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Wyoming is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It borders Montana to the north and northwest,South Dakota and Nebraska to the east,Idaho to the west,Utah to the southwest,and Colorado to the south. With a population of 576,851 in 2020,Wyoming is the least populous state despite being the 10th largest by area,with the second-lowest population density after Alaska. The state capital and most populous city is Cheyenne,which had an estimated population of 63,957 in 2018.
Laramie is a city in and the county seat of Albany County,Wyoming,United States,known for its high elevation at 7,200 feet (2,200 m),railroad history,and as the higher-education center for the state of Wyoming. The population was estimated 31,407 in 2020,making it the 4th most populous city in Wyoming. Located on the Laramie River in southeastern Wyoming,the city is west of Cheyenne and 25 miles (40 km) north of the Colorado state line,at the junction of Interstate 80 and U.S. Route 287.
Clifford Peter Hansen was an American politician from the state of Wyoming. A Republican,he served as the 26th Governor of Wyoming and subsequently as a United States senator. He served as a member of the board of trustees from 1946-1966 to his alma mater,the University of Wyoming located in Laramie. He was also a county commissioner in Jackson,the seat of Teton County in northwestern Wyoming. Before his death on October 20,2009,he was the oldest living former U.S. Senator as well as the third oldest living former U.S. Governor.
Stanley Knapp Hathaway was an American politician who served as the 27th Governor of Wyoming from 1967 to 1975,and would later serve as United States Secretary of the Interior under President Gerald Ford from June 12 to October 9,1975.
John Benjamin Kendrick was an American politician and cattleman who served as a United States senator from Wyoming and as the ninth Governor of Wyoming as a member of the Democratic Party.
Robert Davis Carey was an American politician from Wyoming,a state of which he served as Governor and represented in the United States Senate. He was the first native-born Wyomingite to serve in either position. He was a member of the Republican Party.
Milward Lee Simpson was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator and as the 23rd Governor of Wyoming,the first born in the state. In 1985,he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy &Western Heritage Museum.
Frank Aloysius Barrett was an American soldier,lawyer and politician. He served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate,and as the 21st Governor of Wyoming.
Henry Herman Schwartz,known as Harry or H. H. Schwartz,was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Wyoming.
William Alford Richards was an American surveyor,rancher,and politician. He was the fourth Governor of Wyoming from January 7,1895,until January 2,1899,and also served as the 30th Commissioner of the General Land Office from 1903 to 1907.
Fenimore Chatterton was an American businessman,politician,and lawyer. He was the sixth Governor of Wyoming from April 28,1903 until January 2,1905.
William Hale was an American politician from Iowa. Hale served as Governor of Wyoming Territory from 1882 until his death in 1885.
John F. Turner was Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service from 1989 to 1993 and United States Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs from 2001 to 2005. A lifelong river guide,dude rancher,wildlife biologist and conservative conservationist,Turner served as a Teton County Republican in the Wyoming Legislature for 20 years before being appointed to the George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush administrations.
Drew A. Perkins is an American politician who served in the Wyoming Senate from the 29th district as a member of the Republican Party. He served as President of the Senate from 2019 to 2021.
Chris Rothfuss(born October 21,1972) is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the Wyoming Senate,representing the 9th District,which is based in Albany County,since 2011.
Gregory Alan Phillips is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and former Wyoming Attorney General.
William Alfred "Al" Taylor was an American jurist who served as a justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court from January 22,1993,until his retirement in 1998.
Mike Gierau is an American politician and who is a member of the Wyoming Senate. representing District 17 since 2019. A Democrat,he served in the Wyoming House of Representatives representing District 16 from 2017 until 2019.
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