Political party strength in Utah

The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Utah:

• Governor
• Secretary of State/Lieutenant Governor ^[a]
• Attorney General
• State Treasurer
• State Auditor

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

• State Senate
• State House of Representatives
• State delegation to the U.S. Senate
• State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives

For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

Year	Executive offices					State Legislature		United States Congress			Electoral votes
	Governor	Lt. Gov./ Sec. of State	Attorney General	State Treasurer	State Auditor	State Senate	State House	U.S. Senator (Class I)	U.S. Senator (Class III)	U.S. House
1896	Heber Manning Wells (R)	James T. Hammond (R)	Alexander C. Bishop (R)	James Chipman (R)	Morgan Richards Jr. (R)	12R, 6D	31R, 14D	Frank J. Cannon (R)	Arthur Brown (R)	Clarence Emir Allen (R)	2 – Bryan/Sewall (D/Sv)N 1 – Bryan/Watson (Pop)N
1897						17R, 1Pop	40R, 3Pop, 2D		Joseph L. Rawlins (D)	William H. King (D) [b]
1898								Frank J. Cannon (SvR)
1899						14D, 2R, 2I	26D, 15R, 4I	vacant
1900											William McKinley/ Theodore Roosevelt (R)Y
1901			M. A. Breeden (R)	John DeGrey Dixon (R)	Charles S. Tingey (R)	10D, 8R	28R, 17D	Thomas Kearns (R)		George Sutherland (R)
1902
1903						12R, 6D	38R, 7D		Reed Smoot (R)	Joseph Howell (R)
1904											Theodore Roosevelt/ Charles W. Fairbanks (R)Y
1905	John Christopher Cutler (R)	Charles S. Tingey (R)		James Christiansen (R)	J. A. Edwards (R)	15R, 3D	41R, 4D	George Sutherland (R)
1906
1907						18R	38R, 7D
1908											William Howard Taft/ James S. Sherman (R)Y
1909	William Spry (R)		A. R. Barnes (R)	David M. Mattson (R)	Jesse D. Jewkes (R)		43R, 2D
1910
1911						16R, 2D	38R, 7D
1912											William Howard Taft/ Nicholas Murray Butler (R)N
1913		David M. Mattson (R)		Jesse D. Jewkes (R)	Lincoln Kelly (R)	17R, 1D	30R, 15D			2R
1914
1915						12R, 6D	23R, 10D-Prog, 8D, 3Prog, 1Soc			1D, 1R
1916											Woodrow Wilson/ Thomas R. Marshall (D)Y
1917	Simon Bamberger (D)	Harden Bennion (D)	Dan B. Shields (D)	Daniel O. Larson (D)	Joseph Ririe (D)	14D, 4R	44D, 1Soc	William H. King (D)		2D
1918
1919						18D	37D, 8R
1920											Warren G. Harding/ Calvin Coolidge (R)Y
1921	Charles R. Mabey (R)	H. E. Crockett (R)	Harvey H. Cluff (R)	W. D. Sutton (R)	Mark Tuttle (R)	11R, 7D	46R, 1D			2R
1922
1923						19R, 1D	45R, 10D
1924											Calvin Coolidge/ Charles G. Dawes (R)Y
1925	George Dern (D)			John Walker (R)	John E. Holden (R)		46R, 9D
1926
1927							49R, 6D
1928											Herbert Hoover/ Charles Curtis (R)Y
1929		Milton H. Welling (D)	George P. Parker (R)	A. Edsel Christensen (R)	Ivor Ajax (R)	11R, 9D	29R, 26D
1930
1931							41R, 14D
1932											Franklin D. Roosevelt/ John Nance Garner (D)Y
1933	Henry H. Blood (D)		Joseph Chez (D)		Julius C. Anderson (D)	13D, 10R	51D, 9R		Elbert D. Thomas (D)	2D
1934				Enos Hodge (NP)
1935				Joseph Ririe (D)		19D, 4R	56D, 4R
1936
1937		E. E. Monson (D)		Reece M. Reese (D)	John W. Guy (D)	22D, 1R
1938
1939						21D, 2R	45D, 15R
1940											Franklin D. Roosevelt/ Henry A. Wallace (D)Y
1941	Herbert B. Maw (D)		Grover A. Giles (D)	Oliver G. Ellis (D)	Reece M. Reese (D)	19D, 4R	44D, 16R	Abe Murdock (D)
1942
1943						17D, 6R	39D, 21R
1944											Franklin D. Roosevelt/ Harry S. Truman (D)Y
1945				Reece M. Reese (D)	Ferrell Adams (D)	18D, 5R	45D, 15R
1946
1947						12D, 11R	39R, 21D	Arthur V. Watkins (R)		1D, 1R
