Political party strength in Wyoming

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The following tables indicate the historic party affiliation of elected officials in the U.S. state of Wyoming including:

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The tables also indicate the historical party composition in the:

For years in which a United States presidential election was held, the tables indicate which party's nominees received the State's electoral votes. Prior to statehood in 1889, there were fewer elected offices, as indicated.

Wyoming Territory

YearExecutive offices U.S. Congress
Governor Secretary of State U.S. House (non-voting member)
1869 John Allen Campbell (R) [lower-alpha 1] Edward Merwin Lee (R) Stephen Friel Nuckolls (D)
1870 Herman Glafcke (R)
1871 William Theopilus Jones (R)
1872
1873 Jason B. Brown (D) William Randolph Steele (D)
1874
1875 John Milton Thayer (R) George W. French (R)
1876
1877 William Wellington Corlett (R)
1878 John Wesley Hoyt (R)
1879 Albertis Worth Spates (R) Stephen Wheeler Downey (R)
1880 Elliot S. N. Morgan (R)
1881 Morton Everel Post (D)
1882 William Hale (R)
1883
1884
1885 Elliot S. N. Morgan (R) Joseph M. Carey (R)
Francis E. Warren (R)
1886 George W. Baxter (D)
Elliot S. N. Morgan (R)
1887 Thomas Moonlight (D) Samuel D. Shannon (D)
1888
1889 Francis E. Warren (R) John W. Meldrum (R)

