List of governors of Wyoming

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

Style
Status
ResidenceWyoming Governor's Mansion
Term lengthFour years, renewable once (limited to eight years in a sixteen year period)
Quick facts Governor of Wyoming, Style ...
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
SuccessionLine of succession
Salary$105,000 (2022)[1]
Websitegovernor.wyo.gov
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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, or two non-consecutive terms in a 16 year period.

List of governors

Territory of Wyoming

More information No., Governor ...
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
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State of Wyoming

More information No., Governor ...
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]
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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]
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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]
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January 1, 1923
(lost nomination)[r]		 Republican[27] 1918 William E. Chaplin
12 William B. Ross
(1873–1924)
[58][59]		 January 1, 1923[60]
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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]
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January 3, 1927
(lost election)		 Democratic[27] 1924
(special)		 Frank Lucas[o]
15 Frank Emerson
(1882–1931)
[67][68]		 January 3, 1927[69]
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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]
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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]
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January 4, 1943
(lost election)		 Republican[27] 1938
19 Lester C. Hunt
(1892–1954)
[79][80]		 January 4, 1943[81]
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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]
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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 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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Timeline

Electoral history (1950–)

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Year Democratic nominee Republican nominee Independent candidate Libertarian nominee Other candidate
Candidate # % Candidate # % Candidate # % Candidate # % Candidate # %
1950 John J. McIntyre 42,518 43.85% Frank A. Barrett 54,441 56.15% – – –
1954 William M. Jack 55,163 49.50% Milward Simpson 56,275 50.50% – – –
1958 John J. Hickey 55,070 48.94% Milward Simpson 52,488 46.64% Louis W. Carlson
(Economy)		 4,979 4.42% – –
1962 Jack R. Gage 54,298 45.53% Clifford Hansen 64,970 54.47% – – –
1966 Ernest Wilkerson 55,249 45.71% Stanley Hathaway 65,624 54.29% – – –
1970 John J. Rooney 44,008 37.21% Stanley Hathaway 74,249 62.79% – – –
1974 Edgar Herschler 71,741 55.88% Dick Jones 56,645 44.12% – – –
1978 Edgar Herschler 69,972 50.86% John Ostlund 67,595 49.14% – – –
1982 Edgar Herschler 106,427 63.14% Warren A. Morton 62,128 36.86% – – –
1986 Mike Sullivan 88,879 53.96% Pete Simpson 75,841 46.04% – – –
1990 Mike Sullivan 104,638 65.35% Mary Mead 55,471 34.65% – – –
1994 Kathy Karpan 80,747 40.17% Jim Geringer 104,638 58.72% – Seaghan Uibreaslain 2,227 1.11% –
1998 John Vinich 70,754 40.46% Jim Geringer 97,235 55.60% – Dave Dawson 6,899 3.94% –
2002 Dave Freudenthal 92,662 49.96% Eli Bebout 88,873 47.92% – Dave Dawson 3,924 2.12% –
2006 Dave Freudenthal 135,516 69.99% Ray Hunkins 58,100 30.01% – – –
2010 Leslie Petersen 43,240 22.94% Matt Mead 123,780 65.68% Taylor Haynes 13,796 7.32% Mike Wheeler 5,362 2.85% –
2014 Pete Gosar 45,752 27.25% Matt Mead 99,700 59.39% Don Wills 9,895 5.89% Dee Cozzens 4,040 2.41% –
2018 Mary Throne 55,965 27.54% Mark Gordon 136,412 67.12% – Lawrence Struempf 3,010 1.48% Rex Rammell
(Constitution)		 6,751 3.32%
2022 Theresa Livingston 30,686 15.82% Mark Gordon 143,696 74.04% – Jared Baldes 8,157 4.20% –
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Notes

  1. [a]
    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. [b]
    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. [c]
    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. [d]
    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. [e]
    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. [f]
    Territorial Secretary Elliot S. N. Morgan acted as governor until Hale's successor arrived.[12]
  7. [g]
    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. [h]
    Baxter was appointed on November 11, 1886, during a Senate recess.[19] He was not confirmed by the Senate before he resigned.
  9. [i]
    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. [j]
    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. [k]
    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. [l]
    Secretaries of state represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
  13. [m]
    Warren resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.[16]
  14. [n]
    Osborne represented the Democratic and Populist parties.[34]
  15. [o]
    Represented the Republican Party
  16. [p]
    Sobel notes Carey received the Democratic nomination, but called himself an Independent and, later, a Progressive.[46]
  17. [q]
    Kendrick resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.[49]
  18. [r]
    Carey lost the Republican nomination to John W. Hay.[55]
  19. [s]
    Clark lost the Republican nomination to Harry R. Weston.[70]
  20. [t]
    Represented the Democratic Party
  21. [u]
    Hunt resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.[79]
  22. [v]
    Barrett resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.[85]
  23. [w]
    Hickey resigned so that his successor could appoint him to the United States Senate.[94]
  24. [x]
    Hansen was instead elected to the United States Senate.[100]
  25. [y]
    Legislation passed in 1992 limited governors to eight years in any period of sixteen years.[111]
  26. [z]
    Gordon's second term began on January 2, 2023,[120] and will expire on January 4, 2027; he will be term-limited.

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