List of lieutenant governors of Colorado

Coordinates: 38°59′50″N 105°32′52″W / 38.9972°N 105.5478°W / 38.9972; -105.5478 (State of Colorado)
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Lieutenant Governor of Colorado
Official seal
Incumbent
Dianne Primavera
since 8 January 2019
Government of Colorado
StyleThe Honorable
Term lengthFour years, renewable once
Inaugural holderLafayette Head
Formation1877
Salary$93,360 per year
Website[1]

The lieutenant governor of Colorado is the second-highest-ranking member of the executive department of the Government of Colorado, United States, below the governor of Colorado. The lieutenant governor of Colorado, who acts as governor of Colorado in the absence of the officeholder and succeeds to the governorship in case of vacancy, is elected on a partisan ticket.

After the 1966 general election, the Constitution of Colorado was amended to require the joint election of governor and lieutenant governor — candidates running as a ticket.[1] Prior to this amendment, the lieutenant governor candidate was elected separately from the governor during the same election—sometimes resulting in a governor and a lieutenant governor from different political parties.

The current lieutenant governor is Dianne Primavera, a Democrat, who took office 8 January 2019.

Lieutenant governors[edit]

Lieutenant governors of the State of Colorado
No. Lieutenant Governor Term in office Party Election Governor[a]
1   Lafayette Head August 1, 1876
–
January 14, 1879 		Republican 1876   John Long Routt
2 Horace Tabor January 14, 1879
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January 9, 1883 		Republican 1878 Frederick Walker Pitkin
1880
3 William H. Meyer January 9, 1883
–
January 13, 1885 		Republican 1882 James Benton Grant[b]
4 Peter W. Breene January 13, 1885
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January 11, 1887 		Republican 1884 Benjamin Harrison Eaton
5 Norman H. Meldrum January 11, 1887
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January 8, 1889 		Democratic 1886 Alva Adams
6 William Grover Smith January 8, 1889
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January 13, 1891 		Republican 1888 Job Adams Cooper
7 William Story January 13, 1891
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January 10, 1893 		Republican 1890 John Long Routt
8 David H. Nichols January 10, 1893
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January 8, 1895 		Populist 1892 Davis Hanson Waite
9 Jared L. Brush January 8, 1895
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January 10, 1899 		Republican 1894 Albert McIntire
1896 Alva Adams[b]
10 Francis Patrick Carney January 10, 1899
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January 8, 1901 		Populist 1898 Charles Spalding Thomas[b]
11 David C. Coates January 8, 1901
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January 13, 1903 		Democratic 1900 James Bradley Orman
12 Warren A. Haggott January 13, 1903
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January 10, 1905 		Republican 1902 James Hamilton Peabody
13 Arthur Cornforth January 10, 1905
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March 17, 1905 		Democratic 1904
[c] 		Alva Adams
14 Jesse Fuller McDonald March 17, 1905
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March 17, 1905 		Republican James Hamilton Peabody
(13) Arthur Cornforth March 17, 1905
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July 5, 1905 		Democratic Jesse Fuller McDonald
15 Fred W. Parks July 5, 1905
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January 8, 1907 		Republican
16 Erastus Harper January 8, 1907
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January 12, 1909 		Republican 1906 Henry Augustus Buchtel
17 Stephen R. Fitzgarrald January 12, 1909
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January 12, 1915 		Democratic 1908 John F. Shafroth
1910
1912 Elias M. Ammons
18 Moses E. Lewis January 12, 1915
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January 9, 1917 		Republican 1914 George Alfred Carlson
19 James Pulliam January 9, 1917
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January 14, 1919 		Democratic 1916 Julius Caldeen Gunter
20 George Stephan January 14, 1919
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January 11, 1921 		Republican 1918 Oliver Henry Shoup
21 Earl Cooley January 11, 1921
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January 9, 1923 		Republican 1920
22 Robert F. Rockwell January 9, 1923
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January 13, 1925 		Republican 1922 William Ellery Sweet[b]
23 Sterling Byrd Lacy January 13, 1925
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January 11, 1927 		Democratic 1924 Clarence Morley[d]
24 George Milton Corlett January 11, 1927
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January 13, 1931 		Republican 1926 Billy Adams[b]
1928
25 Edwin C. Johnson January 13, 1931
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January 10, 1933 		Democratic 1930
26 Ray Herbert Talbot January 10, 1933
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January 1, 1937 		Democratic 1932 Edwin C. Johnson
1934
[e]
— Vacant January 1, 1937
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January 12, 1937 		— Ray Herbert Talbot
27 Frank Hayes January 12, 1937
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January 10, 1939 		Democratic 1936 Teller Ammons
28 John Charles Vivian January 10, 1939
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January 12, 1943 		Republican 1938 Ralph Lawrence Carr
1940
29 William Eugene Higby January 12, 1943
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January 14, 1947 		Republican 1942 John Charles Vivian
1944
30 Homer L. Pearson January 14, 1947
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January 11, 1949 		Democratic 1946 William Lee Knous
31 Walter Walford Johnson January 11, 1949
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April 15, 1950 		Democratic 1948
[f]
32 Charles P. Murphy April 15, 1950
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January 9, 1951 		Republican Walter Walford Johnson
33 Gordon Allott January 9, 1951
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January 11, 1955 		Republican 1950 Daniel I. J. Thornton
1952
34 Stephen McNichols January 11, 1955
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January 8, 1957 		Democratic 1954 Edwin C. Johnson
35 Frank L. Hays January 8, 1957
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January 13, 1959 		Republican 1956 Stephen McNichols
36 Robert Lee Knous January 13, 1959
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January 10, 1967 		Democratic 1958
1962 John Arthur Love[d]
37 Mark Anthony Hogan January 10, 1967
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January 12, 1971 		Democratic 1966[d]
38 John D. Vanderhoof January 12, 1971
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July 16, 1973 		Republican 1970
[g]
39 Ted L. Strickland July 16, 1973
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January 14, 1975 		Republican John D. Vanderhoof
40 George L. Brown January 14, 1975
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January 10, 1979 		Democratic 1974 Richard Lamm
41 Nancy E. Dick January 10, 1979
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January 13, 1987 		Democratic 1978
1982
42 Mike Callihan January 13, 1987
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May 10, 1994 		Democratic 1986 Roy Romer
1990
— Vacant May 10, 1994
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May 11, 1994 		—
43 Samuel H. Cassidy May 11, 1994
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January 3, 1995 		Democratic
44 Gail Schoettler January 3, 1995
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January 12, 1999 		Democratic 1994
45 Joe Rogers January 12, 1999
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January 14, 2003 		Republican 1998 Bill Owens
46 Jane E. Norton January 14, 2003
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January 9, 2007 		Republican 2002
47 Barbara O'Brien January 9, 2007
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January 11, 2011 		Democratic 2006 Bill Ritter
48 Joseph García January 11, 2011
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May 12, 2016 		Democratic 2010 John Hickenlooper
2014
[h]
49 Donna Lynne May 12, 2016
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January 8, 2019 		Democratic
50 Dianne Primavera January 8, 2019
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present 		Democratic 2018
[i] 		Jared Polis

