Missouri Republican Party | |
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| Chairman | Peter Kinder |
| Governor | Mike Kehoe |
| Lieutenant Governor | David Wasinger |
| Senate President (pro tempore) | Cindy O'Laughlin |
| House Speaker | Jonathan Patterson |
| Headquarters | Jefferson City, Missouri |
| Ideology | Conservatism |
| National affiliation | Republican Party |
| Colors | Red |
| U.S. Senate Seats | 2 / 2 |
| U.S. House Seats | 6 / 8 |
| Statewide Executive Offices | 6 / 6 |
| Seats in theMissouri Senate | 24 / 34 |
| Seats in theMissouri House of Representatives | 111 / 163 |
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TheMissouri Republican Party is the affiliate of theUnited States Republican Party inMissouri. Its chair is former lieutenant governorPeter Kinder, who was elected in February 2025.[1] It is currently the dominant party in the state, controlling most of Missouri'sU.S. House seats, bothU.S. Senate seats, both houses of thestate legislature, and all statewide offices, including thegovernorship.
Francis Preston Blair Jr. was the only Republican member of congress from aborder state at the beginning of theAmerican Civil War. However, he proposed that the state party instead merge withunionistWhigs andDemocrats to form theUnion Party.[2]
Blair and other Unionists in Missouri supported the removal ofJohn C. Frémont's military command and the rescinding of hisemancipation order. However,B. Gratz Brown, the former chair, supported Frémont. Blair and Brown disagreed on gradual compensated emancipation andslave colonization with Blair in support and Brown in opposition.[3]
TheRadical Republicans, including Brown, held a separate convention in 1864. They sent an uncommitted delegation to the1864 National Union National Convention which was seated. Brown wanted to send a delegation to Frémont'sRadical Democratic convention.[4] This delegation was the only one to vote against Lincoln.[5]
The Radical wrote thestate constitution in 1865, which emancipated slaves[6] while Blair returned to the Democratic Party.[7]
Members of the party left to form theLiberal Republican Party. Brown, their gubernatorial nominee, won the1870 election.[8]
After around 58% of Missouri votersapproved November 2024 Proposition A to introduce a Missouri law to mandate that most employers are to providesick leave to employees and also raise theminimum wage in line withinflation, Missouri's Republican lawmakers responded in May 2025 by repealing those portions of Proposition A, pending governor approval.[9]
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