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List of governors of Wyoming
The governor of Wyoming is the head of government of Wyoming, and the commander-in-chief of the U.S. state's military department.
| Governor of Wyoming | |
|---|---|
Seal of the governor | |
| Style |
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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 | governor |
The gubernatorial term has been set at four years since statehood. Originally, a governor could be elected any number of times. Since a 1992 referendum, governors have been limited to eight years in office during any 16-year period—effectively limiting them to two consecutive terms.
Territory of Wyoming
| No. | Governor | Term in office[a] | Appointing President | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Allen Campbell (1835–1880) [2] | April 7, 1869[b] – February 10, 1875 (successor appointed) | Ulysses S. Grant | |
| 2 | John Milton Thayer (1820–1906) [6] | February 10, 1875[c] – April 10, 1878 (successor appointed) | Ulysses S. Grant | |
| 3 | John Wesley Hoyt (1831–1912) [9] | April 10, 1878[d] – August 3, 1882 (successor appointed) | Rutherford B. Hayes | |
| 4 | William Hale (1837–1885) [12] | August 3, 1882[e] – January 13, 1885 (died in office)[f] | Chester A. Arthur | |
| 5 | Francis E. Warren (1844–1929) [15][16] | February 27, 1885[g] – November 11, 1886 (successor appointed) | Chester A. Arthur | |
| 6 | George W. Baxter (1855–1929) [19] | November 11, 1886[h] – December 20, 1886 (resigned)[i] | Grover Cleveland | |
| 7 | Thomas Moonlight (1833–1899) [20] | December 20, 1886[j] – April 9, 1889 (successor appointed) | Grover Cleveland | |
| 8 | Francis E. Warren (1844–1929) [15][16] | April 9, 1889[k] – October 11, 1890 (elected state governor) | Benjamin Harrison | |
State of Wyoming
| No. | Governor | Term in office | Party | Election | Secretary of State[l] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francis E. Warren (1844–1929) [15][16][25] | October 11, 1890[26] – November 24, 1890 (resigned)[m] | Republican | 1890 | John W. Meldrum | |||
| Amos W. Barber | ||||||||
| 2 | Amos W. Barber (1860–1915) [27][28] | November 24, 1890[29] – January 2, 1893 (did not run) | Republican | Secretary of state acting | Acting as governor | |||
| 3 | John Eugene Osborne (1858–1943) [30][31] | January 2, 1893[32] – January 7, 1895 (did not run) | Democratic | 1892§ | Amos W. Barber[n] | |||
| 4 | William A. Richards (1849–1912) [33][34] | January 7, 1895[35] – January 2, 1899 (did not run) | Republican | 1894 | Charles W. Burdick | |||
| 5 | DeForest Richards (1846–1903) [36][37] | January 2, 1899[38] – April 28, 1903 (died in office) | Republican | 1898 | Fenimore Chatterton | |||
| 1902 | ||||||||
| 6 | Fenimore Chatterton (1860–1958) [39][40] | April 28, 1903[41] – January 2, 1905 (lost nomination)[o] | Republican | Secretary of state acting | Acting as governor | |||
| 7 | Bryant Butler Brooks (1861–1944) [42] | January 2, 1905[43] – January 2, 1911 (did not run) | Republican | 1904 (special) | Fenimore Chatterton | |||
| 1906 | William Schnitger | |||||||
| 8 | Joseph M. Carey (1845–1924) [44][45] | January 2, 1911[46] – January 4, 1915 (did not run) | Democratic[p] | 1910 | Frank L. Houx | |||
| 9 | John B. Kendrick (1857–1933) [47][48] | January 4, 1915[49] – February 24, 1917 (resigned)[q] | Democratic | 1914 | ||||
| 10 | Frank L. Houx (1854–1941) [50][51] | February 24, 1917[52] – January 6, 1919 (lost election) | Democratic | Secretary of state acting | Acting as governor | |||
| 11 | Robert D. Carey (1878–1937) [53][54] | January 6, 1919[55] – January 1, 1923 (lost nomination)[r] | Republican | 1918 | William E. Chaplin | |||
