Governors of the Territory of Colorado

The Territory of Colorado was formed 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.
It had seven governors before becoming a state, one of whom served two nonconsecutive terms.

Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Appointed by
William Gilpin	March 25, 1861	March 26, 1862	Republican	Abraham Lincoln
John Evans	March 26, 1862	October 17, 1865	Republican	Abraham Lincoln
Alexander Cummings	October 17, 1865	April 24, 1867	Republican	Andrew Johnson
Alexander Cameron Hunt	April 24, 1867	June 14, 1869	Republican	Andrew Johnson
Edward M. McCook	June 14, 1869	1873	Republican	Ulysses S. Grant
Samuel Hitt Elbert	April 4, 1873	1874	Republican	Ulysses S. Grant
Edward M. McCook	June 19, 1874	March 29, 1875	Republican	Ulysses S. Grant
John Long Routt	March 29, 1875	August 1, 1876	Republican	Ulysses S. Grant

 

Governors of the State of Colorado

Colorado was admitted to the Union on August 1, 1876. Since then, it has had 36 governors, serving 41 distinct terms.

Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Lt. Governor
John Long Routt	August 1, 1876	January 14, 1879	Republican	Lafayette Head
Frederick Walker Pitkin	January 14, 1879	January 9, 1883	Republican	Horace Austin Warner Tabor
James Benton Grant	January 9, 1883	January 13, 1885	Democratic	William H. Meyer
Benjamin Harrison Eaton	January 13, 1885	January 11, 1887	Republican	Peter W. Breene
Alva Adams	January 11, 1887	January 8, 1889	Democratic	Norman H. Meldrum
Job Adams Cooper	January 8, 1889	January 13, 1891	Republican	William Grover Smith
John Long Routt	January 13, 1891	January 10, 1893	Republican	William Story
Davis Hanson Waite	January 10, 1893	January 8, 1895	Populist	David Hopkinson Nichols
Albert Washington McIntire	January 8, 1895	January 12, 1897	Republican	Jared L. Brush
Alva Adams	January 12, 1897	January 10, 1899	Democratic	Jared L. Brush
Charles Spalding Thomas	January 10, 1899	January 8, 1901	Democratic	Francis Patrick Carney
James Bradley Orman	January 8, 1901	January 13, 1903	Democratic	David Courtney Coates
				Warren A. Haggott
James Hamilton Peabody	January 13, 1903	January 10, 1905	Republican	Jesse Fuller McDonald
Alva Adams	January 10, 1905	March 17, 1905	Democratic	Arthur Cornforth
James Hamilton Peabody	March 17, 1905	March 17, 1905	Republican	Jesse Fuller McDonald
Jesse Fuller McDonald	March 17, 1905	January 8, 1907	Republican	Fred W. Parks
Henry Augustus Buchtel	January 8, 1907	January 12, 1909	Republican	Erastus Harper
John F. Shafroth	January 12, 1909	January 14, 1913	Democratic	Stephen R. Fitzgarrald
Elias M. Ammons	January 14, 1913	January 12, 1915	Democratic	Stephen R. Fitzgarrald
George Alfred Carlson	January 12, 1915	January 9, 1917	Republican	Moses E. Lewis
Julius Caldeen Gunter	January 9, 1917	January 14, 1919	Democratic	James A. Pulliam
Oliver Henry Shoup	January 14, 1919	January 9, 1923	Republican	George Stepham
				Earl Cooley
William Ellery Sweet	January 9, 1923	January 13, 1925	Democratic	Robert F. Rockwell
Clarence Morley	January 13, 1925	January 11, 1927	Republican	Sterling Byrd Lacy
Billy Adams	January 11, 1927	January 10, 1933	Democratic	George Milton Corlett
				Edwin C. Johnson
Edwin C. Johnson	January 10, 1933	January 1, 1937	Democratic	Ray Herbert Talbot
Ray Herbert Talbot	January 1, 1937	January 12, 1937	Democratic	vacant
Teller Ammons	January 12, 1937	January 10, 1939	Democratic	Frank J. Hayes
Ralph Lawrence Carr	January 10, 1939	January 12, 1943	Republican	John Charles Vivian
John Charles Vivian	January 12, 1943	January 14, 1947	Republican	William Eugene Higby
William Lee Knous	January 14, 1947	April 15, 1950	Democratic	Homer L. Pearson
				Walter Walford Johnson
Walter Walford Johnson	April 15, 1950	January 9, 1951	Democratic	Charles P. Murphy
Daniel I.J. Thornton	January 9, 1951	January 11, 1955	Republican	Gordon L. Allott
Edwin C. Johnson	January 11, 1955	January 8, 1957	Democratic	Stephen L.R. McNichols
Stephen L.R. McNichols	January 8, 1957	January 8, 1963	Democratic	Frank L. Hays
				Robert Lee Knous
John Arthur Love	January 8, 1963	July 16, 1973	Republican	Robert Lee Knous
				Mark Anthony Hogan
				John David Vanderhoof
John David Vanderhoof	July 16, 1973	January 14, 1975	Republican	Ted L. Strickland
Richard "Dick" Lamm	January 14, 1975	January 13, 1987	Democratic	George L. Brown
				Nancy E. Dick
Roy Romer	January 13, 1987	January 12, 1999	Democratic	Mike Callihan
				Samuel H. Cassidy
				Gail Schoettler
Bill Owens	January 12, 1999	January 9, 2007	Republican	Joe Rogers
				Jane E. Norton
Bill Ritter	January 9, 2007	Incumbent	Democratic	Barbara O'Brien

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