What is MSA?

The Missouri Students Association, or MSA, is the recognized undergraduate student government at the University of Missouri. MSA is comprised of three branches: the Executive, the Legislative, and the Judicial. Each branch is tasked with representing the student voice to the university administration and the greater Columbia community. Each year, MSA provides a variety of services, programming, and initiatives to progress the student experience.

In addition to MSA’s engagement with student issues, we sponsor three auxiliaries that provide critical basic needs to the entire Mizzou community. Visit Truman’s Closet or Tiger Pantry to find out more about these services.

History

Student government has a long history at the University of Missouri. The Student Government (SG) was originally established in 1911 and it consisted of two groups: the Student Council and the Student Senate. In 1923, a new constitution reorganized the former body into the Student Government Association (SGA), which had three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. During World War II, the Student War Board temporarily replaced the SGA, which was reinstated in 1946. In 1959, the Student Government Association adopted a new constitution, which reorganized the SGA into the Missouri Students Association. The new constitution allowed the MSA and other student organizations to work more closely together for the benefit of the student body.

Today, the MSA continues to provide MU undergraduate students with a multitude of services and activities.

YearsPresidentVice-PresidentSenate Speaker
2024-2025Clay Van EatonEmily BrockmannMaggie Funston
2023-2024Miyah JonesCydney PerkinsDanny Daugherty
2022-2023Josiah MendozaMolly MillerLane Cargile
2021-2022Landon BrickeyEmily SmithLane Cargile
2020-2021Anthony TretterKara HjerstedtMackenzie Beaver
2019-2020Jennifer SuttererMary O’BrienJacob Addington
2018-2019Julia WopataConnor McAteerJacob Addington
2016-2017Nathan WillettPayton EnglertTaylor Tutin
2016-2017Sean EarlTori SchaferMark E. McDaniel
2015-2016Payton HeadBrenda Smith-LezamaKevin Carr
2014-2015Kelsey HaberbergerMatt McKeownBenjamin Bolin
2013-2014Nick DroegeZach BeattieMcKenzie Morris
2012-2013Xavier BillingsleyHelena KooiJacob Sloan
2011-2012Eric WoodsEmily MoonJacob Sloan
2010-2011Tim NoceDanielle BellisEvan Wood
2009-2010Jordan PaulColleen HoffmanAmanda Shelton
2008-2009James KelleyChelsea JohnsonJonathan Dixie Mays
2007-2008Rachel AndersonAndres CafourekJonathan Dixie Mays
2006-2007John AndersonBrooke MoodyCharles “Davie” Holt
2005-2006Tony LuetkemeyerCheryl TomesJohn Anderson
2004-2005Brian LaoruangrochKara HeppermannDamon Ferlazzo
2003-2004Brett OrdnungLisa ColemanJon Hensley
2002-2003Mykael WrightChristine MorrisBen Shepler
2001-2002Mark BresnahanMykael WrightTiffany Ellis
2000-2001Susan ManuelBobby ShahLauren Palmer
1999-2000Todd KennedyBryan WebsterRyan McMasters
1998-1999Rob WillardChris BenjaminClint Humphrey
1997-1998Adam BrownJeff WillisRob Willard,
Alan Robison
1996-1997Elizabeth BartonJ.J. SchachterleDeron Sugg
1995-1996Jim MasseyKaren RandolphKelly Hicks
1994-1995Steve MacCartanRyan GerdingPat Fanning
1993-1994Barry StinsonScott StallmanStephon Effinger
1992-1993Rebecca LambeJames BrowningDerek Rudman
1991-1992David RidleyKelly BullDave Rudman
1990-1991Tom RayMike KormanRob James
1989-1990A.J. SchnackJody ClarkMiles Silman
