Governor of Colorado explained

Post:	Governor
Body:	Colorado
Insignia:	Seal of the Executive Office of Colorado.svg
Insigniasize:	110px
Insigniacaption:	Seal of the Executive Office
Incumbent:	Jared Polis
Incumbentsince:	January 8, 2019
Style:	The Honorable
Department:	Government of Colorado
Termlength:	Four years, renewable once consecutively
Residence:	Colorado Governor's Mansion
Inaugural:	John Long Routt
Formation:	August 1, 1876
Deputy:	Dianne Primavera
Salary:	$123,193 (2019)^[1]

The governor of Colorado is the head of government of the U.S. state of Colorado. The governor is the head of the executive branch of Colorado's state government and is charged with enforcing state laws. The governor has the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Colorado General Assembly, to convene the legislature, and to grant pardons, except in cases of treason or impeachment.^[2] The governor is also the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.

Seven people served as governor of Colorado Territory over eight terms, appointed by the president of the United States. Since statehood, there have been 38 governors, serving 43 distinct terms. One governor Alva Adams served three non-consecutive terms, while John Long Routt, James Hamilton Peabody, and Edwin C. Johnson each served during two non-consecutive periods. The longest-serving governors were Richard "Dick" Lamm (1975–1987) and Roy Romer (1987–1999), who each served 12 years over three terms. The shortest term occurred on March 16 and 17, 1905, when the state had three governors in the span of 24 hours: Alva Adams won the election, but soon after he took office, the legislature declared his opponent, James Hamilton Peabody, governor, but on the condition that he immediately resign, so that his lieutenant governor, Jesse McDonald, could be governor. Thus, Peabody served less than a day as governor.

The current governor is Democrat Jared Polis, who took office on January 8, 2019.

List of governors

Territory of Jefferson

The self-proclaimed Provisional Government of the Territory of Jefferson was organized on November 7, 1859. Jefferson Territory included all of present-day Colorado, but extended about 30NaN0 farther east, 1380NaN0 farther north, and about 500NaN0 farther west. The territory was never recognized by the federal government in the tumultuous days before the American Civil War. The Jefferson Territory had only one governor, Robert Williamson Steele, a pro-union Democrat elected by popular vote. He proclaimed the territory dissolved on June 6, 1861, several months after the official formation of the Colorado Territory, but only days after the arrival of its first governor.

Territory of Colorado

The Territory of Colorado was organized on February 28, 1861, from parts of the territories of New Mexico, Utah, and Nebraska, and the unorganized territory that was previously the western portion of Kansas Territory.^[3]

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Governor	Term in office	Appointed by
1	data-sort-value="Gilpin, William"		William Gilpin ^[4]	- March 26, 1862
2	data-sort-value="Evans, John"		John Evans ^[5]	- October 17, 1865
3	data-sort-value="Cummings, Alexander"		Alexander Cummings ^[6]	- May 8, 1867
4	data-sort-value="Hunt, Alexander"		Alexander Cameron Hunt ^[7]	- April 19, 1869
5	data-sort-value="McCook, Edward"		Edward M. McCook ^[8]	- April 17, 1873
6	data-sort-value="Elbert, Samuel"		Samuel Hitt Elbert ^[9]	- July 26, 1874
7	data-sort-value="McCook, Edward"		Edward M. McCook	- February 8, 1875
8	data-sort-value="Routt, John"		John Long Routt ^[10]	- November 3, 1876

State of Colorado

The State of Colorado was admitted to the Union on August 1, 1876.

To serve as governor, one must be at least 30 years old, be a citizen of the United States, and have been a resident of the state for at least two years prior to election. The state constitution of 1876 originally called for election of the governor every two years, with their term beginning on the second Tuesday of the January following the election.^[11] An amendment passed in 1956, taking effect in 1959, increased terms to four years.^[12] Originally, there was no term limit applied to the governor; a 1990 amendment allowed governors to succeed themselves only once.^[13] There is however no limit on the total number of terms one may serve as long as one who has served the two term limit is out of office for four years.

