List of lieutenant governors of Missouri

Lieutenant Governor of Missouri
Incumbent David Wasinger since January 13, 2025
Appointer	Popular election / Governor of Missouri
Term length	Four years, no term limits
Inaugural holder	William Henry Ashley
Formation	1820
Succession	1st
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 order of succession of the U.S. state of Missouri's executive branch, thus serving as governor in the event of the death, resignation, removal, impeachment, absence from the state, or incapacity due to illness of 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)

#		Lieutenant Governor		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	Democratic		Austin Augustus King	1
9			Wilson Brown	Jan 3, 1853	Aug 27, 1855	Democratic		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	1
18			Henry Clay Brockmeyer	Jan 8, 1877	Jan 10, 1881	Democratic		John Smith Phelps	1
19			Robert Alexander Campbell	Jan 10, 1881	Jan 12, 1885	Democratic		Thomas Theodore Crittenden	1
20			Albert P. Morehouse	Jan 12, 1885	Dec 28, 1887	Democratic		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	Democratic		William Joel Stone	1
23			August Bolte	Jan 11, 1897	Jan 14, 1901	Democratic		Lawrence Vest Stephens	1
24			John Adams Lee	Jan 14, 1901	Apr 25, 1903	Democratic		Alexander Monroe Dockery	1⁄2[B]
25			Thomas Lewis Rubey	Apr 25, 1903	Jan 9, 1905	Democratic		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	1
28			William Rock Painter	Jan 13, 1913	Jan 8, 1917	Democratic		Elliot Woolfolk Major	1
29			Wallace Crossley	Jan 8, 1917	Jan 10, 1921	Democratic		Frederick D. Gardner	1
30			Hiram Lloyd	Jan 10, 1921	Jan 12, 1925	Republican		Arthur M. Hyde	1
31			Philip Allen Bennett	Jan 12, 1925	Jan 14, 1929	Republican		Samuel Aaron Baker	1
32			Edward Henry Winter	Jan 14, 1929	Jan 9, 1933	Republican		Henry S. Caulfield	1
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	Democratic		Forrest Smith	2
								Phil M. Donnelly
36			Edward V. Long	Jan 14, 1957	Sep 23, 1960	Democratic		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			Warren E. Hearnes	1⁄48 [c]
39			William S. Morris	Jan 13, 1969	Jan 8, 1973	Democratic		Warren E. Hearnes	1
40			William C. Phelps	Jan 8, 1973	Jan 12, 1981	Republican		Kit Bond	2
								Joseph P. Teasdale
41			Kenneth Rothman	Jan 12, 1981	Jan 14, 1985	Democratic		Kit Bond	1
42			Harriett Woods	Jan 14, 1985	Jan 9, 1989	Democratic		John Ashcroft	1
43			Mel Carnahan	Jan 9, 1989	Jan 11, 1993	Democratic		John Ashcroft	1
44			Roger B. Wilson	Jan 11, 1993	Oct 16, 2000	Democratic		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]
								Bob Holden
46			Peter Kinder	Jan 10, 2005	Jan 9, 2017	Republican		Matt Blunt	3
								Jay Nixon
47			Mike Parson	Jan 9, 2017	Jun 1, 2018	Republican		Eric Greitens	1⁄3
48			Mike Kehoe	Jun 18, 2018	Jan 13, 2025	Republican		Mike Parson	1+2⁄3
49			David Wasinger	Jan 13, 2025	Incumbent	Republican		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. Reynolds had fled the capital and aligned himself with the Confederacy.
• I. ^ Hall was elected the provisional governor of Missouri by the state convention.
• 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.

References

General

• "Missouri History – Lieutenant Governors". Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
• "Missouri History – Governors". Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved 2008-09-18.

Constitutions

• "1945 Constitution of the State of Missouri" (PDF). Missouri Secretary of State. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-29. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
• 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 2008-09-12.

• Constitution of Missouri—1820
• Constitution of Missouri—1865
• Constitution of Missouri—1875

Specific

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.