List of governors of Missouri explained

Post:	Governor
Body:	Missouri
Insignia:	Seal of Missouri.svg
Insigniasize:	110px
Insigniacaption:	State seal
Incumbent:	Mike Parson
Incumbentsince:	June 1, 2018
Style:	The Honorable
Residence:	Missouri Governor's Mansion
Termlength:	Four years, renewable once^[1]
Precursor:	Governor of Missouri Territory
Inaugural:	Alexander McNair
Formation:	Constitution of Missouri
Deputy:	Lieutenant Governor of Missouri
Salary:	$137,167 (2022)^[2]

The governor of Missouri is the head of government of the U.S. state of Missouri and the commander-in-chief of the Missouri National Guard. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Missouri Legislature, to convene the legislature and grant pardons, except in cases of impeachment.

The current governor is Republican Mike Parson, who took office on June 1, 2018. He is ineligible to run in the 2024 election-or any future election--since he served more than two years of the unexpired term of predecessor Eric Greitens.

List of governors

Louisiana was purchased from France in 1803, with it being proclaimed in St. Louis in Upper Louisiana on March 10, 1804, by Amos Stoddard, who remained as military commander of the region until October 1, 1804, when Orleans Territory was split from it. The remainder was designated the District of Louisiana and placed under the jurisdiction of Indiana Territory and its governor, William Henry Harrison.^[3]

Louisiana Territory and Missouri Territory

The District of Louisiana was organized as Louisiana Territory on July 4, 1805; it was renamed Missouri Territory on June 4, 1812, after the admission of the state of Louisiana. It had four governors appointed by the president of the United States, including both Meriwether Lewis and William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

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Governor	Term in office	Appointed by
1	data-sort-value="Wilkinson, James"		James Wilkinson	- March 3, 1807
2	data-sort-value="Lewis, Meriwether"		Meriwether Lewis	- October 11, 1809
3	data-sort-value="Howard, Benjamin"		Benjamin Howard	- October 31, 1812
4		William Clark	- September 18, 1820

State of Missouri

Missouri was admitted to the union on August 10, 1821.

The original constitution of 1820 created the offices of governor^[4] and lieutenant governor,^[5] to serve terms of four years^[6] without being able to succeed themselves.^[7] Terms were shortened to 2 years in 1865,^[8] with a limit of serving no more than four out of every six years.^[9] They were returned in 1875 to the four-year term and limit on succession of the 1820 constitution,^[10] and the term limit changed to two terms in 1965.^[11] Originally, the lieutenant governor would act as governor in the event of a vacancy;^[12] a 1968 amendment made it so that the lieutenant governor becomes governor in that situation.

A group including the governor, lieutenant governor, and members of the Missouri General Assembly, proclaimed Missouri's secession from the Union on October 31, 1861,^[13] and it was admitted to the Confederate States of America on November 28, 1861.^[14] The Confederate government elected two governors, but only had any control in the south of the state, and was forced into exile in Marshall, Texas, after the Battle of Pea Ridge in March 1862.

