List of governors of Wyoming explained

Post:Governor
Body:Wyoming
Insignia:Seal of the Governor of Wyoming.svg
Insigniasize:110px
Insigniacaption:Seal of the governor
Incumbent:Mark Gordon
Incumbentsince:January 7, 2019
Termlength:Four years, renewable once (limited to eight years in a sixteen year period)
Residence:Wyoming Governor's Mansion
Formation:Wyoming Constitution
Inaugural:Francis E. Warren
Salary:$105,000 (2022)[1]

The governor of Wyoming is the head of government of Wyoming, and the commander-in-chief of the U.S. state's military department.

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.

List of governors

Territory of Wyoming

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GovernorTerm in officeAppointing President
1data-sort-value="Campbell, John"John Allen Campbell



February 10, 1875
2data-sort-value="Thayer, John"John Milton Thayer



April 10, 1878
3data-sort-value="Hoyt, John"John Wesley Hoyt



August 3, 1882
4data-sort-value="Hale, William"William Hale



January 13, 1885
5data-sort-value="Warren, Francis"Francis E. Warren



November 11, 1886
6data-sort-value="Baxter, George"George W. Baxter



December 20, 1886
7data-sort-value="Moonlight, Thomas"Thomas Moonlight



April 9, 1889
8data-sort-value="Warren, Francis"Francis E. Warren



October 11, 1890

State of Wyoming

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GovernorTerm in officePartyElectionSecretary of State
1 Francis E. Warren

[2]
[3]

November 24, 1890
Republican1890 
2data-sort-value="Barber, Amos"Amos W. Barber

[4]
[5]

January 2, 1893
RepublicanActing as governor
3data-sort-value="Osborne, John"John Eugene Osborne

[6]
[7]

January 7, 1895
Democratic1892§
4data-sort-value="Richards, William"William A. Richards

[8]
[9]

January 2, 1899
Republican1894
5DeForest Richards

[10]
[11]

April 28, 1903
Republican1898
1902
6data-sort-value="Chatterton, Fenimore"Fenimore Chatterton

[12]
[13]

January 2, 1905
RepublicanActing as governor
7Bryant Butler Brooks

[14]

January 2, 1911
Republican1904
1906
8data-sort-value="Carey, Joseph"Joseph M. Carey

[15]
[16]

January 4, 1915
Democratic1910
9data-sort-value="Kendrick, John"John B. Kendrick

[17]
[18]

February 24, 1917
Democratic1914
10data-sort-value="Houx, Frank"Frank L. Houx

[19]
[20]

January 6, 1919
DemocraticActing as governor
11data-sort-value="Carey, Robert"Robert D. Carey

[21]
[22]

January 1, 1923
Republican1918
12data-sort-value="Ross, William"William B. Ross

[23]
[24]

October 2, 1924
Democratic1922
13data-sort-value="Lucas, Frank"Frank Lucas

[25]
[26]

January 5, 1925
RepublicanActing as governor
14data-sort-value="Ross, Nellie"Nellie Tayloe Ross

[27]
[28]

January 3, 1927
Democratic1924
15Frank Emerson

[29]
[30]

February 18, 1931
Republican1926
1930
16data-sort-value="Clark, Alonzo"Alonzo M. Clark

[31]
[32]

January 2, 1933
RepublicanActing as governor
17Leslie A. Miller

[33]
[34]

January 2, 1939
Democratic1932
1934
18data-sort-value="Smith, Nels"Nels H. Smith

[35]
[36]

January 4, 1943
Republican1938
19Lester C. Hunt

[37]
[38]

January 3, 1949
Democratic1942
1946
20data-sort-value="Crane, Arthur"Arthur G. Crane

[39]
[40]

January 1, 1951
RepublicanActing as governor
21data-sort-value="Barrett, Frank"Frank A. Barrett

[41]
[42]

January 3, 1953
Republican1950
22data-sort-value="Rogers, Clifford"Clifford Joy Rogers

[43]
[44]

