All About Missouri History:: Lieutenant Governors
Missouri History
Lieutenant Governors
Photos of Select Lieutenant Governors
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Thomas Lawson Price
1848-52
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William C. Phelps
1973-81
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Harriet Woods
1985-89
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Historical Listing of Lieutenant Governors
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Name and (party)
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Term
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County
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Born
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Died
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1. William Henry Ashley (D)
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1820–24
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St. Louis
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c1778
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3/26/1838
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2. Benjamin Harrison Reeves (D)1
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1824–25
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Howard
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3/1787
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4/16/1849
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3. Daniel Dunklin (D)
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1828–32
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Washington
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1/14/1790
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7/25/1844
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4. Lilburn W. Boggs (D)2
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1832–36
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Jackson
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12/14/1792
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3/14/1860
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5. Franklin Cannon (D)
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1836–40
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Cape Girardeau
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3/12/1794
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6/13/1863
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6. Meredith Miles Marmaduke (D)3
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1840–44
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Saline
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8/28/1791
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3/26/1864
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7. James Young (D)
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1844–48
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Lafayette
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5/11/1800
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2/9/1878
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8. Thomas Lawson Price (D)
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1848–52
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Cole
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1/19/1809
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7/15/1870
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9. Wilson Brown (D)4
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1853–55
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Cape Girardeau
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8/27/1804
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8/27/1855
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10. Hancock Lee Jackson (D)5
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1857–61
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Randolph
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5/12/1796
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3/19/1876
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11. Thomas Caute Reynolds (D)6
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1861
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St. Louis
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10/11/1821
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3/30/1887
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12. Willard Preble Hall (U)6,7
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1861–64
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Buchanan
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5/9/1820
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11/3/1882
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13. George Smith (R)
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1865–69
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Caldwell
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2/2/1809
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7/14/1881
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14. Edwin Obed Stanard (R)
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1869–71
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St. Louis
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1/5/1832
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3/12/1914
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15. Joseph Jackson Gravely (Liberal)8
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1871–72
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Cedar
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9/25/1828
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4/28/1872
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16. Charles Phillip Johnson (Liberal)
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1873–75
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St. Louis
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1/8/1836
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5/21/1920
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17. Norman J. Colman (D)
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1875–77
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St. Louis
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3/16/1827
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11/3/1911
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18. Henry Clay Brockmeyer (D)
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1877–81
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St. Louis City
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8/12/1828
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7/26/1906
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19. Robert Alexander Campbell (D)
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1881–85
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St. Louis City
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9/2/1832
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4/2/1926
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20. Albert Pickett Morehouse (D)9
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1885–87
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Nodaway
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7/11/1835
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9/23/1891
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21. Stephen Hugh Claycomb (D)
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1889–93
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Jasper
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8/11/1847
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6/6/1930
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22. John Baptiste O’Meara (D)
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1893–97
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St. Louis City
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6/24/1852
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7/22/1926
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23. August Henry Bolte (D)
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1897–1901
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Franklin
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9/3/1854
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6/24/1920
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24. John Adams Lee (D)
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1901–03
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St. Louis City
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6/28/1851
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10/10/1928
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25. Thomas Lewis Rubey (D)10
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1903–04
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Laclede
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9/27/1862
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9/2/1928
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26. John C. McKinley (R)
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1905–09
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Putnam
