List of governors of Wyoming

Governor of Wyoming
Seal of the governor
Incumbent
Mark Gordon
since January 7, 2019
Style
Status
ResidenceWyoming Governor's Mansion
Term lengthFour years, renewable once (limited to eight years in a sixteen year period)
Inaugural holderFrancis E. Warren
FormationWyoming Constitution
Salary$105,000 (2022)[1]
Websitegovernor.wyo.gov

The governor of Wyoming is the head of government of Wyoming, and the commander-in-chief of the Wyoming's military department (National Guard).

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

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Territory of Wyoming

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Governors of the Territory of Wyoming
No. Governor Term in office[a] Appointing President
1 John Allen Campbell
(1835–1880)
[2] 		April 7, 1869[b]
–
February 10, 1875
(successor appointed) 		Ulysses S. Grant
2 John Milton Thayer
(1820–1906)
[6] 		February 10, 1875[c]
–
April 10, 1878
(successor appointed) 		Ulysses S. Grant
3 John Wesley Hoyt
(1831–1912)
[9] 		April 10, 1878[d]
–
August 3, 1882
(successor appointed) 		Rutherford B. Hayes
4 William Hale
(1837–1885)
[12] 		August 3, 1882[e]
–
January 13, 1885
(died in office)[f] 		Chester A. Arthur
5 Francis E. Warren
(1844–1929)
[15][16] 		February 27, 1885[g]
–
November 11, 1886
(successor appointed) 		Chester A. Arthur
6 George W. Baxter
(1855–1929)
[19] 		November 11, 1886[h]
–
December 20, 1886
(resigned)[i] 		Grover Cleveland
7 Thomas Moonlight
(1833–1899)
[20] 		December 20, 1886[j]
–
April 9, 1889
(successor appointed) 		Grover Cleveland
8 Francis E. Warren
(1844–1929)
[15][16] 		April 9, 1889[k]
–
October 11, 1890
(elected state governor) 		Benjamin Harrison