State of Wyoming

YearExecutive offices State Legislature United States Congress Electoral
votes
Governor Secretary
of State
AuditorTreasurerSupt. of Pub. Inst. State Senate State House U.S. Senator
(Class I)
U.S. Senator
(Class II)
U.S. House
1890 Francis E. Warren (R) [lower-alpha 2] Amos W. Barber (R) Charles W.
Burdick
(R)
Otto Gramm (R) Stephen H. Farwell (R)13R, 3D26R, 7D Francis E. Warren (R) Joseph M. Carey (R) Clarence D.
Clark
(R)
Amos W. Barber (R) [lower-alpha 3]
1891
1892 Harrison/
Reid (R)Red x.svg
1893 John Eugene
Osborne
(D)
11R, 5D16D, 12R, 5Pop [lower-alpha 4] Henry A.
Coffeen
(D)
1894vacant
1895 William A. Richards (R)Charles W.
Burdick (R)
William O. Owen (R) Henry G. Hay (R) Estelle Reel (R) [lower-alpha 5] 14R, 4D34R, 2D, 1Pop Clarence D. Clark (R) Francis E. Warren (R) Frank Wheeler
Mondell
(R)
1896 Bryan/
Sewall (D)Red x.svg
189714R, 4D, 1SvD23R, 11D, 3Fus, 1Pop John Eugene
Osborne
(D)
1898 Charles Parmelee (D) [lower-alpha 6]
1899 DeForest Richards (R) [lower-alpha 7] Fenimore
Chatterton
(R)
LeRoy Grant (R) George E. Abbott (R) Thomas T. Tynan (R)13R, 6D35R, 3D Frank Wheeler
Mondell
(R)
1900 McKinley/
Roosevelt (R)Green check.svg
190116R, 2D, 1Pop36R, 2D
1902
1903 Fenimore
Chatterton
(R) [lower-alpha 3]
William C.
Irvine
(R)
21R, 2D46R, 4D
1904 Roosevelt/
Fairbanks (R)Green check.svg
1905 Bryant Butler
Brooks
(R)
20R, 3D47R, 3D
1906
1907 William Schnitger (R) Edward H. Gillette (R) Archibald D. Cook (R)21R, 2D45R, 5D
1908 Taft/
Sherman (R)Green check.svg
190924R, 3D49R, 7D
1910
1911 Joseph M. Carey (D) [lower-alpha 8] Frank L. Houx (D) Robert B. Forsyth (R)John L. Baird (R) Rose A.
Bird Maley
(R)
21R, 6D31R, 25D
1912 Joseph M. Carey (Prog) Wilson/
Marshall (D)Green check.svg
191319R, 8D29R, 28D
1914
1915 John B. Kendrick (D) [lower-alpha 2] Herman B. Gates (R) Edith K. O. Clark (R)18R, 9D42R, 15D
1916 Wilson/
Marshall (D)Green check.svg
1917 Frank L. Houx (D) [lower-alpha 3] 16R, 11D32R, 25D John B. Kendrick (D)
1918
1919 Robert D. Carey (R) William E. Chaplin (R) I. C. Jefferis (R) A. D. Hoskins (R) Katherine A.
Morton
(R)
17R, 10D43R, 11D
1920 Harding/
Coolidge (R)Green check.svg
192122R, 3D53R, 1D
1922
1923 William B. Ross (D) [lower-alpha 7] Frank Lucas (R) Vincent Carter (R) John M. Snyder (R)20R, 5D37R, 23D Charles E. Winter (R)
1924 Frank Lucas (R) [lower-alpha 3] Coolidge/
Dawes (R)Green check.svg
1925 Nellie Tayloe Ross (D)16R, 11D39R, 23D
1926
1927 Frank Emerson (R) [lower-alpha 7] Alonzo M. Clark (R) William H. Edelman (R)15R, 12D45R, 17D
1928 Hoover/
Curtis (R)Green check.svg
1929 Roscoe Alcorn (R)17R, 10D51R, 11D Patrick J. Sullivan (R) Vincent Carter (R)
1930 Robert D. Carey (R)
1931 Alonzo M. Clark (R) [lower-alpha 3] Harry R. Weston (R)21R, 6D36R, 26D
1932 Roosevelt/
Garner (D)Green check.svg
1933 Leslie A. Miller (D)15R, 12D42D, 20R
1934 Joseph C.
O'Mahoney
(D)
1935 Lester C. Hunt (D) William M. Jack (D) J. Kirk Baldwin (D) Jack R. Gage (D)14D, 13R38D, 18R Paul Ranous
Greever
(D)
1936 Roosevelt/
Garner (D)Green check.svg
193716D, 11R Harry Schwartz (D)
1938
1939 Nels H. Smith (R) Mart T. Christensen (R) Esther L. Anderson (R)16R, 11D37R, 19D Frank O. Horton (R)
1940 Roosevelt/
Wallace (D)Green check.svg
194128R, 28D [lower-alpha 9] John J. McIntyre (D)
1942
1943 Lester C. Hunt (D) [lower-alpha 2] Mart T. Christensen (R) [lower-alpha 7] Earl Wright (R)17R, 10D39R, 17D Edward V.
Robertson
(R)
Frank A. Barrett (R)
1944 William M. Jack (D) [lower-alpha 6] Carl Robinson (D) [lower-alpha 6] Dewey/
Bricker (R)Red x.svg
John J.
McIntyre
(D) [lower-alpha 6]
194521R, 6D35R, 20D
1946
1947 Arthur G. Crane (R) Everett T.
Copenhaver
(R)
Clifford Joy
Rogers
(R)
Edna B. Stolt (R)19R, 8D44R, 12D
1948 Truman/
Barkley (D)Green check.svg
1949 Arthur G. Crane (R) [lower-alpha 3] 18R, 9D28R, 28D [lower-alpha 10] Lester C. Hunt (D)
1950
1951 Frank A. Barrett (R) [lower-alpha 2] Clifford Joy
Rogers
(R)
J. R. Mitchell (R) [lower-alpha 7] 17R, 10D39R, 17D William Henry
Harrison III
(R)
1952 Minnie A. Mitchell (R) [lower-alpha 11] Eisenhower/
Nixon (R)Green check.svg
1953 Clifford Joy
Rogers
(R) [lower-alpha 3]
21R, 6D45R, 11D Frank A. Barrett (R)
1954 Edward D. Crippa (R)
Joseph C.
O'Mahoney
(D)
1955 Milward Simpson (R)Everett T.
Copenhaver (R)
Minnie A. Mitchell (R) Charles B. Morgan (R) Velma Linford (D)19R, 8D32R, 24D Keith Thomson (R)
1956 Eisenhower/
Nixon (R)Green check.svg
195716R, 11D30R, 26D
1958
1959 Joe Hickey (D) [lower-alpha 12] Jack R. Gage (D)Clifford Joy
Rogers (R) [lower-alpha 7]
30D, 26R Gale W. McGee (D)
1960 Nixon/
Lodge (R)Red x.svg
1961 Jack R. Gage (D) [lower-alpha 3] 17R, 10D35R, 21D Joe Hickey (D) William Henry
