First Lady of Missouri
Incumbent
Teresa Parson
since June 1, 2018
Inaugural holderMarguerite de Reilhe
Formation1820
WebsiteMissouri'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.

List of first ladies of Missouri

Image Name Took office Left office Governor of Missouri
Marguerite Suzanne de Reilhe18201824Alexander McNair
Nancy Opie Ball18241825Frederick Bates
none (Williams never married)18251826Abraham J. Williams
none (Miller never married)18261832John Miller
Emily Willis "Pamela" Haley18321836Daniel Dunklin
Panthea Grant Boone18361840Lilburn Boggs
Eliza Ann Young18401844Thomas Reynolds
Lavinia Sappington18441844Meredith Miles Marmaduke
none (Edwards not married)18441848John Cummins Edwards
Nancy Harris Roberts18481853Austin Augustus King
Martha Head18531857Sterling Price
Elizabeth Skinner18571857Trusten Polk
Ursula Oldham18571857Hancock Lee Jackson
none (Stewart never married)18571861Robert Marcellus Stewart
Elza Sappington18611861Claiborne Fox Jackson
Caroline J. Coalter18611864Hamilton Rowan Gamble
unknown[1]18641865Willard Preble Hall
Mary Clara Honey18651869Thomas Clement Fletcher
Mary Catherine Johnson18691871Joseph W. McClurg
Mary Ginn18711873Benjamin Gratz Brown
Virginia Juliet Lard18721875Silas Woodson
Mary Barr Jenkins18751877Charles Henry Hardin
Mary Whitney18771881John S. Phelps
Caroline Wheeler "Carrie" Jackson18811885Thomas Theodore Crittenden
none (Marmaduke never married)18851887John S. Marmaduke
Mattie McFadden18871889Albert P. Morehouse
Jane Perry18891893David R. Francis
Sarah Louise Winston18931897William J. Stone
Margaret Nelson18971901Lon Vest Stephens
Mary Elizabeth Bird19011903Alexander Monroe Dockery
none (Dockery was widowed)19031905
Gertrude Glass19051909Joseph W. Folk
Agnes Lee19091913Herbert S. Hadley
Elizabeth Myers19131917Elliot Woolfolk Major
Jeannette Vosburgh19171921Frederick D. Gardner
Hortense Cullers19211925Arthur M. Hyde
Nelle Rose Tuckley19251929Sam Aaron Baker
Fannie Alice Delano19291933Henry S. Caulfield
Eleanora Gabbert19331937Guy Brasfield Park
Katherine Lemoine Perkins19371941Lloyd C. Stark
Hilda Hays19411945Forrest C. Donnell
Juanita McFadden19451949Phil M. Donnelly
Mildred Williams19491953Forrest Smith
Juanita McFadden19531957Phil M. Donnelly
Emilie Chorn19571961James T. Blair Jr.
Geraldine Hall19611965John M. Dalton
Betty Sue Cooper19651973Warren E. Hearnes
Carolyn Reid19731977Kit Bond
Theresa Ferkenhoff19771981Joseph P. Teasdale
Carolyn Reid19811985Kit Bond
Janet E. Ashcroft19851993John Ashcroft
Jean Carpenter19932001Mel Carnahan
Pat Wilson20002001Roger B. Wilson
Lori Hauser20012005Bob Holden
Melanie Anderson20052009Matt Blunt
Georganne Wheeler20092017Jay Nixon
Sheena Elise Chestnut20172018Eric Greitens
Teresa Parson2018servingMike 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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