Colorado State Governors

	John Long Routt
	Governor #: 1 Term Start: August 1, 1876 Term End: January 14, 1879 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): Lafayette Head	Born: April 25, 1826 Birth (place): Eddyville, Kentucky Died: August 13, 1907 Died (place): Denver, Colorado Spouse(s): *** Profession: Politician Religion: ***

	Frederick Walker Pitkin
	Governor #: 2 Term Start: January 14, 1879 Term End: January 9, 1883 Number of Terms: 2 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): Horace A. W. Tabor	Born: August 31, 1837 Birth (place): Manchester, Connecticut Died: December 18, 1886 Died (place): Denver, Colorado Spouse(s): *** Profession: Politician Religion: ***

	James Benton Grant
	Governor #: 3 Term Start: January 9, 1883 Term End: January 13, 1885 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): William H. Meyer	Born: January 2, 1848 Birth (place): Russell County, Alabama Died: November 1, 1911 Died (place): Excelsior Springs, Missouri Spouse(s): *** Profession: Politician Religion: ***

	Benjamin Harrison Eaton
	Governor #: 4 Term Start: January 13, 1885 Term End: January 11, 1887 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): Peter W. Breene	Born: December 15, 1833 Birth (place): Coshocton, Ohio Died: October 29, 1904 Died (place): *** Spouse(s): *** Profession: Politician Religion: ***

	Alva Adams
	Governor #: 5 Term Start: January 11, 1887 Term End: January 8, 1889 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): Norman H. Meldrum	Born: May 14, 1850 Birth (place): Iowa County, Wisconsin Died: November 1, 1922 Died (place): Battle Creek, Michigan Spouse(s): *** Profession: Politician Religion: ***

	Job Adams Cooper
	Governor #: 6 Term Start: January 8, 1889 Term End: January 13, 1891 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): William Grover Smith	Born: November 6, 1843 Birth (place): Greenville, Illinois Died: January 20, 1899 Died (place): *** Spouse(s): *** Profession: Politician, Insurance, Banking, Mining, Cattle industry Religion: ***

	John Long Routt
	Governor #: 7 Term Start: January 13, 1891 Term End: January 10, 1893 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): William Story	Born: April 25, 1826 Birth (place): Eddyville, Kentucky Died: August 13, 1907 Died (place): Denver, Colorado Spouse(s): *** Profession: Politician Religion: ***

	Davis Hanson Waite
	Governor #: 8 Term Start: January 10, 1893 Term End: January 8, 1895 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Populist Lt. Governor(s): David Hopkinson Nichols	Born: April 9, 1825 Birth (place): Jamestown, New York Died: November 27, 1901 Died (place): *** Spouse(s): *** Profession: Politician Religion: ***

	Albert Washington McIntire
	Governor #: 9 Term Start: January 8, 1895 Term End: January 12, 1897 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): Jared L. Brush	Born: January 15, 1853 Birth (place): Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Died: January 31, 1935 Died (place): *** Spouse(s): Florence Johnson, Ida Noyes Profession: Politician Religion: ***

	Alva Adams
	Governor #: 10 Term Start: January 12, 1897 Term End: January 10, 1899 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): Jared L. Brush	Born: May 14, 1850 Birth (place): Iowa County, Wisconsin Died: November 1, 1922 Died (place): Battle Creek, Michigan Spouse(s): Ella Nye Profession: Politician Religion: ***

	Charles Spalding Thomas
	Governor #: 11 Term Start: January 10, 1899 Term End: January 8, 1901 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): Francis Patrick Carney	Born: December 6, 1849 Birth (place): Darien, Georgia Died: June 24, 1934 Died (place): Denver, Colorado Spouse(s): Emma Fletcher Profession: Politician, Army Religion: ***

	James Bradley Orman
	Governor #: 12 Term Start: January 8, 1901 Term End: January 13, 1903 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): David Courtney Coates, Warren A. Haggott	Born: November 4, 1849 Birth (place): Muscatine, Iowa Died: July 21, 1919 Died (place): Denver, Colorado Spouse(s): Nellie Martin Profession: Politician Religion: ***

	James Hamilton Peabody
	Governor #: 13 Term Start: January 13, 1903 Term End: January 10, 1905 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): Jesse Fuller McDonald	Born: August 21, 1852 Birth (place): Orange County, Vermont Died: November 23, 1917 Died (place): Cañon City, Colorado Spouse(s): Frances L. Clelland Profession: Politician Religion: ***

	Alva Adams
	Governor #: 14 Term Start: January 10, 1905 Term End: March 17, 1905 Number of Terms: 1/3 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): Arthur Cornforth	Born: May 14, 1850 Birth (place): Iowa County, Wisconsin Died: November 1, 1922 Died (place): Battle Creek, Michigan Spouse(s): Ella Nye Profession: Politician Religion: ***

	James Hamilton Peabody
	Governor #: 15 Term Start: March 17, 1905 Term End: March 17, 1905 Number of Terms: 1/3 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): Jesse Fuller McDonald	Born: August 21, 1852 Birth (place): Orange County, Vermont Died: November 23, 1917 Died (place): Cañon City, Colorado Spouse(s): Frances L. Clelland Profession: Politician Religion: ***

