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Alexander McNair
Alexander McNair (May 5, 1775 – March 18, 1826) was an American frontiersman and politician. He was the first governor of Missouri from its entry as a state in 1820, until 1824.
McNair was born in Pennsylvania where he lived for the first 30 years...
Date of birth:
- May 5, 1774
Date of death:
- Mar 18, 1826 (age 51 years)
Frederick Bates
Frederick Bates (June 23, 1777 – August 4, 1825), brother of Edward Bates and James Woodson Bates, was an American politician. Born in 1777 in Belmont, Virginia, Bates started his career as a Justice of the Territorial Supreme Court for Michigan...
Date of birth:
- Jun 23, 1777
Date of death:
- Aug 4, 1825 (age 48 years)
Abraham J. Williams
Abraham J. Williams (February 26, 1781 – December 30, 1839) was an American politician from Boone County, Missouri. He was acting governor of Missouri in 1825 and 1826.
Williams had been elected to the Missouri Senate as a Democratic-Republican, and...
Date of birth:
- Feb 26, 1781
Date of death:
- Dec 30, 1839 (age 58 years)
John Miller
John Miller (November 25, 1781 – March 18, 1846) was an American publisher and politician from St. Louis, Missouri. He was Governor of Missouri and represented Missouri in the U.S. House. He was born in 1781 in what was, at the time, Virginia in...
Date of birth:
- Nov 25, 1781
Date of death:
- Mar 18, 1846 (age 64 years)
Daniel Dunklin
Daniel Dunklin (January 14, 1790 – August 25, 1844) was the Democratic governor of Missouri from 1832 to 1836. He was born in 1790 in Greenville, South Carolina, and died in 1844 near Herculaneum, Missouri, where he is buried. His grave is a state...
Date of birth:
- Jan 14, 1790
Date of death:
- Aug 25, 1844 (age 54 years)
Lilburn Boggs
Lilburn Williams Boggs (December 14, 1796 – March 14, 1860) was the Governor of Missouri from 1836 to 1840. He is now most widely remembered for his interactions with Joseph Smith and Porter Rockwell, and the "Extermination Order" issued in response...
Date of birth:
- 1797
Date of death:
- 1861 (age 64 years)
Thomas Reynolds
Thomas Reynolds (March 12, 1796 – February 9, 1844) was the Governor of Missouri from 1840 to 1844. He belonged to the Democratic Party.
Thomas Reynolds was born on in Bracken County, Kentucky. He served as Clerk for the Illinois House of...
Date of birth:
- Mar 12, 1796
Date of death:
- Feb 9, 1844 (age 47 years)
Meredith Miles Marmaduke
Meredith Miles Marmaduke (August 28, 1791 – March 26, 1864) was Missouri's eighth governor, serving in 1844. He was a Democrat. He was also Lieutenant Governor of Missouri 1840–1844.
Meredith Miles Marmaduke was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia...
Date of birth:
- Aug 28, 1791
Date of death:
- Mar 26, 1864 (age 72 years)
John C. Edwards
John Cummins Edwards (June 24, 1804 – October 14, 1888) was the Governor of Missouri from 1844 to 1848. He belonged to the Democratic Party. He was born in Frankfort, Kentucky and died in Stockton, California.
He studied at Black’s College, Kentucky...
Date of birth:
- Jun 24, 1804
Date of death:
- Oct 14, 1888 (age 84 years)
Austin Augustus King
Austin Augustus King (September 21, 1802 – April 22, 1870), also known as Austin A. King and Austin King, was a Democratic governor of Missouri and U.S. Congressman.
King was born in Sullivan County, Tennessee. After getting a law degree he first...
Date of birth:
- Sep 21, 1802
Date of death:
- Apr 22, 1870 (age 67 years)
Sterling Price
Sterling Price (September 20, 1809 – September 29, 1867) was a lawyer, politician, and militia general from the U.S. state of Missouri, an American Army general during the Mexican-American War, and a Confederate Army major general during the...
