Political party strength in Wyoming
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Politics in the US state of Wyoming
The following tables indicate the historic party affiliation of elected officials in the U.S. state of Wyoming including:
- Governor
- Secretary of State
- State Auditor
- State Treasurer
- Superintendent of Public Instruction
The tables also indicate the historical party composition in the:
- State Senate
- State House of Representatives
- State delegation to the United States Senate
- State delegation to the United States House of Representatives
For years in which a United States presidential election was held, the tables indicate which party's nominees received the State's electoral votes. Prior to statehood in 1889, there were fewer elected offices, as indicated.
| Year | Executive offices | U.S. Congress | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Secretary of State | U.S. House (non-voting member) | |
| 1869 | John Allen Campbell (R)[a] | Edward Merwin Lee (R) | Stephen Friel Nuckolls (D) |
| 1870 | Herman Glafcke (R) | ||
| 1871 | William Theopilus Jones (R) | ||
| 1872 | |||
| 1873 | Jason B. Brown (D) | William Randolph Steele (D) | |
| 1874 | |||
| 1875 | John Milton Thayer (R) | George W. French (R) | |
| 1876 | |||
| 1877 | William Wellington Corlett (R) | ||
| 1878 | John Wesley Hoyt (R) | ||
| 1879 | Albertis Worth Spates (R) | Stephen Wheeler Downey (R) | |
| 1880 | Elliot S. N. Morgan (R) | ||
| 1881 | Morton Everel Post (D) | ||
| 1882 | William Hale (R) | ||
| 1883 | |||
| 1884 | |||
| 1885 | Elliot S. N. Morgan (R) | Joseph M. Carey (R) | |
| Francis E. Warren (R) | |||
| 1886 | George W. Baxter (D) | ||
| Elliot S. N. Morgan (R) | |||
| 1887 | Thomas Moonlight (D) | Samuel D. Shannon (D) | |
| 1888 | |||
| 1889 | Francis E. Warren (R) | John W. Meldrum (R) | |
State of Wyoming
| Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral votes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Secretary of State |
Auditor | Treasurer | Supt. of Pub. Inst. | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class I) |
U.S. Senator (Class II) |
U.S. House | ||
| 1890 | Francis E. Warren (R)[b] | Amos W. Barber (R) | Charles W. Burdick (R) |
Otto Gramm (R) | Stephen H. Farwell (R) | 13R, 3D | 26R, 7D | Francis E. Warren (R) | Joseph M. Carey (R) | Clarence D. Clark (R) | |
| Amos W. Barber (R)[c] | |||||||||||
| 1891 | |||||||||||
| 1892 | Harrison/ Reid (R)  N | ||||||||||
| 1893 | John Eugene Osborne (D) |
11R, 5D | 16D, 12R, 5Pop[d] | Henry A. Coffeen (D) | |||||||
| 1894 | vacant | ||||||||||
| 1895 | William A. Richards (R) | Charles W. Burdick (R) |
William O. Owen (R) | Henry G. Hay (R) | Estelle Reel (R)[e] | 14R, 4D | 34R, 2D, 1Pop | Clarence D. Clark (R) | Francis E. Warren (R) | Frank W. Mondell (R) | |
| 1896 | Bryan/ Sewall (D) N | ||||||||||
| 1897 | 14R, 4D, 1SvD | 23R, 11D, 3Fus, 1Pop | John Eugene Osborne (D) | ||||||||
| 1898 | Charles Parmelee (D)[f] | ||||||||||
| 1899 | DeForest Richards (R)[g] | Fenimore Chatterton (R) |
