Governors of Colorado

A list of governors from the state of Colorado.[1][2]

## Contents

* 1 Governors of Colorado Territory
* 2 Colorado State Governors
* 3 Further reading
* 4 Notes

## Governors of Colorado Territory[edit]

Name  |  Years

|

William Gilpin |  1861-1862
John Evans |  1862-1865
Alexander Cummings |  1865-1867
Alexander Cameron Hunt |  1867-1869
Edward Moody McCook |  1869-1873
Samuel Hitt Elbert |  1873-1874
John Long Routt |  1875-1876

## Colorado State Governors[edit]

Name |  Party  |  Years

|
|

John Long Routt |  Republican  |  1876-1879, 1891-1893
Frederick W. Pitkin |  Republican  |  1879-1883
James Benton Grant |  Democrat  |  1883-1885
Benjamin Harrison Eaton |  Republican  |  1885-1887
Alva Adams |  Democrat  |  1887-1889, 1897-1899, 1905
Job Adams Cooper |  Republican  |  1889-1891
Davis H. Waite |  Populist Democrat  |  1893-1895
Albert W. McIntyre |  Republican  |  1895-1897
Charles S. Thomas |  Democrat  |  1899-1901
James B. Orman |  Democrat  |  1901-1903
James Hamilton Peabody |  Republican  |  1903-1905, 1905
Jesse F. McDonald |  Republican  |  1905-1907
Henry Augustus Buchtel |  Republican  |  1907-1909
John F. Shafroth |  Democrat  |  1909-1913
Elias M. Ammons |  Democrat  |  1913-1915
George Alfred Carlson |  Republican  |  1915-1917
Julius Caldeen Gunter |  Democrat  |  1917-1919
Oliver H. Shoup |  Republican  |  1919-1923
William E. Sweet |  Democrat  |  1923-1925
Clarence J. Morley |  Republican  |  1925-1927
William H. Adams |  Democrat  |  1927-1933
Edwin Carl Johnson |  Democrat  |  1933-1937, 195-1957
Raymond H. Talbot |  Democrat  |  1937
Teller Ammons |  Democrat  |  1937-1939
Ralph Lawrence Carr |  Republican  |  1939-1943
John Charles Vivian |  Republican  |  1943-1947
William Lee Knaus |  Democrat  |  1957-1950
Walter Walfred Johnson |  Democrat  |  1950-1951
Daniel I. J. Thornton |  Republican  |  1951-1955
Stephen Lucid Robert McNichols |  Democrat  |  1957-1963
John Arthur Love |  Republican  |  1963-1973
John David Vanderhoof |  Republican  |  1973-1975
Richard David Lamm |  Democrat  |  1975-1987
Roy Romer |  Democrat  |  1987-1999
William Forrester Owens |  Republican  |  1999-2007
William Ritter Jr. |  Democrat  |  2007-2011
John Hickenlooper |  Democrat  |  2011–present

## Further reading[edit]

* Lamm, Richard D. and Smith, Duane A. Pioneers and Politicians: 10 Colorado Governors in Profile. Boulder: Pruett, 1984.

## Notes[edit]

1. ↑ http://www.theus50.com/colorado/governors.php
2. ↑ http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/List-of-Governors-of-Colorado

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