Date of birth:
- Sep 20, 1809
Date of death:
- Sep 29, 1867 (age 58 years)
Trusten Polk
Trusten Polk (May 29, 1811 – April 16, 1876) was elected both Missouri Governor and U.S. Senator in 1856.
Polk was born in Bridgeville, Delaware. A Democrat, he served as Governor of Missouri from January 5, 1857, until February 27 when he resigned...
Date of birth:
- May 29, 1811
Date of death:
- Apr 16, 1876 (age 64 years)
Party:
Hancock Lee Jackson
Hancock Lee Jackson (May 12, 1796 – March 19, 1876) was an American lawyer and politician. As Lieutenant Governor he was the acting Democratic Governor of Missouri in 1857, taking office after previous Democratic Governor Trusten Polk resigned on...
Date of birth:
- May 12, 1796
Date of death:
- Mar 19, 1876 (age 79 years)
Robert Marcellus Stewart
Robert Marcellus Stewart (March 12, 1815 - September 21, 1871) was the Democratic Governor of Missouri from 1857 to 1861, during the critical years just prior to the American Civil War.
Stewart was born in Truxton, New York, but moved to Kentucky...
Date of birth:
- Mar 12, 1815
Date of death:
- Sep 21, 1871 (age 56 years)
Claiborne Fox Jackson
Claiborne Fox Jackson (April 4, 1806 – December 6, 1862) was a lawyer, soldier, and politician. He was Governor of Missouri in 1861, then governor-in-exile for the Confederacy during the American Civil War.
Jackson was born in Fleming County,...
Date of birth:
- Apr 4, 1806
Date of death:
- Dec 6, 1862 (age 56 years)
Hamilton Rowan Gamble
Hamilton Rowan Gamble (November 26, 1798 – January 31, 1864) was the chief justice of the Missouri Supreme Court who issued a dissenting opinion in the Dred Scott Decision. He also served as the provisional Governor of Missouri during the American...
Date of birth:
- Nov 26, 1798
Date of death:
- Jan 31, 1864 (age 65 years)
Willard Preble Hall
William Willard Preble Hall (May 9, 1820 – November 2, 1882) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as the second unelected "provisional governor" of Missouri from 1864 to 1865 during last years of the American Civil War.
Hall was born in...
Date of birth:
- May 9, 1820
Date of death:
- Nov 2, 1882 (age 62 years)
Thomas Clement Fletcher
Thomas Clement Fletcher (January 21, 1827 – March 25, 1899) was the Governor of Missouri during the latter stages of the American Civil War and the early part of Reconstruction. He was the first Missouri governor to be born in the state.
Fletcher...
Date of birth:
- Jan 21, 1827
Date of death:
- Mar 25, 1899 (age 72 years)
Joseph W. McClurg
Joseph Washington McClurg (February 22, 1818 – December 2, 1900) was a Governor of Missouri in the decade following the American Civil War. His stepfather was William Murphy.
Born near St. Louis, Missouri, McClurg was orphaned at seven and raised by...
Date of birth:
- Feb 22, 1818
Date of death:
- Dec 2, 1900 (age 82 years)
B. Gratz Brown
Benjamin Gratz Brown (May 28, 1826 – December 13, 1885) was a Senator, Governor of Missouri, and the Liberal Republican and Democratic Party Vice presidential candidate in the presidential election of 1872.
Brown was born in Lexington, Kentucky, in...
Date of birth:
- May 28, 1826
Date of death:
- Dec 13, 1885 (age 59 years)
Party:
Silas Woodson
Silas Woodson (May 18, 1819 – October 9, 1896) was the Governor of Missouri, United States, between January 8, 1873 and January 12, 1875. He was notable for being the first Democrat elected to that position since the Civil War. No Republican would...
