List of Governors of Wyoming
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This is a list of the governors of Wyoming
Wyoming
Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...

, beginning with Territorial Governors. Wyoming Territory
Wyoming Territory
The Territory of Wyoming was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 25, 1868, until July 10, 1890, when it was admitted to the Union as the State of Wyoming. Cheyenne was the territorial capital...

 was organized in 1868, and the state was admitted to the union on July 10, 1890.

Governors of Wyoming Territory

#NamePhotoTook officeLeft office
1 John Allen Campbell
John Allen Campbell
John Allen Campbell was a politician and officer in the U.S. Army. During the Civil War, he advanced from lieutenant to brevet brigadier general. He was appointed the first Governor of Wyoming Territory in 1869 and again in 1873...

1869 1875
2 John Milton Thayer
John Milton Thayer
John Milton Thayer was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and a postbellum United States Senator from Nebraska, as well as governor of Wyoming Territory and governor of Nebraska.-Early life and career:...

1875 1878
3 John Wesley Hoyt
John Wesley Hoyt
Dr. John Wesley Hoyt was an American politician and educator.Born in Worthington, Ohio, in 1831, he graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University and attained a medical degree from Eclectic Medical Institute in Ohio. He moved to Wisconsin in 1857 and became active in politics...

1878 1882
4 William Hale
William Hale (Wyoming politician)
William Hale was an American politician from Iowa and from the Wyoming Territory, where he served as territorial governor from 1882 until his death in 1885.-Early years:...

1882 1885
5 Elliot S.N. Morgan
Elliot S.N. Morgan
Elliot S.N. Morgan was the only person to serve as Acting Governor of the U.S. Wyoming Territory before the region became an official U.S. state. His is the uncle of historian William J. Morgan.-Early life:...

1885 1885
6 Francis E. Warren
Francis E. Warren
Francis Emroy Warren was an American politician of the Republican Party best known for his years in the United States Senate representing Wyoming.-Early life and military service:...

1885 1886
7 George White Baxter 1886 1886
8 Elliot S.N. Morgan
Elliot S.N. Morgan
Elliot S.N. Morgan was the only person to serve as Acting Governor of the U.S. Wyoming Territory before the region became an official U.S. state. His is the uncle of historian William J. Morgan.-Early life:...

1886 1887
9 Thomas Moonlight
Thomas Moonlight
Thomas Moonlight was a United States politician and general.-Birth:Thomas was baptised on 30 September 1833 in St Vigeans, Angus, Scotland with birth record number 319/0040 0169...

1887 1889
10 Francis E. Warren
Francis E. Warren
Francis Emroy Warren was an American politician of the Republican Party best known for his years in the United States Senate representing Wyoming.-Early life and military service:...

1889 1890

Governors of Wyoming

#NameTook officeLeft officePartySecretary of State
Secretary of State of Wyoming
The Secretary of State of Wyoming is the state secretary of state of the U.S. state of Wyoming. It is a constitutional office, established under the Constitution of Wyoming. The Secretary of State is the keeper of the Great Seal of Wyoming and the state's official record-keeper...

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1 Francis E. Warren
Francis E. Warren
Francis Emroy Warren was an American politician of the Republican Party best known for his years in the United States Senate representing Wyoming.-Early life and military service:...

October 11, 1890 November 24, 1890 Republican John W. Meldrum
Amos W. Barber
Amos W. Barber
Dr. Amos Walker Barber was an American surgeon and politician. He was the second Governor of Wyoming after that state joined the Union in 1890....

2 Amos W. Barber
Amos W. Barber
Dr. Amos Walker Barber was an American surgeon and politician. He was the second Governor of Wyoming after that state joined the Union in 1890....

November 24, 1890 January 2, 1893 Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

Amos W. Barber
3 John E. Osborne January 2, 1893 January 7, 1895 Democratic
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

Amos W. Barber
4 William A. Richards
William A. Richards
William Alford Richards was an American surveyor, rancher and politician. He was the fourth Governor of Wyoming from 1895-01-07 until 1899-01-01....

January 7, 1895 January 2, 1899 Republican Charles W. Burdick
5 DeForest Richards
DeForest Richards
DeForest Richards was an American banker, farmer, and politician. He was the fifth Governor of the state of Wyoming, and the first to die while still in office....

January 2, 1899 April 28, 1903 Republican Fenimore Chatterton
Fenimore Chatterton
Fenimore Chatterton was an American businessman, politician, and lawyer. He was the sixth Governor of Wyoming from April 28, 1903 until January 2, 1905....

6 Fenimore Chatterton
Fenimore Chatterton
Fenimore Chatterton was an American businessman, politician, and lawyer. He was the sixth Governor of Wyoming from April 28, 1903 until January 2, 1905....

