List of lieutenant governors of Missouri

Lieutenant Governor of Missouri
Lieutenant Governor of Missouri
	Incumbent; William Henry Ashley
Formation	1820
Succession	First
Salary	$86,484 (2017)

Number of lieutenant governors of Missouri by party affiliation
Party		Governors
	Democratic	32
	Republican	13
	Democratic-Republican	2
	Liberal Republican	2

The lieutenant governor of Missouri is the first person in the

governor of Missouri. The lieutenant governor also serves, ex officio, as president of the Missouri Senate

. The lieutenant governor is elected separately from the governor, and therefore may be of a different party than the governor.

The current lieutenant governor is David Wasinger, since January 13, 2025.

List

Democratic-Republican (2) Democratic (32) Republican (13) Liberal Republican (2)

#		Took office	Left office	Party	Governor	Terms^[A]
1	William Henry Ashley	Sep 18, 1820	Nov 15, 1824	Democratic-Republican	Alexander McNair	1
2	Benjamin Harrison Reeves	Nov 15, 1824	July 1825	Democratic-Republican	Frederick Bates	1⁄2^[B]
Vacant		July 1825	Nov 17, 1828		Frederick Bates	1⁄2^[C]
					Abraham J. Williams
					John Miller
3	Daniel Dunklin	Nov 17, 1828	Nov 19, 1832	Democratic	John Miller	1
4	Lilburn Boggs	Nov 19, 1832	Sep 30, 1836	Democratic	Daniel Dunklin	1⁄2
Vacant		Sep 30, 1836	Nov 21, 1836		Lilburn Boggs	1⁄2^[D]
5	Franklin Cannon	Nov 21, 1836	Nov 16, 1840	Democratic	Lilburn Boggs	1
6	Meredith Miles Marmaduke	Nov 16, 1840	Feb 9, 1844	Democratic	Thomas Reynolds	1⁄2
Vacant		Feb 9, 1844	Nov 20, 1844		Meredith Miles Marmaduke	1⁄2^[D]
7	James Young	Nov 20, 1844	Nov 20, 1848	Democratic	John C. Edwards	1
8	Thomas Lawson Price	Nov 20, 1848	Jan 3, 1853		Austin Augustus King	1
9	Wilson Brown	Jan 3, 1853	Aug 27, 1855		Sterling Price	1⁄2^[E]
Vacant		Aug 27, 1855	Jan 5, 1857		Sterling Price	1⁄2^[F]
10	Hancock Lee Jackson	Jan 5, 1857	Feb 27, 1857	Democratic	Trusten Polk	1⁄12
Vacant		Feb 27, 1857	Oct 22, 1857		Hancock Lee Jackson	1⁄6^[G]
10	Hancock Lee Jackson	Oct 22, 1857	Jan 3, 1861	Democratic	Robert Marcellus Stewart	3⁄4
11	Thomas Caute Reynolds	Jan 3, 1861	Jul 23, 1861	Democratic	Claiborne Fox Jackson	1⁄6^[H]
12	Willard Preble Hall	Jul 31, 1861	Jan 31, 1864	Republican	Hamilton Rowan Gamble	2⁄3^[I]
Vacant		Jan 31, 1864	Jan 2, 1865		Willard Preble Hall	1⁄4^[D]
13	George Smith	Jan 2, 1865	Jan 12, 1869	Republican	Thomas Clement Fletcher	1
14	Edwin Obed Stanard	Jan 12, 1869	Jan 4, 1871	Republican	Joseph W. McClurg	1
15	Joseph J. Gravely	Jan 4, 1871	Apr 28, 1872	Liberal Republican	B. Gratz Brown	1⁄2^[E]
Vacant		Apr 28, 1872	Jan 3, 1873		B. Gratz Brown	1⁄2^[F]
16	Charles Phillip Johnson	Jan 3, 1873	Jan 12, 1875	Liberal Republican	Silas Woodson	1
17	Norman Jay Colman	Jan 12, 1875	Jan 8, 1877	Democratic	Charles Henry Hardin
18	Henry Clay Brockmeyer	Jan 8, 1877	Jan 10, 1881		John Smith Phelps
19	Robert Alexander Campbell	Jan 10, 1881	Jan 12, 1885		Thomas Theodore Crittenden
20	Albert P. Morehouse	Jan 12, 1885	Dec 28, 1887		John S. Marmaduke	1⁄2
Vacant		Dec 28, 1887	Jan 14, 1889		Albert P. Morehouse	1⁄2^[D]
21	Stephen Hugh Claycomb	Jan 14, 1889	Jan 9, 1893	Democratic	David R. Francis	1
22	John Baptiste O'Meara	Jan 9, 1893	Jan 11, 1897		William Joel Stone
23	August Bolte	Jan 11, 1897	Jan 14, 1901		Lawrence Vest Stephens
24	John Adams Lee	Jan 14, 1901	Apr 25, 1903		Alexander Monroe Dockery	1⁄2^[B]
25	Thomas Lewis Rubey	Apr 25, 1903	Jan 9, 1905		Alexander Monroe Dockery	1⁄2^[J]
26	John C. McKinley	Jan 9, 1905	Jan 11, 1909	Republican	Joseph W. Folk	1
27	Jacob Friedrich Gmelich	Jan 11, 1909	Jan 13, 1913	Republican	Herbert S. Hadley
28	William Rock Painter	Jan 13, 1913	Jan 8, 1917	Democratic	Elliot Woolfolk Major
29	Wallace Crossley	Jan 8, 1917	Jan 10, 1921	Democratic	Frederick D. Gardner
30	Hiram Lloyd	Jan 10, 1921	Jan 12, 1925	Republican	Arthur M. Hyde
31	Philip Allen Bennett	Jan 12, 1925	Jan 14, 1929		Samuel Aaron Baker
32	Edward Henry Winter	Jan 14, 1929	Jan 9, 1933		Henry S. Caulfield
33	Frank Gaines Harris	Jan 9, 1933	Dec 30, 1944	Democratic	Guy Brasfield Park	2+1⁄2^[E]
					Lloyd C. Stark
					Forrest C. Donnell
Vacant		Dec 30, 1944	Jan 8, 1945		Forrest C. Donnell	1⁄2^[F]
34	Walter Naylor Davis	Jan 8, 1945	Jan 10, 1949	Democratic	Phil M. Donnelly	1
35	James T. Blair Jr.	Jan 10, 1949	Jan 14, 1957		Forrest Smith	2
35	James T. Blair Jr.	Jan 10, 1949	Jan 14, 1957		Phil M. Donnelly	2
36	Edward V. Long	Jan 14, 1957	Sep 23, 1960		James T. Blair Jr.	1⁄2^[K]
Vacant		Sep 23, 1960	Jan 9, 1961		James T. Blair Jr.	1⁄2^[C]
37	Hilary A. Bush	Jan 9, 1961	Jan 11, 1965	Democratic	John M. Dalton	1
38	Thomas Eagleton	Jan 11, 1965	Dec 27, 1968	Democratic	Warren E. Hearnes	1
Vacant		Dec 27, 1968	Jan 13, 1969			1⁄48 ^[c]
39	William S. Morris	Jan 13, 1969	Jan 8, 1973	Democratic		1
40	William C. Phelps	Jan 8, 1973	Jan 12, 1981	Republican	Kit Bond	2
40	William C. Phelps	Jan 8, 1973	Jan 12, 1981	Republican	Joseph P. Teasdale	2
41	Kenneth Rothman	Jan 12, 1981	Jan 14, 1985	Democratic	Kit Bond	1
42	Harriett Woods	Jan 14, 1985	Jan 9, 1989		John Ashcroft
43	Mel Carnahan	Jan 9, 1989	Jan 11, 1993		John Ashcroft
44	Roger B. Wilson	Jan 11, 1993	Oct 16, 2000		Mel Carnahan	1⁄3
Vacant		Oct 16, 2000	Nov 15, 2000		Roger B. Wilson	1⁄3^[D]
45	Joe Maxwell	Nov 15, 2000	Jan 10, 2005	Democratic	Roger B. Wilson	1+1⁄3^[L]
45	Joe Maxwell	Nov 15, 2000	Jan 10, 2005	Democratic	Bob Holden	1+1⁄3^[L]
46	Peter Kinder	Jan 10, 2005	Jan 9, 2017	Republican	Matt Blunt	3
46	Peter Kinder	Jan 10, 2005	Jan 9, 2017		Jay Nixon	3
47	Mike Parson	Jan 9, 2017	Jun 1, 2018		Eric Greitens	1⁄3
48	Mike Kehoe	Jun 18, 2018	Jan 13, 2025		Mike Parson	1+2⁄3
49	David Wasinger	Jan 13, 2025	Incumbent		Mike Kehoe

