Past Presidents of the Missouri Bar
Below is a complete listing of past presidents of The Missouri Bar. Each president serves a term of one year. In 1944, by order of the Supreme Court of Missouri, The Missouri Bar became an integrated bar meaning a lawyer must be a member in order to practice law in the state of Missouri. Prior to that date, The Missouri Bar was a voluntary organization.
| Term |
President's Name |
President's City of Residence |
| 2022-23 |
Lauren Tucker McCubbin |
Kansas City |
| 2021-22 |
John Grimm |
Cape Girardeau |
| 2020-21 |
John Gunn |
St. Louis |
| 2019-20 |
Tom Bender |
Kansas City |
| 2018-19 |
Ray Williams |
West Plains |
| 2017-18 |
Morry Cole |
St. Louis |
| 2016-17 |
Dana Tippin Cutler |
Kansas City |
| 2015-16 |
Erik Bergmanis |
Camdenton |
| 2014-15 |
Reuben Shelton |
St. Louis |
| 2013-14 |
P. John "Jack" Brady |
Kansas City |
| 2012-13 |
Patrick B. Starke |
Blue Springs |
| 2011-12 |
Lynn Whaley Vogel |
St. Louis |
| 2010-11 |
John S. Johnston |
Kansas City |
| 2009-10 |
H. A. “Skip” Walther |
Columbia |
| 2008-09 |
Thomas M. Burke |
St. Louis |
| 2007-08 |
Charlie J. Harris, Jr. |
Kansas City |
| 2006-07 |
C. Ronald Baird |
Springfield |
| 2005-06 |
Douglas A. Copeland |
St. Louis |
| 2004-05 |
Joe B. Whisler |
Kansas City |
| 2003-04 |
William M. Corrigan, Jr. |
St. Louis |
| 2002-03 |
Dale C. Doerhoff |
Jefferson City |
| 2001-02 |
Theresa L. F. Levings |
Kansas City |
| 2000-01 |
John W. Briscoe |
New London |
| 1999-00 |
Michael P. Gunn |
Ballwin |
| 1998-99 |
Jennifer Gille Bacon |
Kansas City |
| 1997-98 |
Marvin E. (Bunky) Wright |
Columbia |
| 1996-97 |
Charles A. Weiss |
St. Louis |
| 1995-96 |
Laurence R. Tucker |
Kansas City |
| 1994-95 |
Ron Mitchell |
Joplin |
| 1993-94 |
W. Dudley McCarter |
St. Louis |
| 1992-93 |
John S. Black |
Kansas City |
| 1991-92 |
Ortrie D. Smith |
Nevada |
| 1990-91 |
Doreen D. Dodson |
St. Louis |
| 1989-90 |
W. H. (Bert) Bates |
Kansas City |
| 1988-89 |
Maurice B. Graham |
Fredericktown |
| 1987-88 |
David A. McMahon |
Woodson Terrace |
| 1986-87 |
John M. Gibson |
Kansas City |
| 1985-86 |
Robert M. Clayton II |
Hannibal |
| 1984-85 |
John Fox Arnold |
St. Louis |
| 1983-84 |
Charles E. Patterson |
Kansas City |
| 1982-83 |
Stephen N. Limbaugh, Sr. |
Cape Girardeau |
| 1981-82 |
James E. McDaniel |
St. Louis |
| 1980-81 |
Joseph E. Stevens, Jr. |
Kansas City |
| 1979-80 |
P. Pierre Dominique |
Jefferson City |
| 1978-79 |
Bertram W. Tremayne, Jr. |
Clayton |
| 1977-78 |
John R. Gibson |
Kansas City |
| 1976-77 |
Robert O. Hetlage |
St. Louis |
| 1975-76 |
Thomas D. Cochran |
Independence |
| 1974-75 |
Arthur H. Stoup |
Kansas City |
| 1973-74 |
Robert L. Hawkins, Jr. |
Jefferson City |
| 1972-73 |
John M. Goodwin |
St. Louis |
| 1971-72 |
Ernest H. Fremont, Jr. |
Kansas City |
| 1970-71 |
Jack L. Oliver |
Cape Girardeau |
| 1969-70 |
Edgar G. Boedeker |
Clayton |
| 1968-69 |
Martin J. Purcell |
Kansas City |
| 1967-68 |
Warren D. Welliver |
Columbia |
| 1966-67 |
John H. Lashly |
St. Louis |
| 1965-66 |
Robert A. Schroeder |
Kansas City |
| 1964-65 |
Loyd E. Roberts |
Joplin |
| 1963-64 |
Orville W. Richardson |
St. Louis |
| 1962-63 |
Roy P. Swanson |
Kansas City |
| 1961-62 |
Jackson A. Wright |
Columbia |
| 1960-61 |
Fred A. Eppenberger |
St. Louis |
| 1959-60 |
Ilus W. Davis |
Kansas City |
| 1958-59 |
Clarence O. Woolsey |
Springfield |
| 1957-58 |
Harry Gershenson, Sr. |
St. Louis |
| 1956-57 |
Horace F. Blackwell, Jr. |
Kansas City |
| 1955-56 |
Rush Limbaugh |
Cape Girardeau |
| 1954-55 |
Russell H. Doerner |
Webster Groves |
| 1953-54 |
Charles E. Whittaker |
Kansas City |
| 1952-53 |
Lynn M. Ewing |
Nevada |
| 1951-52 |
Richmond C. Coburn |
St. Louis |
| 1950-51 |
Walter A. Raymond |
Kansas City |
| 1949-50 |
Rufus Burrus |
Independence |
| 1948-49 |
Forrest M. Hemker |
St. Louis |
| 1947-48 |
Charles M. Blackmar |
Kansas City |
| 1946-47 |
John H. Flanigan |
Carthage |
| 1945-46* |
David L. Millar |
St. Louis |
| 1945-46* |
Walter L. Mayne |
St. Louis |
| 1944-45 |
Charles L. Carr |
Kansas City |
Presidents previous to 1944 served a voluntary bar.
| Term |
President's Name |
|
| 1943-44 |
Allen L. Oliver |
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| 1942-43 |
Ronald F. O’Bryen |
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| 1941-42 |
John F. Rhodes |
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| 1940-41 |
Frank C. Mann |
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| 1939-40 |
Roscoe Anderson |
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| 1938-39 |
Inghram D. Hook |