LeRoy Grant (R) | George E. Abbott (R) | Thomas T. Tynan (R) | 13R, 6D | 35R, 3D | Frank W. Mondell (R) | |||
| 1900 | McKinley/ Roosevelt (R)  Y | ||||||||||
| 1901 | 16R, 2D, 1Pop | 36R, 2D | |||||||||
| 1902 | |||||||||||
| 1903 | Fenimore Chatterton (R)[c] |
William C. Irvine (R) |
21R, 2D | 46R, 4D | |||||||
| 1904 | Roosevelt/ Fairbanks (R) Y | ||||||||||
| 1905 | Bryant Butler Brooks (R) |
20R, 3D | 47R, 3D | ||||||||
| 1906 | |||||||||||
| 1907 | William Schnitger (R) | Edward H. Gillette (R) | Archibald D. Cook (R) | 21R, 2D | 45R, 5D | ||||||
| 1908 | Taft/ Sherman (R) Y | ||||||||||
| 1909 | 24R, 3D | 49R, 7D | |||||||||
| 1910 | |||||||||||
| 1911 | Joseph M. Carey (D)[h] | Frank L. Houx (D) | Robert B. Forsyth (R) | John L. Baird (R) | Rose A. Bird Maley (R) |
21R, 6D | 31R, 25D | ||||
| 1912 | Joseph M. Carey (Prog) | Wilson/ Marshall (D) Y | |||||||||
| 1913 | 19R, 8D | 29R, 28D | |||||||||
| 1914 | |||||||||||
| 1915 | John B. Kendrick (D)[b] | Herman B. Gates (R) | Edith K. O. Clark (R) | 18R, 9D | 42R, 15D | ||||||
| 1916 | Wilson/ Marshall (D) Y | ||||||||||
| 1917 | Frank L. Houx (D)[c] | 16R, 11D | 32R, 25D | John B. Kendrick (D) | |||||||
| 1918 | |||||||||||
| 1919 | Robert D. Carey (R) | William E. Chaplin (R) | I. C. Jefferis (R) | A. D. Hoskins (R) | Katherine A. Morton (R) |
17R, 10D | 43R, 11D | ||||
| 1920 | Harding/ Coolidge (R) Y | ||||||||||
| 1921 | 22R, 3D | 53R, 1D | |||||||||
| 1922 | |||||||||||
| 1923 | William B. Ross (D)[g] | Frank Lucas (R) | Vincent Carter (R) | John M. Snyder (R) | 20R, 5D | 37R, 23D | Charles E. Winter (R) | ||||
| 1924 | Frank Lucas (R)[c] | Coolidge/ Dawes (R) Y | |||||||||
| 1925 | Nellie Tayloe Ross (D) | 16R, 11D | 39R, 23D | ||||||||
| 1926 | |||||||||||
| 1927 | Frank Emerson (R)[g] | Alonzo M. Clark (R) | William H. Edelman (R) | 15R, 12D | 45R, 17D | ||||||
| 1928 | Hoover/ Curtis (R) Y | ||||||||||
| 1929 | Roscoe Alcorn (R) | 17R, 10D | 51R, 11D | Patrick J. Sullivan (R) | Vincent Carter (R) | ||||||
| 1930 | Robert D. Carey (R) | ||||||||||
| 1931 | Alonzo M. Clark (R)[c] | Harry R. Weston (R) | 21R, 6D | 36R, 26D | |||||||
| 1932 | Roosevelt/ Garner (D) Y | ||||||||||
| 1933 | Leslie A. Miller (D) | 15R, 12D | 42D, 20R | ||||||||
| 1934 | Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D) | ||||||||||
| 1935 | Lester C. Hunt (D) | William M. Jack (D) | J. Kirk Baldwin (D) | Jack R. Gage (D) | 14D, 13R | 38D, 18R | Paul Ranous Greever (D) | ||||
| 1936 | Roosevelt/ Garner (D) Y | ||||||||||
| 1937 | 16D, 11R | Harry Schwartz (D) | |||||||||
| 1938 | |||||||||||
| 1939 | Nels H. Smith (R) | Mart T. Christensen (R) | Esther L. Anderson (R) | 16R, 11D | 37R, 19D | Frank O. Horton (R) | |||||
| 1940 | Roosevelt/ Wallace (D) Y | ||||||||||
| 1941 | 28R, 28D[i] | John J. McIntyre (D) | |||||||||
| 1942 | |||||||||||
| 1943 | Lester C. Hunt (D)[b] | Mart T. Christensen (R)[g] | Earl Wright (R) | 17R, 10D | 39R, 17D | Edward V. Robertson (R) |
Frank A. Barrett (R) | ||||
| 1944 | William M. Jack (D)[f] | Carl Robinson (D)[f] | Dewey/ Bricker (R) N | ||||||||
| John J. McIntyre (D)[f] | |||||||||||
| 1945 | 21R, 6D | 35R, 20D | |||||||||