Harrison III
(R)
1962 Richard J. Luman (R) [lower-alpha 13] Milward Simpson (R)
1963 Clifford Hansen (R) Thyra Thomson (R)Everett T.
Copenhaver (R)
Cecil M. Shaw (R)16R, 11D37R, 19D
1964 Johnson/
Humphrey (D)Green check.svg
196513R, 12D34D, 27R Teno Roncalio (D)
1966
1967 Stanley K.
Hathaway
(R)
Everett T.
Copenhaver (R) [lower-alpha 5]
Minnie A. Mitchell (R)Harry Roberts (R)18R, 12D34R, 27D Clifford Hansen (R) William Henry
Harrison III
(R)
1968 Nixon/
Agnew (R)Green check.svg
196945R, 16D John S. Wold (R)
1970
1971 James B.
Griffith
(R)
Robert G.
Schrader
(R)
19R, 11D40R, 20D, 1I Teno Roncalio (D)
1972 Nixon/
Agnew (R)Green check.svg
1973 Edwin J.
Witzenburger
(R) [lower-alpha 6]
17R, 13D44R, 17D, 1I
1974
1975 Edgar Herschler (D)James B. Griffith (R)Edwin J.
Witzenburger (R)
15R, 15D [lower-alpha 14] 32R, 29D, 1I
1976 Ford/
Dole Red x.svg
197718R, 12D Malcolm Wallop (R)
1978
1979 Shirley Wittler (R) Lynn Simons (D)19R, 11D42R, 20D Alan Simpson (R) Dick Cheney (R) [lower-alpha 5]
1980 Reagan/
Bush (R)Green check.svg
198139R, 23D
1982
1983 Stan Smith (R)38R, 25D, 1I
1984 Reagan/
Bush (R)Green check.svg
198546R, 18D
1986
1987 Mike Sullivan (D) Kathy Karpan (D) Jack Sidi (R)44R, 20D
1988 Bush/
Quayle (R)Green check.svg
198943R, 21D Craig L. Thomas (R)
1990
1991 Dave Ferrari (R) Diana Ohman (R)20R, 10D42R, 22D
1992 Bush/
Quayle (R)Red x.svg
199341R, 19D
1994
1995 Jim Geringer (R) Diana Ohman (R) Judy Catchpole (R)47R, 13D Craig L. Thomas (R) [lower-alpha 7] Barbara Cubin (R)
1996 Dole/
Kemp (R)Red x.svg
199721R, 9D43R, 17D Mike Enzi (R)
1998
1999 Joseph Meyer (R) Max Maxfield (R) Cynthia Lummis (R)
2000 Bush/
Cheney (R)Green check.svg
200120R, 10D46R, 14D
2002
2003 Dave Freudenthal (D) Trent Blankenship (R)45R, 15D
2004 Bush/
Cheney (R)Green check.svg
200523R, 7D46R, 14D
2006
2007 Max Maxfield (R) Rita Meyer (R) Joseph Meyer (R) [lower-alpha 7] Jim McBride (R)43R, 17D
John Barrasso (R) [lower-alpha 11]
2008 McCain/
Palin (R)Red x.svg
200941R, 19D Cynthia Lummis (R)
2010
2011 Matt Mead (R) Cynthia Cloud (R)Cindy Hill (R)26R, 4D50R, 10D
2012 Romney/
Ryan (R)Red x.svg
2013 Mark Gordon (R)52R, 8D
2014
2015 Ed Murray (R) [lower-alpha 5] Jillian Balow (R)51R, 9D
2016 Trump/
Pence (R)Green check.svg
201727R, 3D Liz Cheney (R)
2018 Edward
Buchanan
(R) [lower-alpha 6] [lower-alpha 15]
2019 Mark Gordon (R) Kristi Racines (R) Curt Meier (R)50R, 9D, 1I
2020 Trump/
Pence (R)Red x.svg
202128R, 2D51R, 7D, 1L, 1I Cynthia Lummis (R)
2022
2023 Chuck Gray (R) Megan Degenfelder (R)57R, 5D Harriet Hageman (R)
2024[ to be determined ]
Year Governor Secretary
of State
AuditorTreasurerSupt. of Pub. Inst. State Senate State House U.S. Senator
(Class I)
U.S. Senator
(Class II)
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)
American (Know Nothing) (KN)
American Labor (AL)
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J)
National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (AA)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Democratic (D)
Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL)
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)
Unionist (U)
Unconditional Unionist (UU)
Whig (W)
Independent (I)
Nonpartisan (NP)
  1. Of Wyoming Territory.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 As state secretary of state, acted as governor.
  4. A coalition of Democrats and Populists elected a Populist, L.C. Tidball, as Speaker, and organized the chamber.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Resigned.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Appointed to fill vacancy.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Died in office.
  8. Helped to organize the national Progressive Party in 1912.
  9. Elected a Democrat, Carl Robinson, as Speaker.
  10. Elected a Republican, Herman D. Mayland, as Speaker.
  11. 1 2 Initially appointed to fill vacancy; later elected in his or her own right.
  12. Resigned to take an appointed seat in the United States Senate.
  13. As deputy state treasurer, assumed the duties of treasurer.
  14. With a coin flip, the Democrats received the Senate Presidency under J.W. Myers, and control of committees alternated between each party also with a coin flip for the first committee. [1]
  15. Karen Wheeler (R) served as Acting Secretary of State from February 9–March 1, 2018 between Murray's resignation and Buchanan's appointment.

Notes

  1. Loepp, Daniel (1999). Sharing the Balance of Power: An Examination of Shared Power in the Michigan House of Representatives, 1993-94. University of Michigan Press. p. 24. ISBN   978-0-472-09702-9.

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