The Governors of Missouri since its statehood in 1820 are:
- Alexander McNair 1821-24
- Frederick Bates 1824-25
- Abraham J. Williams 1825-26
- John Miller 1826-32
- Daniel Dunklin 1832-36
- Lilburn W. Boggs 1836-40
- Thomas Reynolds 1840-44
- Meredith Miles Marmaduke 1844
- John C. Edwards 1844-48
- Austin A. King 1848-53
- Sterling Price 1853-57
- Trusten Polk 1857
- Hancock Lee Jackson 1857
- Robert Marcellus Stewart 1857-61
- Claiborne Fox Jackson 1861
- Hamilton Rowan Gamble 1861-64
- Willard P. Hall 1864-65
- Thomas Clement Fletcher 1865-69
- Joseph W. McClurg 1869-71
- B. Gratz Brown 1871-73
- Silas Woodson 1873-75
- Charles Henry Hardin 1875-77
- John Smith Phelps 1877-81
- Thomas Theodore Crittenden 1881-85
- John Sappington Marmaduke 1885-87
- Albert P. Morehouse 1887-89
- David R. Francis 1889-93 Democrat
- William Joel Stone 1893-97
- Lon Vest Stephens 1897-1901
- Alexander Monroe Dockery 1901-05
- Joseph W. Folk 1905-09
- Herbert S. Hadley 1909-13
- Elliot Woolfolk Major 1913-17
- Frederick D. Gardner 1917-21 Democrat
- Arthur M. Hyde 1921-25 Republican
- Sam Aaron Baker 1925-29
- Henry S. Caulfield 1929-33
- Guy Brasfield Park 1933-37
- Lloyd C. Stark 1937-41 Democrat
- Forrest C. Donnell 1941-45 Republican
- Phil M. Donnelly 1945-49 Democrat
- Forrest Smith 1949-53 Democrat
- Phil M. Donnelly 1953-57 Democrat
- James T. Blair, Jr. 1957-1961 Democrat
- John M. Dalton 1961-65 Democrat
- Warren E. Hearnes 1965-1973 Democrat
- Christopher S. "Kit" Bond 1973-1977 Republican
- Joseph P. Teasdale 1977-81 Democrat
- Christopher S. "Kit" Bond 1981-1985 Republican
- John D. Ashcroft 1985-1993 Republican
- Mel Carnahan 1993-2000 Democrat
- Roger B. Wilson 2000-2001 Democrat
- Bob Holden 2001-2005 Democrat
- Matt Blunt 2005-current Republican