Thirty-eight individuals have occupied the office of state auditor since statehood.

[1] The state auditor is charged by Article IV, Section 13 of the Missouri Constitution with supervising and auditing the receipt and expenditure of public funds and prescribing appropriate systems of accounts for all public offices, be they state agencies or local governments.

In relation to the aforesaid local governments, the same constitutional provisions also require the state auditor to supervise their budgeting systems.

The office was temporarily held by John Watson after Tom Schweich, who was elected in 2010 and reelected in 2014, died on February 26, 2015.

[8] Scott Fitzpatrick was elected as State Auditor in 2022, and took office on January 9, 2023.