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.
| Years | President | Vice-President | Senate Speaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-2025 | Clay Van Eaton | Emily Brockmann | Maggie Funston |
| 2023-2024 | Miyah Jones | Cydney Perkins | Danny Daugherty |
| 2022-2023 | Josiah Mendoza | Molly Miller | Lane Cargile |
| 2021-2022 | Landon Brickey | Emily Smith | Lane Cargile |
| 2020-2021 | Anthony Tretter | Kara Hjerstedt | Mackenzie Beaver |
| 2019-2020 | Jennifer Sutterer | Mary O’Brien | Jacob Addington |
| 2018-2019 | Julia Wopata | Connor McAteer | Jacob Addington |
| 2016-2017 | Nathan Willett | Payton Englert | Taylor Tutin |
| 2016-2017 | Sean Earl | Tori Schafer | Mark E. McDaniel |
| 2015-2016 | Payton Head | Brenda Smith-Lezama | Kevin Carr |
| 2014-2015 | Kelsey Haberberger | Matt McKeown | Benjamin Bolin |
| 2013-2014 | Nick Droege | Zach Beattie | McKenzie Morris |
| 2012-2013 | Xavier Billingsley | Helena Kooi | Jacob Sloan |
| 2011-2012 | Eric Woods | Emily Moon | Jacob Sloan |
| 2010-2011 | Tim Noce | Danielle Bellis | Evan Wood |
| 2009-2010 | Jordan Paul | Colleen Hoffman | Amanda Shelton |
| 2008-2009 | James Kelley | Chelsea Johnson | Jonathan Dixie Mays |
| 2007-2008 | Rachel Anderson | Andres Cafourek | Jonathan Dixie Mays |
| 2006-2007 | John Anderson | Brooke Moody | Charles “Davie” Holt |
| 2005-2006 | Tony Luetkemeyer | Cheryl Tomes | John Anderson |
| 2004-2005 | Brian Laoruangroch | Kara Heppermann | Damon Ferlazzo |
| 2003-2004 | Brett Ordnung | Lisa Coleman | Jon Hensley |
| 2002-2003 | Mykael Wright | Christine Morris | Ben Shepler |
| 2001-2002 | Mark Bresnahan | Mykael Wright | Tiffany Ellis |
| 2000-2001 | Susan Manuel | Bobby Shah | Lauren Palmer |
| 1999-2000 | Todd Kennedy | Bryan Webster | Ryan McMasters |
| 1998-1999 | Rob Willard | Chris Benjamin | Clint Humphrey |
| 1997-1998 | Adam Brown | Jeff Willis | Rob Willard, Alan Robison |
| 1996-1997 | Elizabeth Barton | J.J. Schachterle | Deron Sugg |
| 1995-1996 | Jim Massey | Karen Randolph | Kelly Hicks |
| 1994-1995 | Steve MacCartan | Ryan Gerding | Pat Fanning |
| 1993-1994 | Barry Stinson | Scott Stallman | Stephon Effinger |
| 1992-1993 | Rebecca Lambe | James Browning | Derek Rudman |
| 1991-1992 | David Ridley | Kelly Bull | Dave Rudman |
| 1990-1991 | Tom Ray | Mike Korman | Rob James |
| 1989-1990 | A.J. Schnack | Jody Clark | Miles Silman |
| 1988-1989 | Greg Wright | Doug Clark | Nick Cutrera |
| 1987-1988 | Jim Maher | Bart Ferris | Phillip Scaglia |
| 1986-1987 | Brad Scott | Joel Brenner | Doug Rudman |
| 1985-1986 | Hope Craig | David Ayres | Scott Cooper |
| 1984-1985 | Dirk Hubbard | Ted Mitchell | Kevin Wilson |
| 1983-1984 | Jamie MacKenzie, John Applequist | Todd Mudd, Glenn Campbell | Dan Rogers |
| 1982-1983 | Gail Snider | Ed Reeves | Karen Howard |
| 1981-1982 | Stacy Kottman | Dave Skinner | Lou Ann Frala |
| 1980-1981 | |||
| 1979-1980 | Garth Bare | Bob Siegel | Dan Rogers |
| 1978-1979 | Doug Liljegren | Austin Ruse | Rick Bien |
| 1977-1978 | Dave LaGesse | Jim Pfander | Wally Pfeffer |
| 1976-1977 | Paul Spencer | Chuck Miller | Darrell Dryer |
| 1975-1976 | Carrie Francke | Neal Nichols | Paul Spencer |
| 1974-1975 | Dennis Viehland | Jay Nouss | Carrie Francke |
| 1973-1974 | Paul Woerner | Brian Carson | Dwayne Smith |
| 1972-1973 | Dan Viets | Chris Miller | Pat Farrell |
| 1971-1972 | Chip Casteel | Rick Barry | Mark Pope |