January 3, 1955
RepublicanActing as governor
23data-sort-value="Simpson, Milward"Milward Simpson

[45]
[46]

January 5, 1959
Republican1954
24data-sort-value="Hickey, Joe"Joe Hickey

[47]
[48]

January 2, 1961
Democratic1958
25data-sort-value="Gage, Jack"Jack R. Gage

[49]
[50]

January 7, 1963
DemocraticActing as governor
26data-sort-value="Hansen, Clifford"Clifford Hansen

[51]
[52]

January 2, 1967
Republican1962
27Stanley K. Hathaway

[53]
[54]

January 6, 1975
Republican1966
1970
28Edgar Herschler

[55]
[56]

January 5, 1987
Democratic1974
1978
1982
29Mike Sullivan

[57]
[58]

January 2, 1995
Democratic1986
1990
30Jim Geringer

[59]
[60]

January 6, 2003
Republican1994
1998
31Dave Freudenthal

[61]
[62]

January 3, 2011
Democratic2002
2006
32Matt Mead

[63]
[64]

January 7, 2019
Republican2010
2014
33Mark Gordon

[65]
[66]

Incumbent
Republican2018
2022

See also

References

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries . The Council of State Governments . August 7, 2024.
  2. Web site: Francis E. Warren . July 22, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  3. News: 1890-10-12 . Just Before Midnight . 3 . The Cheyenne Daily Leader . 2023-07-24.
  4. Web site: Amos Walker Barber . July 22, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  5. News: 1890-11-25 . Governor Barber . 2 . The Cheyenne Daily Leader . 2023-07-24.
  6. Web site: John Eugene Osborne . July 22, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  7. News: 1893-01-03 . Governor Osborne Takes the Official Oath a Second Time . 2 . Lincoln Journal Star . 2023-07-24.
  8. Web site: William Alford Richards . July 22, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  9. News: 1895-01-07 . Wyoming's New Governor . 1 . Reno Gazette-Journal . Associated Press . 2023-07-24.
  10. Web site: De Forest Richards . July 22, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  11. News: 1899-01-03 . Inducted into Office . 1 . The Salt Lake Tribune . 2023-07-24.
  12. Web site: Fenimore Chatterton . July 22, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  13. News: 1903-04-29 . Gov. Richards Called . 3 . The Salt Lake Tribune . 2023-07-24.
  14. News: 1905-01-03 . Wyoming's New Governor Takes Office . 5 . Chicago Tribune . 2023-07-24.
  15. Web site: Joseph Maull Carey . July 22, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  16. News: 1911-01-03 . Carey Inaugurated Governor of Wyoming . 4 . Midland Empire News . 2023-07-24.
  17. Web site: John Benjamin Kendrick . July 22, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  18. News: 1915-01-04 . Kendrick Inducted Wyoming Governor . 1 . Salt Lake Telegram . 2023-07-24.
  19. Web site: Frank L. Houx . July 22, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  20. News: 1917-02-28 . Frank L. Houx Now Governor of Wyo. . 1 . The Northern Wyoming Herald . 2023-07-24.
  21. Web site: Robert Davis Carey . July 22, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  22. News: 1919-01-08 . Governor Robert D. Carey . 1 . The Northern Wyoming Herald . 2023-07-24.
  23. Web site: William Bradford Ross . July 22, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  24. News: 1923-01-02 . New Executive Is Fourth Demo to Hold Office . 1 . Casper Star-Tribune . 2023-10-03.
  25. Web site: Franklin Earl Lucas . July 22, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  26. News: 1924-10-02 . Governor Ross Is Dead . 1 . Casper Star-Tribune . 2023-07-24.
  27. Web site: Nellie Tayloe Ross . July 22, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  28. News: 1925-01-05 . Nellie Tayloe Ross Inaugurated Governor; First Woman to Hold This Office in U.S. . 1 . Casper Star-Tribune . Associated Press . 2023-10-03.
  29. Web site: Frank Collins Emerson . July 22, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  30. News: 1927-01-03 . Emerson in Inaugural Address Urges Constructive Program . 1 . Casper Star-Tribune . Associated Press . 2023-07-24.