| 12 | William B. Ross (1873–1924) [56][57] | January 1, 1923[58] – October 2, 1924 (died in office) | Democratic | 1922 | Frank Lucas[n] | |||
| 13 | Frank Lucas (1876–1948) [59][60] | October 2, 1924[61] – January 5, 1925 (did not run) | Republican | Secretary of state acting | Acting as governor | |||
| 14 | Nellie Tayloe Ross (1876–1977) [62][63] | January 5, 1925[64] – January 3, 1927 (lost election) | Democratic | 1924 (special) | Frank Lucas[n] | |||
| 15 | Frank Emerson (1882–1931) [65][66] | January 3, 1927[67] – February 18, 1931 (died in office) | Republican | 1926 | Alonzo M. Clark | |||
| 1930 | ||||||||
| 16 | Alonzo M. Clark (1868–1952) [68][69] | February 18, 1931[70] – January 2, 1933 (lost nomination)[s] | Republican | Secretary of state acting | Acting as governor | |||
| 17 | Leslie A. Miller (1886–1970) [71][72] | January 2, 1933[73] – January 2, 1939 (lost election) | Democratic | 1932 (special) | Alonzo M. Clark[n] | |||
| 1934 | Lester C. Hunt[t] | |||||||
| 18 | Nels H. Smith (1884–1976) [74][75] | January 2, 1939[76] – January 4, 1943 (lost election) | Republican | 1938 | ||||
| 19 | Lester C. Hunt (1892–1954) [77][78] | January 4, 1943[79] – January 3, 1949 (resigned)[u] | Democratic | 1942 | Mart T. Christensen[n] | |||
| William Jack | ||||||||
| 1946 | Arthur G. Crane[n] | |||||||
| 20 | Arthur G. Crane (1877–1955) [80][81] | January 3, 1949[82] – January 1, 1951 (did not run) | Republican | Secretary of state acting | Acting as governor | |||
| 21 | Frank A. Barrett (1892–1962) [83][84] | January 1, 1951[85] – January 3, 1953 (resigned)[v] | Republican | 1950 | Clifford Joy Rogers | |||
| 22 | Clifford Joy Rogers (1897–1962) [86][87] | January 3, 1953[88] – January 3, 1955 (lost nomination)[w] | Republican | Secretary of state acting | Acting as governor | |||
| 23 | Milward Simpson (1897–1993) [89][90] | January 3, 1955[91] – January 5, 1959 (lost election) | Republican | 1954 | Everett T. Copenhaver | |||
| 24 | Joe Hickey (1911–1970) [92][93] | January 5, 1959[94] – January 2, 1961 (resigned)[x] | Democratic | 1958 | Jack R. Gage | |||
| 25 | Jack R. Gage (1899–1970) [95][96] | January 2, 1961[97] – January 7, 1963 (lost election) | Democratic | Secretary of state acting | Acting as governor | |||
| 26 | Clifford Hansen (1912–2009) [98][99] | January 7, 1963[100] – January 2, 1967 (did not run) | Republican | 1962 | Thyra Thomson[n] | |||
| 27 | Stanley K. Hathaway (1924–2005) [101][102] | January 2, 1967[103] – January 6, 1975 (did not run) | Republican | 1966 | ||||
| 1970 | ||||||||
| 28 | Edgar Herschler (1918–1990) [104][105] | January 6, 1975[106] – January 5, 1987 (did not run) | Democratic | 1974 | ||||
| 1978 | ||||||||
| 1982 | ||||||||
| 29 | Mike Sullivan (b. 1939) [107] | January 5, 1987[108] – January 2, 1995 (term-limited) | Democratic | 1986 | Kathy Karpan | |||
| 1990 | ||||||||
| 30 | Jim Geringer (b. 1944) [109] | January 2, 1995[110] – January 6, 2003 (term-limited) | Republican | 1994 | Diana J. Ohman | |||
| 1998 | Joseph Meyer[n] | |||||||
| 31 | Dave Freudenthal (b. 1950) [111] | January 6, 2003[112] – January 3, 2011 (term-limited) | Democratic | 2002 | ||||
| 2006 | Max Maxfield[n] | |||||||
| 32 | Matt Mead (b. 1962) [113] | January 3, 2011[114] – January 7, 2019 (term-limited) | Republican | 2010 | ||||
| 2014 | Ed Murray | |||||||
| Edward Buchanan | ||||||||
| 33 | Mark Gordon (b. 1957) [115] | January 7, 2019[116] – Incumbent[y] | Republican | 2018 | ||||
| Karl Allred | ||||||||
| 2022 | Chuck Gray | |||||||
See also
Notes
- ^ The range given is from the date the governor was confirmed by the Senate, or appointed by the President during a Senate recess, to the date the governor's successor was confirmed, unless noted.