Date of birth:
- May 18, 1819
Date of death:
- Oct 9, 1896 (age 77 years)
Charles Henry Hardin
Charles Henry Hardin (July 15, 1820 – July 29, 1892) was one of the eight founders of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Born in 1820 in Trimble County, Kentucky, he graduated from Miami University in 1840 and received his LL.D. from William Jewell College...
Date of birth:
- Jul 15, 1820
Date of death:
- Jul 29, 1892 (age 72 years)
John S. Phelps
John Smith Phelps (December 22, 1814 – November 20, 1886) was a politician, soldier during the American Civil War, and the Governor of Missouri.
John Smith Phelps, the son of Elisha Phelps, was born in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut. He...
Date of birth:
- Dec 22, 1814
Date of death:
- Nov 20, 1886 (age 71 years)
Party:
Thomas Theodore Crittenden
Thomas Theodore Crittenden (January 1, 1832 – May 29, 1909) was a United States colonel during the American Civil War, and served as Democratic governor of Missouri from 1881 to 1885.
Crittenden was born in 1832 in Shelbyville, Kentucky. His was a...
Date of birth:
- Jan 1, 1832
Date of death:
- May 29, 1909 (age 77 years)
John S. Marmaduke
John Sappington Marmaduke (March 14, 1833 – December 28, 1887) was a career military man and a West Point graduate. He is known for his service as a Confederate Major general during the American Civil War. Born into a political family, he later...
Date of birth:
- Mar 14, 1833
Date of death:
- Dec 28, 1887 (age 54 years)
Albert P. Morehouse
Albert Pickett Morehouse (July 11, 1835 – September 23, 1891) was Missouri Governor from 1887 to 1889.
Morehouse was born in Delaware County, Ohio and moved to Maryville, Missouri in 1856. He was admitted to the bar and began practice in Montgomery...
Date of birth:
- Jul 11, 1835
Date of death:
- Sep 23, 1891 (age 56 years)
David R. Francis
David Rowland Francis (October 1, 1850 – January 15, 1927) was an American politician. He served in various positions including Mayor of Saint Louis, Governor of Missouri, and United States Secretary of the Interior. He was the U.S. Ambassador to...
Date of birth:
- Oct 1, 1850
Date of death:
- Jan 15, 1927 (age 76 years)
Party:
William J. Stone
William Joel Stone (May 7, 1848 – April 14, 1918) was a Democratic politician from Missouri who represented his state in the United States House of Representatives from 1885 to 1891, and in the U.S. Senate from 1903 until his death; he also served...
Date of birth:
- May 7, 1848
Date of death:
- Apr 14, 1918 (age 69 years)
Lon Vest Stephens
Lawrence "Lon" Vest Stephens (December 1, 1855 – January 10, 1923) was a U.S. politician from Missouri. He served as State Treasurer of Missouri from 1890 to 1897, and as Governor of Missouri from 1897 to 1901.
Stephens was born in Boonville,...
Date of birth:
- Dec 1, 1855
Date of death:
- Jan 10, 1923 (age 67 years)
Alexander Monroe Dockery
Alexander Monroe Dockery (born in Daviess County, Missouri, February 11, 1845 - Gallatin, Missouri, December 26, 1926) was a United States Representative and Governor of Missouri.
Dockery attended the common schools and Macon Academy (Macon,...
Date of birth:
- Feb 11, 1845
Date of death:
- Dec 26, 1926 (age 81 years)
Joseph W. Folk
Joseph "Holy Joe" Wingate Folk (October 29, 1869 – May 29, 1923) was an American lawyer, reformer, and politician from St. Louis, Missouri. Raised in a strict Baptist household, Joe made his reputation as a reformer and earned his nickname as 'Holy...
Date of birth:
- Oct 29, 1869
Date of death:
- May 29, 1923 (age 53 years)
Herbert S. Hadley
Herbert Spencer Hadley (February 20, 1872 – December 1 1927) was an American lawyer and a Republican Party politician from St. Louis, Missouri. Born in Olathe, Kansas, he was Missouri Attorney General from 1905 to 1909 and was the Governor of...