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11/20/1859
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5/1/1927
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27. Jacob Friedrich Gmelich (R)
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1909–13
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Cooper
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7/23/1839
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2/21/1914
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28. William Rock Painter (D)
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1913–17
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Carroll
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8/27/1863
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7/1/1947
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29. Wallace Crossley (D)
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1917–21
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Johnson
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10/4/1874
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12/13/1943
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30. Hiram Lloyd (R)
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1921–25
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St. Louis
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7/27/1875
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9/10/1942
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31. Phillip Allen Bennett (R)
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1925–29
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Dallas
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3/5/1881
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12/7/1942
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32. Edward Henry Winter (R)
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1929–33
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Cole
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4/5/1879
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6/29/1941
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33. Frank Gaines Harris (D)11
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1933–44
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Boone
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4/25/1871
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12/30/1944
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34. Walter Naylor Davis (D)
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1945–49
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St. Louis
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11/29/1876
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9/16/1951
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35. James T. Blair, Jr. (D)
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1949–57
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Cole
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3/15/1902
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7/12/1962
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36. Edward V. Long (D)12
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1957–60
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Pike
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7/18/1908
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11/6/1972
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37. Hilary A. Bush (D)
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1961–65
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Jackson
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6/21/1905
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5/11/1966
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38. Thomas F. Eagleton (D)
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1965–69
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St. Louis
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9/4/1929
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3/4/2007
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39. William S. Morris (D)
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1969–73
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Jackson
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11/8/1919
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3/4/1975
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40. William C. Phelps (R)
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1973–81
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Jackson
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4/5/1934
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3/19/2019
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41. Kenneth J. Rothman (D)
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1981–85
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St. Louis
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10/11/1935
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4/26/2019
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42. Harriett Woods (D)
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1985–89
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St. Louis
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6/2/1927
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2/8/2007
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43. Mel Carnahan (D)
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1989–93
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Phelps
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2/11/1934
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10/16/2000
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44. Roger B. Wilson (D)13
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1993-2000
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Boone
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10/10/1948
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45. Joe Maxwell (D)14
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2000-05
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Audrain
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3/17/1957
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46. Peter Kinder (R)
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2005-17
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Cape Girardeau
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5/12/1954
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47. Michael Lynn Parson (R)15
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2017-18
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Polk
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8/17/1955
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48. Michael (Mike) Kehoe (R)16
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2018-
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Cole
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1/17/1962
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Links take you to the Lt. Governor's website as is appeared while he was in office, courtesy of the Missouri State Archives and ArchiveIt.
1 Reeves resigned in July 1825; the office of Lieutenant Governor remained vacant until November 1828.
2 Boggs became Governor when Daniel Dunklin resigned in 1836.
3 Marmaduke served as Governor for nine months after the death of Reynolds in 1844.
4 Brown died in office in August 1855. Sen. Morris of St. Louis was elected President of the Senate in November 1855, but the office of Lieutenant Governor remained vacant until Hancock Lee Jackson was sworn in in January 1857.
5 Jackson served as Governor from February through October 1857 after the resignation of Trusten Polk. After Robert Stewart's inauguration, Jackson resumed his Lieutenant Governor duties.
6 The office of Lieutenant Governor, held by Thomas Caute Reynolds, was declared vacant by the Missouri State Convention. Willard Preble Hall was elected provisional Lieutenant Governor by the Convention on July 31, 1861.
7 Hall succeeded to the governorship following the death of Gamble in July 1864.
8 Gravely died in office in April 1872; the office remained vacant until the inauguration of Johnson in January 1873. Official records also record his surname as Gravelly.
9 Morehouse succeeded to the governorship following the death of Marmaduke in 1887; his office remained vacant until the inauguration of Claycomb.
10 Lee resigned the lieutenant governor's office in 1903; Senate President Pro Tempore Thomas L. Rubey assumed the duties of the office until the inauguration of McKinley.
11 Harris died in office in December 1944; the office remained vacant until the newly-elected Walter N. Davis took the oath in January 1945.
12 Long was appointed to a vacant United States Senate seat in September 1960.
13 Wilson succeeded to the office of Governor in October 2000 upon the death of Governor Mel Carnahan.
14 Lieutenant Governor-Elect Joe Maxwell was appointed to the vacant office to serve until his inauguration in January 2001.
15 Parson succeeded to the office of Governor after Eric Greitens resigned on June 1, 2018.
16 Kehoe was appointed Lieutenant Governor on June 18, 2018.