State of Wyoming

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Governors of the State of Wyoming
No. Governor Term in office Party Election Secretary of State[l]
1   Francis E. Warren
(1844–1929)
[15][16][25] 		October 11, 1890[26]
–
November 24, 1890
(resigned)[m] 		Republican[27] 1890   John W. Meldrum
Amos W. Barber
2 Amos W. Barber
(1860–1915)
[28][29] 		November 24, 1890[30]
–
January 2, 1893
(successor took office) 		Republican[27] Secretary of
state
acting 		Acting as governor
3 John Eugene Osborne
(1858–1943)
[31][32] 		January 2, 1893[33]
–
January 7, 1895
(did not run)[31] 		Democratic[n] 1892§ Amos W. Barber[o]
4 William A. Richards
(1849–1912)
[35][36] 		January 7, 1895[37]
–
January 2, 1899
(did not run)[35] 		Republican[27] 1894 Charles W. Burdick
5 DeForest Richards
(1846–1903)
[38][39] 		January 2, 1899[40]
–
April 28, 1903
(died in office) 		Republican[27] 1898 Fenimore Chatterton
1902
6 Fenimore Chatterton
(1860–1958)
[41][42] 		April 28, 1903[43]
–
January 2, 1905
(lost nomination) 		Republican[27] Secretary of
state
acting 		Acting as governor
7 Bryant Butler Brooks
(1861–1944)
[44] 		January 2, 1905[45]
–
January 2, 1911
(did not run) 		Republican[27] 1904
(special) 		Fenimore Chatterton
1906 William Schnitger
8 Joseph M. Carey
(1845–1924)
[46][47] 		January 2, 1911[48]
–
January 4, 1915
(did not run) 		Democratic[p][46] 1910 Frank L. Houx
9 John B. Kendrick
(1857–1933)
[49][50] 		January 4, 1915[51]
–
February 24, 1917
(resigned)[q] 		Democratic[27] 1914
10 Frank L. Houx
(1854–1941)
[52][53] 		February 24, 1917[54]
–
January 6, 1919
(lost election) 		Democratic[27] Secretary of
state
acting 		Acting as governor
11 Robert D. Carey
(1878–1937)
[55][56] 		January 6, 1919[57]
–
January 1, 1923
(lost nomination)[r] 		Republican[27] 1918 William E. Chaplin
12 William B. Ross
(1873–1924)
[58][59] 		January 1, 1923[60]
–
October 2, 1924
(died in office) 		Democratic[27] 1922 Frank Lucas[o]
13 Frank Lucas
(1876–1948)
[61][62] 		October 2, 1924[63]
–
January 5, 1925
(successor took office) 		Republican[27] Secretary of
state
acting 		Acting as governor
14 Nellie Tayloe Ross
(1876–1977)
[64][65] 		January 5, 1925[66]
–
January 3, 1927
(lost election) 		Democratic[27] 1924
(special) 		Frank Lucas[o]
15 Frank Emerson
(1882–1931)
[67][68] 		January 3, 1927[69]
–
February 18, 1931
(died in office) 		Republican[27] 1926 Alonzo M. Clark
1930
16 Alonzo M. Clark
(1868–1952)
[70][71] 		February 18, 1931[72]
–
January 2, 1933
(lost nomination)[s] 		Republican[27] Secretary of
state
acting 		Acting as governor
17 Leslie A. Miller
(1886–1970)
[73][74] 		January 2, 1933[75]
–
January 2, 1939
(lost election) 		Democratic[27] 1932
(special) 		Alonzo M. Clark[o]
1934 Lester C. Hunt[t]
18 Nels H. Smith
(1884–1976)
[76][77] 		January 2, 1939[78]
–
January 4, 1943
(lost election) 		Republican[27] 1938
19 Lester C. Hunt
(1892–1954)
[79][80] 		January 4, 1943[81]
–
January 3, 1949
(resigned)[u] 		Democratic[27] 1942 Mart T. Christensen[o]
William M. Jack
1946 Arthur G. Crane[o]
20 Arthur G. Crane
(1877–1955)
[82][83] 		January 3, 1949[84]
–
January 1, 1951
(successor took office) 		Republican[27] Secretary of
state
acting 		Acting as governor
21 Frank A. Barrett
(1892–1962)
[85][86] 		January 1, 1951[87]
–
January 3, 1953
(resigned)[v] 		Republican[27] 1950 Clifford Joy Rogers
22 Clifford Joy Rogers
(1897–1962)
[88][89] 		January 3, 1953[90]
–
January 3, 1955
(lost nomination)[88] 		Republican[27] Secretary of
state
acting 		Acting as governor
23 Milward Simpson
(1897–1993)
[91][92] 		January 3, 1955[93]
–
January 5, 1959
(lost election) 		Republican[27] 1954 Everett T. Copenhaver
24 Joe Hickey
(1911–1970)
[94][95] 		January 5, 1959[96]
–
January 2, 1961
(resigned)[w] 		Democratic[27] 1958 Jack R. Gage
25 Jack R. Gage
(1899–1970)
[97][98] 		January 2, 1961[99]
–
January 7, 1963
(lost election) 		Democratic[27] Secretary of
state
acting 		Acting as governor
26 Clifford Hansen
(1912–2009)
[100][101] 		January 7, 1963[102]
–
January 2, 1967
(did not run)[x] 		Republican[27] 1962 Thyra Thomson[o]
27 Stanley K. Hathaway
(1924–2005)
[103][104] 		January 2, 1967[105]
–
January 6, 1975
(did not run)[103] 		Republican[27] 1966
1970
28 Edgar Herschler
(1918–1990)
[106][107] 		January 6, 1975[108]
–
January 5, 1987
(did not run) 		Democratic[27] 1974
1978
1982
29 Mike Sullivan
(b. 1939)
[109] 		January 5, 1987[110]
–
January 2, 1995
(term-limited)[y] 		Democratic[109] 1986 Kathy Karpan
1990
30 Jim Geringer
(b. 1944)
[112] 		January 2, 1995[113]
–
January 6, 2003
(term-limited)[y] 		Republican[112] 1994 Diana J. Ohman
1998 Joseph Meyer[o]
31 Dave Freudenthal
(b. 1950)
[114] 		January 6, 2003[115]
–
January 3, 2011
(term-limited)[y] 		Democratic[114] 2002
2006 Max Maxfield[o]
32 Matt Mead
(b. 1962)
[116] 		January 3, 2011[117]
–
January 7, 2019
(term-limited)[y] 		Republican[116] 2010
2014 Ed Murray
Edward Buchanan
33 Mark Gordon
(b. 1957)
[118] 		January 7, 2019[119]
–
Incumbent[z] 		Republican[118] 2018
Karl Allred
2022 Chuck Gray

