Missouri Revised Statutes

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 26.010 (2026)

Salaries of governor and lieutenant governor

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  26.010.  Salaries of governor and lieutenant governor. — As total compensation for all duties to be performed by them, the governor shall receive an annual salary of seventy-five thousand dollars plus any salary adjustment provided pursuant to section 105.005, and the lieutenant governor shall receive an annual salary of forty-five thousand dollars plus any salary adjustment provided pursuant to section 105.005. The salaries shall be paid at the times and in the manner provided by law.

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(RSMo 1939 § 13397, A.L. 1943 p. 869 §  1, A. 1949 S.B. 1008, A.L. 1955 p. 574, A.L. 1967 p. 97, A.L. 1977 H.B. 520, A.L. 1984 S.B. 528, A.L. 1992 S.B. 676 Adopted by referendum, Proposition C, November 3, 1992)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 11775; 1919 § 10985

Effective 1-01-93

Revisor's Note: Salary adjustment index is printed, as required by §105.005, in Appendix E.

CROSS REFERENCE:

Lieutenant governor to discharge governor's duties, when, Const. Art. IV, Sec. ll(b)

(1991)  Lieutenant governor not entitled to be paid compensation at the salary level of governor based on governor's presence or absence from the state but based only upon serving as acting governor.  State ex rel. Ashcroft v. Blunt, 813 S.W.2d 849 (Mo. en banc.).

(1991)  Where powers, duties and emolument of governor shall devolve upon lieutenant governor upon absence from state or other disability of the governor, absence from the state does not mean physical absence of governor but means effective absence which effectively debilitates or prevents governor from exercising the duties of his office.  State ex rel. Ashcroft v. Blunt, 813 S.W.2d 849 (Mo. en banc).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1991–2019 · leading case: Ronald Calzone v. Josh Hawley, 866 F.3d 866 (8th Cir. 2017).
Ronald Calzone v. Josh Hawley, 866 F.3d 866 (8th Cir. 2017). “See Mo. Rev. Stat. § 26.010 -.225. The Missouri Constitution confers upon the governor the duty to “take care that the laws are distributed and faithfully executed,” Mo.”
Shondel Church v. State of Missouri, 913 F.3d 736 (8th Cir. 2019). “See Mo. Rev. Stat. § 26.010 -.225. The Missouri Constitution confers upon the governor the duty to "take care that the laws are distributed and faithfully executed," Mo.”
State ex rel. Ashcroft v. Blunt, 813 S.W.2d 849 (Mo. 1991). · cites it 2× “The Lieutenant Governor is entitled to be paid compensation at the salary level of the Governor based only upon the Lieutenant Governor’s serving as acting Governor, § 26.010, RSMo 1986, and not based upon the Governor’s presence or absence from the state; 4.”
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