<Tr> <Td> 54 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Matt Blunt </Td> <Td> January 10, 2005 </Td> <Td> January 12, 2009 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Peter Kinder </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 55 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Jay Nixon </Td> <Td> January 12, 2009 </Td> <Td> January 9, 2017 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Peter Kinder </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 56 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Eric Greitens </Td> <Td> January 9, 2017 </Td> <Td> Incumbent </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Mike Parson </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> Missouri, a slave state, was a border state during the Civil War under Union control . However, it was officially recognized as a Confederate state by the Confederate government and was represented in the Confederate Congress and by a star on the Confederate flag . There were two competing governments for the course of the war . The Emancipation Proclamation did not consider Missouri a seceding state, therefore it was not part of Reconstruction . The Missouri Provisional Government is considered the official one on this list . </P>

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