List of Governors of Wyoming
Governors of the State of Wyoming

List of Governors of Wyoming

Section Title: Governors of the State of Wyoming
Table Section Text: None

Republican Democratic Progressive

Governor	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

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	-	April 28, 1903	January 2, 1905	Republican

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

Progressive

9	-	John B. Kendrick	January 4, 1915	February 26, 1917	Democratic

10	-	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	-	October 2, 1924	January 5, 1925	Republican

14	-	Nellie Tayloe Ross	January 5, 1925	January 3, 1927	Democratic

15	-	Frank C. Emerson	January 3, 1927	February 18, 1931	Republican	Alonzo M. Clark

16	-	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 J. Rogers

22	-	January 3, 1953	January 3, 1955	Republican

23	-	Milward 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	-	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 Meyer

31	-	Dave Freudenthal	January 6, 2003	January 3, 2011	Democratic	Joseph Meyer

Max Maxfield

32	-	Matt Mead	January 3, 2011	January 7, 2019	Republican	Max Maxfield

Ed Murray

Edward Buchanan

33	-	Mark Gordon	January 7, 2019	Incumbent	Republican	Edward Buchanan

Sentence(s)

John B. Kendrick served as the ninth Governor of Wyoming.

final_sentence: John B. Kendrick served as the ninth Governor of Wyoming.