April 28, 1903 January 2, 1905 Republican Fenimore Chatterton
7 Bryant B. Brooks January 2, 1905 January 2, 1911 Republican Fenimore Chatterton
William Schnitger
8 Joseph M. Carey
Joseph M. Carey
Joseph Maull Carey was a lawyer, rancher, judge, and politician, who spent most of his political career in Wyoming before and after it achieved statehood.-Biography:...

January 2, 1911 January 4, 1915 Democratic Frank L. Houx
Frank L. Houx
Frank Lee Houx was an American politician, who served as the tenth Governor of Wyoming.Houx was born near Lexington, Missouri, the second of five children of George W. Houx and Fannie Houx. The elder Houx served in the Confederate States Army under General Sterling Price, a distant cousin, and...

9 John B. Kendrick
John B. Kendrick
John Benjamin Kendrick was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Wyoming.Kendrick was born near Rusk, Texas, where he attended the public schools, and then moved to Wyoming in 1879 and settled on a ranch near Sheridan, where he raised cattle.He was a member of the State...

January 4, 1915 February 26, 1917 Democratic
10 Frank L. Houx
Frank L. Houx
Frank Lee Houx was an American politician, who served as the tenth Governor of Wyoming.Houx was born near Lexington, Missouri, the second of five children of George W. Houx and Fannie Houx. The elder Houx served in the Confederate States Army under General Sterling Price, a distant cousin, and...

February 26, 1917 January 6, 1919 Democratic
11 Robert D. Carey
Robert D. Carey
Robert Davis Carey was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming and was an important political figure in the state of Wyoming. He was a Republican.In 1919, Carey was elected the 11th Governor of Wyoming and served as such until 1923...

January 6, 1919 January 1, 1923 Republican William E. Chaplin
12 William B. Ross
William B. Ross
William Bradford Ross was the 12th Governor of Wyoming from 1923 to 1924. He was born in Dover, Tennessee to Ambrose B. Ross and Sue Ross....

January 1, 1923 October 2, 1924 Democratic Frank E. Lucas
Frank E. Lucas
Frank E. Lucas was an American politician who served as the 13th Governor of Wyoming from 1924 until 1925. He was a Republican. He was born in Grant City, Missouri....

13 Frank E. Lucas
Frank E. Lucas
Frank E. Lucas was an American politician who served as the 13th Governor of Wyoming from 1924 until 1925. He was a Republican. He was born in Grant City, Missouri....

October 2, 1924 January 5, 1925 Republican Frank E. Lucas
14 Nellie Tayloe Ross
Nellie Tayloe Ross
Nellie Tayloe Ross was an American politician, the 14th Governor of Wyoming from 1925 to 1927, and director of the United States Mint from 1933-1953. She was the first woman to serve as governor of a U.S. state. To date, she remains the only woman to have served as governor of Wyoming...

January 5, 1925 January 3, 1927 Democratic Frank E. Lucas
15 Frank C. Emerson January 3, 1927 February 18, 1931 Republican Alonzo M. Clark
Alonzo M. Clark
Alonzo Monroe Clark was an American politician who was the 16th Governor of Wyoming from 1931 to 1933.Clark was born in Flint, Indiana. He was raised and educated in Nebraska after his family moved there from Indiana...

16 Alonzo M. Clark
Alonzo M. Clark
Alonzo Monroe Clark was an American politician who was the 16th Governor of Wyoming from 1931 to 1933.Clark was born in Flint, Indiana. He was raised and educated in Nebraska after his family moved there from Indiana...

February 18, 1931 January 2, 1933 Republican
17 Leslie A. Miller
Leslie A. Miller
Leslie Andrew Miller was an American politician who served as the 17th Governor of Wyoming from 1932 until 1939. He was a Democrat....

January 2, 1933 January 2, 1939 Democratic Alonzo M. Clark
Lester C. Hunt
Lester C. Hunt
Lester Callaway Hunt was a Democratic politician and dentist from the state of Wyoming. He served as the 19th Governor of Wyoming from 1943 to 1949 and as United States Senator from January 3, 1949 until his suicide on June 19, 1954....

18 Nels H. Smith
Nels H. Smith
Nels Hansen Smith was an American politician who served as the 18th Governor of Wyoming from 1939 until 1943. He was a Republican....

January 2, 1939 January 4, 1943 Republican Lester C. Hunt
19 Lester C. Hunt
Lester C. Hunt
Lester Callaway Hunt was a Democratic politician and dentist from the state of Wyoming. He served as the 19th Governor of Wyoming from 1943 to 1949 and as United States Senator from January 3, 1949 until his suicide on June 19, 1954....