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Governor	Term in office	Party	Election	Lt. Governor
1	data-sort-value="McNair, Alexander"			Alexander McNair ^[15]	^[16]  - November 17, 1824	Democratic- Republican	1820
2		Frederick Bates ^[17]		- August 4, 1825	Democratic- Republican	1824
							Vacant
3	data-sort-value="Williams, Abraham"			Abraham J. Williams ^[18]	^[19]  - January 20, 1826	Democratic- Republican
4			John Miller ^[20]	^[21]  - November 21, 1832	Democratic	1825
						1828
5	data-sort-value="Dunklin, Daniel"			Daniel Dunklin ^[22]	^[23]  - September 30, 1836	Democratic		1832
6			Lilburn Boggs ^[24]	^[25]  - November 18, 1840	Democratic			Acting as governor
						1836
7	data-sort-value="Reynolds, Thomas"			Thomas Reynolds ^[26]	^[27]  - February 9, 1844	Democratic		1840
8	data-sort-value="Marmaduke, Meredith"			Meredith Miles Marmaduke ^[28]	^[29]  - November 20, 1844	Democratic			Acting as governor
9	data-sort-value="Edwards, John"			John Cummins Edwards ^[30]	^[31]  - December 27, 1848	Democratic		1844
10	data-sort-value="King, Austin"			Austin Augustus King ^[32]	^[33]  - January 3, 1853	Democratic		1848
11			Sterling Price ^[34]	^[35]  - January 5, 1857	Democratic	1852
							Vacant
12	data-sort-value="Polk, Trusten"			Trusten Polk ^[36]	^[37]  - February 27, 1857	Democratic	1856
13	data-sort-value="Jackson, Hancock"			Hancock Lee Jackson ^[38]	^[39]  - October 22, 1857	Democratic			Acting as governor
14	data-sort-value="Stewart, Robert"			Robert Marcellus Stewart ^[40]	^[41]  - January 3, 1861	Democratic	1857
15	data-sort-value="Jackson, Claiborne"			Claiborne Fox Jackson ^[42]	^[43]  - July 31, 1861	Democratic	1860
16	data-sort-value="Gamble, Hamilton"			Hamilton Rowan Gamble ^[44]	- January 31, 1864	Union
17	data-sort-value="Hall, Willard"			Willard Preble Hall ^[45]	^[46]  - January 2, 1865	Union			Acting as governor
18	data-sort-value="Fletcher, Thomas"			Thomas Clement Fletcher ^[47]	^[48]  - January 12, 1869	Republican	1864
19	data-sort-value="McClurg, Joseph"			Joseph W. McClurg ^[49]	^[50]  - January 9, 1871	Republican	1868
20			Benjamin Gratz Brown ^[51]	^[52]  - January 8, 1873	Liberal Republican	1870
							Vacant
21	data-sort-value="Woodson, Silas"			Silas Woodson ^[53]	^[54]  - January 12, 1875	Democratic	1872
22	data-sort-value="Hardin, Charles"			Charles Henry Hardin ^[55]	^[56]  - January 8, 1877	Democratic	1874
23	data-sort-value="Phelps, John"			John S. Phelps ^[57]	^[58]  - January 10, 1881	Democratic	1876
24	data-sort-value="Crittenden, Thomas"			Thomas Theodore Crittenden ^[59]	^[60]  - January 12, 1885	Democratic	1880
25	data-sort-value="Marmaduke, John"			John S. Marmaduke ^[61]	^[62]  - December 28, 1887	Democratic	1884
26	data-sort-value="Morehouse, Albert"			Albert P. Morehouse ^[63]	^[64]  - January 14, 1889 ^[65]	Democratic			Acting as governor
27	data-sort-value="Francis, David"			David R. Francis ^[66]	^[67]  - January 9, 1893	Democratic	1888
28	data-sort-value="Stone, William"			William J. Stone ^[68]	^[69]  - January 11, 1897	Democratic	1892
29	data-sort-value="Stephens, Lawrence"			Lawrence Vest Stephens ^[70]	^[71]  - January 14, 1901	Democratic	1896
30		Alexander Monroe Dockery ^[72]		^[73]  - January 9, 1905	Democratic	1900
31	data-sort-value="Folk, Joseph"			Joseph W. Folk ^[74]	^[75]  - January 11, 1909	Democratic	1904
32	data-sort-value="Hadley, Herbert"			Herbert S. Hadley ^[76]	^[77]  - January 13, 1913	Republican	1908
33	data-sort-value="Major, Elliott"			Elliott Woolfolk Major ^[78]	^[79]  - January 8, 1917	Democratic	1912
34	data-sort-value="Gardner, Frederick"			Frederick D. Gardner ^[80]	^[81]  - January 10, 1921	Democratic	1916
35	data-sort-value="Hyde, Arthur"			Arthur M. Hyde ^[82]	^[83]  - January 12, 1925	Republican	1920
36	data-sort-value="Baker, Samuel"			Sam Aaron Baker ^[84]	^[85]  - January 14, 1929	Republican	1924
37	data-sort-value="Caulfield, Henry"			Henry S. Caulfield ^[86]	^[87]  - January 9, 1933	Republican	1928
38	data-sort-value="Park, Guy"			Guy Brasfield Park ^[88]	^[89]  - January 11, 1937	Democratic	1932
39	data-sort-value="Stark, Lloyd"			Lloyd C. Stark ^[90]	^[91]  - February 26, 1941	Democratic	1936
40			Forrest C. Donnell ^[92]	- January 8, 1945	Republican	1940
							Vacant
41	data-sort-value="Donnelly, Phil"			Phil M. Donnelly ^[93]	^[94]  - January 10, 1949	Democratic	1944
42	data-sort-value="Smith, Forrest"			Forrest Smith ^[95]	^[96]  - January 12, 1953	Democratic	1948
43	data-sort-value="Donnelly, Phil"			Phil M. Donnelly	^[97]  - January 14, 1957	Democratic	1952
44		James T. Blair Jr. ^[98]		^[99]  - January 9, 1961	Democratic	1956
							Vacant
45	data-sort-value="Dalton, John"			John M. Dalton ^[100]	^[101]  - January 11, 1965	Democratic	1960
46		Warren E. Hearnes ^[102]		^[103]  - January 8, 1973	Democratic	1964
							Vacant
						1968
47	data-sort-value="Bond, Kit"			Kit Bond ^[104]	^[105]  - January 10, 1977	Republican	1972
48	data-sort-value="Teasdale, Joseph"			Joseph P. Teasdale ^[106]	^[107]  - January 12, 1981	Democratic	1976
49	data-sort-value="Bond, Kit"			Kit Bond	^[108]  - January 14, 1985	Republican	1980
50		John Ashcroft ^[109]		^[110]  - January 11, 1993	Republican	1984
						1988
51			Mel Carnahan ^[111]	^[112]  - October 16, 2000	Democratic	1992
						1996
52			Roger B. Wilson ^[113]	- January 8, 2001	Democratic		Vacant
53	data-sort-value="Holden, Bob"			Bob Holden ^[114]	^[115]  - January 10, 2005	Democratic			2000
54	data-sort-value="Blunt, Matt"			Matt Blunt ^[116]	^[117]  - January 12, 2009	Republican	2004
55			Jay Nixon ^[118]	^[119]  - January 9, 2017	Democratic	2008
						2012
56	data-sort-value="Greitens, Eric"			Eric Greitens ^[120]	^[121]  - June 1, 2018	Republican	2016
57		Mike Parson ^[122]		^[123]  - Incumbent	Republican		Vacant
						2020

