Constitution of Missouri

1945 Constitution of the State of Missouri
Map of the United States, showing the location of Missouri in red. Missouri is roughly in the center of the United States, south of Iowa, West of Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee, North of Arkansas, and East of Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma.
Location of the state of Missouri within the United States
Overview
JurisdictionMissouri, United States
Subordinate toUnited States Constitution
CreatedSeptember 28, 1944 (1944-09-28)
RatifiedFebruary 27, 1945 (1945-02-27)
Government structure
BranchesThree departments
ChambersBicameral Missouri General Assembly
ExecutiveGovernor of Missouri
JudiciaryJudiciary of Missouri, headed by the Supreme Court of Missouri
History
Amendments119 as of 2017[1]
CitationConstitution of the State of Missouri (1945)  – via Wikisource.
Author(s)1943–44 Missouri Constitutional Convention
SupersedesMissouri Constitution of 1875 and amendments

The Missouri Constitution is the state constitution of the U.S. State of Missouri. It is the supreme law formulating the law and government of Missouri, subject only to the federal Constitution, and the people. The fourth and current Missouri Constitution was adopted in 1945. It provides for three branches of government: legislative (the Missouri General Assembly), executive (the Governor of Missouri), and judicial (the Supreme Court of Missouri). It also sets up local governments in the form of counties and cities.

  1. ^ "Missouri Constitution". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 3 May 2021.