List of Governors of Wyoming

Governor of Wyoming
Seal of Wyoming
Incumbent Matt Mead since January 3, 2011
Style	The Honorable
Term length	Four years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Francis E. Warren 1890
Formation	Constitution of Wyoming

This is a list of the governors of Wyoming, beginning with Territorial Governors. Wyoming Territory was organized in 1868, and the state was admitted to the union on July 10, 1890.

List of Governors

Governors of Wyoming Territory

#	Name	Photo	Took office	Left office
1	John Allen Campbell		1869	1875
2	John Milton Thayer		1875	1878
3	John Wesley Hoyt		1878	1882
4	William Hale		1882	1885
5	Elliot S.N. Morgan		1885	1885
6	Francis E. Warren		1885	1886
7	George White Baxter		1886	1886
8	Elliot S.N. Morgan		1886	1887
9	Thomas Moonlight		1887	1889
10	Francis E. Warren		1889	1890

Governors of Wyoming

Amos W. Barber, surgeon and second governor

John E. Osborne, the first Democratic governor

Nellie Tayloe Ross, the first female governor of any state

#	Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Secretary of State	Notes
1	Francis E. Warren	October 11, 1890	November 24, 1890	Republican	John W. Meldrum
					Amos W. Barber
2	Amos W. Barber	November 24, 1890	January 2, 1893	Republican	Amos W. Barber
3	John E. Osborne	January 2, 1893	January 7, 1895	Democratic	Amos W. Barber
4	William A. Richards	January 7, 1895	January 2, 1899	Republican	Charles W. Burdick
5	DeForest Richards	January 2, 1899	April 28, 1903	Republican	Fenimore Chatterton
6	Fenimore Chatterton	April 28, 1903	January 2, 1905	Republican	Fenimore Chatterton
7	Bryant B. Brooks	January 2, 1905	January 2, 1911	Republican	Fenimore Chatterton
					William Schnitger
8	Joseph M. Carey	January 2, 1911	January 4, 1915	Democratic	Frank L. Houx
9	John B. Kendrick	January 4, 1915	February 26, 1917	Democratic
10	Frank L. Houx	February 26, 1917	January 6, 1919	Democratic
11	Robert D. Carey	January 6, 1919	January 1, 1923	Republican	William E. Chaplin
12	William B. Ross	January 1, 1923	October 2, 1924	Democratic	Frank E. Lucas
13	Frank E. Lucas	October 2, 1924	January 5, 1925	Republican	Frank E. Lucas
14	Nellie Tayloe Ross	January 5, 1925	January 3, 1927	Democratic	Frank E. Lucas
15	Frank C. Emerson	January 3, 1927	February 18, 1931	Republican	Alonzo M. Clark
16	Alonzo M. Clark	February 18, 1931	January 2, 1933	Republican
17	Leslie A. Miller	January 2, 1933	January 2, 1939	Democratic	Alonzo M. Clark
					Lester C. Hunt
18	Nels H. Smith	January 2, 1939	January 4, 1943	Republican	Lester C. Hunt
19	Lester C. Hunt	January 4, 1943	January 3, 1949	Democratic	Mart T. Christensen
					William Jack
					Arthur G. Crane
20	Arthur G. Crane	January 3, 1949	January 1, 1951	Republican	Arthur G. Crane
21	Frank A. Barrett	January 1, 1951	January 3, 1953	Republican	Clifford Joy Rogers
22	Clifford Joy Rogers	January 3, 1953	January 3, 1955	Republican
23	Milward L. Simpson	January 3, 1955	January 5, 1959	Republican	Everett T. Copenhaver
24	John J. Hickey	January 5, 1959	January 2, 1961	Democratic	Jack R. Gage
25	Jack R. Gage	January 2, 1961	January 7, 1963	Democratic
26	Clifford P. Hansen	January 7, 1963	January 2, 1967	Republican	Thyra Thomson
27	Stanley K. Hathaway	January 2, 1967	January 6, 1975	Republican
28	Edgar J. Herschler	January 6, 1975	January 5, 1987	Democratic
29	Mike Sullivan	January 5, 1987	January 2, 1995	Democratic	Kathy Karpan
30	Jim Geringer	January 2, 1995	January 6, 2003	Republican	Diana J. Ohman
					Joseph B. Meyer
31	Dave Freudenthal	January 6, 2003	January 3, 2011	Democratic	Joseph B. Meyer
					Max Maxfield
32	Matt Mead	January 3, 2011	Incumbent	Republican	Max Maxfield

Other high offices held

This is a table of congressional seats, other federal offices, and other governorships held by governors. All representatives and senators mentioned represented Wyoming except where noted.

Name	Gubernatorial term	U.S. Congress		Other offices held
		House	Senate
John Milton Thayer	1875–1878 (territorial)			U.S. Senator from Nebraska; Governor of Nebraska
Thomas Moonlight	1887-1889 (territorial)			United States Minister to Bolivia
Francis E. Warren	1885–1886, 1889–1890 (territorial); 1890		S
John Eugene Osborne	1893–1895	H		United States Assistant Secretary of State
William A. Richards	1895–1899			Commissioner of the General Land Office
Joseph M. Carey	1911–1915	H	S
John B. Kendrick	1915–1917		S
Lester C. Hunt	1943–1949		S
Frank A. Barrett	1951–1953	H	S
Milward L. Simpson	1955–1959		S
John J. Hickey	1959–1961		S
Clifford Hansen	1963–1967		S
Stanley K. Hathaway	1967–1975			United States Secretary of the Interior
Mike Sullivan	1987–1995			United States Ambassador to Ireland

Living former governors

As of January 2011, three former governors are alive. The most recent governor to die was Clifford P. Hansen (1963–1967), on October 20, 2009. The most recently-serving governor to die was Edgar J. Herschler (1975–1987), on February 5, 1990.

Name	Gubernatorial term	Date of birth
Mike Sullivan	1987–1995	September 22, 1939 (1939-09-22)
Jim Geringer	1995–2003	April 24, 1944 (1944-04-24)
Dave Freudenthal	2003–2011	October 12, 1950 (1950-10-12)