  31. Web site: Alonzo M. Clark . July 22, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  32. News: 1931-02-19 . Gov. Emerson Dead . 1 . Casper Star-Tribune . Associated Press . 2023-07-24.
  33. Web site: Leslie A. Miller . July 22, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  34. News: 1933-01-02 . Gov. Miller Assumes Post . 1 . Casper Star-Tribune . Associated Press . 2023-07-24.
  35. Web site: Nels H. Smith . July 22, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  36. News: 1939-01-02 . Governor Smith Takes Oath . 1 . Casper Star-Tribune . Associated Press . 2023-07-24.
  37. Web site: Lester Calloway Hunt . July 22, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  38. News: 1943-01-04 . Governor Hunt Takes Oath . 1 . Casper Star-Tribune . Associated Press . 2023-07-24.
  39. Web site: Arthur Griswold Crane . July 22, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  40. News: 1949-01-03 . Crane Becomes Chief Executive . 1 . Casper Star-Tribune . Associated Press . 2023-07-24.
  41. Web site: Frank A. Barrett . July 22, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  42. News: Woolfson . Walt . 1951-01-01 . Barrett Sworn In at Ceremony at Statehouse . 1 . Casper Star-Tribune . 2023-07-24.
  43. Web site: Clifford Joy Rogers . July 22, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  44. News: 1953-01-04 . Rogers Is Now Governor . 2 . Casper Star-Tribune . Associated Press . 2023-07-24.
  45. Web site: Milward L. Simpson . July 22, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  46. News: 1955-01-03 . Simpson Is Sworn In As Governor . 1 . Casper Star-Tribune . Associated Press . 2023-07-24.
  47. Web site: John Joseph Hickey . July 22, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  48. News: 1959-01-05 . Joe Hickey Takes Oath As Governor . 1 . Casper Star-Tribune . Associated Press . 2023-07-24.
  49. Web site: Jack Robert Gage . July 22, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  50. News: 1961-01-05 . Hickey Resigns; Appointed to Senate . 4 . The Jackson Hole Guide . 2023-07-24.
  51. Web site: Clifford P. Hansen . July 22, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  52. News: 1963-01-07 . Gov. Hansen Takes Over Duties Today . 1 . Casper Star-Tribune . Associated Press . 2023-07-24.
  53. Web site: Stanley K. Hathaway . July 22, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  54. News: Missett Jr. . Bill . 1967-01-03 . Hathaway Becomes Wyoming's 19th Governor . 10 . Casper Star-Tribune . 2023-07-24.
  55. Web site: Edward Herschler . July 22, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  56. News: Magers . Kathie . 1975-01-07 . Herschler Takes Office . 1 . Casper Star-Tribune . 2023-07-24.
  57. Web site: Michael J. Sullivan . July 22, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  58. News: Kirshner . Erich . 1987-01-06 . Sullivan Takes Oath As Wyoming's 29th Governor . 1 . Casper Star-Tribune . 2023-07-24.
  59. Web site: Jim Geringer . July 22, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  60. News: 1995-01-03 . Geringer Promises Renewed Trust . 1 . The Billings Gazette . Associated Press . 2023-07-24.
  61. Web site: Dave Freudenthal . July 22, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  62. News: 2003-01-07 . Governor Installed . 1 . The Billings Gazette . Associated Press . 2023-07-24.
  63. Web site: Matthew Mead . July 22, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  64. News: Pelzer . Jeremy . 2011-01-04 . 'Putting Wyoming First' . 1 . Casper Star-Tribune . 2023-07-24.
  65. Web site: Mark Gordon . July 22, 2023 . National Governors Association.
  66. News: Gruver . Mead . 2019-01-08 . Governor Takes Oath in Work Zone . A1 . Casper Star-Tribune . Associated Press . 2023-07-24.