Governors of Utah Territory

List of Governors of Utah Territory Utah Territory was organized by Act of Congress on September 9, 1850.

Name Took office Left office Party Brigham Young 1850 1858   Alfred Cumming 1858 1861   John W. Dawson 1861 1862 Democratic/Republican Stephen Selwyn Harding 1862 1863 Liberal James Duane Doty 1863 1865 Democratic Charles Durkee 1865 1869 Free Soil Party/Republican John Wilson Shaffer 1870 1870   Vernon H. Vaughan 1870 1871   George Lemuel Woods 1871 1875 Republican Samuel Beach Axtell 1875 1875 Democratic George W. Emery 1875 1880   Eli Houston Murray 1880 1886   Caleb Walton West 1886 1888   Arthur Lloyd Thomas 1889 1893   Caleb Walton West 1893 1896   Source: Wikipedia; Transcribed by Barb Ziegenmeyer

List of Utah Governors Since Statehood The State of Utah was Admitted to the Union on January 4, 1896.

Name Took office Left office Party Lieutenant Governor Heber Manning Wells January 6, 1896 January 2, 1905 Republican None John Christopher Cutler January 2, 1905 January 4, 1909 Republican None William Spry January 4, 1909 January 1, 1917 Republican None Simon Bamberger January 1, 1917 January 3, 1921 Democratic None Charles Rendell Mabey January 3, 1921 January 5, 1925 Republican None George Henry Dern January 5, 1925 January 2, 1933 Democratic None Henry Hooper Blood January 2, 1933 January 6, 1941 Democratic None Herbert Brown Maw January 6, 1941 January 3, 1949 Democratic None Joseph Bracken Lee January 3, 1949 January 7, 1957 Republican None George Dewey Clyde January 7, 1957 January 4, 1965 Republican None Calvin Lewellyn Rampton January 4, 1965 January 3, 1977 Democratic Clyde L. Miller Scott Milne Matheson January 3, 1977 January 7, 1985 Democratic David S. Monson Norman Howard Bangerter January 7, 1985 January 4, 1993 Republican W. Val Oveson Michael Okerlund Leavitt January 4, 1993 November 5, 2003 Republican Olene S. Walker Olene Smith Walker November 5, 2003 January 3, 2005 Republican Gayle McKeachnie Jon Meade Huntsman, Jr. January 3, 2005 Incumbent Republican Gary R. Herbert Source: Wikipedia; Transcribed by Barb Ziegenmeyer

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