First ladies of Missouri

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First Lady of Missouri
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Teresa Parson official photo, 2021 (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Teresa Parson
since June 1, 2018
Inaugural holderMarguerite de Reilhe
Formation1820
Website Missouri's First Lady

First Lady of Missouri is the honorary title attributed to the wife of the governor of Missouri. To date there have been no female governors of Missouri, and all the governors' spouses have been women. The first governor of Missouri was elected and took office in 1820, the year before Missouri was admitted to the Union as the 24th state.

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List of first ladies of Missouri

ImageNameTook officeLeft office Governor of Missouri
Marguerite Suzanne de Reilhe18201824 Alexander McNair
Nancy Opie Ball18241825 Frederick Bates
none (Williams never married)18251826 Abraham J. Williams
none (Miller never married)18261832 John Miller
Emily Willis "Pamela" Haley18321836 Daniel Dunklin
Panthea Grant Boone 18361840 Lilburn Boggs
Eliza Ann Young18401844 Thomas Reynolds
Lavinia Sappington18441844 Meredith Miles Marmaduke
none (Edwards not married)18441848 John Cummins Edwards
Nancy Harris Roberts18481853 Austin Augustus King
Martha Head18531857 Sterling Price
Elizabeth Skinner18571857 Trusten Polk
Ursula Oldham18571857 Hancock Lee Jackson
none (Stewart never married)18571861 Robert Marcellus Stewart
Elza Sappington18611861 Claiborne Fox Jackson
Caroline J. Coalter18611864 Hamilton Rowan Gamble
unknown [1] 18641865 Willard Preble Hall
Mary Clara Honey18651869 Thomas Clement Fletcher
Mary Catherine Johnson18691871 Joseph W. McClurg
Mary Ginn18711873 Benjamin Gratz Brown
Virginia Juliet Lard18721875 Silas Woodson
Mary Barr Jenkins18751877 Charles Henry Hardin
Mary Whitney18771881 John S. Phelps
Caroline Wheeler "Carrie" Jackson18811885 Thomas Theodore Crittenden
none (Marmaduke never married)18851887 John S. Marmaduke
Mattie McFadden18871889 Albert P. Morehouse
Jane Perry18891893 David R. Francis
Sarah Louise Winston18931897 William J. Stone
Margaret Stephens (Mrs. Lon V. Stephens).jpg Margaret Nelson18971901 Lon Vest Stephens
Mary Elizabeth Bird.jpg Mary Elizabeth Bird19011903 Alexander Monroe Dockery
none (Dockery was widowed)19031905
Gertrude Glass Folk.jpg Gertrude Glass19051909 Joseph W. Folk
Agnes Lee19091913 Herbert S. Hadley
Elizabeth Myers19131917 Elliot Woolfolk Major
Jeannette Vosburgh19171921 Frederick D. Gardner
Hortense Cullers19211925 Arthur M. Hyde
Nelle Rose Tuckley19251929 Sam Aaron Baker
Fannie Alice Delano19291933 Henry S. Caulfield
Eleanora Gabbert19331937 Guy Brasfield Park
Katherine Lemoine Perkins19371941 Lloyd C. Stark
Hilda Hays19411945 Forrest C. Donnell
Juanita McFadden19451949 Phil M. Donnelly
Mildred Williams19491953 Forrest Smith
Juanita McFadden19531957 Phil M. Donnelly
Emilie Chorn19571961 James T. Blair Jr.
Geraldine Hall19611965 John M. Dalton
Betty Cooper Hearnes.jpg Betty Sue Cooper 19651973 Warren E. Hearnes
Carolyn Reid19731977 Kit Bond
Theresa Ferkenhoff19771981 Joseph P. Teasdale
Carolyn Reid19811985 Kit Bond
Janet E. Ashcroft19851993 John Ashcroft
Jean Carnahan.jpg Jean Carpenter 19932001 Mel Carnahan
Pat Wilson20002001 Roger B. Wilson
Lori Hauser20012005 Bob Holden
Melanie Anderson 20052009 Matt Blunt
First Lady Georganne Nixon (cropped).jpg Georganne Wheeler20092017 Jay Nixon
Sheena Greitens.jpg Sheena Elise Chestnut 20172018 Eric Greitens
Teresa Parson official photo, 2021 (cropped).jpg Teresa Parson2018serving Mike Parson

Notes

  1. Hall married twice and his first wife died before he became governor; dates of his second marriage are unknown.

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