List of Governors of Idaho
Governors of the State of Idaho
Table:
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

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