LIST OF GOVERNORS OF UTAH

Number of Governors of Utah by party affiliation

Party	Governors
Republican	10
Democratic	6

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

The State of Utah was admitted to the Union on January 4, 1896.

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

Notes

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