COLORADO GOVERNORS SINCE 1861
The following is a list of the Governors of Colorado since 1861 and their Party
affiliation. The list was compiled from various sources at the
Colorado State Archives.
TERRITORIAL
GILPIN, WILLIAM R 1861-1862
EVANS, JOHN R 1862-1865
CUMMINGS, ALEXANDER R 1865-1867
HUNT, ALEXANDER C. R 1867-1869
MC COOK, EDWARD C. R 1869-1873
ELBERT, SAMUEL E. R 1873-1874
MC COOK, EDWARD R 1874-1875
ROUTT, JOHN L. R 1875-1876
STATEHOOD
ROUTT, JOHN L. R 1876-1879
PITKIN, FREDERICK W. R 1879-1883
GRANT, JAMES B. D 1883-1885
EATON, BENJAMIN H. R 1885-1887
ADAMS, ALVA D 1887-1889
COOPER, JOB A. R 1889-1891
ROUTT, JOHN L. R 1891-1893
WAITE, DAVIS H. P* 1893-1895
MC INTIRE, ALBERT W. R 1895-1897
ADAMS, ALVA D 1897-1899
THOMAS, CHARLES S. D 1899-1901
ORMAN, JAMES B. D 1901-1903
PEABODY, JAMES H. R 1903-1905
ADAMS, ALVA D 1905
PEABODY, JAMES H. R 1905
MCDONALD, JESSE F. R 1905-1907
BUCHTEL, HENRY A. R 1907-1909
SHAFROTH, JOHN F. D 1909-1913
AMMONS, ELIAS M. D 1913-1915
CARLSON, GEORGE A. R 1915-1917
GUNTER, JULIUS C. D 1917-1919
SHOUP, OLIVER H. R 1919-1923
SWEET, WILLIAM E. D 1923-1925
MORLEY, CLARENCE J. R 1925-1927
ADAMS, WILLIAM H. D 1927-1933
JOHNSON, EDWIN C. D 1933-1937
TALBOT, RAY H. D 1937
AMMONS, TELLER D 1937-1939
CARR, RALPH L. R 1939-1943
VIVIAN, JOHN C. R 1943-1947
KNOUS, WILLIAM L. D 1947-1950
JOHNSON, WALTER W. D 1950-1951
THORNTON, DANIEL I.J. R 1951-1955
JOHNSON, EDWIN C. D 1955-1957
MC NICHOLS, STEPHEN L.R. D 1957-1963
LOVE, JOHN A. R 1963-1973
VANDERHOOF, JOHN D. R 1973-1975
LAMM, RICHARD D. D 1975-1987
ROMER, ROY R. D 1987-1999
OWENS, BILL R 1999-2007
RITTER, BILL D 2007 -
*P = Populist Party
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