First ladies of Missouri

First Lady of Missouri
First Lady of Missouri
	Incumbent; Teresa Parson; since June 1, 2018
Inaugural holder	Marguerite de Reilhe
Formation	1820
Website	Missouri's First Lady

First Lady of Missouri is the honorary title attributed to the wife of the governor of Missouri. To date there have been no female governors of Missouri, and all the governors' spouses have been women. The first governor of Missouri was elected and took office in 1820, the year before Missouri was admitted to the Union as the 24th state.

List of first ladies of Missouri

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Governor of Missouri
Marguerite Suzanne de Reilhe	1820	1824	Alexander McNair
Nancy Opie Ball	1824	1825	Frederick Bates
none (Williams never married)	1825	1826	Abraham J. Williams
none (Miller never married)	1826	1832	John Miller
Emily Willis "Pamela" Haley	1832	1836	Daniel Dunklin
Panthea Grant Boone	1836	1840	Lilburn Boggs
Eliza Ann Young	1840	1844	Thomas Reynolds
Lavinia Sappington	1844	1844	Meredith Miles Marmaduke
none (Edwards not married)	1844	1848	John Cummins Edwards
Nancy Harris Roberts	1848	1853	Austin Augustus King
Martha Head	1853	1857	Sterling Price
Elizabeth Skinner	1857	1857	Trusten Polk
Ursula Oldham	1857	1857	Hancock Lee Jackson
none (Stewart never married)	1857	1861	Robert Marcellus Stewart
Elza Sappington	1861	1861	Claiborne Fox Jackson
Caroline J. Coalter	1861	1864	Hamilton Rowan Gamble
unknown^[1]	1864	1865	Willard Preble Hall
Mary Clara Honey	1865	1869	Thomas Clement Fletcher
Mary Catherine Johnson	1869	1871	Joseph W. McClurg
Mary Ginn	1871	1873	Benjamin Gratz Brown
Virginia Juliet Lard	1872	1875	Silas Woodson
Mary Barr Jenkins	1875	1877	Charles Henry Hardin
Mary Whitney	1877	1881	John S. Phelps
Caroline Wheeler "Carrie" Jackson	1881	1885	Thomas Theodore Crittenden
none (Marmaduke never married)	1885	1887	John S. Marmaduke
Mattie McFadden	1887	1889	Albert P. Morehouse
Jane Perry	1889	1893	David R. Francis
Sarah Louise Winston	1893	1897	William J. Stone
Margaret Nelson	1897	1901	Lon Vest Stephens
Mary Elizabeth Bird	1901	1903	Alexander Monroe Dockery
none (Dockery was widowed)	1903	1905	Alexander Monroe Dockery
Gertrude Glass	1905	1909	Joseph W. Folk
Agnes Lee	1909	1913	Herbert S. Hadley
Elizabeth Myers	1913	1917	Elliot Woolfolk Major
Jeannette Vosburgh	1917	1921	Frederick D. Gardner
Hortense Cullers	1921	1925	Arthur M. Hyde
Nelle Rose Tuckley	1925	1929	Sam Aaron Baker
Fannie Alice Delano	1929	1933	Henry S. Caulfield
Eleanora Gabbert	1933	1937	Guy Brasfield Park
Katherine Lemoine Perkins	1937	1941	Lloyd C. Stark
Hilda Hays	1941	1945	Forrest C. Donnell
Juanita McFadden	1945	1949	Phil M. Donnelly
Mildred Williams	1949	1953	Forrest Smith
Juanita McFadden	1953	1957	Phil M. Donnelly
Emilie Chorn	1957	1961	James T. Blair Jr.
Geraldine Hall	1961	1965	John M. Dalton
Betty Sue Cooper	1965	1973	Warren E. Hearnes
Carolyn Reid	1973	1977	Kit Bond
Theresa Ferkenhoff	1977	1981	Joseph P. Teasdale
Carolyn Reid	1981	1985	Kit Bond
Janet E. Ashcroft	1985	1993	John Ashcroft
Jean Carpenter	1993	2001	Mel Carnahan
Pat Wilson	2000	2001	Roger B. Wilson
Lori Hauser	2001	2005	Bob Holden
Melanie Anderson	2005	2009	Matt Blunt
Georganne Wheeler	2009	2017	Jay Nixon
Sheena Elise Chestnut	2017	2018	Eric Greitens
Teresa Parson	2018	serving	Mike Parson

Notes

^ Hall married twice and his first wife died before he became governor; dates of his second marriage are unknown.

External links

Missouri: Past Governor Bios, National Governors Association
First Ladies Gallery, Friends of the Missouri Governor's Mansion

[1] Hall married twice and his first wife died before he became governor; dates of his second marriage are unknown.

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