January 4, 1943 January 3, 1949 Democratic Mart T. Christensen
William Jack
Arthur G. Crane
Arthur G. Crane
Arthur Griswold Crane was an American teacher and politician. He was the 20th Governor of Wyoming from 1949 to 1951....

20 Arthur G. Crane
Arthur G. Crane
Arthur Griswold Crane was an American teacher and politician. He was the 20th Governor of Wyoming from 1949 to 1951....

January 3, 1949 January 1, 1951 Republican Arthur G. Crane
21 Frank A. Barrett
Frank A. Barrett
Frank Aloysius Barrett was an American soldier, lawyer and politician. He is best known as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate, and as the 21st Governor of Wyoming....

January 1, 1951 January 3, 1953 Republican Clifford Joy Rogers
Clifford Joy Rogers
Clifford Joy "Doc" Rogers was an American politician who served as the 22nd Governor of Wyoming briefly from 1953 until 1955. He was a Republican.Rogers also served as State Treasurer of Wyoming twice ....

22 Clifford Joy Rogers
Clifford Joy Rogers
Clifford Joy "Doc" Rogers was an American politician who served as the 22nd Governor of Wyoming briefly from 1953 until 1955. He was a Republican.Rogers also served as State Treasurer of Wyoming twice ....

January 3, 1953 January 3, 1955 Republican
23 Milward L. Simpson
Milward L. Simpson
Milward Lee Simpson was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator and as the 23rd Governor of Wyoming.-Life and career:...

January 3, 1955 January 5, 1959 Republican Everett T. Copenhaver
24 John J. Hickey
John J. Hickey
John Joseph Hickey was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Wyoming.Born in Rawlins, Carbon County, Wyoming, Hickey attended public schools and graduated with a law degree from the University of Wyoming in 1934, and practiced law in Rawlins...

January 5, 1959 January 2, 1961 Democratic Jack R. Gage
Jack R. Gage
Jack R. Gage was an American politician who served as the 25th Governor of Wyoming from January 2, 1961, to January 7, 1963....

25 Jack R. Gage
Jack R. Gage
Jack R. Gage was an American politician who served as the 25th Governor of Wyoming from January 2, 1961, to January 7, 1963....

January 2, 1961 January 7, 1963 Democratic
26 Clifford P. Hansen January 7, 1963 January 2, 1967 Republican Thyra Thomson
27 Stanley K. Hathaway
Stanley K. Hathaway
Stanley Knapp Hathaway served as 27th Governor of Wyoming from 1967–1975, and as United States Secretary of the Interior under President Gerald R. Ford.- Early life and military service :Stanley K...

January 2, 1963 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
Jim Geringer
James Edward "Jim" Geringer was the 30th Governor of Wyoming.-Early life and education:Geringer was raised on a farm in Wheatland, Wyoming. He attended Kansas State University and was a member of Triangle Fraternity, earning a degree in mechanical engineering. He served for ten years in the...

January 2, 1995 January 6, 2003 Republican Diana J. Ohman
Joseph B. Meyer
31 Dave Freudenthal
Dave Freudenthal
David Duane "Dave" Freudenthal , is an American politician who served as the 31st Governor of Wyoming. A Democrat, he was reelected to his second term on November 7, 2006, and announced on March 4, 2010, that he would not attempt to seek a third term as Governor.-Education and early...

January 6, 2003 January 3, 2011 Democratic Joseph B. Meyer
Max Maxfield
Max Maxfield
Max Maxfield is the Republican Secretary of State of Wyoming.-Biography:A native of Janesville, Wisconsin, Maxfield graduated from Janesville High School in 1963...

32 Matt Mead
Matt Mead
Matthew Hansen "Matt" Mead , is the 32nd and current Governor of Wyoming.-Early Life:Mead is the son of Peter Mead and Mary Hansen Mead , the GOP gubernatorial nominee in 1990, and the grandson of the late Governor and U.S. Senator Clifford P. Hansen...

January 3, 2011 Incumbent Republican Max Maxfield

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.
Name Gubernatorial term U.S. Congress
United States Congress
The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C....

Other offices held
House
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...

Senate
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...

John Milton Thayer
John Milton Thayer
John Milton Thayer was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and a postbellum United States Senator from Nebraska, as well as governor of Wyoming Territory and governor of Nebraska.-Early life and career:...

1875–1878 (territorial) U.S. Senator from Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....

; Governor of Nebraska
Governor of Nebraska
The Governor of Nebraska holds the "supreme executive power" of the State of Nebraska as provided by the fourth article of the Nebraska Constitution. The current Governor is Dave Heineman, a Republican, who assumed office on January 20, 2005 upon the resignation of Mike Johanns . He won a full...