| 1946 | |||||||||||
| 1947 | Arthur G. Crane (R) | Everett T. Copenhaver (R) |
Clifford Joy Rogers (R) |
Edna B. Stolt (R) | 19R, 8D | 44R, 12D | |||||
| 1948 | Truman/ Barkley (D) Y | ||||||||||
| 1949 | Arthur G. Crane (R)[c] | 18R, 9D | 28R, 28D[j] | Lester C. Hunt (D) | |||||||
| 1950 | |||||||||||
| 1951 | Frank A. Barrett (R)[b] | Clifford Joy Rogers (R) |
J. R. Mitchell (R)[g] | 17R, 10D | 39R, 17D | William Henry Harrison III (R) | |||||
| 1952 | Minnie A. Mitchell (R)[k] | Eisenhower/ Nixon (R) Y | |||||||||
| 1953 | Clifford Joy Rogers (R)[c] |
21R, 6D | 45R, 11D | Frank A. Barrett (R) | |||||||
| 1954 | Edward D. Crippa (R) | ||||||||||
| Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D) | |||||||||||
| 1955 | Milward Simpson (R) | Everett T. Copenhaver (R) |
Minnie A. Mitchell (R) | Charles B. Morgan (R) | Velma Linford (D) | 19R, 8D | 32R, 24D | Keith Thomson (R) | |||
| 1956 | Eisenhower/ Nixon (R) Y | ||||||||||
| 1957 | 16R, 11D | 30R, 26D | |||||||||
| 1958 | |||||||||||
| 1959 | Joe Hickey (D)[l] | Jack R. Gage (D) | Clifford Joy Rogers (R)[g] |
30D, 26R | Gale W. McGee (D) | ||||||
| 1960 | Nixon/ Lodge (R) N | ||||||||||
| 1961 | Jack R. Gage (D)[c] | 17R, 10D | 35R, 21D | Joe Hickey (D) | William Henry Harrison III (R) | ||||||
| 1962 | Richard J. Luman (R)[m] | Milward Simpson (R) | |||||||||
| 1963 | Clifford Hansen (R) | Thyra Thomson (R) | Everett T. Copenhaver (R) |
Cecil M. Shaw (R) | 16R, 11D | 37R, 19D | |||||
| 1964 | Johnson/ Humphrey (D) Y | ||||||||||
| 1965 | 13R, 12D | 34D, 27R | Teno Roncalio (D) | ||||||||
| 1966 | |||||||||||
| 1967 | Stanley K. Hathaway (R) |
Everett T. Copenhaver (R)[e] |
Minnie A. Mitchell (R) | Harry Roberts (R) | 18R, 12D | 34R, 27D | Clifford Hansen (R) | William Henry Harrison III (R) | |||
| 1968 | Nixon/ Agnew (R) Y | ||||||||||
| 1969 | 45R, 16D | John S. Wold (R) | |||||||||
| 1970 | |||||||||||
| 1971 | James B. Griffith (R) |
Robert G. Schrader (R) |
19R, 11D | 40R, 20D, 1I | Teno Roncalio (D) | ||||||
| 1972 | Nixon/ Agnew (R) Y | ||||||||||
| 1973 | Edwin J. Witzenburger (R)[f] |
17R, 13D | 44R, 17D, 1I | ||||||||
| 1974 | |||||||||||
| 1975 | Edgar Herschler (D) | James B. Griffith (R) | Edwin J. Witzenburger (R) |
15R, 15D[n] | 32R, 29D, 1I | ||||||
| 1976 | Ford/ Dole N | ||||||||||
| 1977 | 18R, 12D | Malcolm Wallop (R) | |||||||||
| 1978 | |||||||||||
| 1979 | Shirley Wittler (R) | Lynn Simons (D) | 19R, 11D | 42R, 20D | Alan Simpson (R) | Dick Cheney (R)[e] | |||||
| 1980 | Reagan/ Bush (R) Y | ||||||||||
| 1981 | 39R, 23D | ||||||||||
| 1982 | |||||||||||
| 1983 | Stan Smith (R) | 38R, 25D, 1I | |||||||||
| 1984 | Reagan/ Bush (R) Y | ||||||||||
| 1985 | 46R, 18D | ||||||||||
| 1986 | |||||||||||
| 1987 | Mike Sullivan (D) | Kathy Karpan (D) | Jack Sidi (R) | 44R, 20D | |||||||
| 1988 | Bush/ Quayle (R) Y | ||||||||||
| 1989 | 43R, 21D | Craig L. Thomas (R) | |||||||||
| 1990 | |||||||||||
| 1991 | Dave Ferrari (R) | Diana Ohman (R) | 20R, 10D | 42R, 22D | |||||||
| 1992 | Bush/ Quayle (R) N | ||||||||||
| 1993 | 41R, 19D | ||||||||||
| 1994 | |||||||||||
