List of governors of Wyoming facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Governor of Wyoming |
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Residence | Wyoming Governor's Mansion |
Term length | Four years, renewable once (limited to eight years in a sixteen year period) |
Inaugural holder | Francis E. Warren |
Formation | Wyoming Constitution |
Salary | $105,000 (2013) |
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
No. | Governor | Term in office | Appointing President | |
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1 | John Allen Campbell (1835–1880) |
April 7, 1869 – February 10, 1875 (successor appointed) |
Ulysses S. Grant | |
2 | John Milton Thayer (1820–1906) |
February 10, 1875 – April 10, 1878 (successor appointed) |
Ulysses S. Grant | |
3 | John Wesley Hoyt (1831–1912) |
April 10, 1878 – August 3, 1882 (successor appointed) |
Rutherford B. Hayes | |
4 | William Hale (1837–1885) |
August 3, 1882 – January 13, 1885 (died in office) |
Chester A. Arthur | |
5 | Francis E. Warren (1844–1929) |
February 27, 1885 – November 11, 1886 (successor appointed) |
Chester A. Arthur | |
6 | George W. Baxter (1855–1929) |
November 11, 1886 – December 20, 1886 (resigned) |
Grover Cleveland | |
7 | Thomas Moonlight (1833–1899) |
December 20, 1886 – April 9, 1889 (successor appointed) |
Grover Cleveland | |
8 | Francis E. Warren (1844–1929) |
April 9, 1889 – October 11, 1890 (elected state governor) |
Benjamin Harrison |
State of Wyoming
No. | Governor | Term in office | Party | Election | Secretary of State | |||
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1 | Francis E. Warren (1844–1929) |
October 11, 1890 – November 24, 1890 (resigned) |
Republican | 1890 | John W. Meldrum | |||
Amos W. Barber | ||||||||
2 | Amos W. Barber (1860–1915) |
November 24, 1890 – January 2, 1893 (successor took office) |
Republican | Secretary of state acting |
Acting as governor | |||
3 | John Eugene Osborne (1858–1943) |
January 2, 1893 – January 7, 1895 (did not run) |
Democratic | 1892§ | Amos W. Barber | |||
4 | William A. Richards (1849–1912) |
January 7, 1895 – January 2, 1899 (did not run) |
Republican | 1894 | Charles W. Burdick | |||
5 | DeForest Richards (1846–1903) |
January 2, 1899 – April 28, 1903 (died in office) |
Republican | 1898 | Fenimore Chatterton | |||
1902 | ||||||||
6 | Fenimore Chatterton (1860–1958) |
April 28, 1903 – January 2, 1905 (lost nomination) |
Republican | Secretary of state acting |
Acting as governor | |||
7 | Bryant Butler Brooks (1861–1944) |
January 2, 1905 – January 2, 1911 (did not run) |
Republican | 1904 (special) |
Fenimore Chatterton | |||
1906 | William Schnitger | |||||||
8 | Joseph M. Carey (1845–1924) |
January 2, 1911 – January 4, 1915 (did not run) |
Democratic | 1910 | Frank L. Houx | |||
9 | John B. Kendrick (1857–1933) |
January 4, 1915 – February 24, 1917 (resigned) |
Democratic | 1914 | ||||
10 | Frank L. Houx (1854–1941) |
February 24, 1917 – January 6, 1919 (lost election) |
Democratic | Secretary of state acting |
Acting as governor | |||
11 | Robert D. Carey (1878–1937) |
January 6, 1919 – January 1, 1923 (lost nomination) |
Republican | 1918 | William E. Chaplin | |||
12 | William B. Ross (1873–1924) |
January 1, 1923 – October 2, 1924 (died in office) |
Democratic | 1922 | Frank Lucas | |||
13 | Frank Lucas (1876–1948) |
October 2, 1924 – January 5, 1925 (successor took office) |
Republican | Secretary of state acting |
Acting as governor | |||
14 | Nellie Tayloe Ross (1876–1977) |
January 5, 1925 – January 3, 1927 (lost election) |
Democratic | 1924 (special) |
Frank Lucas | |||
15 | Frank Emerson (1882–1931) |
January 3, 1927 – February 18, 1931 (died in office) |
Republican | 1926 | Alonzo M. Clark | |||
1930 | ||||||||
16 | Alonzo M. Clark (1868–1952) |
February 18, 1931 – January 2, 1933 (lost nomination) |
Republican | Secretary of state acting |
Acting as governor | |||
17 | Leslie A. Miller (1886–1970) |
January 2, 1933 – January 2, 1939 (lost election) |
Democratic | 1932 (special) |
Alonzo M. Clark | |||
1934 | Lester C. Hunt | |||||||
18 | Nels H. Smith (1884–1976) |
January 2, 1939 – January 4, 1943 (lost election) |
Republican | 1938 | ||||
19 | Lester C. Hunt (1892–1954) |
January 4, 1943 – January 3, 1949 (resigned) |
Democratic | 1942 | Mart T. Christensen | |||
William M. Jack | ||||||||
1946 | Arthur G. Crane | |||||||
20 | Arthur G. Crane (1877–1955) |
January 3, 1949 – January 1, 1951 (successor took office) |
Republican | Secretary of state acting |
Acting as governor | |||
21 | Frank A. Barrett (1892–1962) |
January 1, 1951 – January 3, 1953 (resigned) |
Republican | 1950 | Clifford Joy Rogers | |||
22 | Clifford Joy Rogers (1897–1962) |
January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 (lost nomination) |
Republican | Secretary of state acting |
Acting as governor | |||
23 | Milward Simpson (1897–1993) |
January 3, 1955 – January 5, 1959 (lost election) |
Republican | 1954 | Everett T. Copenhaver | |||
24 | Joe Hickey (1911–1970) |
January 5, 1959 – January 2, 1961 (resigned) |
Democratic | 1958 | Jack R. Gage | |||
25 | Jack R. Gage (1899–1970) |
January 2, 1961 – January 7, 1963 (lost election) |
Democratic | Secretary of state acting |
Acting as governor | |||
26 | Clifford Hansen (1912–2009) |
January 7, 1963 – January 2, 1967 (did not run) |
Republican | 1962 | Thyra Thomson | |||
27 | Stanley K. Hathaway (1924–2005) |
January 2, 1967 – January 6, 1975 (did not run) |
Republican | 1966 | ||||
1970 | ||||||||
28 | Edgar Herschler (1918–1990) |
January 6, 1975 – January 5, 1987 (did not run) |
Democratic | 1974 | ||||
1978 | ||||||||
1982 | ||||||||
29 | Mike Sullivan (b. 1939) |
January 5, 1987 – January 2, 1995 (term-limited) |
Democratic | 1986 | Kathy Karpan | |||
1990 | ||||||||
30 | Jim Geringer (b. 1944) |
January 2, 1995 – January 6, 2003 (term-limited) |
Republican | 1994 | Diana J. Ohman | |||
1998 | Joseph Meyer | |||||||
31 | Dave Freudenthal (b. 1950) |
January 6, 2003 – January 3, 2011 (term-limited) |
Democratic | 2002 | ||||
2006 | Max Maxfield | |||||||
32 | Matt Mead (b. 1962) |
January 3, 2011 – January 7, 2019 (term-limited) |
Republican | 2010 | ||||
2014 | Ed Murray | |||||||
Edward Buchanan | ||||||||
33 | Mark Gordon (b. 1957) |
January 7, 2019 – Incumbent |
Republican | 2018 | ||||
Karl Allred | ||||||||
2022 | Chuck Gray |
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