Governor of Wyoming | |
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![]() Seal of the governor | |
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Status | |
Residence | Wyoming Governor's Mansion |
Term length | Four years, renewable once (limited to eight years in a sixteen year period) |
Inaugural holder | Francis E. Warren |
Formation | Wyoming Constitution |
Salary | $105,000 (2013) [1] |
Website | governor |
The governor of Wyoming is the head of government of Wyoming, and the commander-in-chief of the U.S. state's military department.
The gubernatorial term has been set at four years since statehood. Originally, a governor could be elected any number of times. Since a 1992 referendum, governors have been limited to eight years in office during any 16-year period—effectively limiting them to two consecutive terms.
No. | Governor | Term in office [lower-alpha 1] | Appointing President | |
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1 | ![]() | John Allen Campbell (1835–1880) [2] | April 7, 1869 [lower-alpha 2] – February 10, 1875 (successor appointed) | Ulysses S. Grant |
2 | ![]() | John Milton Thayer (1820–1906) [6] | February 10, 1875 [lower-alpha 3] – April 10, 1878 (successor appointed) | Ulysses S. Grant |
3 | ![]() | John Wesley Hoyt (1831–1912) [9] | April 10, 1878 [lower-alpha 4] – August 3, 1882 (successor appointed) | Rutherford B. Hayes |
4 | ![]() | William Hale (1837–1885) [12] | August 3, 1882 [lower-alpha 5] – January 13, 1885 (died in office) [lower-alpha 6] | Chester A. Arthur |
5 | ![]() | Francis E. Warren (1844–1929) [15] [16] | February 27, 1885 [lower-alpha 7] – November 11, 1886 (successor appointed) | Chester A. Arthur |
6 | ![]() | George W. Baxter (1855–1929) [19] | November 11, 1886 [lower-alpha 8] – December 20, 1886 (resigned) [lower-alpha 9] | Grover Cleveland |
7 | ![]() | Thomas Moonlight (1833–1899) [20] | December 20, 1886 [lower-alpha 10] – April 9, 1889 (successor appointed) | Grover Cleveland |
8 | ![]() | Francis E. Warren (1844–1929) [15] [16] | April 9, 1889 [lower-alpha 11] – October 11, 1890 (elected state governor) | Benjamin Harrison |
No. | Governor | Term in office | Party | Election | Secretary of State [lower-alpha 12] | |||
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1 | ![]() | Francis E. Warren (1844–1929) [15] [16] [25] | October 11, 1890 [26] – November 24, 1890 (resigned) [lower-alpha 13] | Republican [27] | 1890 | John W. Meldrum | ||
Amos W. Barber | ||||||||
2 | ![]() | Amos W. Barber (1860–1915) [28] [29] | November 24, 1890 [30] – January 2, 1893 (successor took office) | Republican [27] | Secretary of state acting | Acting as governor | ||
3 | ![]() | John Eugene Osborne (1858–1943) [31] [32] | January 2, 1893 [33] – January 7, 1895 (did not run) [31] | Democratic [lower-alpha 14] | 1892§ | Amos W. Barber [lower-alpha 15] | ||
4 | ![]() | William A. Richards (1849–1912) [35] [36] | January 7, 1895 [37] – January 2, 1899 (did not run) [35] | Republican [27] | 1894 | Charles W. Burdick | ||
5 | ![]() | DeForest Richards (1846–1903) [38] [39] | January 2, 1899 [40] – April 28, 1903 (died in office) | Republican [27] | 1898 | Fenimore Chatterton | ||
1902 | ||||||||
6 | ![]() | Fenimore Chatterton (1860–1958) [41] [42] | April 28, 1903 [43] – January 2, 1905 (lost nomination) | Republican [27] | Secretary of state acting | Acting as governor | ||
7 | ![]() | Bryant Butler Brooks (1861–1944) [44] | January 2, 1905 [45] – January 2, 1911 (did not run) | Republican [27] | 1904 (special) | Fenimore Chatterton | ||
1906 | William Schnitger | |||||||
8 | ![]() | Joseph M. Carey (1845–1924) [46] [47] | January 2, 1911 [48] – January 4, 1915 (did not run) | Democratic [lower-alpha 16] [46] | 1910 | Frank L. Houx | ||
9 | ![]() | John B. Kendrick (1857–1933) [49] [50] | January 4, 1915 [51] – February 24, 1917 (resigned) [lower-alpha 17] | Democratic [27] | 1914 | |||
10 | ![]() | Frank L. Houx (1854–1941) [52] [53] | February 24, 1917 [54] – January 6, 1919 (lost election) | Democratic [27] | Secretary of state acting | Acting as governor | ||
11 | ![]() | Robert D. Carey (1878–1937) [55] [56] | January 6, 1919 [57] – January 1, 1923 (lost nomination) [lower-alpha 18] | Republican [27] | 1918 | William E. Chaplin | ||
12 | ![]() | William B. Ross (1873–1924) [58] [59] | January 1, 1923 [60] – October 2, 1924 (died in office) | Democratic [27] | 1922 | Frank Lucas [lower-alpha 15] | ||