| 1995 | Jim Geringer (R) | Diana Ohman (R) | Judy Catchpole (R) | 47R, 13D | Craig L. Thomas (R)[g] | Barbara Cubin (R) | |||||
| 1996 | Dole/ Kemp (R) N | ||||||||||
| 1997 | 21R, 9D | 43R, 17D | Mike Enzi (R) | ||||||||
| 1998 | |||||||||||
| 1999 | Joseph Meyer (R) | Max Maxfield (R) | Cynthia Lummis (R) | ||||||||
| 2000 | Bush/ Cheney (R) Y | ||||||||||
| 2001 | 20R, 10D | 46R, 14D | |||||||||
| 2002 | |||||||||||
| 2003 | Dave Freudenthal (D) | Trent Blankenship (R) | 45R, 15D | ||||||||
| 2004 | Bush/ Cheney (R) Y | ||||||||||
| 2005 | 23R, 7D | 46R, 14D | |||||||||
| 2006 | |||||||||||
| 2007 | Max Maxfield (R) | Rita Meyer (R) | Joseph Meyer (R)[g] | Jim McBride (R) | 43R, 17D | ||||||
| John Barrasso (R)[k] | |||||||||||
| 2008 | McCain/ Palin (R) N | ||||||||||
| 2009 | 41R, 19D | Cynthia Lummis (R) | |||||||||
| 2010 | |||||||||||
| 2011 | Matt Mead (R) | Cynthia Cloud (R) | Cindy Hill (R) | 26R, 4D | 50R, 10D | ||||||
| 2012 | Romney/ Ryan (R) N | ||||||||||
| 2013 | Mark Gordon (R) | 52R, 8D | |||||||||
| 2014 | |||||||||||
| 2015 | Ed Murray (R)[e] | Jillian Balow (R) | 51R, 9D | ||||||||
| 2016 | Trump/ Pence (R) Y | ||||||||||
| 2017 | 27R, 3D | Liz Cheney (R) | |||||||||
| 2018 | Edward Buchanan (R)[f][o] | ||||||||||
| 2019 | Mark Gordon (R) | Kristi Racines (R) | Curt Meier (R) | 50R, 9D, 1I | |||||||
| 2020 | Trump/ Pence (R) N | ||||||||||
| 2021 | 28R, 2D | 51R, 7D, 1L, 1I | Cynthia Lummis (R) | ||||||||
| 2022 | |||||||||||
| 2023 | Chuck Gray (R) | Megan Degenfelder (R) | 57R, 5D | Harriet Hageman (R) | |||||||
| 2024 | Trump/ Vance (R) Y | ||||||||||
| 2025 | 56R, 6D | ||||||||||
| 2026 | |||||||||||
- ↑ Of Wyoming Territory.
- 1 2 3 4 Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 As state secretary of state, acted as governor.
- ↑ A coalition of Democrats and Populists elected a Populist, L.C. Tidball, as Speaker, and organized the chamber.
- 1 2 3 4 Resigned.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Appointed to fill vacancy.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Died in office.
- ↑ Helped to organize the national Progressive Party in 1912.
- ↑ Elected a Democrat, Carl Robinson, as Speaker.
- ↑ Elected a Republican, Herman D. Mayland, as Speaker.
- 1 2 Initially appointed to fill vacancy; later elected in his or her own right.
- ↑ Resigned to take an appointed seat in the United States Senate.
- ↑ As deputy state treasurer, assumed the duties of treasurer.
- ↑ With a coin flip, the Democrats received the Senate Presidency under J.W. Myers, and control of committees alternated between each party also with a coin flip for the first committee.[1]
- ↑ Karen Wheeler (R) served as Acting Secretary of State from February 9–March 1, 2018 between Murray's resignation and Buchanan's appointment.
Notes
- ↑ Loepp, Daniel (1999). Sharing the Balance of Power: An Examination of Shared Power in the Michigan House of Representatives, 1993-94. University of Michigan Press. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-472-09702-9.
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