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Common Stock Common Stock (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Common Stock, Number of Shares, Par Value and Other Disclosures [Abstract]      
Common stock, shares authorized 120,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized 100,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized  
Common stock dividend rate percentage 5.00%cbsh_CommonStockDividendRatePercentage    
Common stock, par value $ 5.00us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare $ 5.00us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare  
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share (in shares) 0us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount 0us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount 0us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount
Shares available for purchase under the current Board authorization 5,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramNumberOfSharesAuthorizedToBeRepurchased    
Stock Repurchase Program, Remaining Number of Shares Authorized to be Repurchased 1,898,007us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramRemainingNumberOfSharesAuthorizedToBeRepurchased