Talk:List of Governors of Missouri
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I removed the following section:
| Union Government | Confederate Government |
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And replaced it with:
- Claiborne Fox Jackson 1861
- Hamilton Rowan Gamble 1861-64
- Willard P. Hall 1864-65
This more accurately reflects the official list of governors (see http://sos.mo.gov/archives/history/historicallistings/governors.asp).
Information on the 'second Missouri government' can be found in the Missouri secession article. (this is also linked to from the Claiborne Fox Jackson article.
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[edit] New style for the page
It's inspired by List of Governors of California.
Any thoughts about it?
--RobbieFal 23:00, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Territorial Governors and Civil War
Wikipedia is all about notability. Missouri has a unique notable history in its relationship to Louisiana Territory. So I've added territorial government. This conceivably could even go back to the Upper Louisiana governors (which is available on Illinois Country. Missouri also has a unique history during the Civil War so we should not hide that. I modeled this process on Louisiana Governor. It's overblown in its style but the information is very useful in providing the earlier information. Americasroof 16:03, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Gamble's Dates of Office
I really, really, really appreciate the efforts of User:Golbez to improve this article with specific dates and add a much needed note section. I’m still not entirely comfortable with the dates for Hamilton Rowan Gamble. My understanding is that the start is correct per the Missouri Constitutional Convention (1861-63) when all state offices were declared vacant and then reappointed by the convention. However I believe there was a general election in 1863 for all the vacated state-wide offices and Gamble was formally elected by popular vote then (hence why I put the break in the succession).
As a side note I included the Confederate governors because Thomas Caute Reynolds was elected lieutenant governor with Claiborne Fox in 1860 and would have succeeded him as the regular governor.
The Civil War breaks the clean table. But Wikipedia is about notability and Missouri’s government during the Civil War was notable for its quirks. Americasroof 13:47, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
- I've completely skipped the Civil War governors for now, so don't consider any word I put in on the war-era governors as gospel. ;) I figure the best way to handle those is the same way the Kentucky list handles them, but backwards. In Kentucky, it was an unelected Confederate government; in Missouri, it was an unelected Union government. (and, in Louisiana, they had both. :( ) --Golbez 15:29, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Source for Biographies
A really spectacular source for biographies of the governors (including the territorial and even the Spanish Upper Louisiana governors!!!) is Dictionary of Missouri Biography by Lawrence O. Christensen (Editor), William E. Foley (Editor), Gary R. Kremer (Editor), Kenneth H. Winn (Editor) 1999. ISBN 0826212220 The book is also a treasure trove for a lot of Missouri biographies. And for good measure it's searchable on print.google ! Americasroof 15:41, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