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
  2. ^ a b c d e Represented the Democratic Party.
  3. ^ The 1904 gubernatorial election was rife with fraud and controversy. Adams and Cornforth won election, but soon after Adams took office the Republican legislature declared Peabody to be the actual winner, on the condition that Peabody immediately resign. Since Peabody had been governor for a few moments before resigning, it was his lieutenant governor, McDonald, that succeeded to the governorship. Cornforth, as president pro tempore of the senate, acted as lieutenant governor until the Colorado Supreme Court declared that Parks, who had been elected president pro tempore of the senate on April 3, 1905, was the rightful acting lieutenant governor.[2]
  4. ^ a b c Represented the Republican Party.
  5. ^ Johnson resigned and Talbot succeeded him, rendering the office vacant for the remainder of the term.
  6. ^ Knous resigned and Johnson succeeded him; as president of the senate, Murphy succeeded Johnson.
  7. ^ Love resigned and Vanderhoof succeeded him; as president of the senate, Strickland succeeded Vanderhoof.
  8. ^ García resigned to be President of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education; Lynne was nominated and confirmed to succeed him.
  9. ^ Primavera's second term began on January 10, 2023.

References[edit]

General
  • Mike Mauer, Molly Otto, Gay Roesch, "Presidents and Speakers of the Colorado General Assembly." Denver: Colorado Legislative Council, 2013. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-12. Retrieved 2015-08-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Constitutions
Specific
  1. ^ Oesterle, Dale A.; Collins, Richard B. (2011). The Colorado State Constitution. Oxford University Press. p. 102. ISBN 9780199778843.
  2. ^ "Cornforth is Deposed, Parks Lieutenant Governor". New Castle, Colorado: New Castle Nonpareil. July 8, 1905. Retrieved November 28, 2018.

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