This is a list of governors of Wyoming, beginning with territorial governors. Wyoming Territory was organized in 1868, and the state was admitted to the union on July 10, 1890.
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 | Official website |
Governors of the Territory of WyomingEdit
Governor | Appointed | Left office | Appointed by | |||
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1 | John Allen Campbell October 8, 1835 – July 14, 1880 (aged 44) |
April 5, 1869 | March 1, 1875 | Ulysses S. Grant | ||
2 | John Milton Thayer January 24, 1820 – March 19, 1906 (aged 86) |
March 1, 1875 | April 10, 1878 | Ulysses S. Grant | ||
3 | John Wesley Hoyt October 13, 1831 – May 23, 1912 (aged 80) |
April 10, 1878 | August 22, 1882[2] | Rutherford B. Hayes | ||
4 | William Hale November 18, 1837 – January 13, 1885 (aged 47) |
August 22, 1882 | January 13, 1885 | Chester A. Arthur | ||
5 | Elliot S. N. Morgan 1832 – April 24, 1894 (aged 61 or 62) |
January 13, 1885 | February 28, 1885 | Chester A. Arthur | ||
6 | Francis E. Warren June 20, 1844 – November 24, 1929 (aged 85) |
February 28, 1885 | November 11, 1886 | Chester A. Arthur | ||
7 | George W. Baxter January 7, 1855 – December 18, 1929 (aged 74) |
November 11, 1886 | December 20, 1886 | Grover Cleveland | ||
8 | Elliot S. N. Morgan 1832 – April 24, 1894 (aged 61 or 62) |
December 20, 1886 | January 24, 1887 | Grover Cleveland | ||
9 | Thomas Moonlight September 30, 1833 – February 7, 1899 (aged 65) |
January 24, 1887 | April 9, 1889 | Grover Cleveland | ||
10 | Francis E. Warren June 20, 1844 – November 24, 1929 (aged 85) |
April 9, 1889 | October 11, 1890 | Benjamin Harrison |
Governors of the State of WyomingEdit
There have been 20 Republican Governors, 13 Democratic and one Progressive.
Governor | Took office | Left office | Party | Secretary of State | Notes | ||||
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1 | Francis E. Warren June 20, 1844 – November 24, 1929 (aged 85) |
October 11, 1890 | November 24, 1890 | Republican | John W. Meldrum | [3] | |||
Amos W. Barber | |||||||||
2 | Amos W. Barber July 25, 1860 – May 18, 1915 (aged 54) |
November 24, 1890 | January 2, 1893 | Republican | Amos W. Barber | [4] | |||
3 | John Eugene Osborne June 19, 1858 – April 24, 1943 (aged 84) |
January 2, 1893 | January 7, 1895 | Democratic | |||||
4 | William A. Richards March 9, 1849 – July 25, 1912 (aged 63) |
January 7, 1895 | January 2, 1899 | Republican | Charles W. Burdick | ||||
5 | DeForest Richards August 6, 1846 – April 28, 1903 (aged 56) |
January 2, 1899 | April 28, 1903 | Republican | Fenimore Chatterton | [5] | |||
6 | Fenimore Chatterton July 21, 1860 – May 9, 1958 (aged 97) |
April 28, 1903 | January 2, 1905 | Republican | [4] | ||||
7 | Bryant Butler Brooks February 5, 1861 – December 8, 1944 (aged 83) |
January 2, 1905 | January 2, 1911 | Republican | Fenimore Chatterton | ||||
William Schnitger | |||||||||
8 | Joseph M. Carey January 19, 1845 – February 5, 1924 (aged 79) |
January 2, 1911 | January 4, 1915 | Democratic | Frank L. Houx | [6] | |||
Progressive | |||||||||
9 | John B. Kendrick September 6, 1857 – November 3, 1933 (aged 76) |
January 4, 1915 | February 26, 1917 | Democratic | [3] | ||||
10 | Frank L. Houx December 12, 1854 – April 3, 1941 (aged 86) |
February 26, 1917 | January 6, 1919 | Democratic | [4] | ||||
11 | Robert D. Carey August 12, 1878 – January 17, 1937 (aged 58) |
January 6, 1919 | January 1, 1923 | Republican | William E. Chaplin | ||||
12 | William B. Ross December 4, 1873 – October 2, 1924 (aged 50) |
January 1, 1923 | October 2, 1924 | Democratic | Frank Lucas | [5] | |||
13 | Frank Lucas August 4, 1876 – November 26, 1948 (aged 72) |
October 2, 1924 | January 5, 1925 | Republican | [4] | ||||
14 | Nellie Tayloe Ross November 29, 1876 – December 19, 1977 (aged 101) |
January 5, 1925 | January 3, 1927 | Democratic | |||||
15 | Frank Emerson May 26, 1882 – February 18, 1931 (aged 48) |
January 3, 1927 | February 18, 1931 | Republican | Alonzo M. Clark | [5] | |||
16 | Alonzo M. Clark August 13, 1868 – October 12, 1952 (aged 84) |
February 18, 1931 | January 2, 1933 | Republican | [7] | ||||