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Notes

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  1. ^ The range given is from the date the governor was confirmed by the Senate, or appointed by the President during a Senate recess, to the date the governor's successor was confirmed, unless noted.
  2. ^ Campbell was nominated on April 3, 1869;[3] confirmed by the Senate on April 7;[4] took the oath of office on April 15;[2] and arrived in the territory on May 7.[2] He was reconfirmed by the Senate on March 26, 1873.[5]
  3. ^ Thayer was nominated[7] and confirmed by the Senate[8] on February 10, 1875, and took the oath of office on March 1.[6]
  4. ^ Hoyt was nominated on March 12, 1878;[10] confirmed by the Senate on April 10;[11] and arrived in the territory on May 29.[9]
  5. ^ Hale was nominated on July 26, 1882;[13] confirmed by the Senate on August 3;[14] and took the oath of office on August 22.[12]
  6. ^ Territorial Secretary Elliot S. N. Morgan acted as governor until Hale's successor arrived.[12]
  7. ^ Warren was nominated on February 26, 1885;[17] confirmed by the Senate on February 27;[18] and took the oath of office on February 28.[15]
  8. ^ Baxter was appointed on November 11, 1886, during a Senate recess.[19] He was not confirmed by the Senate before he resigned.
  9. ^ Baxter resigned due to charges of grazing cattle on government land; Territorial Secretary Elliot S. N. Morgan acted as governor until his successor arrived.[19]
  10. ^ Moonlight was nominated on December 8, 1886;[21] confirmed by the Senate on December 20;[22] and took the oath of office on January 24, 1887.[20]
  11. ^ Warren was nominated on March 26, 1889;[23] confirmed by the Senate on March 27;[24] and took the oath of office on April 9.[15]
  12. ^ Secretaries of state represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
  13. ^ Warren resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.[16]
  14. ^ Osborne represented the Democratic and Populist parties.[34]
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h i Represented the Republican Party
  16. ^ Sobel notes Carey received the Democratic nomination, but called himself an Independent and, later, a Progressive.[46]
  17. ^ Kendrick resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.[49]
  18. ^ Carey lost the Republican nomination to John W. Hay.[55]
  19. ^ Clark lost the Republican nomination to Harry R. Weston.[70]
  20. ^ Represented the Democratic Party
  21. ^ Hunt resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.[79]
  22. ^ Barrett resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.[85]
  23. ^ Hickey resigned so that his successor could appoint him to the United States Senate.[94]
  24. ^ Hansen was instead elected to the United States Senate.[100]
  25. ^ a b c d Legislation passed in 1992 limited governors to eight years in any period of sixteen years.[111]
  26. ^ Gordon's second term began on January 2, 2023, and will expire January 4, 2027; he will be term-limited.

References

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  39. ^ "De Forest Richards". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
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  50. ^ "John Benjamin Kendrick". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
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  53. ^ "Frank L. Houx". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
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  56. ^ "Robert Davis Carey". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
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  59. ^ "William Bradford Ross". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
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  62. ^ "Franklin Earl Lucas". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
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  65. ^ "Nellie Tayloe Ross". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
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  68. ^ "Frank Collins Emerson". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
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  71. ^ "Alonzo M. Clark". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  72. ^ "Gov. Emerson Dead". Casper Star-Tribune. Associated Press. February 19, 1931. p. 1. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
  73. ^ Sobel 1978, p. 1777.
  74. ^ "Leslie A. Miller". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  75. ^ "Gov. Miller Assumes Post". Casper Star-Tribune. Associated Press. January 2, 1933. p. 1. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
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  77. ^ "Nels H. Smith". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  78. ^ "Governor Smith Takes Oath". Casper Star-Tribune. Associated Press. January 2, 1939. p. 1. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
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  89. ^ "Clifford Joy Rogers". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
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  92. ^ "Milward L. Simpson". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  93. ^ "Simpson Is Sworn In As Governor". Casper Star-Tribune. Associated Press. January 3, 1955. p. 1. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
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  95. ^ "John Joseph Hickey". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  96. ^ "Joe Hickey Takes Oath As Governor". Casper Star-Tribune. Associated Press. January 5, 1959. p. 1. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
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  98. ^ "Jack Robert Gage". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  99. ^ "Hickey Resigns; Appointed to Senate". The Jackson Hole Guide. January 5, 1961. p. 4. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
  100. ^ a b Sobel 1978, p. 1783.
  101. ^ "Clifford P. Hansen". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  102. ^ "Gov. Hansen Takes Over Duties Today". Casper Star-Tribune. Associated Press. January 7, 1963. p. 1. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
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  104. ^ "Stanley K. Hathaway". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
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  107. ^ "Edward Herschler". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  108. ^ Magers, Kathie (January 7, 1975). "Herschler Takes Office". Casper Star-Tribune. p. 1. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
  109. ^ a b "Michael J. Sullivan". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  110. ^ Kirshner, Erich (January 6, 1987). "Sullivan Takes Oath As Wyoming's 29th Governor". Casper Star-Tribune. p. 1. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
  111. ^ Pershing, Chris; Cillizza, Ben (February 16, 2009). "Will Wyoming's Governor Buck Term Limits?". ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
  112. ^ a b "Jim Geringer". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  113. ^ "Geringer Promises Renewed Trust". Billings Gazette. Associated Press. January 3, 1995. p. 1. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
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  116. ^ a b "Matthew Mead". National Governors Association. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
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