List of governors of Wyoming
Governor of Wyoming | |
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Style |
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Status |
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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 |
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.
Governors of the Territory of Wyoming[]
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 Wyoming[]
There have been 20 Republican Governors, 13 Democratic and one Progressive.
Republican Democratic 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 | Republican | Edward Buchanan |
Notes[]
- ^ "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
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g As state secretary of state, acted as governor.
- ^ Jump up to: 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.
Succession[]
Other high offices held[]
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 |
Living former governors of Wyoming[]
As of January 2019, there are four former governors of Wyoming who are currently living at this time, the oldest governor of Wyoming being Mike Sullivan (served 1987–1995, born 1939). The most recent governor of Wyoming to die was Clifford P. Hansen (served 1963–1967, born 1912), on October 20, 2009. The most recently serving governor of Wyoming to die was Edgar J. Herschler (served 1975–1987, born 1918), on February 5, 1990.
Governor | Gubernatorial term | Date of birth (and age) |
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Mike Sullivan | 1987–1995 | September 22, 1939 |
Jim Geringer | 1995–2003 | April 24, 1944 |
Dave Freudenthal | 2003–2011 | October 12, 1950 |
Matt Mead | 2011–2019 | March 11, 1962 |
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