YELLOW SHEET Office of the State Auditor of Missouri Claire McCaskill

March 2, 2001

Report No. 2001-15

On January 11, 1993, Mel Carnahan was inaugurated as the state’s fifty-first Governor,  and in November 1996 was re-elected to the Governor’s Office.  On January 13, 1997, he was inaugurated for a second term.  His untimely death in a plane crash on October 16, 2000, prevented him from finishing his second term. 

Lt. Governor Roger Wilson became Acting Governor on October 17, 2000, and was sworn in as Missouri’s fifty-second Governor on October 18, 2000.  Governor Wilson’s term expired January 8, 2001.   On that date, Bob Holden was inaugurated as the state’s fifty-third Governor. 

The following report of the Office of the Governor reflects audited financial statements dating from July 1, 1998 until the electoral transfer of gubernatorial authority which occurred on January 8, 2001.