List of governors of Wyoming

Governor of Wyoming
Governor of Wyoming
	Seal of the Governor
	Incumbent; Mark Gordon; since January 7, 2019
Style	Governor; (informal); The Honorable; (formal);
Status	Head of State; Head of Government;
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)

This is a list of the governors of Wyoming. It includes territorial governors. Wyoming Territory was created in 1868. Wyoming became a state on July 10, 1890.

Governors

Governors of Wyoming Territory

#	Name	Took office	Left office
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 Wyoming

John E. Osborne, the first Democratic governor

Governor		Took office	Left office	Party		Notes
Republican Democratic Progressive
1	Francis E. Warren	October 11, 1890	November 24, 1890	Republican	John W. Meldrum	^[2]
1	Francis E. Warren	October 11, 1890	November 24, 1890	Republican	Amos W. Barber	^[2]
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	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
7	Bryant B. Brooks	January 2, 1905	January 2, 1911	Republican	William Schnitger
8	Joseph M. Carey	January 2, 1911	January 4, 1915	Democratic	Frank L. Houx	^[5]
8	Joseph M. Carey	January 2, 1911	January 4, 1915	Progressive		^[5]
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	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 Lucas	^[4]
13	Frank Lucas	October 2, 1924	January 5, 1925	Republican		^[3]
14	Nellie Tayloe Ross	January 5, 1925	January 3, 1927	Democratic
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	Alonzo M. Clark	^[6]
17	Leslie A. Miller	January 2, 1933	January 2, 1939	Democratic	Alonzo M. Clark
17	Leslie A. Miller	January 2, 1933	January 2, 1939	Democratic	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	Clifford J. Rogers	^[3]
23	Milward 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	^[7]
25	Jack R. Gage	January 2, 1961	January 7, 1963	Democratic	Jack R. Gage	^[3]
26	Clifford P. Hansen	January 7, 1963	January 2, 1967	Republican	Thyra Thomson
27	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
30	Jim Geringer	January 2, 1995	January 6, 2003	Republican	Joseph Meyer
31	Dave Freudenthal	January 6, 2003	January 3, 2011	Democratic	Joseph Meyer
31	Dave Freudenthal	January 6, 2003	January 3, 2011	Democratic	Max Maxfield
32	Matt Mead	January 3, 2011	January 7, 2019	Republican	Max Maxfield
					Ed Murray
					Edward Buchanan
33	Mark Gordon	January 7, 2019	Incumbent	Republican	Edward Buchanan

References

↑ "CSG Releases 2013 Governor Salaries". The Council of State Governments. June 25, 2013. Archived from the original on October 22, 2014. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
↑ ^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.
↑ 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.

Living former governors

As of January 2019^[update], four former governors were alive. The most recent governor to die was Clifford P. Hansen (1963–1967), on October 20, 2009. The most recently-serving governor to die was Edgar J. Herschler (1975–1987), on February 5, 1990.

Name	Gubernatorial term	Date of birth
Mike Sullivan	1987–1995	(1939-09-22) September 22, 1939 (age 85)
Jim Geringer	1995–2003	(1944-04-24) April 24, 1944 (age 80)
Dave Freudenthal	2003–2011	(1950-10-12) October 12, 1950 (age 74)
Matt Mead	2011–2019	(1962-03-11) March 11, 1962 (age 62)

[1] "CSG Releases 2013 Governor Salaries". The Council of State Governments. June 25, 2013. Archived from the original on October 22, 2014. Retrieved November 23, 2014.

[res-senate-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.

[ssacted-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 ^3.6 As state secretary of state, acted as governor.

[died-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Died in office.

[5] Switched parties from Republican to Progressive in 1912.

[6] As state secretary of state, acted as governor until replacement elected.

[7] Resigned to take an appointed seat in the United States Senate.

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