Confederate governors

During the Civil War, after the capture of Jefferson City by the Union, a constitutional convention declared the office then held by Governor Claiborne Fox Jackson to be vacant. In October, Jackson, Lieutenant Governor Thomas Caute Reynolds, and some members of the General Assembly, organized at Neosho and passed an Ordinance of Secession. This Confederate government never displaced the government in Jefferson City, and Missouri remained in the Union through the entire war. Jackson continued on as governor until his death on December 6, 1862, at which time Reynolds took over, serving until he fled to Mexico in June 1865 after the end of the war.^[124]

See also

• Gubernatorial lines of succession in the United States#Missouri
• List of Missouri General Assemblies

References

General

• Web site: Former Mississippi Governors . March 13, 2023 . National Governors Association.
• Book: McMullin, Thomas A. . Biographical directory of American territorial governors . 1984 . Westport, CT : Meckler . 978-0-930466-11-4 . January 19, 2023.
• Book: Sobel, Robert . Biographical directory of the governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol. II . Meckler Books . 1978 . 9780930466008 . March 6, 2023.
• Book: Dubin, Michael J. . United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County . 2003 . McFarland . 978-0-7864-1439-0.
• Book: Dubin, Michael J. . United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911: The Official Results by State and County . 2014 . McFarland . 978-0-7864-5646-8 . en.
• Book: Kallenbach, Joseph Ernest . American State Governors, 1776-1976 . 1977 . Oceana Publications . 978-0-379-00665-0 . September 23, 2023.
• Book: Glashan, Roy R. . American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 . 1979 . Meckler Books . 978-0-930466-17-6.
• Web site: Missouri History - Governors . 2008-09-11 . Missouri Secretary of State.
• Web site: Missouri History - Lieutenant Governors . 2008-09-11 . Missouri Secretary of State.
• Web site: Our Campaigns - Governor of Missouri - History . 2023-07-25 . www.ourcampaigns.com.
• Web site: Our Campaigns - Governor of Missouri (CSA) - History . 2023-07-25 . www.ourcampaigns.com.

