The Political Graveyard: Missouri: Governors (original) (raw)

Governors of Missouri, 1820-2019 (May be incomplete!)
Alexander McNair 1820-24Frederick Bates 1824-25Abraham J. Williams 1825-26John Miller 1826-32Daniel Dunklin 1832-36Lilburn W. Boggs 1836-40Thomas Reynolds 1840-44Meredith M. Marmaduke 1844John C. Edwards 1844-48Austin A. King 1848-53Sterling Price 1853-57Trusten Polk 1857Hancock Lee Jackson 1857Robert Marcellus Stewart 1857-61Claiborne Fox Jackson 1861Hamilton Rowan Gamble 1861-64Willard P. Hall 1864-65Thomas Clement Fletcher 1865-69Joseph W. McClurg 1869-71B. Gratz Brown 1871-73Silas Woodson 1873-75Charles H. Hardin 1875-77John S. Phelps 1877-81Thomas T. Crittenden 1881-85John Sappington Marmaduke 1885-87Albert P. Morehouse 1887-89David R. Francis 1889-93William J. Stone 1893-97Lon Vest Stephens 1897-1901Alexander M. Dockery 1901-05Joseph W. Folk 1905-09Herbert S. Hadley 1909-13Elliot W. Major 1913-17Frederick D. Gardner 1917-21Arthur M. Hyde 1921-25Sam Aaron Baker 1925-29Henry S. Caulfield 1929-33Guy B. Park 1933-37Lloyd C. Stark 1937-41Forrest C. Donnell 1941-45Phil M. Donnelly 1945-49Forrest Smith 1949-53Phil M. Donnelly 1953-57James T. Blair, Jr. 1957-61John M. Dalton 1961-65Warren E. Hearnes 1965-73Christopher S. Bond 1973-77Joseph P. Teasdale 1977-81Christopher S. Bond 1981-85John Ashcroft 1985-93Mel Carnahan 1993-2000Roger B. Wilson 2000-01Bob Holden 2001-05Matt Blunt 2005-09Jay Nixon 2009-17Eric Greitens 2017-18Michael L. Parson 2018-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