Thomas Moonlight
Thomas Moonlight
Thomas Moonlight was a United States politician and general.-Birth:Thomas was baptised on 30 September 1833 in St Vigeans, Angus, Scotland with birth record number 319/0040 0169...

1887-1889 (territorial) United States Minister to Bolivia
United States Ambassador to Bolivia
The following is a list of United States Ambassadors, or other Chiefs of Mission, to Bolivia. The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.-See also:...

Francis E. Warren
Francis E. Warren
Francis Emroy Warren was an American politician of the Republican Party best known for his years in the United States Senate representing Wyoming.-Early life and military service:...

1885–1886, 1889–1890 (territorial); 1890 S
John Eugene Osborne
John Eugene Osborne
John Eugene Osborne was an American physician, farmer, banker and Democratic politician. He was the third Governor of Wyoming after the Wyoming Territory attained statehood in 1890....

1893–1895 H United States Assistant Secretary of State
United States Assistant Secretary of State
In modern times, Assistant Secretary of State is a title used for many executive positions in the United States State Department. A set of six Assistant Secretaries reporting to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs manage diplomatic missions within their designated geographic regions, plus one...

William A. Richards
William A. Richards
William Alford Richards was an American surveyor, rancher and politician. He was the fourth Governor of Wyoming from 1895-01-07 until 1899-01-01....

1895–1899 Commissioner of the General Land Office
General Land Office
The General Land Office was an independent agency of the United States government responsible for public domain lands in the United States. It was created in 1812 to take over functions previously conducted by the United States Department of the Treasury...

Joseph M. Carey
Joseph M. Carey
Joseph Maull Carey was a lawyer, rancher, judge, and politician, who spent most of his political career in Wyoming before and after it achieved statehood.-Biography:...

1911–1915 H S
John B. Kendrick
John B. Kendrick
John Benjamin Kendrick was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Wyoming.Kendrick was born near Rusk, Texas, where he attended the public schools, and then moved to Wyoming in 1879 and settled on a ranch near Sheridan, where he raised cattle.He was a member of the State...

1915–1917 S
Lester C. Hunt
Lester C. Hunt
Lester Callaway Hunt was a Democratic politician and dentist from the state of Wyoming. He served as the 19th Governor of Wyoming from 1943 to 1949 and as United States Senator from January 3, 1949 until his suicide on June 19, 1954....

1943–1949 S
Frank A. Barrett
Frank A. Barrett
Frank Aloysius Barrett was an American soldier, lawyer and politician. He is best known as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate, and as the 21st Governor of Wyoming....

1951–1953 H S
Milward L. Simpson
Milward L. Simpson
Milward Lee Simpson was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator and as the 23rd Governor of Wyoming.-Life and career:...

1955–1959 S
John J. Hickey
John J. Hickey
John Joseph Hickey was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Wyoming.Born in Rawlins, Carbon County, Wyoming, Hickey attended public schools and graduated with a law degree from the University of Wyoming in 1934, and practiced law in Rawlins...

1959–1961 S
Clifford Hansen
Clifford Hansen
Clifford Peter Hansen was a Republican politician from the American state of Wyoming. He served as both the 26th Governor and U.S. senator...

1963–1967 S
Stanley K. Hathaway
Stanley K. Hathaway
Stanley Knapp Hathaway served as 27th Governor of Wyoming from 1967–1975, and as United States Secretary of the Interior under President Gerald R. Ford.- Early life and military service :Stanley K...

1967–1975 United States Secretary of the Interior
United States Secretary of the Interior
The United States Secretary of the Interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior.The US Department of the Interior should not be confused with the concept of Ministries of the Interior as used in other countries...

Mike Sullivan 1987–1995 United States Ambassador to Ireland
United States Ambassador to Ireland
There have been a total of 30 Ambassadors of the United States to Ireland meaning the Republic of Ireland. All except one, Frederick A. Sterling, have been non-career appointees, while there were three under President George W. Bush.-List of Ambassadors:...


Living former governors

, three former governors are 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.
NameGubernatorial termDate of birth
Mike Sullivan 1987–1995 September 22, 1939 (age 72)
Jim Geringer
Jim Geringer
James Edward "Jim" Geringer was the 30th Governor of Wyoming.-Early life and education:Geringer was raised on a farm in Wheatland, Wyoming. He attended Kansas State University and was a member of Triangle Fraternity, earning a degree in mechanical engineering. He served for ten years in the...

1995–2003 April 24, 1944 (age 67)
Dave Freudenthal
Dave Freudenthal
David Duane "Dave" Freudenthal , is an American politician who served as the 31st Governor of Wyoming. A Democrat, he was reelected to his second term on November 7, 2006, and announced on March 4, 2010, that he would not attempt to seek a third term as Governor.-Education and early...

2003–2011
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