1988-1989Greg WrightDoug ClarkNick Cutrera
1987-1988Jim MaherBart FerrisPhillip Scaglia
1986-1987Brad ScottJoel BrennerDoug Rudman
1985-1986Hope CraigDavid AyresScott Cooper
1984-1985Dirk HubbardTed MitchellKevin Wilson
1983-1984Jamie MacKenzie,
John Applequist
Todd Mudd,
Glenn Campbell
Dan Rogers
1982-1983Gail SniderEd ReevesKaren Howard
1981-1982Stacy KottmanDave SkinnerLou Ann Frala
1980-1981   
1979-1980Garth BareBob SiegelDan Rogers
1978-1979Doug LiljegrenAustin RuseRick Bien
1977-1978Dave LaGesseJim PfanderWally Pfeffer
1976-1977Paul SpencerChuck MillerDarrell Dryer
1975-1976Carrie FranckeNeal NicholsPaul Spencer
1974-1975Dennis ViehlandJay NoussCarrie Francke
1973-1974Paul WoernerBrian CarsonDwayne Smith
1972-1973Dan VietsChris MillerPat Farrell
1971-1972Chip CasteelRick BarryMark Pope
1970-1971Paul PetersKent NorthcraftChip Casteel
1969-1970Jim HeeterSteve WeinburgRick Goodman
1968-1969Dave ThomasSteve JoliffTom Wesner
1967-1968John LeetHarold HollidayDavid Zucker
1966-1967Bill ThompsonJohn SchwabeNelson Mann
1965-1966Dave PurvisMark Michel 
1964-1965Harvey CantorDave Purvis 
1963-1964Charles ElderFrank Iuen 
1962-1963Lawrence FisherDick James 
1961-1962Roger BridgesDick Morrow 
1960-1961C.L. HoldrenEddie Herman 
1959-1960Thom FieldJerry Litton 
YearsPresidentVice-President
1958-1959Donald Wolff 
1957-1958Ben MartinGeorge Huber
1956-1957Bob Fields 
1955-1956Terry PorterSam Reyburn
1954-1955Fielding PotashnickJack Gleason
1953-1954Bud BradshawRonnie Pfast
1952-1953James BoneSteve Fulbright
1951-1952Tom Campbell 
1950-1951Tom LacoFrank Sallee
1949-1950Winston MartinBob Clavenna
1948-1949John DaltonRuben “Topper” Yelvington
1947-1948Robert Byers 
1946-1947Lyle “Duke” Sullivan,
Charles Ridgway
Charles Ridgway
1945-1946Ray TaylorBill Dellastatious
YearsCo-ChairmanCo-Chairman
1944-1945Pem BartonTom Bear
1943-1944Ralph LoomisPatricia Hoverder
1942-1943Robert SmithMary Ethelyn Brown
YearsPresidentVice-PresidentStudent Senate President
1941-1942Wood TaylorJames Dunlap 
1940-1941Chester Hill  
1939-1940Chauncey Stanberry  
1938-1939Robert W. Black  
1937-1938Paul Van Osdol, Jr.  
1936-1937Kirk Jeffrey  
1935-1936John OliverHenry Hoyt 
1934-1935Robert V. NiednerClair HoustonWilliam J. Fleeman
1933-1934George M. StuberWill L. NelsonPeyton Stapp
1932-1933James FreedmanRobert SeilerTom Brett
1931-1932James WilsonRalph GravesFrank Bittner
1930-1931James A. FinchCharles HughesJoseph A. Lutz
1929-1930Glenn J. DegnerJ.L. ReadingRichard Diemer
1928-1929Frank KnightVincil Q. HarmonC. Franklin Parker
1927-1928Hartley PollockMalloy McQueenOwen George
1926-1927Jean Paul BradshawVance JulianDon Reynolds
1925-1926Henry Depping Riley J. Nelson
YearsPresidentVice-PresidentStudent Senate President
1924-1925William L. ShumateJerry M. Lewis 
1923-1924Lawrence W. DemuthTrue D. MorseChester Denny
1922-1923Irl W. Brown Frederic H. Maughmer
1921-1922J. Max McCannJohn S. Knight 
1920-1921Fred EldeanBen DrymonWalter Gray
1919-1920Doyle W. CottonLeon H. AlbusArthur O. Kircher
1918-1919Baxter B. BondJ.T. UptegroveC.W. Laughlin
1917-1918Morris E. DryM.N. WittL.R. Fuller
1916-1917Lue C. LozierJ.A. FarisJames P. Hannigan
1915-1916Everitt C. MeadC.E. CowherdWilliam K. Atwood
1914-1915R.W. McClurePaul H. ArthurLawrence H. Gray
1913-1914George C. WilsonLester E. PopeGran A. Goodson
1912-1913E.L. BrecknerRalph Besse 
1911-1912E. Kemper CarterWilliam M. Regan