17 | Leslie A. Miller January 29, 1886 – September 29, 1970 (aged 84) |
January 2, 1933 | January 2, 1939 | Democratic | Alonzo M. Clark | ||||
Lester C. Hunt | |||||||||
18 | Nels H. Smith August 27, 1884 – July 5, 1976 (aged 91) |
January 2, 1939 | January 4, 1943 | Republican | Lester C. Hunt | ||||
19 | Lester C. Hunt July 8, 1892 – June 19, 1954 (aged 61) |
January 4, 1943 | January 3, 1949 | Democratic | Mart T. Christensen | [3] | |||
William Jack | |||||||||
Arthur G. Crane | |||||||||
20 | Arthur G. Crane September 1, 1877 – August 11, 1955 (aged 77) |
January 3, 1949 | January 1, 1951 | Republican | Arthur G. Crane | [4] | |||
21 | Frank A. Barrett November 10, 1892 – May 30, 1962 (aged 69) |
January 1, 1951 | January 3, 1953 | Republican | Clifford J. Rogers | [3] | |||
22 | Clifford Joy Rogers December 20, 1897 – May 18, 1962 (aged 64) |
January 3, 1953 | January 3, 1955 | Republican | [4] | ||||
23 | Milward Simpson November 12, 1897 – June 10, 1993 (aged 95) |
January 3, 1955 | January 5, 1959 | Republican | Everett T. Copenhaver | ||||
24 | John J. Hickey August 22, 1911 – September 22, 1970 (aged 59) |
January 5, 1959 | January 2, 1961 | Democratic | Jack R. Gage | [8] | |||
25 | Jack R. Gage January 13, 1899 – March 14, 1970 (aged 71) |
January 2, 1961 | January 7, 1963 | Democratic | [4] | ||||
26 | Clifford Hansen October 16, 1912 – October 20, 2009 (aged 97) |
January 7, 1963 | January 2, 1967 | Republican | Thyra Thomson | ||||
27 | Stanley K. Hathaway July 19, 1924 – October 4, 2005 (aged 81) |
January 2, 1967 | January 6, 1975 | Republican | |||||
28 | Edgar Herschler October 27, 1918 – February 5, 1990 (aged 71) |
January 6, 1975 | January 5, 1987 | Democratic | |||||
29 | Mike Sullivan September 22, 1939 |
January 5, 1987 | January 2, 1995 | Democratic | Kathy Karpan | ||||
30 | Jim Geringer April 24, 1944 |
January 2, 1995 | January 6, 2003 | Republican | Diana J. Ohman | ||||
Joseph Meyer | |||||||||
31 | Dave Freudenthal October 12, 1950 |
January 6, 2003 | January 3, 2011 | Democratic | Joseph Meyer | ||||
Max Maxfield | |||||||||
32 | Matt Mead March 11, 1962 |
January 3, 2011 | January 7, 2019 | Republican | Max Maxfield | ||||
Ed Murray | |||||||||
Edward Buchanan | |||||||||
33 | Mark Gordon March 14, 1957 |
January 7, 2019 | Incumbent[9] | Republican | Edward Buchanan |
NotesEdit
- ^ "CSG Releases 2013 Governor Salaries". The Council of State Governments. June 25, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
- ^ http://wyoarchives.state.wy.us/index.php/governors-of-wyoming
- ^ a b c d Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
- ^ a b c d e f g As state secretary of state, acted as governor.
- ^ a b c Died in office.
- ^ Switched parties from Republican to Progressive in 1912.
- ^ As state secretary of state, acted as governor until replacement elected.
- ^ Resigned to take an appointed seat in the United States Senate.
- ^ Gordon's first term expires on January 2, 2023.
SuccessionEdit
Other high offices heldEdit
This is a table of congressional seats, other federal offices, and other governorships held by governors. All representatives and senators mentioned represented Wyoming except where noted.
Governor | Gubernatorial term | U.S. Congress | Other offices held | |
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House | Senate | |||
John Milton Thayer | 1875–1878 (territorial) | U.S. Senator from Nebraska; Governor of Nebraska | ||
Thomas Moonlight | 1887-1889 (territorial) | United States Minister to Bolivia | ||
Francis E. Warren | 1885–1886 1889–1890 (territorial) 1890 |
S | ||
John Eugene Osborne | 1893–1895 | H | United States Assistant Secretary of State | |
William A. Richards | 1895–1899 | Commissioner of the General Land Office | ||
Joseph M. Carey | 1911–1915 | H | S | |
John B. Kendrick | 1915–1917 | S | ||
Lester C. Hunt | 1943–1949 | S | ||
Frank A. Barrett | 1951–1953 | H | S | |
Milward L. Simpson | 1955–1959 | S | ||
John J. Hickey | 1959–1961 | S | ||
Clifford Hansen | 1963–1967 | S | ||
Stanley K. Hathaway | 1967–1975 | United States Secretary of the Interior | ||
Mike Sullivan | 1987–1995 | United States Ambassador to Ireland |