LIST_OF_GOVERNORS OF IDAHO

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Number of Governors of Idaho by party affiliation

Party	Governors
Republican	20
Democratic	12

The following is a 'list of the Governors of the State of Idaho' and Idaho Territory.

★ Prior to becoming a territory, parts of Idaho were part of Dakota Territory, Oregon Territory, and Washington Territory; see the lists of governors of Dakota Territory, Oregon, and Washington for the period before 1863.
==List of Governors of the Idaho Territory==

★ William H. Wallace (1863 - 1864)

★ Caleb Lyon (1864 - 1866)

★ David W. Ballard (1866 - 1870)

★ Thomas M. Bowen (1871)

★ Thomas W. Bennett (1871 - 1875)

★ David P. Thompson (1875 - 1876)

★ Mason Brayman (1876 - 1878)

★ John Baldwin Neil (1880 - 1883)

★ John N. Irwin (1883 - 1884)

★ William M. Bunn (1884 - 1885)

★ Edward A. Stevenson (1885 - 1889)

★ George Laird Shoup (1889 - 1890)
==List of Governors of the State of Idaho==

Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Lt. Governor	Notes
George L. Shoup	1890	December 19 1890	Republican	N. B. Willey	[1]
N. B. Willey	December 19 1890	January 1 1893	Republican	John S. Gray	As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term.
William J. McConnell	January 1 1893	January 4 1897	Republican	F. B. Willis
				F. J. Mills
Frank Steunenberg	January 4 1897	January 7 1901	Democratic	George F. Moore
				J. H. Hutchinson
Frank W. Hunt	January 7 1901	January 5 1903	Democratic	Thomas F. Terrell
John T. Morrison	January 5 1903	January 3 1905	Republican	James M. Stevens
Frank R. Gooding	January 3 1905	January 4 1909	Republican	Burpee L. Steeves
				Ezra A. Burrell
James H. Brady	January 4 1909	January 2 1911	Republican	Lewis H. Sweetster
James H. Hawley	January 2 1911	January 6 1913	Democratic	Lewis H. Sweetster
John M. Haines	January 6 1913	January 4 1915	Republican	Herman H. Taylor
Moses Alexander	January 4 1915	January 6 1919	Democratic	Herman H. Taylor
				Ernest L. Parker
D. W. Davis	January 6 1919	January 3 1923	Republican	Charles C. Moore
Charles C. Moore	January 3 1923	January 3 1927	Republican	H. C. Baldridge
H. C. Baldridge	January 3 1927	January 5 1931	Republican	W. B. Kinne
				O. E. Hailey
C. Ben Ross	January 5 1931	January 4 1937	Democratic	G. P. Mix
				George E. Hill
				G. P. Mix
Barzilla W. Clark	January 4 1937	January 2 1939	Democratic	Charles C. Gossett
C. A. Bottolfsen	January 2 1939	January 6 1941	Republican	Donald S. Whitehead
Chase A. Clark	January 6 1941	January 4 1943	Democratic	Charles C. Gossett
C. A. Bottolfsen	January 4 1943	January 1 1945	Republican	Edwin Nelson
Charles C. Gossett	January 1 1945	November 17 1945	Democratic	Arnold Williams	[2]
Arnold Williams	November 17 1945	January 6 1947	Democratic	A. R. McCabe
C. A. Robins	January 6 1947	January 1 1951	Republican	Donald S. Whitehead
Len B. Jordan	January 1 1951	January 3 1955	Republican	Edson H. Deal
Robert E. Smylie	January 3 1955	January 2 1967	Republican	J. Berkeley Larsen
				W. E. Drevlow
Don Samuelson	January 2 1967	January 4 1971	Republican	Jack M. Murphy
Cecil D. Andrus	January 4 1971	January 24 1977	Democratic	Jack M. Murphy	Resigned to be United States Secretary of the Interior.
				John V. Evans
John V. Evans	January 24 1977	January 5 1987	Democratic	William J. Murphy	As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term, and was later elected in his own right.
				Philip E. Batt
				David H. Leroy
Cecil D. Andrus	January 5 1987	January 2 1995	Democratic	C.L. (Butch) Otter
Phil Batt	January 2 1995	January 8 1999	Republican	C.L. (Butch) Otter
Dirk Kempthorne	January 8 1999	May 26 2006	Republican	C.L. (Butch) Otter
				Jack Riggs
				Jim Risch
Jim Risch	May 26 2006	January 1 2007	Republican	Mark Ricks
C.L. (Butch) Otter	January 1 2007	''Incumbent''	Republican	Jim Risch	[3]

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Other high offices held

Living former governors

Reference

Notes

1. Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
2. Charles Gossett resigned to let Lieutenant Governor Williams succeed him and then appoint him to the United States Senate.
3. Governor Otter's first term expires in 2011; he is not yet term limited.

Other high offices held

This is a table of congressional seats, other federal offices, and other governorships held by governors. All representatives and senators mentioned represented Idaho except where noted.
★ denotes those offices which the governor resigned to take.

Name	Gubernatorial term	U.S. Congress		Other offices held
		House	Senate
William H. Wallace	1863–1864			Territorial Delegate ★ , Territorial Delegate from Washington Territory, Governor of Washington Territory
Caleb Lyon	1864–1866			U.S. Representative from New York
Thomas M. Bowen	1871			U.S. Senator from Colorado
Thomas W. Bennett	1871–1875			Territorial Delegate
David P. Thompson	1875–1876			Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire
George Laird Shoup	1889–1890 (territorial), 1890		S
William J. McConnell	1893–1897		S
Frank R. Gooding	1905–1909		S
James H. Brady	1909–1911		S
Charles C. Gossett	1945		S
Len B. Jordan	1951–1955		S
Cecil D. Andrus	1971–1977, 1987–1995			U.S. Secretary of the Interior ★
Dirk Kempthorne	1999–2006		S	U.S. Secretary of the Interior ★
C.L. "Butch" Otter	2007–present	H

Living former governors

As of July 2007, five former governors were alive, the oldest being John V. Evans (1977–1987, born 1925). The most recent governor to die was Robert E. Smylie (1955–1967), on July 17 2004. The most recently-serving governor to die was Don Samuelson (1967–1971), on January 20 2000.

Name	Gubernatorial term	Date of birth
Cecil D. Andrus	1971–1977, 1987–1995	August 25 1931
John V. Evans	1977–1987	January 18 1925
Phil Batt	1995–1999	March 4 1927
Dirk Kempthorne	1999–2006	October 29 1951
Jim Risch	2006–2007	May 3 1943

Reference

★ Idaho Statewide Elected Officers Historical Roster