Should the office of governor become vacant, the lieutenant governor becomes governor.^[14] If both the offices governor and lieutenant governor are vacant, the line of succession moves down through the senior members of the state senate and state house of representatives of the same party as the governor.^[15] The lieutenant governor was elected separately from the governor until a 1968 amendment to the constitution^[16] made it so that they are elected on the same ticket.^[17]

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Governor	Term in office	Party	Election	Lt. Governor
1	data-sort-value="Routt, John"			John Long Routt ^[18]	^[19]  - January 14, 1879	Republican	1876
2		Frederick Walker Pitkin ^[20] ^[21]		^[22]  - January 9, 1883	Republican	1878
						1880
3	data-sort-value="Grant, James"			James Benton Grant ^[23] ^[24]	^[25]  - January 13, 1885	Democratic	1882
4	data-sort-value="Eaton, Benjamin"			Benjamin Harrison Eaton ^[26] ^[27]	^[28]  - January 11, 1887	Republican	1884
5	data-sort-value="Adams, Alva"			Alva Adams ^[29] ^[30]	^[31]  - January 8, 1889	Democratic	1886
6	data-sort-value="Cooper, Job"			Job Adams Cooper ^[32] ^[33]	^[34]  - January 13, 1891	Republican	1888
7	data-sort-value="Routt, John"			John Long Routt	^[35]  - January 10, 1893	Republican	1890
8	data-sort-value="Waite, Davis"			Davis Hanson Waite ^[36] ^[37]	^[38]  - January 8, 1895	People's	1892
9	data-sort-value="McIntire, Albert"			Albert McIntire ^[39] ^[40]	^[41]  - January 12, 1897	Republican	1894
10	data-sort-value="Adams, Alva"			Alva Adams	^[42]  - January 10, 1899	Democratic	1896
11	data-sort-value="Thomas, Charles"			Charles S. Thomas ^[43] ^[44]	^[45]  - January 8, 1901	Democratic	1898
12	data-sort-value="Orman, James"			James Bradley Orman ^[46] ^[47]	^[48]  - January 13, 1903	Democratic	1900
13	data-sort-value="Peabody, James"			James Hamilton Peabody ^[49] ^[50]	^[51]  - January 10, 1905	Republican	1902
14	data-sort-value="Adams, Alva"			Alva Adams	^[52]  - March 16, 1905	Democratic	1904
15	data-sort-value="Peabody, James"			James Hamilton Peabody	^[53]  - March 17, 1905	Republican
16		Jesse Fuller McDonald ^[54] ^[55]		^[56]  - January 8, 1907	Republican
17	data-sort-value="Buchtel, Henry"			Henry Augustus Buchtel ^[57] ^[58]	^[59]  - January 12, 1909	Republican		1906
18			John F. Shafroth ^[60] ^[61]	^[62]  - January 14, 1913	Democratic	1908
						1910
19	data-sort-value="Ammons, Elias"			Elias M. Ammons ^[63] ^[64]	^[65]  - January 12, 1915	Democratic		1912
20	data-sort-value="Carlson, George"			George Alfred Carlson ^[66] ^[67]	^[68]  - January 9, 1917	Republican	1914
21	data-sort-value="Gunter, Julius"			Julius Caldeen Gunter ^[69] ^[70]	^[71]  - January 14, 1919	Democratic	1916
22			Oliver Henry Shoup ^[72] ^[73]	^[74]  - January 9, 1923	Republican	1918
						1920
23	data-sort-value="Sweet, William"			William Ellery Sweet ^[75] ^[76]	^[77]  - January 13, 1925	Democratic		1922
24	data-sort-value="Morley, Clarence"			Clarence Morley ^[78] ^[79]	^[80]  - January 11, 1927	Republican	1924
25			Billy Adams ^[81] ^[82]	^[83]  - January 10, 1933	Democratic	1926
						1928
						1930
26			Edwin C. Johnson ^[84] ^[85]	^[86]  - January 2, 1937	Democratic	1932
						1934
27	data-sort-value="Talbot, Ray"			Ray Herbert Talbot ^[87] ^[88]	^[89]  - January 12, 1937	Democratic		Vacant
28	data-sort-value="Ammons, Teller"			Teller Ammons ^[90] ^[91]	^[92]  - January 10, 1939	Democratic	1936
29			Ralph Lawrence Carr ^[93] ^[94]	^[95]  - January 12, 1943	Republican	1938
						1940
30			John Charles Vivian ^[96] ^[97]	^[98]  - January 14, 1947	Republican	1942
						1944
31			William Lee Knous ^[99] ^[100]	^[101]  - April 15, 1950	Democratic	1946
						1948
32	data-sort-value="Johnson, Walter"			Walter Walford Johnson ^[102] ^[103]	^[104]  - January 9, 1951	Democratic
33			Daniel I. J. Thornton ^[105] ^[106]	^[107]  - January 11, 1955	Republican	1950
						1952
34	data-sort-value="Johnson, Edwin"			Edwin C. Johnson	^[108]  - January 8, 1957	Democratic	1954
35		Stephen McNichols ^[109] ^[110]		^[111]  - January 8, 1963	Democratic	1956
						1958
36			John Arthur Love ^[112] ^[113]	^[114]  - July 16, 1973	Republican	1962
						1966
						1970
37	data-sort-value="Vanderhoof, John"			John D. Vanderhoof ^[115] ^[116]	^[117]  - January 14, 1975	Republican
38			Richard Lamm ^[118]	^[119]  - January 13, 1987	Democratic	1974
						1978
						1982
39			Roy Romer ^[120]	^[121]  - January 12, 1999	Democratic	1986
						1990
							Vacant
						1994
40			Bill Owens ^[122]	^[123]  - January 9, 2007	Republican	1998
						2002
41	data-sort-value="Ritter, Bill"			Bill Ritter ^[124]	^[125]  - January 11, 2011 ^[126]	Democratic	2006
42		John Hickenlooper ^[127]		^[128]  - January 8, 2019	Democratic	2010
						2014
43		Jared Polis ^[129]		^[130]  - Incumbent	Democratic	2018
						2022

