Capital: Jefferson City

State Nickname: Show Me State

State Bird: Bluebird

State Flower: Hawthorn

Admitted to the Union: August 10, 1821

August 10, 1821 to November 15, 1824:

Alexander McNair

November 15, 1824 to August 4, 1825:

Frederick Bates*

* Died in office

August 4, 1825 to January 20, 1826:

Abraham J. Williams*

* Acting governor

January 20 1826 to November 14, 1832:

John Miller

November 14, 1832 to September 13, 1836:

Daniel Dinklin

September 30, 1836 to November 16, 1840:

Lilbum W. Boggs

November 16, 1840 to February 9, 1844:

Thomas Reynolds

February 4, 1844 to November 20, 1844:

Meredith M. Marmaduke*

* Acting governor

November 20, 1844 to December 27, 1848:

John C. Edwards

December 27, 1848 to January 3, 1853:

Austin A. King

January 3, 1853 to January 5, 1857:

Sterling Price

January 5, 1857 to February 27, 1857:

Trusten Polk*

* Resigned

February 27, 1857 to October 22, 1857:

Hancock Lee Jackson*

* Acting governor

October 22, 1857 to January 3, 1961:

Robert Marcellus Stewart

January 31, 1861 to July 30, 1861:

Claiborne Fox Jackson*

* Removed from office

July 31, 1864 to January 2, 1865:

Willard Preble Hall*

* Acting governor

January 2, 1865 to January 12, 1869:

Thomas C. Fletcher

January 12, 1869 to January 9, 1871:

Joseph W. McClurg

January 9, 1871 to January 8, 1873:

Benjamin G. Brown

January 8, 1873 to January 12, 1875:

Silas Woodson

Janaury 12, 1875 to January 8, 1877:

Charles Henry Hardin

January 8, 1877 to January 10, 1881:

John S. Phelps

January 10, 1881 to January 12, 1885:

Thomas T. Crittenden

January 12, 1885 to December 26, 1887:

John S. Marmaduke*

* Died in office

December 28, 1887 to January 14, 1889:

Albert P. Morehous*

* Acting governor

January 14, 1889 to January 9, 1893:

Divid R. Francis

January 9, 1893 to January 11, 1897:

William J. Stone

January 11, 1897 to January 14, 1901:

Lawrence West Stephens

January 14, 1901 to January 9, 1905:

Alexander M. Dockery

January 9, 1905 to January 11, 1909:

Jospeh W. Folk

January 11, 1909 to January 13, 1913:

Herbert S. Hadley

January 13, 1913 to January 8, 1917:

Elliot W. Major

January 8, 1917 to January 10, 1921:

Frederick D. Gardner

January 10, 1921 to January 12, 1925:

Arthur M. Hyde

January 12, 1925 to January 14, 1929:

Samuel A. Baker

January 14, 1929 to January 9, 1933:

Henry S. Caufield

January 9, 1933 to January 11, 1937:

Guy B. Park

January 11, 1937 to January 13, 1941:

Lloyd C. Stark

January 13, 1941 to January 8, 1945:

Forrest C. Donnell

January 8, 1945 to January 10, 1949:

Phil M. Donnelly

January 10, 1949 to January 12, 1953:

Forrest Smith

January 12, 1953 to January 14, 1957:

Phil M. Donnelly

January 14, 1957 to January 9, 1961:

James T. Blair, Jr.

January 9, 1961 to January 11, 1965:

John M. Dalton

January 11, 1965 to January 8, 1973:

Warren E. Hearnes

January 8, 1973 to January 10, 1977:

Christpher S. Bond

January 10, 1977 to January 12, 1981:

Jospeh P. Teasdale

January 12, 1981 to January 14, 1985:

Christopher S. Bond

January 14, 1985 to January 11, 1993:

John Ashcroft

January 11, 1993 to 2000:

Mel Carnahan

2000 to, 2001:

Roger B. Wilson

2001 --

Bob Holden

Lyrics by James Royce Shannon
Music by John Valentine Eppel

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