- ^ Campbell was nominated on April 3, 1869;[3] confirmed by the Senate on April 7;[4] took the oath of office on April 15;[2] and arrived in the territory on May 7.[2] He was reconfirmed by the Senate on March 26, 1873.[5]
- ^ Thayer was nominated[7] and confirmed by the Senate[8] on February 10, 1875, and took the oath of office on March 1.[6]
- ^ Hoyt was nominated on March 12, 1878;[10] confirmed by the Senate on April 10;[11] and arrived in the territory on May 29.[9]
- ^ Hale was nominated on July 26, 1882;[13] confirmed by the Senate on August 3;[14] and took the oath of office on August 22.[12]
- ^ Territorial Secretary Elliot S. N. Morgan acted as governor until Hale's successor arrived.[12]
- ^ Warren was nominated on February 26, 1885;[17] confirmed by the Senate on February 27;[18] and took the oath of office on February 28.[15]
- ^ Baxter was appointed on November 11, 1886, during a Senate recess.[19] He was not confirmed by the Senate before he resigned.
- ^ Baxter resigned due to charges of grazing cattle on government land; Territorial Secretary Elliot S. N. Morgan acted as governor until his successor arrived.[19]
- ^ Moonlight was nominated on December 8, 1886;[21] confirmed by the Senate on December 20;[22] and took the oath of office on January 24, 1887.[20]
- ^ Warren was nominated on March 26, 1889;[23] confirmed by the Senate on March 27;[24] and took the oath of office on April 9.[15]
- ^ Secretaries of state represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
- ^ Warren resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.[16]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Represented the Republican Party
- ^ Chatterton lost the Republican nomination to Bryant Butler Brooks.
- ^ Carey switched to the Progressive Party in 1912.
- ^ Kendrick resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.[47]
- ^ Carey lost the Republican nomination to John W. Hay.[53]
- ^ Clark lost the Republican nomination to Harry R. Weston.[68]
- ^ Represented the Democratic Party
- ^ Hunt resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.[77]
- ^ Barrett resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.[83]
- ^ Rogers lost the Republican nomination to Milward Simpson.[86]
- ^ Hickey resigned so that his successor could appointed him to the United States Senate.[92]
- ^ Gordon's second term began on January 2, 2023, and will expire January 4, 2027; he will be term-limited.
References
- General
- "Former Wyoming Governors". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- Sobel, Robert (1978). Biographical directory of the governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol. IV. Meckler Books. ISBN 9780930466008. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
- Kallenbach, Joseph Ernest (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Oceana Publications. ISBN 978-0-379-00665-0. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
- McMullin, Thomas A. (1984). Biographical directory of American territorial governors. Westport, CT : Meckler. ISBN 978-0-930466-11-4. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
- "Our Campaigns - Governor of Wyoming - History". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
- Specific
- ^ "CSG Releases 2013 Governor Salaries". The Council of State Governments. June 25, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
- ^ a b c McMullin pp. 337–338
- ^ U.S. Senate Exec. Journal. 41st Cong., 1st sess., 3 April 1869, 76. Accessed July 22, 2023.