See also

• Index of Colorado-related articles
• List of Colorado state legislatures
• Outline of Colorado
• State of Colorado
• Government of Colorado
• Gubernatorial lines of succession in the United States#Colorado
• Lieutenant Governor of Colorado

References

General

• Web site: Governors of Colorado . July 10, 2019 . . July 11, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190711040256/https://www.nga.org/former-governors/colorado/ . live .
• Web site: Governors . December 14, 2018 . Colorado State Archives . December 15, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181215022157/https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/archives/governors . live .
• Web site: The Territorial Governors Collection . January 18, 2008 . Colorado State Archives . September 30, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930154818/http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/govs/terscope.html . live .
• Book: University of Colorado . The University of Colorado Studies, volume IV . 1907 .
• Book: Sobel, Robert . Biographical directory of the governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol. I . Meckler Books . 1978 . 9780930466015 . July 10, 2019 .
• Book: McMullin, Thomas A. . Biographical directory of American territorial governors . 1984 . Westport, CT : Meckler . 978-0-930466-11-4 . January 19, 2023 .
• Book: Kallenbach, Joseph Ernest . American State Governors, 1776-1976 . 1977 . Oceana Publications . 978-0-379-00665-0 . September 23, 2023 .
• Book: Dubin, Michael J. . United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911: The Official Results by State and County . 2014 . McFarland . 978-0-7864-5646-8 . en . January 2, 2024 . January 26, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240126122023/https://books.google.com/books?id=WYJAIOabIPgC . live .
• Book: Glashan, Roy R. . American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 . 1979 . Meckler Books . 978-0-930466-17-6 .
• Web site: Our Campaigns - Governor of Colorado - History . 2023-07-25 . www.ourcampaigns.com . July 25, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230725082143/https://www.ourcampaigns.com/ContainerHistory.html?ContainerID=110 . live .

Constitutions

• Web site: 1876 . Constitution of the State of Colorado, as amended, annotated . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120505063110/http://www.michie.com/colorado/lpext.dll?f=templates&fn=main-h.htm&cp= . May 5, 2012 . October 22, 2008 . Michie's Legal Resources .
• Web site: 1876 . Constitution of the State of Colorado . October 22, 2008 . Colorado State Archives . October 29, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081029011323/http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/constitution/1876.pdf . live .

