List of governors of Wyoming

This is a list of the governors of Wyoming. It includes territorial governors. Wyoming Territory was created in 1868. Wyoming became a state on July 10, 1890.

Governor of Wyoming
Seal of the Governor
Incumbent Mark Gordon since January 7, 2019
Style	Governor (informal) The Honorable (formal)
Status	Head of State Head of Government
Residence	Wyoming Governor's Mansion
Term length	Four years, renewable once (limited to eight years in a sixteen year period)
Inaugural holder	Francis E. Warren
Formation	Wyoming Constitution
Salary	$105,000 (2013)[1]

Governors

Governors of Wyoming Territory

#	Name	Photo	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 E. Warren		1885	1886
7	George White Baxter		1886	1886
8	Elliot S.N. Morgan		1886	1887
9	Thomas Moonlight		1887	1889
10	Francis E. Warren		1889	1890

Governors of Wyoming

John E. Osborne, the first Democratic governor

Nellie Tayloe Ross, the first female governor of any state

Republican       Democratic       Progressive
Governor				Took office	Left office	Party	Secretary of State		Notes
1			Francis E. Warren	October 11, 1890	November 24, 1890	Republican		John W. Meldrum	[2]
								Amos W. Barber
2			Amos W. Barber	November 24, 1890	January 2, 1893	Republican		Amos W. Barber	[3]
3			John E. Osborne	January 2, 1893	January 7, 1895	Democratic
4			William A. Richards	January 7, 1895	January 2, 1899	Republican		Charles W. Burdick
5			DeForest Richards	January 2, 1899	April 28, 1903	Republican		Fenimore Chatterton	[4]
6			Fenimore Chatterton	April 28, 1903	January 2, 1905	Republican			[3]
7			Bryant B. Brooks	January 2, 1905	January 2, 1911	Republican		Fenimore Chatterton
								William Schnitger
8			Joseph M. Carey	January 2, 1911	January 4, 1915	Democratic		Frank L. Houx	[5]
						Progressive
9			John B. Kendrick	January 4, 1915	February 26, 1917	Democratic			[2]
10			Frank L. Houx	February 26, 1917	January 6, 1919	Democratic			[3]
11			Robert D. Carey	January 6, 1919	January 1, 1923	Republican		William E. Chaplin
12			William B. Ross	January 1, 1923	October 2, 1924	Democratic		Frank Lucas	[4]
13			Frank Lucas	October 2, 1924	January 5, 1925	Republican			[3]
14			Nellie Tayloe Ross	January 5, 1925	January 3, 1927	Democratic
15			Frank C. Emerson	January 3, 1927	February 18, 1931	Republican		Alonzo M. Clark	[4]
16			Alonzo M. Clark	February 18, 1931	January 2, 1933	Republican			[6]
17			Leslie A. Miller	January 2, 1933	January 2, 1939	Democratic		Alonzo M. Clark
								Lester C. Hunt
18			Nels H. Smith	January 2, 1939	January 4, 1943	Republican		Lester C. Hunt
19			Lester C. Hunt	January 4, 1943	January 3, 1949	Democratic		Mart T. Christensen	[2]
								William Jack
								Arthur G. Crane
20			Arthur G. Crane	January 3, 1949	January 1, 1951	Republican		Arthur G. Crane	[3]
21			Frank A. Barrett	January 1, 1951	January 3, 1953	Republican		Clifford J. Rogers	[2]
22			Clifford J. Rogers	January 3, 1953	January 3, 1955	Republican			[3]
23			Milward Simpson	January 3, 1955	January 5, 1959	Republican		Everett T. Copenhaver
24			John J. Hickey	January 5, 1959	January 2, 1961	Democratic		Jack R. Gage	[7]
25			Jack R. Gage	January 2, 1961	January 7, 1963	Democratic			[3]
26			Clifford P. Hansen	January 7, 1963	January 2, 1967	Republican		Thyra Thomson
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		Kathy Karpan
30			Jim Geringer	January 2, 1995	January 6, 2003	Republican		Diana J. Ohman
								Joseph Meyer
31			Dave Freudenthal	January 6, 2003	January 3, 2011	Democratic		Joseph Meyer
								Max Maxfield
32			Matt Mead	January 3, 2011	January 7, 2019	Republican		Max Maxfield
								Ed Murray
								Edward Buchanan
33			Mark Gordon	January 7, 2019	Incumbent	Republican		Edward Buchanan

References

1. "CSG Releases 2013 Governor Salaries". The Council of State Governments. June 25, 2013. Archived from the original on October 22, 2014. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
2. Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
3. As state secretary of state, acted as governor.
4. Died in office.
5. Switched parties from Republican to Progressive in 1912.
6. As state secretary of state, acted as governor until replacement elected.
7. Resigned to take an appointed seat in the United States Senate.

Living former governors

As of January 2019^[update], four former governors were alive. The most recent governor to die was Clifford P. Hansen (1963–1967), on October 20, 2009. The most recently-serving governor to die was Edgar J. Herschler (1975–1987), on February 5, 1990.

Name	Gubernatorial term	Date of birth
Mike Sullivan	1987–1995	(1939-09-22) September 22, 1939 (age 84)
Jim Geringer	1995–2003	(1944-04-24) April 24, 1944 (age 80)
Dave Freudenthal	2003–2011	(1950-10-12) October 12, 1950 (age 73)
Matt Mead	2011–2019	(1962-03-11) March 11, 1962 (age 62)