Notes

A. ^ The fractional terms of some lieutenant governors are not to be understood absolutely literally; rather, they are meant to show single terms during which multiple lieutenant governors served, due to resignations, deaths and the like.
B. ^a ^b Resigned from office.
C. ^a ^b Vacant due to resignation of lieutenant governor.
D. ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Vacant due to lieutenant governor becoming governor for remainder of unexpired term.
E. ^a ^b ^c Died in office.
F. ^a ^b ^c Vacant due to death of lieutenant governor.
G. ^ Vacant due to lieutenant governor acting as governor.
H. ^ The Missouri state convention declared the executive department of the state had expatriated itself and their offices vacant.^[2] Reynolds had fled the capital and aligned himself with the Confederacy.
I. ^ Hall was elected the provisional governor of Missouri by the state convention.^[2]
J. ^ Appointed lieutenant governor following the resignation of Lee.
K. ^ Resigned from office to take an appointed seat in the United States Senate.
L. ^ Wilson appointed lieutenant governor-elect Maxwell to fill vacancy until his official inauguration.^[3]

References

General

"Missouri History – Lieutenant Governors". Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved September 18, 2008.
"Missouri History – Governors". Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved September 18, 2008.

Constitutions

"1945 Constitution of the State of Missouri" (PDF). Missouri Secretary of State. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 29, 2008. Retrieved September 11, 2008.
Thorpe, Francis Newton (1909). The Federal and State Constitutions: Colonial Charters, and Other Organic Laws of the States, Territories, and Colonies, Now Or Heretofore Forming the United States of America. Vol. IV. Washington: Government Printing Office. Retrieved September 12, 2008.

Specific

^ "Missouri state government salary". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
^
OCLC 2650423
. Retrieved September 18, 2008.

^ McCaskill, Claire (March 2, 2001). "OFFICE OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, PERIOD JULY 1, 2000 TO NOVEMBER 15, 2000 AND THE TWO YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2000" (PDF). Office Of The State Auditor Of Missouri. Retrieved September 19, 2008.

External links

Office website of the Lieutenant Governor of Missouri
Publications by or about the Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Missouri at Internet Archive.

[1] "Missouri state government salary". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 8, 2017.

[convention-2] 
OCLC 2650423
. Retrieved September 18, 2008.

[3] McCaskill, Claire (March 2, 2001). "OFFICE OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, PERIOD JULY 1, 2000 TO NOVEMBER 15, 2000 AND THE TWO YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2000" (PDF). Office Of The State Auditor Of Missouri. Retrieved September 19, 2008.

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