Specific

External links

• Office of the Governor of Missouri

Notes and References

1. Web site: Missouri Constitution of 1875 . Article V, Section 12 . A person who has served as governor for more than one and one-half terms in two consecutive terms shall not be elected governor for the succeeding term..
2. Web site: Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries . The Council of State Governments . August 7, 2024.
3. Book: Shoemaker, Floyd Calvin . Missouri's Struggle for Statehood, 1804-1821 . The Hugh Stephens Printing Co. . 1916 . Jefferson City . 4014912 . 2008-09-16.
4. 1820 Const. art. IV, § 1
5. 1820 Const. art. IV, § 14
6. 1820 Const. art. IV, § 3
7. 1820 Const. art. IV, § 4
8. 1865 Const. art. V, § 3
9. 1865 Const. art. V, § 4
10. 1875 Const. art. V, § 2
11. https://web.archive.org/web/2/http://ipp.missouri.edu/files/ipp/attachments/19-2010_constitutional_amendments.pdf University of Missouri Institute for Public Policy, "Constitutional Amendments, Statutory Revision and Referenda Submitted to the Voters by the General Assembly or by Initiative Petition, 1910–2010,"
12. 1820 Const. art. IV, § 16
13. Web site: Secession Ordinances of 13 Confederate States . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150905091739/http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=3953 . September 5, 2015 . May 24, 2015 . University of Houston.
14. Confederate Public Law Session V, Chapter I; accessed May 22, 2015
15. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Alexander McNair . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
16. Journal of the House, 1st General Assembly, Regular Session, 1820, page 8, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 21, 2023.
17. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Frederick Bates . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
18. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Abraham J. Williams . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
19. Book: The Messages and Proclamations of the Governors of the State of Missouri . 1922 . State Historical Society of Missouri . 91 . en.
20. Web site: January 8, 2017 . John Miller . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
21. News: 1826-01-23 . none . On the next day, General John Miller was declared to be duly elected Governor - and after being qualified, communicated to the Legislature the following... . 2 . Missouri Intelligencer . 2023-03-22.
22. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Daniel Dunklin . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
23. Journal of the House, 7th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1832, pp. 28 - 29, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 21, 2023.
24. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Lilburn W. Boggs . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
25. Book: The Messages And Proclamations Of The Governors Of The State Of Missouri Volume I . 1922 . State Historical Society of Missouri . 307.
26. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Thomas Reynolds . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
27. Journal of the House, 11th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1840, p. 28, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 21, 2023.
28. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Meredith Miles Marmaduke . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
29. News: 1844-02-22 . Death of Gov. Reynolds . 2 . The Political Beacon . 2023-03-23.
30. Web site: January 8, 2017 . John Cummins Edwards . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
31. News: 1844-11-30 . none . On this morning a joint committee from the two Houses waited upon Gov. Edwards and Lt. Governor Young, and escorted them to the Hall of the House, where the oaths of office were administered... . 3 . Boon's Lick Times . 2023-03-23.
32. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Austin Augustus King . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
33. Journal of the House, 15th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1848, p. 35, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 22, 2023.
34. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Sterling Price . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
35. News: 1853-01-13 . Missouri Legislature . 1 . Glasgow Weekly Times . 2023-03-23.
36. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Trusten Polk . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
37. Journal of the House, 19th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1857, p. 40, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 22, 2023.
38. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Hancock Lee Jackson . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
39. Journal of the Senate, 19th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1857, p. 357, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 22, 2023.
40. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Robert Marcellus Stewart . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
41. Journal of the House, 19th General Assembly, Adjourned Session, 1857, p. 23, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 23, 2023.
42. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Claiborne Fox Jackson . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
43. Journal of the House, 21st General Assembly, Regular Session, 1861, p. 45, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 23, 2023.
44. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Hamilton Rowan Gamble . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
45. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Willard Preble Hall . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
46. News: 1864-02-05 . Governor's Message . 2 . The Morning Herald . 2023-03-23.
47. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Thomas Clement Fletcher . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
48. Journal of the House, 23rd General Assembly, Regular Session, 1865, p. 46, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 23, 2023.
49. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Joseph Washington McClurg . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
50. Journal of the House, 25th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1869, p. 112, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 23, 2023.
51. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Benjamin Gratz Brown . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
52. Journal of the House, 26th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1871, p. 26, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 23, 2023.
53. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Silas Woodson . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
54. Journal of the House, 27th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1873, p. 89, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.
55. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Charles Henry Hardin . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
56. Journal of the House, 28th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1875, p. 97, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.
57. Web site: January 8, 2017 . John Smith Phelps . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
58. Journal of the House, 29th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1877, p. 59, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.
59. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Thomas Theodore Crittenden . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
60. Journal of the House, 31st General Assembly, Regular Session, 1881, p. 53, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.
61. Web site: January 8, 2017 . John Sappington Marmaduke . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
