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The original constitution of 1820 created the offices of governor [26] and lieutenant governor, [27] to serve terms of four years [28] without being able to succeed themselves. [29] Terms were shortened to 2 years in 1865, [ 30 ] with a limit of serving no more than four out of every six years. [ 31 ]
The convention declared the governor's office and state legislative offices to be vacant and appointed Gamble as governor of a provisional government of Missouri on August 1. Gov. Gov. Jackson called a rump session of the exiled General Assembly in Neosho, Missouri , and in late October with a dubious quorum passed an ordinance of secession. [ 2 ]
Pages in category "Governors of Missouri" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Lilburn Williams Boggs (December 14, 1796 – March 14, 1860) [1] was the sixth Governor of Missouri, from 1836 to 1840.He is now most widely remembered for his interactions with Joseph Smith and Porter Rockwell, and Missouri Executive Order 44, known by Mormons as the "Extermination Order", issued in response to the ongoing conflict between church members and other settlers of Missouri.
Alexander McNair was born in Lancaster in the Province of Pennsylvania and grew up in Mifflin County.His grandfather, David McNair Sr., immigrated to Pennsylvania from Donaghmore, County Donegal, Ireland around 1733 and had Scottish ancestors from Loch Lomond. [1]
Claiborne Fox Jackson (April 4, 1806 – December 6, 1862) was an American politician of the Democratic Party in Missouri. He was elected as the 15th Governor of Missouri, serving from January 3, 1861, until July 31, 1861, when he was forced out by the Unionist majority in the Missouri General Assembly after planning to force the secession of the state.
Thomas Clement Fletcher (January 21, 1827 – March 25, 1899) was the 18th Governor of Missouri during the latter stages of the American Civil War and the early part of Reconstruction. He was the first Missouri governor to be born in the state. The Thomas C. Fletcher House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. [1]
The pro-Union members of the Missouri Constitutional Convention reconvened in July 1861 to consider the status of the state. The convention declared the governor's office and state legislative offices to be vacant and appointed Gamble as governor of a provisional government of Missouri on August 1. Gov.