Lieutenant Governor of Missouri

Lieutenant Governor of Missouri
Incumbent Mike Kehoe since June 18, 2018
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	12
	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 Mike Kehoe.

List

  Democratic-Republican (2)   Democratic (32)   Republican (12)   Liberal Republican (2)

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

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.

Other high offices held

This is a table of congressional, other governorships, and other federal offices held by lieutenant governors. All representatives and senators mentioned represented Missouri except where noted. An asterisk ('*') denotes those offices from which the lieutenant governor resigned or otherwise left office to take.

Lt. Governor	Lt. Gubernatorial term	U.S. Congress		Other offices held
		House	Senate
Daniel Dunklin	1828–1832	H
Daniel Dunklin	1828–1832			Governor of Missouri
Lilburn Boggs	1832–1836			Governor of Missouri*
Meredith Miles Marmaduke	1840–1844			Governor of Missouri*
Thomas Lawson Price	1848–1853	H
Hancock Lee Jackson	1857			Acting Governor of Missouri
Thomas Caute Reynolds	1861			Confederate Governor of Missouri
Willard Preble Hall	1861–1864			Governor of Missouri*
Edwin Obed Stanard	1869–1871	H
Joseph Jackson Gravely	1871–1873	H
Norman Jay Coleman	1875–1877			U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
Albert P. Morehouse	1885–1887			Governor of Missouri*
Thomas Lewis Rubey	1903–1905	H
Philip Allen Bennett	1925–1929	H
James T. Blair Jr.	1949–1957			Governor of Missouri
Edward V. Long	1957–1960		S*
Thomas Eagleton	1965–1969		S
Mel Carnahan	1989–1993			Governor of Missouri, posthumously elected U.S. Senator
Roger B. Wilson	1993–2000			Governor of Missouri*
Mike Parson	2017–2018			Governor of Missouri*

Living former lieutenant governors

As of October 2022, there are four former lieutenant governors of Missouri, the oldest lieutenant governor being Roger B. Wilson (served 1993–2000, born 1948). The most recent lieutenant governor to die was Ken Rothman (served 1981–1985, born 1935) on April 26, 2019. The most recent serving lieutenant governor to die was Mel Carnahan (served 1989–1993, born 1934) on October 16, 2000.

Lt. Governor	Lt. gubernatorial term	Date of birth (and age)
Roger B. Wilson	1993–2000	(1948-10-10) October 10, 1948
Joe Maxwell	2000–2005	(1957-03-17) March 17, 1957
Peter Kinder	2005–2017	(1954-05-12) May 12, 1954
Mike Parson	2017–2018	(1955-09-17) September 17, 1955

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.