Historical Record
Previous Governors of Missouri
Governors who previously held office in Missouri, with term dates and party affiliation.
← View all statesMike KehoeRepublican2025–2029
Mike ParsonRepublican2018–2025
Eric GreitensRepublican2017–2018
Jay NixonDemocrat2009–2017
Matt BluntRepublican2005–2009
Bob HoldenDemocrat2001–2005
Roger B. WilsonDemocrat2000–2001
Mel CarnahanDemocrat1993–2000
John AshcroftRepublican1985–1993
Kit BondDemocrat1981–1985
Joseph P. TeasdaleDemocrat1977–1981
Kit BondRepublican1973–1977
Warren E. HearnesDemocrat1965–1973
John M. DaltonDemocrat1961–1965
James T. Blair Jr.Democrat1957–1961
Phil M. DonnellyDemocrat1953–1957
Forrest SmithDemocrat1949–1953
Phil M. DonnellyDemocrat1945–1949
Forrest C. DonnellRepublican1941–1945
Guy Brasfield ParkDemocrat1933–1944
Lloyd C. StarkDemocrat1937–1941
Henry S. CaulfieldRepublican1929–1933
Sam Aaron BakerRepublican1925–1929
Arthur M. HydeRepublican1921–1925
Frederick D. GardnerDemocrat1917–1921
Elliott Woolfolk MajorDemocrat1913–1917
Herbert S. HadleyRepublican1909–1913
Joseph W. FolkDemocrat1905–1909
Alexander Monroe DockeryDemocrat1901–1905
Lawrence Vest StephensDemocrat1897–1901
William J. StoneDemocrat1893–1897
David R. FrancisDemocrat1889–1893
Albert P. MorehouseDemocrat1887–1889
John S. MarmadukeDemocrat1885–1887
Thomas Theodore CrittendenDemocrat1881–1885
John S. PhelpsDemocrat1877–1881
Charles Henry HardinDemocrat1875–1877
Silas WoodsonDemocrat1873–1875
Benjamin Gratz BrownRepublican1871–1873
Joseph W. McClurgRepublican1869–1871
Thomas Clement FletcherRepublican1865–1869
Willard Preble HallIndependent1864–1865
Hamilton Rowan GambleIndependent1861–1864
Claiborne Fox JacksonDemocrat1861–1861
Robert Marcellus StewartDemocrat1857–1861
Trusten PolkDemocrat1857–1857
Hancock Lee JacksonDemocrat1857–1857
Sterling PriceDemocrat1853–1857
Austin Augustus KingDemocrat1848–1853
John Cummins EdwardsDemocrat1844–1848
Thomas ReynoldsDemocrat1840–1844
Meredith Miles MarmadukeDemocrat1844–1844
Lilburn BoggsDemocrat1836–1840
Daniel DunklinIndependent1832–1836
John MillerDemocrat1826–1832
Abraham J. WilliamsIndependent1825–1826
Frederick BatesIndependent1824–1825
Alexander McNairIndependent1820–1824
William ClarkIndependent1813–1820
Benjamin HowardIndependent1810–1812
Meriwether LewisIndependent1807–1809
James WilkinsonIndependent1805–1807