List of Lieutenant Governors of Missouri

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. note label|resigned|B|anote label|resigned|B|b Resigned from office.
* C. note label|resignedvacant|C|anote label|resignedvacant|C|b Vacant due to resignation of lieutenant governor.
* D. note label|vacant|D|anote label|vacant|D|bnote label|vacant|D|cnote label|vacant|D|dnote label|vacant|D|e Vacant due to lieutenant governor becoming governor for remainder of unexpired term.
* E. note label|died|E|anote label|died|E|bnote label|died|E|c Died in office.
* F. note label|diedvacant|F|anote label|diedvacant|F|bnote label|diedvacant|F|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.cite book|title=Journal of the Missouri State Convention Held at Jefferson City, July, 1861|publisher=George Knapp & Co., Printers and Binders|location=St. Louis|date=1861|oclc=2650423|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=0qRCAAAAIAAJ|accessdate=2008-09-18] 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 his official inauguration. [cite web |url=http://www.auditor.mo.gov/press/2001-14.pdf |title=OFFICE OF LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, PERIOD JULY 1, 2000 TO NOVEMBER 15, 2000 AND THE TWO YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2000 |last=McCaskill |first=Claire |date=March 2, 2001 |publisher=Office Of The State Auditor Of Missouri |format=PDF |accessdate=2008-09-19]

Other high offices held

This is a table of congressional, other governorships, and other federal offices held by lieutenant governors. All representatives and senators mentioned represented Missouri except where noted. * denotes those offices which the lieutenant governor resigned or otherwise left office to take.

Living former lieutenant governors

As of|2008|9, five former governors were alive, the oldest being Harriet Woods (1985–1989, born 1927). The most recent lieutenant governor to die was Thomas Eagleton (1965–1969) on March 4, 2007. The most recent serving lieutenant governor to die was Mel Carnahan (1993–2000) on October 16, 2000.

References

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*:* [http://books.google.com/books?id=5cY9AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA2150 Constitution of Missouri—1820] :* [http://books.google.com/books?id=5cY9AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA2191 Constitution of Missouri—1865] :* [http://books.google.com/books?id=5cY9AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA2229 Constitution of Missouri—1875]

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External links

* [http://www.ltgov.mo.gov/ Office website of the Lieutenant Governor of Missouri]