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Common Stock Preferred Stock Issuance (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Preferred Stock Issuance [Abstract]      
Depositary preferred shares issued 6,000,000cbsh_Depositarypreferredsharesissued    
Preferred stock, shares issued 6,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesIssued 0us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesIssued  
Preferred stock, par value $ 1.00us-gaap_PreferredStockParOrStatedValuePerShare $ 1.00us-gaap_PreferredStockParOrStatedValuePerShare  
Preferred Stock, Liquidation Preference, Value $ 150,000,000us-gaap_PreferredStockLiquidationPreferenceValue    
Preferred Stock, Liquidation Preference Per Share $ 25us-gaap_PreferredStockLiquidationPreference    
Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock 144,784,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfPreferredStockAndPreferenceStock 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfPreferredStockAndPreferenceStock 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfPreferredStockAndPreferenceStock
Preferred Stock Dividends, Income Statement Impact $ 4,050,000us-gaap_PreferredStockDividendsIncomeStatementImpact $ 0us-gaap_PreferredStockDividendsIncomeStatementImpact $ 0us-gaap_PreferredStockDividendsIncomeStatementImpact