1948											Harry S. Truman/ Alben W. Barkley (D)Y
1949	J. Bracken Lee (R)	Heber Bennion Jr. (D)	Clinton D. Vernon (D)	Ferrell Adams (D)	Reece M. Reese (D)		41D, 19R			2D
1950
1951						16D, 7R	30D, 30R [c]		Wallace F. Bennett (R)
1952											Dwight D. Eisenhower/ Richard Nixon (R)Y
1953		LaMont Toronto (R)	Sherman J. Preece (R)	Sid Lambourne (R)	E. R. Callister Jr. (R)	15R, 8D	39R, 21D			2R
1954
1955						16R, 7D	33R, 27D
1956
1957	George Dewey Clyde (R)		E. R. Callister Jr. (R)	Sherman J. Preece (R)	Sid Lambourne (R)	15R, 10D	39R, 24D, 1I
1958
1959						13R, 12D	42D, 22R	Frank Moss (D)		1D, 1R
1960											Richard Nixon/ Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R)N
1961			Walter L. Budge (R)	Sharp M. Larsen (D)	Sherman J. Preece (R)	14D, 11R	36D, 28R			2D
1962
1963						13R, 12D	34R, 30D			2R
1964											Lyndon B. Johnson/ Hubert Humphrey (D)Y
1965	Cal Rampton (D)	Clyde L. Miller (D)	Phil L. Hansen (D)	Linn C. Baker (D)	Sharp M. Larsen (D)	15D, 12R	39D, 30R			1D, 1R
1966
1967						23R, 5D	59R, 10D			2R
1968											Richard Nixon/ Spiro Agnew (R)Y
1969			Vernon B. Romney (R)	Golden L. Allen (R)	Sherman J. Preece (R)	20R, 8D	48R, 21D
1970
1971						16R, 12D	40D, 29R			1D, 1R
1972
1973				David L. Duncan (D)	David Smith Monson (R)	16R, 13D	44R, 31D			2D
1974
1975						15D, 14R	41D, 34R		Jake Garn (R)
1976											Gerald Ford/ Bob Dole (R)N
1977	Scott M. Matheson (D)	David Smith Monson (R)	Robert B. Hansen (R)	Linn C. Baker (D)	Richard Jensen (R)	17D, 12R [3]	40R, 35D	Orrin Hatch (R)		1D, 1R
1978
1979						19R, 10D	51R, 24D
1980											Ronald Reagan/ George H. W. Bush (R)Y
1981			David L. Wilkinson (R)	Ed Alter (R)	W. Val Oveson (R)	22R, 7D	58R, 17D			2R
1982
1983						24R, 5D	59R, 16D			3R
1984
1985	Norman H. Bangerter (R)	W. Val Oveson (R)			Tom L. Allen (R)	23R, 6D	62R, 13D
1986
1987						21R, 8D	48R, 27D			2R, 1D
1988											George H. W. Bush/ Dan Quayle (R)Y
1989			Paul Van Dam (D)			22R, 7D	47R, 28D
1990
1991						19R, 10D	44R, 31D			2D, 1R
1992											George H. W. Bush/ Dan Quayle (R)N
1993	Mike Leavitt (R) [d]	Olene Walker (R)	Jan Graham (D)			18R, 11D	49R, 26D		Bob Bennett (R)
1994
1995						19R, 10D	55R, 20D			2R, 1D
					Auston Johnson (R)
1996											Bob Dole/ Jack Kemp (R)N
1997						20R, 9D				3R
1998
1999						18R, 11D	54R, 21D
2000											George W. Bush/ Dick Cheney (R)Y
2001			Mark Shurtleff (R)			20R, 9D	51R, 24D			2R, 1D
2002
2003	Olene Walker (R) [e]	Gayle McKeachnie (R)				22R, 7D	56R, 19D
2004
2005	Jon Huntsman Jr. (R) [f]	Gary Herbert (R)				21R, 8D
2006
2007							55R, 20D
2008											John McCain/ Sarah Palin (R)N
2009	Gary Herbert (R) [e]	Greg Bell (R)		Richard Ellis (R) [g]			53R, 22D
2010
2011						22R, 7D	58R, 17D		Mike Lee (R)
2012											Mitt Romney/ Paul Ryan (R)N
2013			John Swallow (R)		John Dougall (R)	24R, 5D	61R, 14D			3R, 1D
2014		Spencer Cox (R)	Sean Reyes (R)
2015							63R, 12D			4R
2016				David Damschen (R)							Donald Trump/ Mike Pence (R)Y
2017							62R, 13D
2018
2019						23R, 6D	59R, 16D	Mitt Romney (R)		3R, 1D
2020											Donald Trump/ Mike Pence (R)N
2021	Spencer Cox (R)	Deidre Henderson (R)					58R, 17D			4R
2022				Marlo Oaks (R)
2023							61R, 14D
2024											Trump Vance (R)Y
Year	Governor	Lt. Governor	Attorney General	State Treasurer	State Auditor	State Senate	State House	U.S. Senator (Class I)	U.S. Senator (Class III)	U.S. House	Electoral votes
	Executive offices					State Legislature		United States Congress

Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other politicians or officials

Alaskan Independence (AKIP) Know Nothing (KN) American Labor (AL) Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J) National Republican (NR) Anti-Administration (AA) Anti-Masonic (Anti-M) Conservative (Con) Covenant (Cov)

Democratic (D) Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL) Democratic–NPL (D-NPL) Dixiecrat (Dix), States' Rights (SR) Democratic-Republican (DR) Farmer–Labor (FL) Federalist (F) Pro-Administration (PA)

Free Soil (FS) Fusion (Fus) Greenback (GB) Independence (IPM) Independent Democrat (ID) Independent Republican (IR) Jacksonian (J) Liberal (Lib)

Libertarian (L) National Union (NU) Nonpartisan League (NPL) Nullifier (N) Opposition Northern (O) Opposition Southern (O) Populist (Pop) Progressive (Prog)

Prohibition (Proh) Readjuster (Rea) Republican (R) Silver (Sv) Silver Republican (SvR) Socialist (Soc) Union (U) Unconditional Union (UU)

Vermont Progressive (VP) Whig (W) Independent (I) Nonpartisan (NP)

1. The Office of the Lieutenant Governor was created in 1976. Prior to the creation of the Lieutenant Governor's office, the succession to the governorship was held by the state secretary of state. The office of Secretary of State was abolished by the legislature in 1976 and those duties given to the newly created Office of the Lieutenant Governor.
2. King lost renomination in the Democratic primary in 1898 to Brigham H. Roberts. Roberts won the 1898 election, but the House refused to seat him because he was a polygamist. There was a special election in 1900, and King was elected to complete his term until 1901.
3. After a four-day standoff, a power-sharing agreement was worked out between both parties, with Republicans gaining the Speakership under Clifton G.M. Kerr, and Democrats having control of four committees of their choosing, including the Appropriations Committee, with the other 34 committees alternating between the two parties for choice of control. As such, Democrats controlled 21 committees, and Republicans 17. ^{[1] [2]}
4. Resigned to become director of the Environmental Protection Agency.
5. Lieutenant Governor ascended to governorship upon the resignation of his or her predecessor.
6. Resigned to become United States Ambassador to China.
7. Resigned to work in the private sector.

References

1. "The Deseret News - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. pp. A1, A4. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
2. Sharp, Nancy Weatherly; Sharp, James Roger; Ritter, Charles F.; Wakelyn, Jon L. (1997). American Legislative Leaders in the West, 1911-1994. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 161. ISBN   978-0-313-30212-1.
3. "Utah Legislators by Year".

• "Early State and Territorial Officials of Utah". genealogytrails.com. Retrieved 2021-07-19.

See also

• Politics of Utah