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William Christy, auditor, D, 1820-21.tif (23946 bytes)

William Christy
1820-21

Forrest Smith, auditor, D, 1933-49.tif (33702 bytes)

Forrest Smith
1933-49

Margaret Kelly, auditor, R, 1984-99.tif (28818 bytes)

Margaret Kelly
1984-99

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Historical Listing of State Auditors

Name and (party)

Term

County

Born

Died

1. William Christy (D)

1820–211

St. Louis

1/10/1764

4/3/1837

2. William V. Rector (D)2

1822–23

St. Louis

c1795-1796

9/16/1829

3. Elias Barcroft (D)3

1823–33

St. Louis

1778

8/26/1851

4. Henry Shurlds (D)4

1833–35

Washington

11/21/1796

8/2/1852

5. Peter Garland Glover (D)5

1835–37

Callaway

1/14/1792

10/27/1851

6. Hiram H. Baber (D)6

1837–45

Cole

9/10/1795

10/23/1873

7. William Monroe (D)

1845

Morgan

c1790

4/9/1846

8. James R. McDearmon (D)7

1845–48

St. Charles

8/31/1805

3/20/1848

9. George W. Miller (D)8

1848–49

Cole

c1805-1810

3/19/1879

10. Wilson Brown (D)

1849–52

Cape Girardeau

8/27/1804

8/27/1855

11. Abraham Fulkerson (D)9

1852

Cole

1819

10/2/1892

12. William H. Buffington (D)

1853–61

Cole

6/15/1818

9/26/1899

13. William S. Moseley (D)

1861–65

New Madrid

1817-1818

1/3/1879

14. Alonzo Thompson (R)

1865–69

Nodaway

2/22/1832

4/9/1913

15. Daniel M. Draper (R)

1869–73

Montgomery

10/6/1839

5/26/1915

16. George Boardman Clark (D)

1873–75

Washington

5/8/1833

12/8/1903

17. Thomas Holladay (D)

1875–81

Madison

1834

7/31/1904

18. John Walker (D)

1881–89

Howard

3/11/1824

8/30/1897

19. James Monroe Seibert (D)

1889–1901

Cape Girardeau

2/3/1847

1/23/1935

20. Albert Otis Allen (D)

1901–05

New Madrid

12/12/1841

4/4/1926

21. William Werner Wilder (R)

1905–09

Ste. Genevieve

12/13/1857

8/26/1930

22. John Pemberton Gordon (D)

1909–17

Lafayette

4/29/1866

3/5/1949

23. George Ernst Hackmann (R)

1917–25

Warren

8/10/1877

12/29/1954

24. Lorenzo Dow Thompson (R)

1925–33

Callaway

11/22/1873

10/1/1951

25. Forrest Smith (D)

1933–49

Ray

2/14/1886

3/8/1962

26. William Henry Holmes (D)

1949–53

Maries

4/21/1883

3/31/1953

27. Haskell Holman (D)10

1953–71

Randolph

11/29/1908

7/12/1974

28. Christopher S. Bond (R)

1971–73

Audrain

3/6/1939

 

29. John D. Ashcroft (R)11

1973–75

Greene

5/9/1942

 

30. George W. Lehr (D)

1975–77

Jackson

3/10/1937

3/21/1988

31. Thomas M. Keyes (D)12

1977–79

Jackson

2/4/1914

4/3/1987

32. James Antonio (R)

1979–84

Cole

6/30/1939

 

33. Margaret B. Kelly (R)13

1984–99

Cole

9/17/1935

 

34. Claire McCaskill (D)

1999-2007

Jackson

7/24/1953

 

35. Susan Montee (D)

2007-11

Buchanan

4/15/1959

 

36. Thomas A. Schweich (R)

2011-15

St. Louis

10/2/1960

2/26/2015

37. John D. Watson (D)14

2015

Cole

1/25/1960

 8/28/2020

38. Nicole Galloway (D)15

2015-23

Boone

6/13/1982

 

39. Scott Fitzpatrick (R)

2023-

Barry

 9/28/1987

Link takes you to the Auditor's website as is appeared while she was in office, courtesy of the Missouri State Archives and ArchiveIt.

1Christy served as Auditor of Territorial Accounts for the Missouri Territory from 1813-1820. He was re-appointed Auditor, this time for the State of Missouri, in 1820 when the state’s first constitution was approved.
2Appointed upon resignation of William Christy.
3Appointed upon resignation of William V. Rector.
4Appointed upon resignation of Elias Barcroft.
5Appointed upon resignation of Henry Shurlds.
6Appointed upon resignation of Peter Garland Glover.
7Appointed upon resignation of William Monroe.
8Appointed upon death of James R. McDearmon.
9Appointed upon resignation of Wilson Brown.
10Appointed upon death of William Henry Holmes.
11Appointed upon resignation of Christopher S. Bond.
12Appointed upon resignation of George W. Lehr.
13Appointed upon resignation of James Antonio.
14Appointed Interim Auditor upon death of Thomas Schweich.
15Appointed after John Watson’s interim.