Date of birth:
- Feb 20, 1872
Date of death:
- Dec 1, 1927 (age 55 years)
Elliot Woolfolk Major
Elliot Woolfolk Major (October 20, 1864 – July 9, 1949) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from Pike County, Missouri. Born in 1864 in Lincoln County, Missouri, he served in the Missouri Senate, as the state's Attorney General, and was...
Date of birth:
- Oct 20, 1864
Date of death:
- Jul 9, 1949 (age 84 years)
Frederick D. Gardner
Frederick "Fred" Dozier Gardner (November 6, 1869 – December 18, 1933), an American businessman and coffin and hearse manufacturer from St. Louis, Missouri, served as the Governor of Missouri from 1917 to 1921.
Mr. Gardner was born in Kentucky, but...
Date of birth:
- Nov 6, 1869
Date of death:
- Dec 18, 1933 (age 64 years)
Arthur M. Hyde
Arthur Mastick Hyde (July 12, 1877 – October 17, 1947) was an American Republican politician who served as Governor of Missouri and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.
Hyde was born in Princeton, Missouri. He graduated from the University of Michigan....
Date of birth:
- Jul 12, 1877
Date of death:
- Oct 17, 1947 (age 70 years)
Sam Aaron Baker
Samuel Aaron Baker (November 7, 1874 – September 16, 1933) was an American teacher and Republican politician from Jefferson City, Missouri. Born in 1874 in Patterson, Missouri, he served Missouri as the state superintendent of schools from 1919 to...
Date of birth:
- Nov 7, 1874
Date of death:
- Sep 16, 1933 (age 58 years)
Henry S. Caulfield
Henry Stewart Caulfield (December 9, 1873 – May 11, 1966) was an American lawyer and Republican politician from St. Louis, Missouri. He represented Missouri in the U.S. House from 1907 to 1909 and was Governor of Missouri from 1929 to 1933. He...
Date of birth:
- Dec 9, 1873
Date of death:
- May 11, 1966 (age 92 years)
Guy Brasfield Park
Guy Brasfield Park (June 10, 1872 – October 1, 1946) was a politician from the U.S. State of Missouri.
Park was born in Platte City, Missouri and he graduated from law school at the University of Missouri. Park practiced law in Platte City, twice...
Date of birth:
- Jun 10, 1872
Date of death:
- Oct 1, 1946 (age 74 years)
Party:
Lloyd C. Stark
Lloyd Crow Stark (November 23, 1886 – September 17, 1972) was a Governor of the U.S. state of Missouri. He was a Democrat.
Stark was born near Louisiana, Missouri. Stark is a 1908 graduate of the United States Naval Academy. After serving four years...
Date of birth:
- Nov 23, 1886
Date of death:
- Sep 17, 1972 (age 85 years)
Forrest C. Donnell
Forrest C. Donnell (August 20, 1884 – March 3, 1980) was a United States Senator and a Governor of Missouri. He was a Republican.
Donnell was born in Quitman, Missouri.
Donnell graduated from Maryville High School (Missouri) in 1900 and where his...
Date of birth:
- Aug 20, 1884
Date of death:
- Mar 3, 1980 (age 95 years)
Phil M. Donnelly
Phil Matthew Donnelly (March 16, 1891 – September 12, 1961) was a two-term Governor of Missouri. He was a Democrat.
Donnelly was born in Lebanon, Missouri in 1891. He served in both the Missouri House of Representatives and the Missouri State Senate...
Date of birth:
- Mar 16, 1891
Date of death:
- Sep 12, 1961 (age 70 years)
Forrest Smith
Forrest Smith (February 14, 1886 – March 8, 1962) was a Governor of Missouri. He was a Democrat.
Smith was born in Ray County in Missouri. He was the Missouri state auditor between 1933 and 1949. He became the Governor of Missouri in 1949 and served...