Specific

External links

• Office of the Governor of Colorado

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Notes and References

1. Web site: January 3, 2019 . Memorandum . August 6, 2019 . Legislative Council Staff . May 4, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190504143148/https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/r18-35_current_annual_salaries_for_elected_state_officials_.pdf . live .
2. CO Const. art IV
3. Web site: Thirty-sixth United States Congress . Thirty-sixth United States Congress . February 28, 1861 . An Act to provide a temporary Government for the Territory of Colorado . November 29, 2007 . State of Colorado, Department of Personnel and Administration, Colorado State Archives . August 23, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130823012135/http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/territory.pdf . live .
4. Web site: William Gilpin . February 10, 2023 . Colorado State Archives . February 2, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220202123647/https://archives.colorado.gov/collections/governors/william-gilpin . live .
5. Web site: John Evans . February 10, 2023 . Colorado State Archives . February 10, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230210181626/https://archives.colorado.gov/collections/governors/john-evans . live .
6. Web site: Alexander Cummings . February 9, 2023 . Colorado State Archives . January 13, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230113053619/https://archives.colorado.gov/collections/governors/alexander-cummings . live .
7. Web site: Alexander Cameron Hunt . February 9, 2023 . Colorado State Archives . February 9, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230209222951/https://archives.colorado.gov/collections/governors/alexander-cameron-hunt . live .
8. Web site: Edward Moody McCook . January 12, 2023 . Colorado State Archives . January 13, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230113053619/https://archives.colorado.gov/collections/governors/edward-moody-mccook . live .
9. Web site: Samuel Hitt Elbert . February 10, 2023 . Colorado State Archives . January 13, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230113053624/https://archives.colorado.gov/collections/governors/samuel-hitt-elbert . live .
10. Web site: John Long Routt . February 10, 2023 . Colorado State Archives . January 13, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230113053622/https://archives.colorado.gov/collections/governors/john-long-routt . live .
11. CO Const. art IV, original section 1
12. Web site: Ballot History . December 4, 2008 . . October 10, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121010141053/http://www.leg.state.co.us/lcs/ballothistory.nsf/835d2ada8de735e787256ffe0074333d/e00852dbf964756687256ffe006c7cdb?OpenDocument . live .
13. Web site: Ballot History . December 4, 2008 . . October 10, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121010141100/http://www.leg.state.co.us/lcs/ballothistory.nsf/835d2ada8de735e787256ffe0074333d/0101464112938c5887256ffd006a4981?OpenDocument . live .
14. CO Const. art IV, sec 13
15. CO Const. art IV, sec 13, paragraph 7
16. Web site: Ballot History . December 4, 2008 . . October 10, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121010141113/http://www.leg.state.co.us/lcs/ballothistory.nsf/835d2ada8de735e787256ffe0074333d/a38dfe74479c6c9787256ffd006a4935?OpenDocument . live .
17. CO Const. art IV, sec 1
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21. Web site: Frederick W. Pitkin . February 10, 2023 . Colorado State Archives . February 10, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230210181818/https://archives.colorado.gov/collections/governors/frederick-w-pitkin . live .
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23. Web site: James Benton Grant . February 10, 2023 . . February 10, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230210194328/https://www.nga.org/governor/james-benton-grant/ . live .
24. Web site: James Benton Grant . February 10, 2023 . Colorado State Archives . February 10, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230210194327/https://archives.colorado.gov/collections/governors/james-benton-grant . live .
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27. Web site: Benjamin Harrison Eaton . February 10, 2023 . Colorado State Archives . February 10, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230210194328/https://archives.colorado.gov/collections/governors/benjamin-harrison-eaton . live .
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33. Web site: Job A. Cooper . February 10, 2023 . Colorado State Archives . March 1, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240301030457/https://archives.colorado.gov/collections/governors/job-a-cooper . live .
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37. Web site: Davis H. Waite . February 10, 2023 . Colorado State Archives . February 10, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230210194326/https://archives.colorado.gov/collections/governors/davis-h-waite . live .
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39. Web site: Albert Wills McIntire . February 10, 2023 . . February 10, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230210201017/https://www.nga.org/governor/albert-wills-mcintire/ . live .