	Jesse Fuller McDonald
	Governor #: 16 Term Start: March 17, 1905 Term End: January 8, 1907 Number of Terms: 1/3 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): Fred W. Parks	Born: June 30, 1858 Birth (place): Ashtabula, Ohio Died: February 25, 1942 Died (place): Denver, Colorado Spouse(s): Flora Collins, Madeline Harrington Profession: Politician Religion: ***

	Henry Augustus Buchtel
	Governor #: 17 Term Start: January 8, 1907 Term End: January 12, 1909 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): Erastus Harper	Born: September 30, 1847 Birth (place): Akron, Ohio Died: October 22, 1924 Died (place): Denver, Colorado Spouse(s): Mary Nelson Stevenson Profession: Politician Religion: ***

	John F. Shafroth
	Governor #: 18 Term Start: January 12, 1909 Term End: January 14, 1913 Number of Terms: 2 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): Stephen R. Fitzgarrald	Born: June 9, 1854 Birth (place): Fayette, Missouri Died: February 20, 1922 Died (place): Denver, Colorado Spouse(s): Virginia Morrison Profession: Politician Religion: ***

	Elias M. Ammons
	Governor #: 19 Term Start: January 14, 1913 Term End: January 12, 1915 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): Stephen R. Fitzgarrald	Born: July 28, 1860 Birth (place): Macon County, Georgia Died: May 5, 1925 Died (place): Denver, Colorado Spouse(s): Esther Daves Profession: Politician Religion: ***

	George Alfred Carlson
	Governor #: 20 Term Start: January 12, 1915 Term End: January 9, 1917 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): Moses E. Lewis	Born: October 23, 1876 Birth (place): Alta, Iowa Died: December 6, 1926 Died (place): Denver, Colorado Spouse(s): Rose Lillian Alps, Louise Avery Crose Profession: Politician Religion: ***

	Julius Caldeen Gunter
	Governor #: 21 Term Start: January 9, 1917 Term End: January 14, 1919 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): James A. Pulliam	Born: October 31, 1858 Birth (place): Fayetteville, Arkansas Died: October 26, 1940 Died (place): Denver, Colorado Spouse(s): Elizabeth Brown Profession: Politician Religion: Episcopalian

	Oliver Henry Shoup
	Governor #: 22 Term Start: January 14, 1919 Term End: January 9, 1923 Number of Terms: 2 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): George Stepham, Earl Cooley	Born: December 13, 1869 Birth (place): Champaign County, Illinois Died: September 30, 1940 Died (place): Santa Monica, California Spouse(s): Mary Alice Hackett Profession: Politician Religion: ***

	William Ellery Sweet
	Governor #: 23 Term Start: January 9, 1923 Term End: January 13, 1925 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): Robert F. Rockwell	Born: January 27, 1869 Birth (place): Chicago, Illinois Died: May 9, 1942 Died (place): Denver, Colorado Spouse(s): Joyeuse L. Fullerton-Sweet Profession: Politician Religion: Christian

	Clarence Morley
	Governor #: 24 Term Start: January 13, 1925 Term End: January 11, 1927 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): Sterling Byrd Lacy	Born: February 9, 1869 Birth (place): Dyersville, Iowa Died: November 14, 1948 Died (place): Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Spouse(s): Maud M. Thompson Profession: Politician Religion: ***

	Billy Adams
	Governor #: 25 Term Start: January 11, 1927 Term End: January 10, 1933 Number of Terms: 3 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): George Milton Corlett, Edwin C. Johnson	Born: February 15, 1861 Birth (place): Blue Mounds, Wisconsin Died: February 4, 1954 Died (place): Alamosa, Colorado Spouse(s): Emma Ottaway, Hattie D. Mullins Profession: Politician Religion: ***

	Edwin C. Johnson
	Governor #: 26 Term Start: January 10, 1933 Term End: January 1, 1937 Number of Terms: 1 1/2 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): Ray Herbert Talbot	Born: January 1, 1884 Birth (place): Scandia, Kansas Died: May 30, 1970 Died (place): Denver, Colorado Spouse(s): *** Profession: Politician Religion: Lutheran

	Ray Herbert Talbot
	Governor #: 27 Term Start: January 1, 1937 Term End: January 12, 1937 Number of Terms: 1/2 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): vacant	Born: August 19, 1896 Birth (place): Chicago, Illinois Died: January 31, 1955 Died (place): Pueblo, Colorado Spouse(s): Junista L. Wilson Profession: Politician Religion: ***

	Teller Ammons
	Governor #: 28 Term Start: January 12, 1937 Term End: January 10, 1939 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): Frank J. Hayes	Born: December 3, 1895 Birth (place): Denver, Colorado Died: January 16, 1972 Died (place): *** Spouse(s): Esther Daves Profession: Politician Religion: ***

