Governors of Missouri
| Governors |
Term in Office |
Date of Birth |
Date of Death |
Place of Death / Burial |
| Benjamin Howard (Missouri Territory) |
1812-1813 |
1760 |
1814 |
First interred in Old Grace Church Cemetery, St. Louis, MO.; re-interred in Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, MO |
| William Clark (Missouri Territory) |
1813-1820 |
1770 |
1838 |
Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, MO. |
| Alexander McNair |
1820-1824 |
May 5, 1774 |
Mar.3,1826 |
Buried in Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, MO. |
| Frederick Bates |
1824-1825 |
June 23, 1777 |
Aug. 4,1825 |
Burial Thornhill Estates, Chesterfield, MO. |
| Abraham J. Williams |
1825-1826 |
Feb. 26, 1781 |
Dec. 30,1839 |
Columbia Cemetery, Columbis, MO. |
| John Miller |
1826-1832 |
Nov. 25,1781 |
Mar. 18, 1846 |
Died Florissant, MO. |
| Daniel Dunklin |
1832-1836 |
Jan. 14, 1790 |
Aug. 25,1844 |
Died Herculaneum, Jefferson County, MO. |
| Lilburn Wycliffe Boggs |
1836-1840 |
1796 |
Mar.19, 1861 |
Died in Napa County, California |
| Thomas Reynolds |
1840-1844 |
1796 |
Feb. 9,1844 |
Died in his office at the Executive Mansion (suicide) |
| Meredith Miles Marmaduke |
1844-1844 |
Aug. 28,1791 |
Mar.26, 1864 |
Buried at the State Historic, Sappington Cemetery near Arrow Rock, MO. |
| John Cummins Edwards |
1844-1848 |
1804 |
1888 |
Died in Stockton, California. |
| Augstin Augustus King |
1848-1853 |
Sept. 21, 1802 |
April 22, 1870 |
First buried in a private or family graveyard, Ray County, MO.; re-interred in Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, MO. |
| Sterling Price |
1853-1857 |
Sept. 14, 1809 |
1867 |
Died in St. Louis, MO., Buried at Bellefontaine Cemetery |
| Trusten Polk |
1857-1857(Resigned) |
May 29, 1811 |
April 16, 1876 |
Died in St. Louis, MO. |
| Hancock Lee Jackson |
1857-1857 |
1796 |
1876 |
Died in Salem, Oregon. |
| Robert Marcellus Stewart |
1857-1861 |
1815 |
1871 |
Died in St. Louis, MO. |
| Claiborne Fox Jackson |
1861-1861 |
1806 |
Dec.6, 1862. |
Died in excile in Little Rock, Ark. |
| Hamilton Rowan Gamble |
1861-1864 |
1798 |
Jan. 31, 1864 |
Died in Jefferson City, Missouri. He was still in office. |
| Willard Preble Hall |
1864-1865 |
May 9,1820 |
Nov. 3,1882 |
Oakland Cemetery, Moberly, Randolph County,MO. |
| Thomas Clement Fletcher |
1865-1869 |
1827 |
1899 |
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| Joseph Washington McClurg |
1869-1871 |
Feb. 2, 1818 |
Dec. 2, 1900 |
Buried in Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, Mo |
| Benjamin Gratz Brown |
1871-1873 |
May 28, 1826 |
Dec.13, 1885 |
Died in Kirkwood, MO. |
| Silas Woodson |
1873-1875 |
May 18, 1819 |
Oct. 9, 1896 |
Died in Saint Joseph, MO. Buried at Mount Mora Cemetery, Saint Joseph, MO. |
| Charles Henry Hardin |
1875-1877 |
July 15, 1820 |
July 29, 1892 |
Died in Mexico, MO. First buried at a private graveyard in Audrain County, MO., re-interred at the Jewell Cemetery, Columbia, MO. |
| John Smith Phelps |
1877-1881 |
Dec. 22,1814 |
Nov. 26, 1886 |
Died in St Louis, MO. Buried at the Hazelwood Cemetery, Springfield, MO. |
| Thomas Theodore Crittenden |
1881-1885 |
Jan.1, 1832 |
May 29, 1909 |
Died in Kansas City, Missouri. Buried Forest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, MO. |
| John Sappington Marmaduke |
1885-1887 |
Mar.14, 1833 |
Dec. 28, 1887 |
