List of Governors of Idaho
Governors of the State of Idaho
Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890. Since then, the state has had 32 governors, two of whom served non-consecutive terms.

List of Governors of Idaho

Section Title: Governors of the State of Idaho
Table Section Text: Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890. Since then, the state has had 32 governors, two of whom served non-consecutive terms.

No.	Governor	Term in office	Party	Election	Lt. Governor

1	-	George L. Shoup	October 1, 1890 – December 18, 1890 (resigned)	Republican	1890	N. B. Willey

2	-	N. B. Willey	December 18, 1890 – January 2, 1893 (not candidate for election)	Republican	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	John S. Gray

3	-	William J. McConnell	January 2, 1893 – January 4, 1897 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1892	F. B. Willis

1894	F. J. Mills

4	-	Frank Steunenberg	January 4, 1897 – January 7, 1901 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1896	George F. Moore

1898	J. H. Hutchinson

5	Frankwhunt.PNG	Frank W. Hunt	January 7, 1901 – January 5, 1903 (lost election)	Democratic	1900	Thomas F. Terrell

6	-	John T. Morrison	January 5, 1903 – January 2, 1905 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1902	James M. Stevens

7	-	Frank R. Gooding	January 2, 1905 – January 4, 1909 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1904	Burpee L. Steeves

1906	Ezra A. Burrell

8	-	James H. Brady	January 4, 1909 – January 2, 1911 (lost election)	Republican	1908	Lewis H. Sweetser

9	-	James H. Hawley	January 2, 1911 – January 6, 1913 (lost election)	Democratic	1910

10	-	John M. Haines	January 6, 1913 – January 4, 1915 (lost election)	Republican	1912	Herman H. Taylor

11	-	Moses Alexander	January 4, 1915 – January 6, 1919 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1914

1916	Ernest L. Parker

12	-	D. W. Davis	January 6, 1919 – January 1, 1923 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1918	Charles C. Moore

1920

13	-	Charles C. Moore	January 1, 1923 – January 3, 1927 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1922	H. C. Baldridge

1924

14	-	H. C. Baldridge	January 3, 1927 – January 5, 1931 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1926	O. E. Hailey

1928	W. B. Kinne (died October 1, 1929)

Vacant

O. E. Hailey (appointed October 25, 1929)

15	-	C. Ben Ross	January 5, 1931 – January 4, 1937 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1930	G. P. Mix

1932	George Hill

1934	G. P. Mix

16	-	Barzilla W. Clark	January 4, 1937 – January 2, 1939 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1936	Charles C. Gossett

17	-	C. A. Bottolfsen	January 2, 1939 – January 6, 1941 (lost election)	Republican	1938	Donald S. Whitehead

18	-	Chase A. Clark	January 6, 1941 – January 4, 1943 (lost election)	Democratic	1940	Charles C. Gossett

19	-	C. A. Bottolfsen	January 4, 1943 – January 1, 1945 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1942	Edwin Nelson

20	-	Charles C. Gossett	January 1, 1945 – November 17, 1945 (resigned)	Democratic	1944	Arnold Williams

21	-	Arnold Williams	November 17, 1945 – January 6, 1947 (lost election)	Democratic	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	Vacant

A. R. McCabe (appointed March 20, 1946)

22	-	C. A. Robins	January 6, 1947 – January 1, 1951 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1946	Donald S. Whitehead

23	-	Leonard B. Jordan	January 1, 1951 – January 3, 1955 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1950	Edson H. Deal

24	-	Robert E. Smylie	January 3, 1955 – January 2, 1967 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1954	J. Berkeley Larsen

1958	W. E. Drevlow

1962

25	-	Don Samuelson	January 2, 1967 – January 4, 1971 (lost election)	Republican	1966	Jack M. Murphy

26	-	Cecil Andrus	January 4, 1971 – January 24, 1977 (resigned)	Democratic	1970

1974	John V. Evans

27	John V. Evans	January 24, 1977 – January 5, 1987 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	Vacant

William J. Murphy (appointed January 28, 1977)

1978	Phil Batt

1982	David H. Leroy

28	-	Cecil Andrus	January 5, 1987 – January 2, 1995 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1986	Butch Otter (resigned January 3, 2001)

1990

29	-	Phil Batt	January 2, 1995 – January 4, 1999 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1994

30	-	Dirk Kempthorne	January 4, 1999 – May 26, 2006 (resigned)	Republican	1998

Vacant

Jack Riggs (appointed January 30, 2001)

2002	Jim Risch

31	-	Jim Risch	May 26, 2006 – January 1, 2007 (not candidate for election)	Republican	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	Vacant

Mark Ricks (appointed June 15, 2006)

32	-	Butch Otter	January 1, 2007 – January 7, 2019 (not candidate for election)	Republican	2006	Jim Risch (resigned January 3, 2009)

Vacant

Brad Little (appointed January 6, 2009)

2010

2014

33	-	Brad Little	January 7, 2019 – present	Republican	2018	Janice McGeachin

Sentence(s)

Arnold Williams served as the 21st Governor of Idaho from 1945 until 1947.

final_sentence: Arnold Williams served as the 21st Governor of Idaho from 1945 until 1947.