13 | ![]() | Frank Lucas (1876–1948) [61] [62] | October 2, 1924 [63] – January 5, 1925 (successor took office) | Republican [27] | Secretary of state acting | Acting as governor | ||
14 | ![]() | Nellie Tayloe Ross (1876–1977) [64] [65] | January 5, 1925 [66] – January 3, 1927 (lost election) | Democratic [27] | 1924 (special) | Frank Lucas [lower-alpha 15] | ||
15 | ![]() | Frank Emerson (1882–1931) [67] [68] | January 3, 1927 [69] – February 18, 1931 (died in office) | Republican [27] | 1926 | Alonzo M. Clark | ||
1930 | ||||||||
16 | ![]() | Alonzo M. Clark (1868–1952) [70] [71] | February 18, 1931 [72] – January 2, 1933 (lost nomination) [lower-alpha 19] | Republican [27] | Secretary of state acting | Acting as governor | ||
17 | ![]() | Leslie A. Miller (1886–1970) [73] [74] | January 2, 1933 [75] – January 2, 1939 (lost election) | Democratic [27] | 1932 (special) | Alonzo M. Clark [lower-alpha 15] | ||
1934 | Lester C. Hunt [lower-alpha 20] | |||||||
18 | ![]() | Nels H. Smith (1884–1976) [76] [77] | January 2, 1939 [78] – January 4, 1943 (lost election) | Republican [27] | 1938 | |||
19 | ![]() | Lester C. Hunt (1892–1954) [79] [80] | January 4, 1943 [81] – January 3, 1949 (resigned) [lower-alpha 21] | Democratic [27] | 1942 | Mart T. Christensen [lower-alpha 15] | ||
William M. Jack | ||||||||
1946 | Arthur G. Crane [lower-alpha 15] | |||||||
20 | ![]() | Arthur G. Crane (1877–1955) [82] [83] | January 3, 1949 [84] – January 1, 1951 (successor took office) | Republican [27] | Secretary of state acting | Acting as governor | ||
21 | ![]() | Frank A. Barrett (1892–1962) [85] [86] | January 1, 1951 [87] – January 3, 1953 (resigned) [lower-alpha 22] | Republican [27] | 1950 | Clifford Joy Rogers | ||
22 | ![]() | Clifford Joy Rogers (1897–1962) [88] [89] | January 3, 1953 [90] – January 3, 1955 (lost nomination) [88] | Republican [27] | Secretary of state acting | Acting as governor | ||
23 | ![]() | Milward Simpson (1897–1993) [91] [92] | January 3, 1955 [93] – January 5, 1959 (lost election) | Republican [27] | 1954 | Everett T. Copenhaver | ||
24 | ![]() | Joe Hickey (1911–1970) [94] [95] | January 5, 1959 [96] – January 2, 1961 (resigned) [lower-alpha 23] | Democratic [27] | 1958 | Jack R. Gage | ||
25 | ![]() | Jack R. Gage (1899–1970) [97] [98] | January 2, 1961 [99] – January 7, 1963 (lost election) | Democratic [27] | Secretary of state acting | Acting as governor | ||
26 | ![]() | Clifford Hansen (1912–2009) [100] [101] | January 7, 1963 [102] – January 2, 1967 (did not run) [lower-alpha 24] | Republican [27] | 1962 | Thyra Thomson [lower-alpha 15] | ||
27 | ![]() | Stanley K. Hathaway (1924–2005) [103] [104] | January 2, 1967 [105] – January 6, 1975 (did not run) [103] | Republican [27] | 1966 | |||
1970 | ||||||||
28 | ![]() | Edgar Herschler (1918–1990) [106] [107] | January 6, 1975 [108] – January 5, 1987 (did not run) | Democratic [27] | 1974 | |||
1978 | ||||||||
1982 | ||||||||
29 | ![]() | Mike Sullivan (b. 1939) [109] | January 5, 1987 [110] – January 2, 1995 (term-limited) [lower-alpha 25] | Democratic [109] | 1986 | Kathy Karpan | ||
1990 | ||||||||
30 | ![]() | Jim Geringer (b. 1944) [112] | January 2, 1995 [113] – January 6, 2003 (term-limited) [lower-alpha 25] | Republican [112] | 1994 | Diana J. Ohman | ||
1998 | Joseph Meyer [lower-alpha 15] | |||||||
31 | ![]() | Dave Freudenthal (b. 1950) [114] | January 6, 2003 [115] – January 3, 2011 (term-limited) [lower-alpha 25] | Democratic [114] | 2002 | |||
2006 | Max Maxfield [lower-alpha 15] | |||||||
32 | ![]() | Matt Mead (b. 1962) [116] | January 3, 2011 [117] – January 7, 2019 (term-limited) [lower-alpha 25] | Republican [116] | 2010 | |||
2014 | Ed Murray | |||||||
Edward Buchanan | ||||||||
33 | ![]() | Mark Gordon (b. 1957) [118] | January 7, 2019 [119] – Incumbent [lower-alpha 26] | Republican [118] | 2018 | |||
Karl Allred | ||||||||
2022 | Chuck Gray |
The governor of Colorado is the head of government of the U.S. state of Colorado. The governor is the head of the executive branch of Colorado's state government and is charged with enforcing state laws. The governor has the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Colorado General Assembly, to convene the legislature, and to grant pardons, except in cases of treason or impeachment. The governor is also the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.