List of Missouri secretaries of state

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Secretary of State of Missouri
Incumbent
Denny Hoskins
since January 13, 2025
Term length 4 years, no term limits
Succession Fourth
Salary$107,256
Website https://www.sos.mo.gov/

The people below have served as the secretary of state of the U.S. state of Missouri.

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List

#ImageNamePartyTermHome county
1 Joshua Barton.jpg Joshua Barton Democratic-Republican 1820–1821 St. Louis
2 William Grymes Pettus (1794-1867).png William Grymes Pettus Democratic-Republican 1821–1824 St. Charles
3 Portrait of Governor Hamilton Rowan Gamble by Ferdinand T.L. Boyle (cropped).jpg Hamilton Rowan Gamble Democratic-Republican 1824–1826 St. Louis
4 Spencer Darwin Pettis Democratic 1826–1828 St. Louis
5 Judge Priestly H. McBride by George Caleb Bingham, circa 1837.jpg Priestly H. McBride Democratic 1829–1830 Boone
6 John C. Edwards Democratic 1830–1835 Cole
7 Henry Shurlds Democratic 1835–1837 Washington
8 John Cummins Edwards.jpg John C. Edwards Democratic 1837 Cole (now Callaway)
9 Peter Garland Glover Democratic 1837–1839 Callaway
10 James Lawerence Minor Democratic 1839–1845 Marion
11 Faulkland Heard Martin Democratic 1845–1849 Jefferson
12 Ephraim Brevard Ewing Democratic 1849–1853 Ray
13John M. Richardson Democratic 1853–1857 Greene
14 Benjamin Franklin Massey Democratic 1857–1861 Jasper
15 Mordecai Baldwin Oliver with fellow members of the Howard Committee (cropped).jpg Mordecai Oliver Unionist 1861–1865 Greene
16 Francis A. Rodman Republican 1865–1871 Buchanan
17 Eugene F. Weigel Democratic 1871–1875 St. Louis
18 Michael Knowles McGrath Democratic 1875–1889 St. Louis
19 Alexander A. Lesueur Democratic 1889–1901 Lafayette
20 Sam Baker Cook Democratic 1901–1905 Audrain
21 John Ephraim Swanger Republican 1905–1909 Sullivan
22 Cornelius Roach Democratic 1909–1917 Jasper
23 John Leo Sullivan Democratic 1917–1921 Pettis
24 Charles U. Becker Republican 1921–1933 Polk
25 Dwight H. Brown Democratic 1933–1944 Butler
26 Gregory C. Stockard Republican 1944–1945 Cole (now Callaway)
27 Wilson Bell Democratic 1945–1947 Washington
28 Edgar C. Nelson Democratic 1947–1949 Cooper
29 Walter H. Toberman Democratic 1949–1960 St. Louis
30Robert W. Crawford Democratic 1960–1961 Vernon
31 Warren E. Hearnes.jpg Warren E. Hearnes Democratic 1961–1965 Mississippi
32 James C. Kirkpatrick.jpg James Kirkpatrick Democratic 1965–1985 Henry
Barton
Cole (now Callaway)
33 Rep Roy Blunt.jpg Roy Blunt Republican 1985–1993 Greene
34 Judith Moriarty - 34th Missouri Secretary of State.jpg Judith Moriarty Democratic 1993–1994 Pettis
35 Missouri Secretary of State Richard Hanson in 1994.jpg Richard Hanson Democratic 1994 Cole (now Callaway)
36 Missouri Secretary of State Bekki Cook c.1995-1996.jpg Rebecca McDowell Cook Democratic 1994–2001 Cape Girardeau
37 Mattblunt3 (cropped).jpg Matt Blunt Republican 2001–2005 Greene
38 SOS Robin Carnahan (cropped).jpg Robin Carnahan Democratic 2005–2013 Phelps
39 Jason Kander (1).jpg Jason Kander Democratic 2013–2017 Jackson
40 Jay Ashcroft.jpg Jay Ashcroft Republican 2017–2025 Cole
41 Denny Hoskins Republican 2025–present Cole

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