Governor of Missouri - Definition and Overview

The Governors of Missouri since its statehood in 1820 are:

1. Alexander McNair 1821-24
2. Frederick Bates 1824-25
3. Abraham J. Williams 1825-26
4. John Miller 1826-32
5. Daniel Dunklin 1832-36
6. Lilburn W. Boggs 1836-40
7. Thomas Reynolds 1840-44
8. Meredith Miles Marmaduke 1844
9. John C. Edwards 1844-48
10. Austin A. King 1848-53
11. Sterling Price 1853-57
12. Trusten Polk 1857
13. Hancock Lee Jackson 1857
14. Robert Marcellus Stewart 1857-61

1. Thomas Clement Fletcher 1865-69
2. Joseph W. McClurg 1869-71
3. B. Gratz Brown 1871-73
4. Silas Woodson 1873-75
5. Charles Henry Hardin 1875-77
6. John Smith Phelps 1877-81
7. Thomas Theodore Crittenden 1881-85
8. John Sappington Marmaduke 1885-87
9. Albert P. Morehouse 1887-89
10. David R. Francis 1889-93 Democrat
11. William Joel Stone 1893-97
12. Lon Vest Stephens 1897-1901
13. Alexander Monroe Dockery 1901-05
14. Joseph W. Folk 1905-09
15. Herbert S. Hadley 1909-13
16. Elliot Woolfolk Major 1913-17
17. Frederick D. Gardner 1917-21 Democrat
18. Arthur M. Hyde 1921-25 Republican
19. Sam Aaron Baker 1925-29
20. Henry S. Caulfield 1929-33
21. Guy Brasfield Park 1933-37
22. Lloyd C. Stark 1937-41 Democrat
23. Forrest C. Donnell 1941-45 Republican
24. Phil M. Donnelly 1945-49 Democrat
25. Forrest Smith 1949-53 Democrat
26. Phil M. Donnelly 1953-57 Democrat
27. James T. Blair, Jr. 1957-1961 Democrat
28. John M. Dalton 1961-65 Democrat
29. Warren E. Hearnes 1965-1973 Democrat
30. Christopher S. "Kit" Bond 1973-1977 Republican
31. Joseph P. Teasdale 1977-81 Democrat
32. Christopher S. "Kit" Bond 1981-1985 Republican
33. John D. Ashcroft 1985-1993 Republican
34. Mel Carnahan 1993-2000 Democrat
35. Roger B. Wilson 2000-2001 Democrat
36. Bob Holden 2001-2005 Democrat
37. Matt Blunt 2005-current Republican