62. Journal of the House, 33rd General Assembly, Regular Session, 1885, p. 93, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.
63. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Albert Pickett Morehouse . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
64. News: 1887-12-29 . Sworn In . 2 . St. Louis Post-Dispatch . 2023-03-24.
65. News: 1888-08-23 . Francis Nominated . 1 . The Kansas City Times . 2023-03-21.
66. Web site: January 8, 2017 . David Rowland Francis . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
67. Journal of the House, 35th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1889, p. 74, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.
68. Web site: January 8, 2017 . William Joel Stone . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
69. Journal of the House, 37th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1893, p. 25, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.
70. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Lawrence Vest Stephens . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
71. Journal of the House, 39th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1897, p. 34, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.
72. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Alexander Monroe Dockery . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
73. Journal of the House, 41st General Assembly, Regular Session, 1901, p. 63, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.
74. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Joseph Wingate Folk . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
75. Journal of the House, 43rd General Assembly, Regular Session, 1905, p. 24, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.
76. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Herbert Spencer Hadley . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
77. Journal of the House, 45th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1909, p. 19, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.
78. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Elliot Woolfolk Major . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
79. Journal of the House, 47th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1913, p. 23, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.
80. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Frederick Dozier Gardner . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
81. Journal of the House, 49th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1917, p. 129, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.
82. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Arthur Mastick Hyde . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
83. Journal of the House, 51st General Assembly, Regular Session, 1921, p. 24, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.
84. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Samuel Aaron Baker . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
85. Journal of the House, 53rd General Assembly, Regular Session, 1925, p. 35, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.
86. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Henry Stewart Caulfield . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
87. Journal of the House, 55th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1929, p. 78, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.
88. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Guy Brasfield Park . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
89. Journal of the Senate, 57th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1933, p. 22, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.
90. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Lloyd Crow Stark . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
91. Journal of the House, 59th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1937, p. 29, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.
92. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Forrest C. Donnell . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
93. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Philip Matthew Donnelly . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
94. Journal of the House, 63rd General Assembly, Regular Session, 1945, p. 87, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.
95. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Forrest Smith . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
96. Journal of the House, 65th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1949, p. 36, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.
97. Journal of the House, 67th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1953, p. 56, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.
98. Web site: January 8, 2017 . James Thomas Blair . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
99. Journal of the House, 69th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1957, p. 47, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.
100. Web site: January 8, 2017 . John Montgomery Dalton . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
101. Journal of the House, 71st General Assembly, Regular Session, 1961, p. 52, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.
102. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Warren E. Hearnes . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
103. Journal of the House, 73rd General Assembly, Regular Session, 1965, p. 67, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.
104. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Christopher S. Bond . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
105. Journal of the Senate, 77th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1973, p. 47, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.
106. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Joseph P. Teasdale . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
107. Journal of the House, 79th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1977, p. 217, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.
108. Journal of the House, 81st General Assembly, Regular Session, 1981, p. 135, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.
109. Web site: January 8, 2017 . John Ashcroft . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
110. Journal of the House, 83rd General Assembly, Regular Session, 1985, p. 131, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.
111. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Mel Eugene Carnahan . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
112. Journal of the Senate, 87th General Assembly, Regular Session, 1993, p. 97, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.
113. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Roger B. Wilson . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
114. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Robert L. Holden . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
115. Journal of the House, 91st General Assembly, Regular Session, 2001, p. 95, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.
116. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Matt Blunt . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
117. News: Ganey . Terry . 2005-01-11 . New Governor Looks to Future . A1 . St. Louis Post-Dispatch . 2023-03-24.
118. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
119. News: Young . Virginia . 2009-01-13 . 'A New Day' for Missouri . A1 . St. Louis Post-Dispatch . 2023-03-24.
120. Web site: January 8, 2017 . Eric Greitens . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
121. Journal of the Senate, 99th General Assembly, Regular Session, 2017, p. 85, General Assembly, Record Group 550, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Accessed March 24, 2023.
122. Web site: Mike Parson . March 20, 2023 . National Governors Association.
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