LIST OF GOVERNORS OF WYOMING

This is a 'list of the governors of Wyoming'. The United States initially acquired some of the land that is today Wyoming from France in the Louisiana Purchase. This land was initially organized as Louisiana Territory, later renamed Missouri Territory. The Adams-Onís Treaty transferred more of Wyoming to the United States, this time from New Spain. When Texas declared independence in 1836, it claimed a small portion of present-day Wyoming. Following the annexation of Texas in 1845, and the receipt of the Mexican Cession following the Mexican-American War, all of Wyoming was now within the United States. At various points in history, parts of Wyoming were in Oregon, Utah, Nebraska, Dakota, Washington and Idaho Territories. Wyoming Territory itself was organized in 1868, and the state was admitted to the union on July 10 1890.

Contents

List of Governors

Governors of Wyoming Territory

Governors of Wyoming

Notes

List of Governors

Governors of Wyoming Territory

#	Name	Took office	Left office
1	John Allen Campbell	1869	1875
2	John Milton Thayer	1875	1878
3	John Wesley Hoyt	1878	1882
4	William Hale	1882	1885
5	Elliot S.N. Morgan	1885	1885
6	Francis Emroy Warren	1885	1886
7	George White Baxter	1886	1886
8	Elliot S.N. Morgan	1886	1887
9	Thomas Moonlight	1887	1889
10	Francis Emroy Warren	1889	1890

Governors of Wyoming

#	Governor	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
1	Francis E. Warren	October 11 1890	November 24 1890	Republican	Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
2	Amos W. Barber	November 24 1890	January 2 1893	Republican	As state secretary of state, acted as governor.
3	John E. Osborne	January 2 1893	January 7 1895	Democratic
4	William A. Richards	January 7 1895	January 2 1899	Republican
5	DeForest Richards	January 2 1899	April 28 1903	Republican	Died in office.
6	Fenimore Chatterton	April 28 1903	January 2 1905	Republican
7	Bryant B. Brooks	January 2 1905	January 2 1911	Republican
8	Joseph M. Carey	January 2 1911	January 4 1915	Democratic
9	John B. Kendrick	January 4 1915	February 26 1917	Democratic
10	Frank L. Houx	February 26 1917	January 6 1919	Democratic
11	Robert D. Carey	January 6 1919	January 1 1923	Republican
12	William B. Ross	January 1 1923	October 2 1924	Democratic
13	Frank E. Lucas	October 2 1924	January 5 1925	Republican
14	Nellie Tayloe Ross	January 5 1925	January 3 1927	Democratic
15	Frank C. Emerson	January 3 1927	February 18 1931	Republican
16	Alonzo M. Clark	February 18 1931	January 2 1933	Republican	[1]
17	Leslie A. Miller	January 2 1933	January 2 1939	Democratic
18	Nels H. Smith	January 2 1939	January 4 1943	Republican
19	Lester C. Hunt	January 4 1943	January 3 1949	Democratic
20	Arthur G. Crane	January 3 1949	January 1 1951	Republican
21	Frank A. Barrett	January 1 1951	January 3 1953	Republican
22	Clifford Joy Rogers	January 3 1953	January 3 1955	Republican
23	Milward L. Simpson	January 3 1955	January 5 1959	Republican
24	John J. Hickey	January 5 1959	January 2 1961	Democratic	[2]
25	Jack R. Gage	January 2 1961	January 7 1963	Democratic
26	Clifford P. Hansen	January 7 1963	January 2 1967	Republican
27	Stanley K. Hathaway	January 2 1967	January 6 1975	Republican
28	Edgar J. Herschler	January 6 1975	January 5 1987	Democratic
29	Mike Sullivan	January 5 1987	January 2 1995	Democratic
30	Jim Geringer	January 2 1995	January 6 2003	Republican
31	Dave Freudenthal	January 6 2003	''Incumbent''	Democratic	[3]

Notes

1. As state secretary of state, acted as governor until replacement elected.
2. Resigned to take an appointed seat in the United States Senate.
3. Governor Freudenthal's term expires in 2011; he is term limited.