- ^ U.S. Senate Exec. Journal. 41st Cong., 1st sess., 7 April 1869, 108. Accessed July 22, 2023.
- ^ U.S. Senate Exec. Journal. 43rd Cong., special sess., 26 March 1873, 116. Accessed July 22, 2023.
- ^ a b McMullin pp. 338–339
- ^ U.S. Senate Exec. Journal. 43rd Cong., 2nd sess., 10 February 1875, 509. Accessed July 22, 2023.
- ^ U.S. Senate Exec. Journal. 43rd Cong., 2nd sess., 10 February 1875, 510. Accessed July 22, 2023.
- ^ a b McMullin pp. 339–340
- ^ U.S. Senate Exec. Journal. 45th Cong., 2nd sess., 12 March 1878, 261. Accessed July 22, 2023.
- ^ U.S. Senate Exec. Journal. 45th Cong., 2nd sess., 10 April 1878, 291. Accessed July 22, 2023.
- ^ a b c McMullin p. 341
- ^ U.S. Senate Exec. Journal. 47th Cong., 1st sess., 26 July 1882, 497. Accessed July 22, 2023.
- ^ U.S. Senate Exec. Journal. 47th Cong., 1st sess., 3 August 1882, 516. Accessed July 22, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e McMullin pp. 341–343
- ^ a b c d Sobel p. 1765
- ^ U.S. Senate Exec. Journal. 48th Cong., 2nd sess., 26 February 1885, 484. Accessed July 22, 2023.
- ^ U.S. Senate Exec. Journal. 48th Cong., 2nd sess., 27 February 1885, 490. Accessed July 22, 2023.
- ^ a b c McMullin pp. 343–344
- ^ a b McMullin pp. 344–346
- ^ U.S. Senate Exec. Journal. 49th Cong., 2nd sess., 8 December 1886, 597. Accessed July 22, 2023.
- ^ U.S. Senate Exec. Journal. 49th Cong., 2nd sess., 20 December 1886, 664. Accessed July 22, 2023.
- ^ U.S. Senate Exec. Journal. 51st Cong., special sess., 26 March 1889, 40. Accessed July 22, 2023.
- ^ U.S. Senate Exec. Journal. 51st Cong., special sess., 27 March 1889, 46. Accessed July 22, 2023.
- ^ "Francis E. Warren". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "Warren inaugurated October 11". The Cheyenne Daily Leader. October 12, 1890. p. 3. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ Sobel p. 1766
- ^ "Amos Walker Barber". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "Barber succeeds Warren November 24". The Cheyenne Daily Leader. November 25, 1890. p. 2. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ Sobel pp. 1766–1767
- ^ "John Eugene Osborne". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "Osborne inaugurated January 2". Lincoln Journal Star. January 3, 1893. p. 2. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ Sobel pp. 1767–1768
- ^ "William Alford Richards". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "Richards inaugurated January 7". Reno Gazette-Journal. January 7, 1895. p. 1. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ Sobel pp. 1768–1769
- ^ "De Forest Richards". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "Richards inaugurated January 2". The Salt Lake Tribune. January 3, 1899. p. 1. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ Sobel p. 1769
- ^ "Fenimore Chatterton". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "Chatterton succeeds Richards April 28". The Salt Lake Tribune. April 29, 1903. p. 3. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ Sobel p. 1770
- ^ "Brooks inaugurated January 2". Chicago Tribune. January 3, 1905. p. 5. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ Sobel pp. 1770–1771
- ^ "Joseph Maull Carey". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "Carey inaugurated January 2". Midland Empire News. January 3, 1911. p. 4. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ a b Sobel pp. 1771–1772
- ^ "John Benjamin Kendrick". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "Kendrick inaugurated January 4". Salt Lake Telegram. January 4, 1915. p. 1. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ Sobel p. 1772
- ^ "Frank L. Houx". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "Houx succeeds Kendrick February 24". The Northern Wyoming Herald. February 28, 1917. p. 1. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ a b Sobel p. 1773
- ^ "Robert Davis Carey". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "Carey inaugurated January 6". The Northern Wyoming Herald. January 8, 1919. p. 1. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ Sobel pp. 1773–1774
- ^ "William Bradford Ross". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "Ross inaugurated January 1 - Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ Sobel p. 1774
- ^ "Franklin Earl Lucas". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "Lucas succeeds Ross October 2". Casper Star-Tribune. October 2, 1924. p. 1. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ Sobel p. 1775