	Ralph Lawrence Carr
	Governor #: 29 Term Start: January 10, 1939 Term End: January 12, 1943 Number of Terms: 2 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): John Charles Vivian	Born: December 11, 1887 Birth (place): Rosita, Colorado Died: September 22, 1950 Died (place): Denver, Colorado Spouse(s): Gretchen Fowler, Eleanor Farrall Howe Profession: Politician, Lawyer, Newspaper Editor Religion: ***

	John Charles Vivian
	Governor #: 30 Term Start: January 12, 1943 Term End: January 14, 1947 Number of Terms: 2 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): William Eugene Higby	Born: June 30, 1887 Birth (place): Golden, Colorado Died: February 10, 1964 Died (place): *** Spouse(s): Maud Charlotte Kleyn Profession: Politician Religion: Episcopalian

	William Lee Knous
	Governor #: 31 Term Start: January 14, 1947 Term End: April 15, 1950 Number of Terms: 1.5 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): Homer L. Pearson, Walter Walford Johnson	Born: February 2, 1889 Birth (place): *** Died: December 13, 1959 Died (place): *** Spouse(s): Julia Bain Profession: Politician Religion: Episcopalian

	Walter Walford Johnson
	Governor #: 32 Term Start: April 15, 1950 Term End: January 9, 1951 Number of Terms: 1/2 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): Charles P. Murphy	Born: April 16, 1904 Birth (place): *** Died: March 23, 1987 Died (place): Pueblo, Colorado Spouse(s): Neva M. Morrow Profession: Politician Religion: Congregationalist

	Daniel I.J. Thornton
	Governor #: 33 Term Start: January 9, 1951 Term End: January 11, 1955 Number of Terms: 2 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): Gordon L. Allott	Born: January 31, 1911 Birth (place): Hall County, Texas Died: January 19, 1976 Died (place): Carmel, California Spouse(s): Jessie Willock Profession: Politician Religion: ***

	Edwin C. Johnson
	Governor #: 34 Term Start: January 11, 1955 Term End: January 8, 1957 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): Stephen L.R. McNichols	Born: January 1, 1884 Birth (place): Scandia, Kansas Died: May 30, 1970 Died (place): Denver, Colorado Spouse(s): *** Profession: Politician Religion: Lutheran

	Stephen L.R. McNichols
	Governor #: 35 Term Start: January 8, 1957 Term End: January 8, 1963 Number of Terms: 2 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): Frank L. Hays, Robert Lee Knous	Born: March 17, 1914 Birth (place): Denver, Colorado Died: November 25, 1997 Died (place): *** Spouse(s): Marjory Roberta Hart Profession: Politician, Navy Religion: ***

	John Arthur Love
	Governor #: 36 Term Start: January 8, 1963 Term End: July 16, 1973 Number of Terms: 2 1/2 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): Robert L. Knous, Mark A. Hogan, John D. Vanderhoof	Born: November 29, 1916 Birth (place): Gibson City, Illinois Died: January 21, 2001 Died (place): Colorado Spouse(s): Ann Daniels Profession: Politician Religion:Congregationalist

	John David Vanderhoof
	Governor #: 37 Term Start: July 16, 1973 Term End: January 14, 1975 Number of Terms: 1/2 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): Ted L. Strickland	Born: May 27, 1922 Birth (place): Glenwood Springs, Colorado Died: January 14, 1975 Died (place): *** Spouse(s): Mary F. Junkin Profession: Politician, Navy Religion: ***

	Richard "Dick" Lamm
	Governor #: 38 Term Start: January 14, 1975 Term End: January 13, 1987 Number of Terms: 3 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): George L. Brown, Nancy E. Dick	Born: August 3, 1935 Birth (place): Madison, Wisconsin Died: alive Died (place): alive Spouse(s): Dorothy Vennard Profession: Politician Religion: ***

	Roy Romer
	Governor #: 39 Term Start: January 13, 1987 Term End: January 12, 1999 Number of Terms: 3 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): Mike Callihan, Samuel H. Cassidy, Gail Schoettler	Born: October 31, 1928 Birth (place): Garden City, Kansas Died: alive Died (place): alive Spouse(s): Bea Romer Profession: Politician Religion: Presbyterian

	Bill Owens
	Governor #: 40 Term Start: January 12, 1999 Term End: January 9, 2007 Number of Terms: 2 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): Joe Rogers, Jane E. Norton	Born: October 22, 1950 Birth (place): Fort Worth, Texas Died: alive Died (place): alive Spouse(s): Frances Owens Profession: Politician, Consultant Religion: Roman Catholic

	Bill Ritter
	Governor #: 41 Term Start: January 9, 2007 Term End: January 11, 2011 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): Barbara O'Brien	Born: September 6, 1956 Birth (place): Denver, Colorado Died: alive Died (place): alive Spouse(s): Jeannie Miller Profession: Politician, Prosecutor, Attorney Religion: Roman Catholic

	John Wright Hickenlooper
	Governor #: 42 Term Start: January 11, 2011 Term End: incumbent Number of Terms: 1 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): Joseph Garcia	Born: February 7, 1952 Birth (place): Narberth, Pennsylvania Died: alive Died (place): alive Spouse(s): Helen Thorpe Profession: Entrepreneur Religion: Quaker