Roger B. Wilson

Infobox Governor


name=Roger B. Wilson
order=52^nd
office=Governor of Missouri
term_start=October 18, 2000
term_end=January 8, 2001
lieutenant=Joe Maxwell
predecessor=Mel Carnahan
successor=Bob Holden
birth_date=birth date and age | 1948|10|10
birth_place=Boone County, Missouri
death_date=
death_place=
party=Democrat
spouse=Pat Wilson
profession=Teacher
religion=
order2= 44^th
office2= Lieutenant Governor of Missouri
term_start2= January 11, 1993
term_end2= October 18, 2000
governor2= Mel Carnahan
predecessor2= Mel Carnahan
successor2= Joe Maxwell

Roger B. Wilson (born October 10, 1948) is an American politician who was Governor of Missouri from October 17, 2000 to January 8, 2001. He is a Democrat, and in August, 2004, became Chairman of the Missouri Democratic Party after endorsing Claire McCaskill in her ultimately successful bid to unseat incumbent Governor Bob Holden in the Democratic Primary. In January, 2007, after previously indicating he was interested in serving another two years, Wilson announced he would not seek an additional term as Chairman.

Wilson was born in Boone County, Missouri. He attended college at Central Methodist College and graduated class of 1977. He was a school teacher and an elementary school principal in Columbia, Missouri. He was elected to the Missouri state senate and served there for more than 20 years. He served as the lieutenant governor from 1993 to 2000. As lieutenant governor to Governor Mel Carnahan, Roger Wilson was dedicated to advocating for the "Four E's": economic development, education, efficiency in government and the elderly.

In October 2000, Governor Mel Carnahan died in an airplane crash, and Wilson served as governor until the end of the term in 2001. Following Governor Carnahan's posthumous election to the U.S. Senate, Wilson appointed his widow, Jean Carnahan, to serve in his place.

He is not related to Rogerick "Roger" Wilson, a 2008 Democratic candidate for the 71st District of the Missouri State House of Representatives.

External links

* [http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=fa76ae3effb81010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD national governors association]