Alternative History
Alternative History

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
# Name Term Began Term Ended Party Secretary of State
1 Francis E. Warren

Francis E. Warren
(1844–1929)

October 11, 1890 January 2, 1893 Unionist Amos W. Barber
2 JohnEOsborne

John Eugene Osborne
(1858-1943)

January 2, 1893 January 7, 1895 Democratic Joseph M. Carey
3 WilliamARichards

William A. Richards
(1849–1912)

January 7, 1895 January 2, 1899 Unionist Charles W. Burdick
4 DeForest Richards

DeForest Richards
(1849–1912)

January 2, 1899 April 28, 1903D Fenimore Chatterton
5 F Chatterton

Fenimore ChattertonA
(1860–1958)

April 28, 1903 April 28, 1903
6 JohnEOsborne

John Eugene Osborne
(1858-1943)

January 2, 1905 January 2, 1911 Democratic
7 Joseph Maull Carey (1845–1924)

Joseph M. Carey
(1845-1924)

January 2, 1911 January 4, 1915 Progressive Frank L. Houx
8 JohnBKendrick

John B. Kendrick
(1857-1933)

January 4, 1915 February 26, 1917R Democratic
9 Frank Lee Houx

Frank L. Houx
(1854-1941)A

February 26, 1917 January 6, 1919 Progressive
10 Robert Davis Carey

Robert D. Carey
(1878-1937)

August 12, 1878 January 1, 1923 Unionist William E. Chaplin
11 William B. Ross

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

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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