- ^ "Nellie Tayloe Ross". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "Ross inaugurated January 5 - Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ Sobel pp. 1775–1776
- ^ "Frank Collins Emerson". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "Emerson inaugurated January 3". Casper Star-Tribune. January 3, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ a b Sobel pp. 1776–1777
- ^ "Alonzo M. Clark". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "Clark succeeds Emerson February 18". Casper Star-Tribune. February 19, 1931. p. 1. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ Sobel p. 1777
- ^ "Leslie A. Miller". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "Miller inaugurated January 2". Casper Star-Tribune. January 2, 1933. p. 1. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ Sobel pp. 1777–1778
- ^ "Nels H. Smith". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "Smith inaugurated January 2". Casper Star-Tribune. January 2, 1939. p. 1. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ a b Sobel pp. 1778–1779
- ^ "Lester Calloway Hunt". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "Hunt inaugurated January 4". Casper Star-Tribune. January 4, 1943. p. 1. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ Sobel p. 1779
- ^ "Arthur Griswold Crane". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "Crane succeeds Hunt January 3". Casper Star-Tribune. January 3, 1949. p. 1. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ a b Sobel pp. 1779–1780
- ^ "Frank A. Barrett". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "Barrett inaugurated January 1". Casper Star-Tribune. January 1, 1951. p. 1. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ a b Sobel p. 1780
- ^ "Clifford Joy Rogers". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "Rogers succeeds Barrett January 3". Casper Star-Tribune. January 4, 1953. p. 2. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ Sobel p. 1781
- ^ "Milward L. Simpson". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "Simpson inaugurated January 3". Casper Star-Tribune. January 3, 1955. p. 1. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ a b Sobel pp. 1781–1782
- ^ "John Joseph Hickey". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "Hickey inaugurated January 5". Casper Star-Tribune. January 5, 1959. p. 1. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ Sobel pp. 1782–1783
- ^ "Jack Robert Gage". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "Gage succeeds Hickey January 2". The Jackson Hole Guide. January 5, 1961. p. 4. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ Sobel p. 1783
- ^ "Clifford P. Hansen". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "Hansen inaugurated January 7". Casper Star-Tribune. January 7, 1963. p. 1. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ Sobel pp. 1783–1784
- ^ "Stanley K. Hathaway". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "Hathaway inaugurated January 2". Casper Star-Tribune. January 3, 1967. p. 10. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ Sobel pp. 1784–1785
- ^ "Edward Herschler". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "Herschler inaugurated January 6". Casper Star-Tribune. January 7, 1975. p. 1. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ "Michael J. Sullivan". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "Sullivan inaugurated January 5". Casper Star-Tribune. January 6, 1987. p. 1. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ "Jim Geringer". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "Geringer inaugurated January 2". The Billings Gazette. January 3, 1995. p. 1. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ "Dave Freudenthal". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "Freudenthal inaugurated January 6". The Billings Gazette. January 7, 2003. p. 1. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ "Matthew Mead". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "Mead inaugurated January 3". Casper Star-Tribune. January 4, 2011. p. 1. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
- ^ "Mark Gordon". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
- ^ "Gordon inaugurated January 7". Casper Star-Tribune. January 8, 2019. pp. A1. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
External links
- Office of the Governor of Wyoming