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Capital: Jefferson City
State Nickname: Show Me State
State Bird: Bluebird
State Flower: Hawthorn
Admitted to the Union: August 10, 1821
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| Governors |
August 10, 1821 to November 15, 1824:
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Alexander McNair
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November 15, 1824 to August 4, 1825:
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Frederick Bates*
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* Died in office |
August 4, 1825 to January 20, 1826:
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Abraham J. Williams*
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* Acting governor |
January 20 1826 to November 14, 1832:
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John Miller
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November 14, 1832 to September 13, 1836:
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Daniel Dinklin
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September 30, 1836 to November 16, 1840:
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Lilbum W. Boggs
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November 16, 1840 to February 9, 1844:
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Thomas Reynolds
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February 4, 1844 to November 20, 1844:
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Meredith M. Marmaduke*
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* Acting governor |
November 20, 1844 to December 27, 1848:
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John C. Edwards
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December 27, 1848 to January 3, 1853:
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Austin A. King
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January 3, 1853 to January 5, 1857:
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Sterling Price
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January 5, 1857 to February 27, 1857:
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Trusten Polk*
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* Resigned |
February 27, 1857 to October 22, 1857:
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Hancock Lee Jackson*
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* Acting governor |
October 22, 1857 to January 3, 1961:
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Robert Marcellus Stewart
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January 31, 1861 to July 30, 1861:
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Claiborne Fox Jackson*
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* Removed from office |
July 31, 1864 to January 2, 1865:
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Willard Preble Hall*
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* Acting governor |
January 2, 1865 to January 12, 1869:
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Thomas C. Fletcher
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January 12, 1869 to January 9, 1871:
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Joseph W. McClurg
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January 9, 1871 to January 8, 1873:
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Benjamin G. Brown
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January 8, 1873 to January 12, 1875:
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Silas Woodson
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Janaury 12, 1875 to January 8, 1877:
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Charles Henry Hardin
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January 8, 1877 to January 10, 1881:
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John S. Phelps
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January 10, 1881 to January 12, 1885:
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Thomas T. Crittenden
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January 12, 1885 to December 26, 1887:
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John S. Marmaduke*
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* Died in office |
December 28, 1887 to January 14, 1889:
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Albert P. Morehous*
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* Acting governor |
January 14, 1889 to January 9, 1893:
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Divid R. Francis
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January 9, 1893 to January 11, 1897:
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William J. Stone
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January 11, 1897 to January 14, 1901:
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Lawrence West Stephens
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January 14, 1901 to January 9, 1905:
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Alexander M. Dockery
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January 9, 1905 to January 11, 1909:
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Jospeh W. Folk
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January 11, 1909 to January 13, 1913:
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Herbert S. Hadley
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January 13, 1913 to January 8, 1917:
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Elliot W. Major
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January 8, 1917 to January 10, 1921:
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Frederick D. Gardner
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January 10, 1921 to January 12, 1925:
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Arthur M. Hyde
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January 12, 1925 to January 14, 1929:
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Samuel A. Baker
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January 14, 1929 to January 9, 1933:
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Henry S. Caufield
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January 9, 1933 to January 11, 1937:
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Guy B. Park
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January 11, 1937 to January 13, 1941:
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Lloyd C. Stark
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January 13, 1941 to January 8, 1945:
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Forrest C. Donnell
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January 8, 1945 to January 10, 1949:
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Phil M. Donnelly
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January 10, 1949 to January 12, 1953:
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Forrest Smith
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January 12, 1953 to January 14, 1957:
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Phil M. Donnelly
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January 14, 1957 to January 9, 1961:
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James T. Blair, Jr.