• 1820: William Clark, defeated.
• 1825 Aug 4: Frederick Bates, died in office.
• 1844 Feb 9: Thomas Reynolds, died in office.
• 1848: James S. Rollins, defeated.
• 1852 Aug 2: Sterling Price (Dem), elected;James Winston (Whig), defeated.
• 1856 Aug 4: Trusten Polk (Dem), elected;Robert C. Ewing (American), defeated;Thomas Hart Benton (Benton Democrat), defeated.
• 1857: James S. Rollins, defeated.
• 1860: Sample Orr, defeated;Claiborne Fox Jackson, elected.
• 1864 Jan 31: Hamilton Rowan Gamble, died in office.
• 1864 Nov 8: Thomas Clement Fletcher (Union), elected;Thomas L. Price (Dem), defeated.
• 1868 Nov 3: Joseph W. McClurg (Rep), elected;John S. Phelps (Dem), defeated.
• 1870 Nov 8: B. Gratz Brown (Dem), elected;Joseph W. McClurg (Rep), defeated.
• 1872 Nov 5: Silas Woodson (Dem & Liberal Republican), elected;John B. Henderson (Rep), defeated.
• 1874 Nov 3: Charles H. Hardin (Dem), elected;William Gentry (Rep & Reform), defeated.
• 1876: Daniel W. Twichell (Rep), defeated for nomination.
• 1876 Nov 7: John S. Phelps (Dem), elected;Gustavus A. Finkelnburg (Rep), defeated;Jesse P. Alexander (Greenback), defeated.
• 1880: David P. Dyer (Rep), defeated.
• 1884: Nicholas Ford (Rep), defeated.
• 1887 Dec 28: John Sappington Marmaduke, died in office.
• 1892: William Warner (Rep), defeated.
• 1904: Joseph W. Folk (Dem), elected;Cyrus P. Walbridge (Rep), defeated.
• 1908: David A. Ball (Dem), defeated in primary.
• 1908: William S. Cowherd, defeated.
• 1912 Nov 5: Elliot W. Major (Dem), elected;John C. McKinley (Rep), defeated;Albert D. Nortoni (Progressive), defeated;William H. Ward (Socialist), defeated;Charles E. Stokes (Prohibition), defeated;Charles Rogers (Socialist Labor), defeated.
• 1916 Nov 7: Frederick D. Gardner (Dem), elected;Henry Lamm (Rep), defeated;William J. Adames (Socialist), defeated;Joseph P. Fontron (Progressive & Prohibition), defeated;Charles Rogers (Socialist Labor), defeated.
• 1920 Nov 2: Arthur M. Hyde (Rep), elected;John M. Atkinson (Dem), defeated;Marvin M. Aldrich (Socialist), defeated;Herman P. Faris (Prohibition), defeated;Vaughan Hickman (Farmer-Workers), defeated;Edward T. Middlecoff (Socialist Labor), defeated.
• 1924 Aug 5: Arthur W. Nelson (Dem), nominated;Floyd E. Jacobs (Dem), defeated in primary;Henry S. Priest (Dem), defeated in primary;George H. Moore (Dem), defeated in primary;Fowler Smith Loftin (Dem), defeated in primary.
• 1924 Aug 5: Sam Aaron Baker (Rep), nominated;Victor J. Miller (Rep), defeated in primary;Hiram Lloyd (Rep), defeated in primary.
• 1924 Nov 4: Sam Aaron Baker (Rep), elected;Arthur W. Nelson (Dem), defeated;William M. Brandt (Socialist), defeated;William W. Cox (Socialist Labor), defeated.
• 1928: Alfred L. McCawley (Dem), defeated in primary.
• 1928: Philip A. Bennett (Rep), defeated in primary.
• 1928 Nov 6: Henry S. Caulfield (Rep), elected;Francis M. Wilson (Dem), defeated;Joseph G. Hodges (Socialist), defeated;W. G. Brandenberg (Prohibition), defeated;Edward T. Middlecoff (Socialist Labor), defeated.
• 1932 Aug 2: J. Grant Frye (Rep), defeated in primary.
• 1932 Nov 8: Guy B. Park (Dem), elected;Edward H. Winter (Rep), defeated;Louis Wolff (Socialist), defeated;Owen W. Penney (Communist), defeated;William W. Cox (Socialist Labor), defeated.
• 1936 Aug 4: Claude L. Lambert (Rep), defeated in primary.
• 1936 Nov 3: Lloyd C. Stark (Dem), elected;Jesse W. Barrett (Rep), defeated;Botz, defeated;Duemler(Socialist), defeated;Frank A. Williams (Communist), defeated;William W. Cox (Socialist Labor), defeated.
• 1940 Aug 6: Lawrence McDaniel (Dem), nominated;Allen McReynolds (Dem), defeated in primary;Ferd J. Frankenhoff (Dem), defeated in primary;Guy W. Runnion (Dem), defeated in primary.
• 1940 Aug 6: Forrest C. Donnell (Rep), nominated;Claude L. Lambert (Rep), defeated in primary;J. Grant Frye (Rep), defeated in primary;Fred A. Bottger (Rep), defeated in primary.
• 1940 Nov 5: Forrest C. Donnell (Rep), elected;Lawrence McDaniel (Dem), defeated;Jed A. High (Socialist), defeated;William W. Cox (Socialist Labor), defeated.
• 1944 Aug 1: Phil M. Donnelly (Dem), nominated;Roger T. Sermon (Dem), defeated in primary;Edgar Shook (Dem), defeated in primary;Floyd P. Lee (Dem), defeated in primary.
• 1944 Aug 1: Jean Paul Bradshaw (Rep), nominated;Charles Ferguson (Rep), defeated in primary;James Stewart (Rep), defeated in primary.
• 1944 Nov 7: Phil M. Donnelly (Dem), elected;Jean Paul Bradshaw (Rep), defeated;William F. Rinck (Socialist), defeated;Stephen Tendler (Socialist Labor), defeated.
• 1948: Roy McKittrick (Dem), defeated for nomination.
• 1948 Nov 2: Forrest Smith (Dem), elected;Murray E. Thompson (Rep), defeated;Robert B. Logsdon (Progressive), defeated;Ralph E. Gipe (Socialist), defeated;Henry W. Genck (Socialist Labor), defeated.
• 1952 Aug 5: Phil M. Donnelly (Dem), nominated;Phil J. Welch (Dem), defeated in primary.
• 1952 Aug 5: Howard Elliott (Rep), nominated;Stanley I. Dale (Rep), defeated in primary;Stephen Burns (Rep), defeated in primary;Robert C. Walters (Rep), defeated in primary;W. D. 'Bill' Cruce (Rep), defeated in primary.
• 1952 Nov 4: Phil M. Donnelly (Dem), elected;Howard Elliott (Rep), defeated;Howard Edsell (Progressive), defeated;Maurice R. Wheeler (Socialist), defeated;Don Lohbeck (Christian Nationalist), defeated;Clara Hayes (Socialist Labor), defeated.
• 1956 Nov 6: James T. Blair, Jr. (Dem), elected;Lon Hocker (Rep), defeated.
• 1964 Nov 3: Warren E. Hearnes (Dem), elected;Ethan A. H. Shepley (Rep), defeated.
• 1972 Aug 8: Stephen Burns (Rep), defeated in primary.
• 1976: Christopher S. Bond (Rep), defeated.
• 1980 Aug 5: Jim Spainhower (Dem), defeated in primary.
• 1984 Aug 7: Mel Carnahan (Dem), defeated in primary.
• 1992: William L. Webster (Rep), defeated.
• 1992 Aug 4: Mel Carnahan (Dem), nominated.
• 1992 Aug 4: R. Wendell Bailey (Rep), defeated in primary.
• 1992 Nov 3: Mel Carnahan (Dem), elected.
• 1996 Aug 6: Mel Carnahan (Dem), nominated.
• 1996 Nov 5: Mel Carnahan (Dem), elected.
• 2000: James M. Talent (Rep), defeated;Bob Holden (Dem), elected.
• 2000 Oct 16: Mel Carnahan, died in office.
• 2004: Matt Blunt (Rep), elected;Claire McCaskill (Dem), defeated.
• 2012 Aug 7: Jay Nixon (Dem), nominated;William B. Campbell (Dem), defeated in primary;Clay Thunderhawk (Dem), defeated in primary.
• 2012 Aug 7: David Spence (Rep), nominated;Bill Randles (Rep), defeated in primary;Fred Sauer (Rep), defeated in primary;John D. Weiler (Rep), defeated in primary.
• 2012 Aug 7: Jim Higgins (Libertarian), nominated unopposed.
• 2012 Nov 6: Jay Nixon (Dem), elected;David Spence (Rep), defeated;Jim Higgins (Libertarian), defeated.
• 2018 Jun 1: Eric Greitens, resigned.

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