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| 1937-38 |
W. Wallace Fry |
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| 1936-37 |
Kenneth Teasdale |
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| 1935-36 |
Armwell L. Cogner |
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| 1934-35 |
Frank E. Atwood |
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| 1933-34 |
Jesse W. Barrett |
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| 1932-33 |
Cyrus Crane |
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| 1931-32 |
Boyle C. Clark |
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| 1930-31 |
Jos W. Jamison |
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| 1930 |
Jas. T. Blair, Jr. |
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| 1929-30 |
Murat Boyle |
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| 1928-29 |
Robt. L. Ward |
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| 1927-28 |
Ernest A. Green |
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| 1927 |
C.A. Barnes |
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| 1926-27 |
J.P. McBaine |
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| 1925-26 |
John T. Barker |
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| 1924-25 |
X. P. Wilfley |
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| 1923-24 |
Guy A. Thompson |
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| 1922-23 |
A. T. Dunn |
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| 1921-22 |
C.W. German |
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| 1920-21 |
Francis M. Curlee |
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| 1919 |
Robert Lamar |
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| 1917-18 |
James C. Jones |
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| 1916 |
James H. Harkless |
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| 1915 |
Frank M. McDavid |
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| 1914 |
Henry Lamms |
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| 1913 |
Edw. J. White |
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| 1912 |
Ralph F. Lozier |
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| 1911 |
Morton Jordan |
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| 1910 |
J.J. Vineyard |
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| 1909 |
J. W. Halliburton |
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| 1908 |
F.N. Judson |
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| 1907 |
R.T. Railey |
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| 1906 |
Sanford B. Ladd |
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| 1905 |
Robt. F. Walker |
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| 1904 |
John D. Lawson |
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| 1903 |
F.L. Schofield |
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| 1902 |
W.M. Williams |
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| 1901 |
W.B. Teasdale |
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| 1900 |
J.J. Russell |
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| 1899 |
Geo. Robertson |
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| 1898 |
Selden P. Spencer |
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| 1895 |
Wm. C. Marshall |
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| 1894 |
Henry C. McDougal |
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| 1892 |
Geo. B. MacFarlane |
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| 1891 |
H.S. Priest |
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| 1890 |
L.C. Krauthoff |
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| 1889 |
Geo. A. Madill |
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| 1888 |
James B. Gantt |
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| 1887 |
John F. Phillips |
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| 1886 |
Chas. G. Burton |
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| 1885 |
Geo W. McCrary |
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| 1884 |
T.C. Reynolds |
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| 1883 |
John C. Gage |
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| 1882 |
J.H. Shanklin |
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| 1881 |
Henry Hitchcock |
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| 1880 |
Willard P. Hall |
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* Mayne resigned due to his health in December 1945. Millar was elected to complete the term on January 25, 1946.