List of Governors of Colorado

Governors of the Territory of Colorado, 1861-1876

• 1861-1862: William Gilpin (Republican)
• 1862-1865: John Evans (Republican)
• 1865-1867: Alexander Cummings (Republican)
• 1867-1869: Alexander Cameron Hunt (Republican)
• 1869-1873: Edward Moody McCook (Republican)
• 1873-1874: Samuel Hitt Elbert (Republican)
• 1874-1875: Edward Moody McCook (Republican)
• 1875-1876: John Long Routt (Republican)

Governors of the State of Colorado, 1876-present

• 1876-1879: John Long Routt (Republican)
• 1879-1883: Frederick Walter Pitkin (Republican)
• 1883-1885: James Benton Grant (Democrat)
• 1885-1887: Benjamin Harrison Eaton (Republican)
• 1887-1889: Alva Adams (Democrat)
• 1889-1891: Job Adams Cooper (Republican)
• 1891-1893: John Long Routt (Republican)
• 1893-1895: Davis Hanson Waite (Populist)
• 1895-1897: Albert Washington McIntire (Republican)
• 1897-1899: Alva Adams (Democrat)
• 1899-1901: Charles Spalding Thomas (Democrat)
• 1901-1903: James Bradley Orman (Democrat)
• 1903-1905: James Hamilton Peabody (Republican)
• 1905-1905: Alva Adams (Democrat)
• 1905-1907: Jesse Fuller McDonald (Republican)
• 1907-1909: Henry Augustus Buchtel (Republican)
• 1909-1913: John Franklin Shafroth (Democrat)
• 1913-1915: Elias Milton Ammons (Democrat)
• 1915-1917: George Alfred Carlson (Republican)
• 1917-1919: Julius Caldeen Gunter (Democrat)
• 1919-1923: Oliver Henry Shoup (Republican)
• 1923-1925: William Ellery Sweet (Democrat)
• 1925-1927: Clarence Joseph Morley (Republican)
• 1927-1933: William Herbert Adams (Democrat)
• 1933-1937: Edwin Carl Johnson (Democrat)
• 1937-1937: Ray Herbert Talbot (Democrat, acting)
• 1937-1939: Teller Ammons (Democrat)
• 1939-1943: Ralph Lawrence Carr (Republican)
• 1943-1947: John Charles Vivian (Republican)
• 1947-1950: William Lee Knous (Democrat)
• 1950-1951: Walter Walford Johnson (Democrat)
• 1951-1955: Dan Thornton (Republican)
• 1955-1957: Edwin Carl Johnson (Democrat)
• 1957-1963: Stephen L.R. McNichols (Democrat)
• 1963-1973: John Arthur Love (Republican)
• 1973-1975: John David Vanderhoof (Republican)
• 1975-1987: Richard Douglas Lamm (Democrat)
• 1987-1999: Roy R. Romer (Democrat)
• 1999-present: Bill Owens (Republican