Died while in Office, Jefferson City, MO. Buried in the City Cemetery |
| Albert Pickett Morehouse |
1887-1889 |
July 11,1835 |
Sept. 23,1891 |
Oak Hill Cemetery, Maryville, Nodaway County, MO |
| David Rowland Francis |
1889-1893 |
Oct. 1, 1850 |
Jan. 15, 1927 |
Died in St. Louis Buried at Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, MO. |
| William Joel Stone |
1893-1897 |
May 7,1848 |
April 14,1918 |
Deepwood Cemetery, Nevada, MO. |
| Lawrence Vest Stephens |
1897-1901 |
Dec. 1,1858 |
Nov. 10,1923 |
Walnut Grove Cemetery, Boonville, MO. |
| Alexander Monroe Dockery |
1901-1905 |
Feb. 11,1845 |
Dec. 26,1926 |
Edgewood Cemetery, Chillicothe, MO. |
| Joseph Wingate Folk |
1905-1909 |
1869 |
May 29, 1923 |
Died in New York City Buried at the Oakwood Cemetery in Brownsville, Tenn. |
| Herbert Spencer Hadley |
1909-1913 |
Feb. 20, 1872 |
Dec. 1, 1927 |
Died in St. Louis, MO Buried in Riverview Cemetery, Jefferson City, MO. |
| Elliot Woolfolk Major |
1913-1917 |
Oct. 20, 1864 |
July 9, 1949 |
Died in Eureka, MO Buried in the City Cemetery at Bowling Green, MO. |
| Frederick Dozier Gardner |
1917-1921 |
Nov. 6, 1869 |
Dec. 18, 1933 |
Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, MO. |
| Arthur Mastick Hyde |
1921-1925 |
July 12, 1877 |
Oct. 17, 1947 |
Odd Fellows Cemetery, Trenton, MO. |
| Samuel Aaron Baker |
1925-1929 |
Nov. 7, 1874 |
Sept. 16,1933 |
Riverview Cemetery, Jefferson City, MO. |
| Henry Stewart Caulfield |
1929-1933 |
Dec. 9, 1873 |
May 11, 1966 |
Oak Grove Cemetery, St. Louis County, MO. |
| Guy Brasfield Park |
1933-1937 |
June 10, 1872 |
Oct. 17,1972 |
Platte City Cemetery, Platte City, MO. |
| Lloyd Crow Stark |
1937-1941 |
Nov. 23,1886 |
Sept. 17,1972 |
Riverview Cemetery, Louisiana, MO. |
| Forrest C. Donnell |
1941-1945 |
Aug. 20, 1884 |
Mar. 3,1980 |
Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, MO. |
| Phillip Matthew "Phil" Donnelly |
1945-1949 |
Mar. 6,1891 |
Sept. 12, 1961 |
Lebanon Cemetery, Laclede County, MO. |
| Forrest Smith |
1949-1953 |
Feb. 14, 1886 |
Mar. 8,1962 |
Sunny Slope Cemetery, Richmond, Ray County, MO |
| Phillip Matthew "Phil" Donnelly |
1953-1957 |
Mar. 6,1891 |
Sept. 12, 1961 |
Lebanon Cemetery, Laclede County, MO. |
| James Thomas Blair, Jr. |
1957-1961 |
Mar. 15, 1902 |
July 12,1962 |
Riverview Cemetery, Jefferson City, MO. |
| John Montgomery Dalton |
1961-1965 |
Nov. 9,1900 |
July 7, 1972 |
Oak Ridge Cemetery, Kennett, MO. |
| Warren Eastman Hearnes |
1965-1973 |
July 24,1923 |
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| Christopher Samuel "Kit" Bond |
1973-1977 |
Mar. 3, 1936 |
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| Joseph Patrick Teasdale |
1977-1981 |
Mar. 6, 1939 |
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| Christopher Samuel "Kit" Bond |
1981-1985 |
Mar. 29,1936 |
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| John David Ashcroft |
1985-1993 |
May 9,1942 |
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| Melvin Eugene "Mel" Carnahan |
1993-2000 |
Feb. 11,1934 |
Oct. 16, 2000 |
Carson Hill Cemetery, Carter County, MO. |
| Roger B. Wilson |
2000-2001 |
Oct. 10, 1948 |
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| Robert Lee "Bob" Holden, Jr. |
2001-2005 |
Aug. 24, 1949 |
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| Matthew Roy "Matt" Blunt |
2005- |
Nov. 20, 1970 |
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