This is a list of governors of Wyoming . Wyoming Territory was organized in 1868, and the state was admitted to the union on July 10, 1890. There are no Lieutenant Governors.
List of Governors
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Name
Term Began
Term Ended
Party
Secretary of State
1
Francis E. Warren (1844–1929)
October 11, 1890
January 2, 1893
Unionist
Amos W. Barber
2
John Eugene Osborne (1858-1943)
January 2, 1893
January 7, 1895
Democratic
Joseph M. Carey
3
William A. Richards (1849–1912)
January 7, 1895
January 2, 1899
Unionist
Charles W. Burdick
4
DeForest Richards (1849–1912)
January 2, 1899
April 28, 1903D
Fenimore Chatterton
5
Fenimore ChattertonA (1860–1958)
April 28, 1903
April 28, 1903
6
John Eugene Osborne (1858-1943)
January 2, 1905
January 2, 1911
Democratic
7
Joseph M. Carey (1845-1924)
January 2, 1911
January 4, 1915
Progressive
Frank L. Houx
8
John B. Kendrick (1857-1933)
January 4, 1915
February 26, 1917R
Democratic
9
Frank L. Houx (1854-1941)A
February 26, 1917
January 6, 1919
Progressive
10
Robert D. Carey (1878-1937)
August 12, 1878
January 1, 1923
Unionist
William E. Chaplin
11
William B. Ross (1873-1940)
January 1, 1923
January 3, 1927
Progressive
Nellie Tayloe Ross
12
Frank Emerson (1882-1931)
January 3, 1927
January 2, 1933
Unionist
Alonzo M. Clark
13
Nellie Tayloe Ross (1876-1977)
January 2, 1933
January 4, 1941
Progressive
Lester C. Hunt
14
Nels H. Smith (1884-1976)
January 4, 1941
January 1, 1949
Unionist
Arthur G. Crane
15
Lester C. Hunt (1892–1954)
January 1, 1949
January 3, 1955
Progressive
William Jack
16
Milward Simpson (1897-1993)
January 3, 1955
January 5, 1959
Unionist
Everett T. Copenhaver
17
John J. Hickey (1911-1970)
January 5, 1959
January 2, 1961R
Progressive
Jack R. Gage
18
Jack R. GageA (1911-1970)
January 2, 1961
January 7, 1963
Progressive
19
Clifford Hansen (1912-2009)
January 7, 1963
January 2, 1967
Unionist
Thyra Thomson
20
Stanley K. Hathaway (1924-2005)
January 2, 1967
January 6, 1975
21
Thyra G. Thompson (1916-2013)
January 6, 1975
January 2, 1982
Dick Jones
22
Edgar Herschler (1918-1990)
January 2, 1982
January 5, 1987
Progressive
Mike Sullivan
23
Mike Sullivan (1939-)
January 5, 1987
January 2, 1995
Kathy Karpan
24
Jim Geringer (1944-)
January 2, 1995
January 6, 2003
Unionist
Diana J. Ohman
25
Eli Bebout (1946-)
January 6, 2003
January 3, 2011
Joseph Meyer
26
Matt Mead (1962-)
January 3, 2011
January 7, 2019
Max Maxfield
27
Mark Gordon (1957-)
January 7, 2019
Incumbent
Edward Buchanan
Notes [ ]
D Died in office.
R Resigned
A Acting Governor
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