| 1970-1971 | Paul Peters | Kent Northcraft | Chip Casteel |
| 1969-1970 | Jim Heeter | Steve Weinburg | Rick Goodman |
| 1968-1969 | Dave Thomas | Steve Joliff | Tom Wesner |
| 1967-1968 | John Leet | Harold Holliday | David Zucker |
| 1966-1967 | Bill Thompson | John Schwabe | Nelson Mann |
| 1965-1966 | Dave Purvis | Mark Michel | |
| 1964-1965 | Harvey Cantor | Dave Purvis | |
| 1963-1964 | Charles Elder | Frank Iuen | |
| 1962-1963 | Lawrence Fisher | Dick James | |
| 1961-1962 | Roger Bridges | Dick Morrow | |
| 1960-1961 | C.L. Holdren | Eddie Herman | |
| 1959-1960 | Thom Field | Jerry Litton |
| Years | President | Vice-President |
|---|---|---|
| 1958-1959 | Donald Wolff | |
| 1957-1958 | Ben Martin | George Huber |
| 1956-1957 | Bob Fields | |
| 1955-1956 | Terry Porter | Sam Reyburn |
| 1954-1955 | Fielding Potashnick | Jack Gleason |
| 1953-1954 | Bud Bradshaw | Ronnie Pfast |
| 1952-1953 | James Bone | Steve Fulbright |
| 1951-1952 | Tom Campbell | |
| 1950-1951 | Tom Laco | Frank Sallee |
| 1949-1950 | Winston Martin | Bob Clavenna |
| 1948-1949 | John Dalton | Ruben “Topper” Yelvington |
| 1947-1948 | Robert Byers | |
| 1946-1947 | Lyle “Duke” Sullivan, Charles Ridgway | Charles Ridgway |
| 1945-1946 | Ray Taylor | Bill Dellastatious |
| Years | Co-Chairman | Co-Chairman |
|---|---|---|
| 1944-1945 | Pem Barton | Tom Bear |
| 1943-1944 | Ralph Loomis | Patricia Hoverder |
| 1942-1943 | Robert Smith | Mary Ethelyn Brown |
| Years | President | Vice-President | Student Senate President |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1941-1942 | Wood Taylor | James Dunlap | |
| 1940-1941 | Chester Hill | ||
| 1939-1940 | Chauncey Stanberry | ||
| 1938-1939 | Robert W. Black | ||
| 1937-1938 | Paul Van Osdol, Jr. | ||
| 1936-1937 | Kirk Jeffrey | ||
| 1935-1936 | John Oliver | Henry Hoyt | |
| 1934-1935 | Robert V. Niedner | Clair Houston | William J. Fleeman |
| 1933-1934 | George M. Stuber | Will L. Nelson | Peyton Stapp |
| 1932-1933 | James Freedman | Robert Seiler | Tom Brett |
| 1931-1932 | James Wilson | Ralph Graves | Frank Bittner |
| 1930-1931 | James A. Finch | Charles Hughes | Joseph A. Lutz |
| 1929-1930 | Glenn J. Degner | J.L. Reading | Richard Diemer |
| 1928-1929 | Frank Knight | Vincil Q. Harmon | C. Franklin Parker |
| 1927-1928 | Hartley Pollock | Malloy McQueen | Owen George |
| 1926-1927 | Jean Paul Bradshaw | Vance Julian | Don Reynolds |
| 1925-1926 | Henry Depping | Riley J. Nelson |
| Years | President | Vice-President | Student Senate President |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1924-1925 | William L. Shumate | Jerry M. Lewis | |
| 1923-1924 | Lawrence W. Demuth | True D. Morse | Chester Denny |
| 1922-1923 | Irl W. Brown | Frederic H. Maughmer | |
| 1921-1922 | J. Max McCann | John S. Knight | |
| 1920-1921 | Fred Eldean | Ben Drymon | Walter Gray |
| 1919-1920 | Doyle W. Cotton | Leon H. Albus | Arthur O. Kircher |
| 1918-1919 | Baxter B. Bond | J.T. Uptegrove | C.W. Laughlin |
| 1917-1918 | Morris E. Dry | M.N. Witt | L.R. Fuller |
| 1916-1917 | Lue C. Lozier | J.A. Faris | James P. Hannigan |
| 1915-1916 | Everitt C. Mead | C.E. Cowherd | William K. Atwood |
| 1914-1915 | R.W. McClure | Paul H. Arthur | Lawrence H. Gray |
| 1913-1914 | George C. Wilson | Lester E. Pope | Gran A. Goodson |
| 1912-1913 | E.L. Breckner | Ralph Besse | |
| 1911-1912 | E. Kemper Carter | William M. Regan |