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January 9, 1961 to January 11, 1965:
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John M. Dalton
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January 11, 1965 to January 8, 1973:
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Warren E. Hearnes
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January 8, 1973 to January 10, 1977:
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Christpher S. Bond
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January 10, 1977 to January 12, 1981:
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Jospeh P. Teasdale
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January 12, 1981 to January 14, 1985:
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Christopher S. Bond
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January 14, 1985 to January 11, 1993:
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John Ashcroft
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January 11, 1993 to October 16, 2000 :
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Mel Carnahan
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October 17, 2000 to January 8, 2001:
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Roger B. Wilson
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January 8, 2001 to January 10, 2005
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Bob Holden
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January 10, 2005 to January 12, 2009:
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Matt Blunt
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January 12, 2009 –
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Jay Nixon
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| Senators - Class I |
August 10, 1821 – March 4, 1851
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Thomas Hart Benton
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March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1857
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Henry Sheffie Geyer
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March 4, 1857 – January 10, 1862
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Trusten Polk * Expelled from office
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January 17, 1862 – March 3, 1869
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John Brooks Henderson
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March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875
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Carl Schurz
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March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1905
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Francis Marion Cockrell
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March 18, 1905 – March 3, 191
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William Warner
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March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1929
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James Alexander Reed
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March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1935
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Roscoe Conkling Patterson
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January 3, 1935 – January 17, 1945
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Harry S. Truman * Resigned office
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January 18, 1945 – January 3, 1947
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Frank Parks Briggs
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January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953
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James Preston Kem
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January 3, 1953 – December 27, 1976
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William Stuart Symington
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December 27, 1976 – January 3, 1995
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John Claggett Danforth
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January 4, 1995 – January 3, 2001
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John David Ashcroft
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January 3, 2001 – November 25, 2002
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Jean Anne Carpenter Carnahan
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November 25, 2002 – January 3, 2007
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James Matthes Talent
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January 3, 2007–
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Claire McCaskill
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| Senators - Class III |
August 10, 1821– March 3, 1831
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David Barton
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March 4, 1831– June 6, 1833
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Alexander Buckner * Died in office
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October 25, 1833 – October 3, 1843
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Lewis Fields Linn * Died in office
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December 04, 1844 – March 03, 1855
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David Rice Atchison
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March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1861
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James Stephen Green
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March 17, 1861 – January 10, 1862
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Waldo Porter Johnson * Expelled from office
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January 17, 1862 – November 13, 1863
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Robert Wilson
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December 14, 1863 – March 3, 1867
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Benjamin Gratz Brown
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March 4, 1867 – December 19, 1870
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Charles Daniel Drake * Resigned office
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December 19, 1870 – January 20, 1871
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Daniel Tarbox Jewett
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January 20, 1871 – March 3, 1873
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Francis Preston Blair, Jr.
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March 4, 1873 – September 20, 1877
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Lewis Vital Bogy * Died in office
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September 29, 1877 – January 26, 1879
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David Hartley Armstrong
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January 27, 1879 – March 3, 1879
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James Shields
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March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1903
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George Graham Vest
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March 4, 1903 – April 14, 1918
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William Joel Stone * Died in office
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April 30, 1918 – November 5, 1918
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Xenophon Pierce Wilfley
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November 6, 1918 – May 16, 1925
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Selden Palmer Spencer * Died in office
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May 25, 1925 – December 5, 1926
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George Howard Williams
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December 6, 1926 – February 3, 1933
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Harry Bartow Hawes * Resigned office
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February 3, 1933 – January 3, 1945
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Joel Bennett Clark
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January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1951
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Forrest C. Donnell
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January 3, 1951 – September 13, 1960
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Thomas Carey Hennings, Jr. * Died in office
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September 23, 1960 – December 27, 1968
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Edward Vaughn Long
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December 27, 1968 – January 5, 1987
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Thomas Francis Eagleton
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January 3, 1987 –
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Christopher Samuel Bond
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| State Song |
Missouri Waltz
Lyrics by James Royce Shannon
Music by John Valentine Eppel |
Hush-a-bye, ma baby, slumber time is comin' soon;
Rest yo' head upon my breast, while mommy hums a tune;
The sandman is callin', where shadows are fallin',
While the soft breezes sigh as in days long gone by.
Way down in Missouri where I heard this melody,
When I was a little child on my mommy's knee;
The old folks were hummin', their banjos were strummin'
So sweet and low.
Strum, strum, strum, strum, strum,
Seems I hear those banjos playin' once again,
Hum, hum, hum, hum, hum,
That same old plaintive strain.
Hum, hum, hum, hum, hum,
That same old plaintive strain.
Hear that mournful melody,
It just haunts you the whole day long,
And you wander in dreams, back to Dixie, it seems,
When you hear that old song.
Hush a-bye, my baby, go to sleep on Mommy's knee,
Journey back to Dixieland in dreams again with me;
It seems like your Mommy is there again,
And the old folks were strummin' that old refrain.
Way down in Missouri where I learned this lullaby,
When the stars were blinkin' and the moon was climbin' high,
Seems I hear voices low, as in days long ago
Singin' hush a-bye.
Adopted as the official state song in l949.
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State Population
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1830: 140,455 |
1840: 383,702 |
1850: 682,044 |
1860: 1,118,012 |
1870: 1,721,295 |
1880: 2,168,380 |
1890: 2,679,184 |
1900: 3,106,665 |
1910: 3,293,335 |
1920: 3,404,055 |
1930: 3,629,367 |
1940: 3,784,664 |
1950: 3,954,653 |
1960: 4,319,813 |
1970: 4,677,623 |
1980: 4,916,686 |
1990: 5,117.073 |
2000: 5,596,683 |
State Capitol Building 1924
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