Date of birth:
- Feb 14, 1886
Date of death:
- Mar 8, 1962 (age 76 years)
James T. Blair, Jr.
James Thomas Blair, Jr. (March 15, 1902 – July 12, 1962) was a Governor of Missouri. He was a Democrat. He is to date the only mayor of Jefferson City to have been elected Governor of Missouri although he served as Lt. Governor before becoming...
Date of birth:
- Mar 15, 1902
Date of death:
- Jul 12, 1962 (age 60 years)
John M. Dalton
John Montgomery Dalton (November 9, 1900 – July 7, 1972) was a Governor of Missouri. He was a Democrat.
Dalton was born in Vernon County, Missouri in 1900. He began his professional career as an attorney in Kennett, Missouri. He served as the...
Date of birth:
- Nov 9, 1900
Date of death:
- Jul 7, 1972 (age 71 years)
Warren E. Hearnes
Warren Eastman Hearnes (July 24, 1923 - August 16, 2009) was an American politician and Governor of Missouri from 1965 to 1973. He was the first Missouri Governor eligible to serve two consecutive four year terms, and a lifelong Democrat. He was...
Date of birth:
- Jul 24, 1923
Date of death:
- Aug 16, 2009 (age 86 years)
Party:
Kit Bond
Christopher Samuel "Kit" Bond (born March 6, 1939) is a former governor and current senior United States Senator from Missouri. He has been in the Senate since 1987 and is a member of the Republican Party. He announced on January 8, 2009 that he...
Date of birth:
- Mar 6, 1939 (age 70 years)
Party:
Joseph P. Teasdale
Joseph Patrick Teasdale (born March 29, 1936) is an American politician. He served as Governor of Missouri from 1977 to 1981. He is member of the Democratic Party.
Teasdale was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He graduated from Rockhurst High School...
Date of birth:
- Mar 29, 1936 (age 73 years)
John Ashcroft
John David Ashcroft (born May 9, 1942) is a United States politician who was the 79th United States attorney general. He served during the first term of President George W. Bush from 2001 until 2005. Ashcroft was previously the governor of Missouri ...
Date of birth:
- May 9, 1942 (age 67 years)
Party:
Mel Carnahan
Melvin Eugene Carnahan (February 11, 1934 – October 17, 2000) was an American politician. A Democrat, he served as governor of Missouri from 1993 to 2000. He died in a plane crash on the Pevely and Hillsboro, Missouri border during a campaign for...
Date of birth:
- Feb 11, 1934
Date of death:
- Oct 17, 2000 (age 66 years)
Party:
Roger B. Wilson
Roger B. Wilson (born October 10, 1948) is an American politician who was Governor of Missouri from October 17, 2000 to January 8, 2001. He is a Democrat, and in August, 2004, became Chairman of the Missouri Democratic Party after endorsing Claire...
Date of birth:
- Oct 10, 1948 (age 61 years)
Party:
Bob Holden
Robert Lee "Bob" Holden, Jr. (born August 24, 1949) is an American politician of the Democratic Party who is best known as a former Governor of Missouri.
Though he was born in Kansas City, Missouri, Holden was raised on a farm in the Ozarks near...
Date of birth:
- Aug 24, 1949 (age 60 years)
Party:
Matt Blunt
Matthew Roy Blunt (born November 20, 1970) served as Governor of Missouri from 2005 to 2009. Elected Governor in 2004 at the age of 33, he became the second youngest person ever elected to that office after Kit Bond. He is a member of the Republican...
Date of birth:
- Nov 20, 1970 (age 39 years)
Party:
Jay Nixon
Jeremiah Wilson "Jay" Nixon (born February 13, 1956 in De Soto, Missouri) is the current Governor of the U.S. state of Missouri. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as Missouri's Attorney General before his election in 2008. Nixon...
Date of birth:
- Feb 13, 1956 (age 53 years)
