeated;
William
H. Ward (Socialist), defeated;
Charles
E. Stokes (Prohibition), defeated;
Charles
Rogers (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1916 Nov 7:
Frederick
D. Gardner (Dem), elected;
Henry
Lamm (Rep), defeated;
William
J. Adames (Socialist), defeated;
Joseph
P. Fontron (Progressive & Prohibition), defeated;
Charles
Rogers (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1920 Nov 2:
Arthur
M. Hyde (Rep), elected;
John
M. Atkinson (Dem), defeated;
Marvin
M. Aldrich (Socialist), defeated;
Herman
P. Faris (Prohibition), defeated;
Vaughan
Hickman (Farmer-Workers), defeated;
Edward
T. Middlecoff (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1924 Aug 5:
Arthur
W. Nelson (Dem), nominated;
Floyd
E. Jacobs (Dem), defeated in primary;
Henry
S. Priest (Dem), defeated in primary;
George
H. Moore (Dem), defeated in primary;
Fowler
Smith Loftin (Dem), defeated in primary.
1924 Aug 5:
Sam
Aaron Baker (Rep), nominated;
Victor
J. Miller (Rep), defeated in primary;
Hiram
Lloyd (Rep), defeated in primary.
1924 Nov 4:
Sam
Aaron Baker (Rep), elected;
Arthur
W. Nelson (Dem), defeated;
William
M. Brandt (Socialist), defeated;
William
W. Cox (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1928:
Alfred
L. McCawley (Dem), defeated in primary.
1928:
Philip
A. Bennett (Rep), defeated in primary.
1928 Nov 6:
Henry
S. Caulfield (Rep), elected;
Francis
M. Wilson (Dem), defeated;
Joseph
G. Hodges (Socialist), defeated;
W.
G. Brandenberg (Prohibition), defeated;
Edward
T. Middlecoff (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1932 Aug 2:
J.
Grant Frye (Rep), defeated in primary.
1932 Nov 8:
Guy
B. Park (Dem), elected;
Edward
H. Winter (Rep), defeated;
Louis
Wolff (Socialist), defeated;
Owen
W. Penney (Communist), defeated;
William
W. Cox (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1936 Aug 4:
Claude
L. Lambert (Rep), defeated in primary.
1936 Nov 3:
Lloyd
C. Stark (Dem), elected;
Jesse
W. Barrett (Rep), defeated;
Botz,
defeated;
Duemler
(Socialist), defeated;
Frank
A. Williams (Communist), defeated;
William
W. Cox (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1940 Aug 6:
Lawrence
McDaniel (Dem), nominated;
Allen
McReynolds (Dem), defeated in primary;
Ferd
J. Frankenhoff (Dem), defeated in primary;
Guy
W. Runnion (Dem), defeated in primary.
1940 Aug 6:
Forrest
C. Donnell (Rep), nominated;
Claude
L. Lambert (Rep), defeated in primary;
J.
Grant Frye (Rep), defeated in primary;
Fred
A. Bottger (Rep), defeated in primary.
1940 Nov 5:
Forrest
C. Donnell (Rep), elected;
Lawrence
McDaniel (Dem), defeated;
Jed
A. High (Socialist), defeated;
William
W. Cox (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1944 Aug 1:
Phil
M. Donnelly (Dem), nominated;
Roger
T. Sermon (Dem), defeated in primary;
Edgar
Shook (Dem), defeated in primary;
Floyd
P. Lee (Dem), defeated in primary.
1944 Aug 1:
Jean
Paul Bradshaw (Rep), nominated;
Charles
Ferguson (Rep), defeated in primary;
James
Stewart (Rep), defeated in primary.
1944 Nov 7:
Phil
M. Donnelly (Dem), elected;
Jean
Paul Bradshaw (Rep), defeated;
William
F. Rinck (Socialist), defeated;
Stephen
Tendler (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1948:
Roy
McKittrick (Dem), defeated for nomination.
1948 Nov 2:
Forrest
Smith (Dem), elected;
Murray
E. Thompson (Rep), defeated;
Robert
B. Logsdon (Progressive), defeated;
Ralph
E. Gipe (Socialist), defeated;
Henry
W. Genck (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1952 Aug 5:
Phil
M. Donnelly (Dem), nominated;
Phil
J. Welch (Dem), defeated in primary.
1952 Aug 5:
Howard
Elliott (Rep), nominated;
Stanley
I. Dale (Rep), defeated in primary;
Stephen
Burns (Rep), defeated in primary;
Robert
C. Walters (Rep), defeated in primary;
W.
D. 'Bill' Cruce (Rep), defeated in primary.
1952 Nov 4:
Phil
M. Donnelly (Dem), elected;
Howard
Elliott (Rep), defeated;
Howard
Edsell (Progressive), defeated;
Maurice
R. Wheeler (Socialist), defeated;
Don
Lohbeck (Christian Nationalist), defeated;
Clara
Hayes (Socialist Labor), defeated.
1956 Nov 6:
James
T. Blair, Jr. (Dem), elected;
Lon
Hocker (Rep), defeated.
1964 Nov 3:
Warren
E. Hearnes (Dem), elected;
Ethan
A. H. Shepley (Rep), defeated.
1972 Aug 8:
Stephen
Burns (Rep), defeated in primary.
1976:
Christopher
S. Bond (Rep), defeated.
1980 Aug 5:
Jim
Spainhower (Dem), defeated in primary.
1984 Aug 7:
Mel
Carnahan (Dem), defeated in primary.
1992:
William
L. Webster (Rep), defeated.
1992 Aug 4:
Mel
Carnahan (Dem), nominated.
1992 Aug 4:
R.
Wendell Bailey (Rep), defeated in primary.
1992 Nov 3:
Mel
Carnahan (Dem), elected.
1996 Aug 6:
Mel
Carnahan (Dem), nominated.
1996 Nov 5:
Mel
Carnahan (Dem), elected.
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.
2012 Aug 7:
Jay
Nixon (Dem), nominated;
William
B. Campbell (Dem), defeated in primary;
Clay
Thunderhawk (Dem), defeated in primary.
2012 Aug 7:
David
Spence (Rep), nominated;
Bill
Randles (Rep), defeated in primary;
Fred
Sauer (Rep), defeated in primary;
John
D. Weiler (Rep), defeated in primary.
2012 Aug 7:
Jim
Higgins (Libertarian), nominated unopposed.
2012 Nov 6:
Jay
Nixon (Dem), elected;
David
Spence (Rep), defeated;
Jim
Higgins (Libertarian), defeated.
2018 Jun 1:
Eric
Greitens, resigned.
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