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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001171843-21-006745
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20211001

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FIRST MID BANCSHARES, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000700565
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				371103704
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1515 CHARLESTON AVE
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 499
		CITY:			MATTOON
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			61938
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2172347454

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1515 CHARLESTON AVENUE
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 499
		CITY:			MATTOON
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			61938

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FIRST MID ILLINOIS BANCSHARES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20040326

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FIRST-MID ILLINOIS BANCSHARES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">First Mid Bancshares, Inc.<BR>
1421 Charleston Avenue<BR>
Mattoon, Illinois 61938</P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: right; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 3.5in">October 1, 2021<BR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">United States Securities and Exchange Commission</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Division of Corporate Finance<BR>
100 F Street, NE<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Attention: Jessica Livingston</P>

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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 4%; font-size: 10pt">Re:</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 94%; font-size: 10pt">First Mid Bancshares, Inc.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; font-size: 10pt"><U>Registration Statement on Form S-4/A (File No. 333-259634)</U></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Ladies and Gentlemen:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The undersigned, First Mid
Bancshares, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;), pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, hereby requests that
the Securities and Exchange Commission grant acceleration of the effectiveness of the Company&rsquo;s above referenced Registration Statement
so that it may become effective at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time on October 5, 2021, or as soon as practicable thereafter.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">Very truly yours,</TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">FIRST MID BANCSHARES, INC.</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; width: 4%">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt; width: 50%"><U>/s/ Joseph R. Dively&#9;</U></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">Name:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">Joseph R. Dively</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">Title:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; font-size: 10pt">Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer</TD>
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