| Wallace Crossley | |
| Office: | Lieutenant Governor of Missouri |
| Governor: | Mike Parson |
| Term Start: | 1917 |
| Term End: | 1921 |
| State Senate1: | Missouri |
| Term Start1: | 1913 |
| Term End1: | 1917 |
| Birth Place: | 4 October 1874 |
Wallace Crossley (October 4, 1874 – December 13, 1943) was the 29th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, serving with Governor Frederick D. Gardner, and publisher of The Daily Star-Journal in Warrensburg, Missouri.
Crossley was born in Bellair, Missouri in Cooper County, Missouri.[1]
He was raised in Boone County, Missouri and grew up in Mexico, Missouri where he attended high school. He attended William Jewell College and the University of Missouri.[1]
After college he returned to Mexico to teach English and then taught at Warrensburg Normal School (now University of Central Missouri).[2]
In 1907 he acquired The Daily Star-Journal and continued to own it until his death.[3]
He was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from 1905 to 1911 and Missouri State Senate from 1913 to 1917 and then lieutenant governor from 1917 to 1921.[1]