LIST OF GOVERNORS OF UTAH

Number of Governors of Utah by party affiliation
PartyGovernors
Republican10
Democratic6

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

Contents
List of Governors of Utah Territory
List of Utah Governors since Statehood
Notes

List of Governors of Utah Territory


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

Brigham Young 1850-58

Alfred Cumming 1858-1861

John W. Dawson 1861, Democratic/Republican

Stephen Selwyn Harding 1862-63, Liberal

James Duane Doty 1863-65, Democratic

Charles Durkee 1865-69, Free Soil Party/Republican

John Wilson Shaffer 1870

Vernon H. Vaughan 1870-71

George Lemuel Woods 1871-75, Republican

Samuel Beach Axtell 1875, Democratic

George W. Emery 1875-1880

Eli Houston Murray 1880-86

Caleb Walton West 1886-88

Arthur Lloyd Thomas 1889-93

Caleb Walton West 1893-96

List of Utah Governors since Statehood


Heber Manning Wells

The State of Utah was admitted to the Union on January 4, 1896.
# Name Took office Left office Party Lieutenant Governor[1]
1Heber Manning WellsJanuary 6, 1896January 2, 1905RepublicanNone
2John Christopher CutlerJanuary 2, 1905January 4, 1909RepublicanNone
3William SpryJanuary 4, 1909January 1, 1917RepublicanNone
4Simon BambergerJanuary 1, 1917January 3, 1921DemocraticNone
5Charles Rendell MabeyJanuary 3, 1921January 5, 1925RepublicanNone
6George Henry DernJanuary 5, 1925January 2, 1933DemocraticNone
7Henry Hooper BloodJanuary 2, 1933January 6, 1941DemocraticNone
8Herbert Brown MawJanuary 6, 1941January 3, 1949DemocraticNone
9Joseph Bracken LeeJanuary 3, 1949January 7 1957RepublicanNone
10George Dewey ClydeJanuary 7 1957January 4 1965RepublicanNone
11Calvin Lewellyn RamptonJanuary 4 1965January 3 1977DemocraticNone
Clyde L. Miller
12Scott Milne MathesonJanuary 3 1977January 7 1985DemocraticDavid S. Monson
13Norman Howard BangerterJanuary 7 1985January 4 1993RepublicanW. Val Oveson
14Michael Okerlund LeavittJanuary 4 1993November 5 2003RepublicanOlene S. Walker
15Olene Smith WalkerNovember 5 2003January 3 2005RepublicanGayle McKeachnie
16Jon Meade Huntsman, Jr.January 3 2005''Incumbent''RepublicanGary R. Herbert

Notes


1. The office of Lieutenant Governor was created in 1976.


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