40. Web site: Albert W. McIntire . February 10, 2023 . Colorado State Archives . February 5, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230205233529/https://archives.colorado.gov/collections/governors/albert-w-mcintire . live .
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43. Web site: Charles Spalding Thomas . February 10, 2023 . . February 10, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230210194329/https://www.nga.org/governor/charles-spalding-thomas/ . live .
44. Web site: Charles S. Thomas . February 10, 2023 . Colorado State Archives . February 10, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230210194328/https://archives.colorado.gov/collections/governors/charles-s-thomas . live .
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47. Web site: James B. Orman . February 10, 2023 . Colorado State Archives . February 10, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230210194329/https://archives.colorado.gov/collections/governors/james-b-orman . live .
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50. Web site: James H. Peabody . February 10, 2023 . Colorado State Archives . September 24, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220924191425/https://archives.colorado.gov/sites/archives/files/Peabody.pdf . live .
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54. Web site: Jesse Fuller McDonald . February 10, 2023 . . February 10, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230210201028/https://www.nga.org/governor/jesse-fuller-mcdonald/ . live .
55. Web site: Jesse Fuller McDonald . February 10, 2023 . Colorado State Archives . November 27, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221127031233/https://archives.colorado.gov/sites/archives/files/documents/governors-McDonald-finding-aid.pdf . live .
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58. Web site: Dr. Henry A. Buchtel . February 10, 2023 . Colorado State Archives . February 10, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230210201019/https://archives.colorado.gov/sites/archives/files/Buchtel_0.pdf . live .
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61. Web site: John F. Shafroth . February 10, 2023 . Colorado State Archives . September 24, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220924193203/https://archives.colorado.gov/sites/archives/files/Shafroth.pdf . live .
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63. Web site: Elias Milton Ammons . February 13, 2023 . . February 13, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230213173534/https://www.nga.org/governor/elias-milton-ammons/ . live .
64. Web site: Elias M. Ammons . February 13, 2023 . Colorado State Archives . November 27, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221127014149/https://archives.colorado.gov/sites/archives/files/Ammons.pdf . live .
65. News: 1913-01-16 . Governor Ammons Is Inaugurated . 3 . The Fort Collins Express and The Fort Collins Review . 2023-08-02 . August 2, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230802214601/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-fort-collins-express-and-the-fort-co/129310397/ . live .
66. Web site: George Alfred Carlson . February 13, 2023 . . February 13, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230213173535/https://www.nga.org/governor/george-alfred-carlson/ . live .
67. Web site: George Alfred Carlson . February 13, 2023 . Colorado State Archives . February 13, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230213173536/https://archives.colorado.gov/sites/archives/files/Carlson.pdf . live .
68. Colo. General Assembly. House Journal. 1915 sess., 77, accessed August 2, 2023
69. Web site: Julius Caldeen Gunter . February 13, 2023 . . February 14, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230214060449/https://www.nga.org/governor/julius-caldeen-gunter/ . live .
70. Web site: Julius C. Gunter . February 13, 2023 . Colorado State Archives . January 30, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230130014751/https://archives.colorado.gov/sites/archives/files/Gunter.pdf . live .
71. News: 1917-01-11 . Gunter Takes Office Quietly . 3 . Eastern Colorado Times . 2023-08-02 . August 2, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230802214557/https://www.newspapers.com/article/eastern-colorado-times-gunter-inaugurate/129314672/ . live .
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89. News: 1937-01-03 . Colorado Has a New Governor . 14 . The Daily Sentinel . Associated Press . 2023-02-14 . September 26, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230926030425/https://www.newspapers.com/article/118604883/talbot-inaugurated-johnson-resigns/ . live .
90. Web site: Teller Ammons . February 13, 2023 . . February 14, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230214060444/https://www.nga.org/governor/teller-ammons/ . live .
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95. News: Mickel . Merlin . 1939-01-10 . Hundreds of Persons Crowd Into State House Corridors . 1 . The Daily Sentinel . Associated Press . 2023-08-02 . August 2, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230802210935/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-sentinel-carr-inaugurated-janu/129316986/ . live .
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