Governor of Wyoming | |
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Style |
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Status | |
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] |
Website |
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The governor of Wyoming is the head of government of Wyoming, and the commander-in-chief of the U.S. state's military department.
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.
No. | Governor | Term in office [a] | Appointing President | |
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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 |
No. | Governor | Term in office | Party | Election | Secretary of State [l] | |||
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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 |