Wallace Crossley (October 4, 1874 – December 13, 1943) was the 29th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, serving with Governor Frederick D. Gardner, and publisher of The Daily Star-Journal in Warrensburg, Missouri.

[1] He was raised in Boone County, Missouri and grew up in Mexico, Missouri where he attended high school.

He attended William Jewell College and the University of Missouri.

[1] After college he returned to Mexico to teach English and then taught at Warrensburg Normal School (now University of Central Missouri).

[2] In 1907 he acquired The Daily Star-Journal and continued to own it until his death.