The 1820 Missouri gubernatorial election was Missouri's first gubernatorial election due to it becoming a state. In the election, which was held on August 28, 1820, territorial governor William Clark was defeated by Alexander McNair. Clark was disliked by many Missourians due to accusations that he was too accommodating to indigenous peoples and thus lost to his fellow Democratic-Republican challenger Alexander McNair.
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