List of Governors of Wyoming
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Governor of Wyoming | |
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Style | The Honorable |
Term length | Four years, renewable once |
Inaugural holder | Francis E. Warren 1890 |
Formation | Constitution of Wyoming |
Salary | $105,000 (2013)[1] |
Website | governor |
This is a list of the 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.
Contents
List of Governors
Governors of Wyoming Territory
# | Governor | Image | Took office | Left office |
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1 | John Allen Campbell | 1869 | 1875 | |
2 | John Milton Thayer | 1875 | 1878 | |
3 | John Wesley Hoyt | 1878 | 1882 | |
4 | William Hale | 1882 | 1885 | |
5 | Elliot S. N. Morgan | 1885 | 1885 | |
6 | Francis E. Warren | 1885 | 1886 | |
7 | George White Baxter | 1886 | 1886 | |
8 | Elliot S. N. Morgan | 1886 | 1887 | |
9 | Thomas Moonlight | 1887 | 1889 | |
10 | Francis E. Warren | 1889 | 1890 |
Governors of the State of Wyoming
- Parties
# | Image | Governor | Took office | Left office | Party | Secretary of State | Notes |
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1 | Francis E. Warren | October 11, 1890 | November 24, 1890 | Republican | John W. Meldrum | [2] | |
Amos W. Barber | |||||||
2 | Amos W. Barber | November 24, 1890 | January 2, 1893 | Republican | Amos W. Barber | [3] | |
3 | John E. Osborne | January 2, 1893 | January 7, 1895 | Democratic | Amos W. Barber | ||
4 | 75px | William A. Richards | January 7, 1895 | January 2, 1899 | Republican | Charles W. Burdick | |
5 | DeForest Richards | January 2, 1899 | April 28, 1903 | Republican | Fenimore Chatterton | [4] | |
6 | Fenimore Chatterton | April 28, 1903 | January 2, 1905 | Republican | Fenimore Chatterton | [3] | |
7 | Bryant B. Brooks | January 2, 1905 | January 2, 1911 | Republican | Fenimore Chatterton | ||
William Schnitger | |||||||
8 | Joseph M. Carey | January 2, 1911 | January 4, 1915 | Republican (Progressive after 1912) | Frank L. Houx | ||
9 | John B. Kendrick | January 4, 1915 | February 26, 1917 | Democratic | [2] | ||
10 | Frank L. Houx | February 26, 1917 | January 6, 1919 | Democratic | [3] | ||
11 | 75px | Robert D. Carey | January 6, 1919 | January 1, 1923 | Republican | William E. Chaplin | |
12 | William B. Ross | January 1, 1923 | October 2, 1924 | Democratic | Frank E. Lucas | [4] | |
13 | Frank E. Lucas | October 2, 1924 | January 5, 1925 | Republican | Frank E. Lucas | [3] | |
14 | Nellie Tayloe Ross | January 5, 1925 | January 3, 1927 | Democratic | Frank E. Lucas | ||
15 | Frank C. Emerson | January 3, 1927 | February 18, 1931 | Republican | Alonzo M. Clark | [4] | |
16 | Alonzo M. Clark | February 18, 1931 | January 2, 1933 | Republican | [5] | ||
17 | Leslie A. Miller | January 2, 1933 | January 2, 1939 | Democratic | Alonzo M. Clark | ||
Lester C. Hunt | |||||||
18 | Nels H. Smith | January 2, 1939 | January 4, 1943 | Republican | Lester C. Hunt | ||
19 | Lester C. Hunt | January 4, 1943 | January 3, 1949 | Democratic | Mart T. Christensen | [2] | |
William Jack | |||||||
Arthur G. Crane | |||||||
20 | Arthur G. Crane | January 3, 1949 | January 1, 1951 | Republican | Arthur G. Crane | [3] | |
21 | Frank A. Barrett | January 1, 1951 | January 3, 1953 | Republican | Clifford J. Rogers | [2] | |
22 | Clifford J. Rogers | January 3, 1953 | January 3, 1955 | Republican | [3] | ||
23 | 75px | Milward L. Simpson | January 3, 1955 | January 5, 1959 | Republican | Everett T. Copenhaver | |
24 | John J. Hickey | January 5, 1959 | January 2, 1961 | Democratic | Jack R. Gage | [6] | |
25 | Jack R. Gage | January 2, 1961 | January 7, 1963 | Democratic | [3] | ||
26 | Clifford P. Hansen | January 7, 1963 | January 2, 1967 | Republican | Thyra Thomson | ||
27 | 75px | Stanley K. Hathaway | January 2, 1967 | January 6, 1975 | Republican | ||
28 | Edgar J. Herschler | January 6, 1975 | January 5, 1987 | Democratic | |||
29 | Mike Sullivan | January 5, 1987 | January 2, 1995 | Democratic | Kathy Karpan | ||
30 | Jim Geringer | January 2, 1995 | January 6, 2003 | Republican | Diana J. Ohman | ||
Joseph Meyer | |||||||
31 | Dave Freudenthal | January 6, 2003 | January 3, 2011 | Democratic | Joseph Meyer | ||
Max Maxfield | |||||||
32 | Matt Mead | January 3, 2011 | Incumbent | Republican | Max Maxfield | ||
Ed Murray |
Notes
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 As state secretary of state, acted as governor.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Died in office.
- ↑ As state secretary of state, acted as governor until replacement elected.
- ↑ Resigned to take an appointed seat in the United States Senate.
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 U.S. governors of Wyoming
As of May 2015[update], there are three former U.S. governors of Wyoming who are currently living at this time, the oldest U.S. governor of Wyoming being Mike Sullivan (1987–1995, born 1939). The most recent U.S. governor of Wyoming to die was Clifford P. Hansen (1963–1967), on October 20, 2009. The most recently serving U.S. governor of Wyoming to die was Edgar J. Herschler (1975–1987), 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 |