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.
| Lieutenant Governor of Missouri | |
|---|---|
Incumbent since January 13, 2025David Wasinger | |
| Appointer | Popular election / Governor of Missouri |
| Term length | Four years, no term limits |
| Inaugural holder | William Henry Ashley |
| Formation | 1820 |
| Succession | First |
| Salary | $86,484 (2017) |
| Party | Governors | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 32 | |
| Republican | 13 | |
| Democratic-Republican | 2 | |
| Liberal Republican | 2 | |
The current lieutenant governor is David Wasinger, since January 13, 2025.
List
Democratic-Republican (2) Democratic (32) Republican (13) Liberal Republican (2)
| # | Took office | Left office | Party | 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 | Frederick Bates | 1⁄2[B] | ||||
| Vacant | July 1825 | Nov 17, 1828 | 1⁄2[C] | ||||||
| Abraham J. Williams | |||||||||
| John Miller | |||||||||
| 3 | Daniel Dunklin | Nov 17, 1828 | Nov 19, 1832 | Democratic | 1 | ||||
| 4 | Lilburn Boggs | Nov 19, 1832 | Sep 30, 1836 | 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 | 1 | ||||
| 6 | Meredith Miles Marmaduke | Nov 16, 1840 | Feb 9, 1844 | 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 | Austin Augustus King | |||||
| 9 | Wilson Brown | Jan 3, 1853 | Aug 27, 1855 | Sterling Price | 1⁄2[E] | ||||
| Vacant | Aug 27, 1855 | Jan 5, 1857 | 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 | 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 | Joseph W. McClurg | |||||
| 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 | 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 | ||||
| 18 | Henry Clay Brockmeyer | Jan 8, 1877 | Jan 10, 1881 | John Smith Phelps | |||||
| 19 | Robert Alexander Campbell | Jan 10, 1881 | Jan 12, 1885 | Thomas Theodore Crittenden | |||||
| 20 | Albert P. Morehouse | Jan 12, 1885 | Dec 28, 1887 | 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 | William Joel Stone | |||||
| 23 | August Bolte | Jan 11, 1897 | Jan 14, 1901 | Lawrence Vest Stephens | |||||
| 24 | John Adams Lee | Jan 14, 1901 | Apr 25, 1903 | Alexander Monroe Dockery | 1⁄2[B] | ||||
| 25 | Thomas Lewis Rubey | Apr 25, 1903 | Jan 9, 1905 | 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 | Herbert S. Hadley | |||||
| 28 | William Rock Painter | Jan 13, 1913 | Jan 8, 1917 | Democratic | Elliot Woolfolk Major | ||||
| 29 | Wallace Crossley | Jan 8, 1917 | Jan 10, 1921 | Frederick D. Gardner | |||||
| 30 | Hiram Lloyd | Jan 10, 1921 | Jan 12, 1925 | Republican | Arthur M. Hyde | ||||
| 31 | Philip Allen Bennett | Jan 12, 1925 | Jan 14, 1929 | Samuel Aaron Baker | |||||
| 32 | Edward Henry Winter | Jan 14, 1929 | Jan 9, 1933 | Henry S. Caulfield | |||||
| 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 | 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 | Forrest Smith | 2 | ||||
| Phil M. Donnelly | |||||||||
| 36 | Edward V. Long | Jan 14, 1957 | Sep 23, 1960 | James T. Blair Jr. | 1⁄2[K] | ||||
| Vacant | Sep 23, 1960 | Jan 9, 1961 | 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 | Warren E. Hearnes | |||||
| Vacant | Dec 27, 1968 | Jan 13, 1969 | 1⁄48 [c] | ||||||
| 39 | William S. Morris | Jan 13, 1969 | Jan 8, 1973 | Democratic | 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 | John Ashcroft | |||||
| 43 | Mel Carnahan | Jan 9, 1989 | Jan 11, 1993 | ||||||
| 44 | Roger B. Wilson | Jan 11, 1993 | Oct 16, 2000 | 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 | 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 | Eric Greitens | 1⁄3 | ||||
| 48 | Mike Kehoe | Jun 18, 2018 | Jan 13, 2025 | Mike Parson | 1+2⁄3 | ||||
| 49 | David Wasinger | Jan 13, 2025 | Incumbent | 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.
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