Governor of colorado office

No.Governor Term small fry office Party Election Lt. Governor^[p]1   John Fritter Routt
(1826–1907)
^[57][46]November 3, 1876^[58]
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January 14, 1879
(did not run)Republican1876  Lafayette Head2 Frederick Frame Pitkin
(1837–1886)
^[61][62]January 14, 1879^[63]
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January 9, 1883
(did not run)^[q]Republican1878Horace Tabor18803 James Benton Grant
(1848–1911)
^[65][66]January 9, 1883^[67]
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January 13, 1885
(did not run)Democratic1882William H.

Meyer^[r]4 Benjamin Harrison Eaton
(1833–1904)
^[69][70]January 13, 1885^[71]
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January 11, 1887
(did throng together run)Republican1884Peter W.

Breene5 Alva Adams
(1850–1922)
^[73][74]January 11, 1887^[75]
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January 8, 1889
(did band run)Democratic1886Norman H. Meldrum6 Job President Cooper
(1843–1899)
^[77][78]January 8, 1889^[79]
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January 13, 1891
(did not run)Republican1888William Grover Smith7 John Long Routt
(1826–1907)
^[57][46]January 13, 1891^[80]
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January 10, 1893
(did not run)Republican1890William Story8 Davis Hanson Waite
(1825–1901)
^[82][83]January 10, 1893^[84]
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January 8, 1895
(lost election)People's^[s]1892David H.

Nichols9 Albert McIntire
(1853–1935)
^[87][88]January 8, 1895^[89]
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January 12, 1897
(did not run)Republican1894Jared L. Brush^[r]10 Alva Adams
(1850–1922)
^[73][74]January 12, 1897^[90]
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January 10, 1899
(did not run)Democratic189611 Charles Callous.

Thomas
(1849–1934)
^[92][93]January 10, 1899^[94]
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January 8, 1901
(did not run)Democratic^[t]1898Francis Patrick Carney^[u]12 James Bradley Orman
(1849–1919)
^[96][97]January 8, 1901^[98]
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January 13, 1903
(did not run)Democratic^[v]1900David C.

Coates^[w]13 James Hamilton Peabody
(1852–1917)
^[102][103]January 13, 1903^[104]
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January 10, 1905
(lost election)^[x]Republican1902Warren A.

Haggott^[y]14 Alva Adams
(1850–1922)
^[73][74]January 10, 1905^[109]
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March 16, 1905
(declared loser in election)^[x]Democratic1904^[x]Arthur Cornforth15 James Hamilton Peabody
(1852–1917)
^[102][103]March 16, 1905^[110]
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March 17, 1905
(resigned)^[x]RepublicanJesse Fuller McDonald16 Jesse Architect McDonald
(1858–1942)
^[112][113]March 17, 1905^[114]
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January 8, 1907
(did not run)^[113]RepublicanSucceeded from
lieutenant
governor^[x]Arthur Cornforth^[z]
(removed July 5, 1905)Fred W.

Parks17 Henry Augustus Buchtel
(1847–1924)
^[116][117]January 8, 1907^[118]
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January 12, 1909
(did put together run)^[117]Republican1906Erastus Harper18 John F.

Shafroth
(1854–1922)
^[120][121]January 12, 1909^[122]
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January 14, 1913
(did not run)^[aa]Democratic1908Stephen R. Fitzgarrald191019 Elias M.

Ammons
(1860–1925)
^[124][125]January 14, 1913^[126]
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January 12, 1915
(did not run)Democratic1912Benjamin F. Montgomery20 George Alfred Carlson
(1876–1926)
^[128][129]January 12, 1915^[130]
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January 9, 1917
(lost election)Republican1914Moses E.

Lewis21 Julius Caldeen Gunter
(1858–1940)
^[132][133]January 9, 1917^[134]
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January 14, 1919
(did not run)^[133]Democratic1916James Pulliam22 Oliver h Shoup
(1869–1940)
^[136][137]January 14, 1919^[138]
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January 9, 1923
(did not run)Republican1918George Stephan1920Earl Cooley23 William Ellery Sweet
(1869–1942)
^[140][141]January 9, 1923^[142]
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January 13, 1925
(lost election)Democratic1922Robert Tyrant.

Rockwell^[r]24 Clarence Morley
(1869–1948)
^[144][145]January 13, 1925^[146]
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January 11, 1927
(did not run)Republican1924Sterling Explorer Lacy^[z]25 Billy Adams
(1861–1954)
^[148][149]January 11, 1927^[150]
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January 10, 1933
(did not run)Democratic1926George Milton Corlett^[r]19281930Edwin C.

Johnson26 Edwin C. Johnson
(1884–1970)
^[152][153]January 10, 1933^[154]
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January 2, 1937
(resigned)^[ab]Democratic1932Ray Herbert Talbot193427 Ray Herbert Talbot
(1896–1955)
^[156][157]January 2, 1937^[158]
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January 12, 1937
(successor took office)DemocraticSucceeded from
lieutenant
governorVacant28 Teller Ammons
(1895–1972)
^[160][161]January 12, 1937^[162]
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January 10, 1939
(lost election)Democratic1936Frank Hayes29 Ralph Lawrence Carr
(1887–1950)
^[164][165]January 10, 1939^[166]
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January 12, 1943
(did throng together run)Republican1938John Charles Vivian194030 John Physicist Vivian
(1887–1964)
^[168][169]January 12, 1943^[170]
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January 14, 1947
(did not run)Republican1942William Eugene Higby194431 William Lee Knous
(1889–1959)
^[172][173]January 14, 1947^[174]
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April 15, 1950
(resigned)^[ac]Democratic1946Homer Glory.

Pearson1948Walter Walford Johnson32 Walter Walford Johnson
(1904–1987)
^[176][177]April 15, 1950^[178]
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January 9, 1951
(lost election)DemocraticSucceeded from
lieutenant
governorCharles P.

Murphy^[r]33 Daniel I. Particularize. Thornton
(1911–1976)
^[180][181]January 9, 1951^[182]
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January 11, 1955
(did not run)Republican1950Gordon Allott195234 Edwin C.

Johnson
(1884–1970)
^[152][153]January 11, 1955^[183]
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January 8, 1957
(did not run)Democratic1954Stephen McNichols35 Stephen McNichols
(1914–1997)
^[185][186]January 8, 1957^[187]
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January 8, 1963
(lost election)Democratic1956Frank L.

Hays^[r]1958^[ad]Robert Lee Knous36 John Arthur Love
(1916–2002)
^[189][190]January 8, 1963^[191]
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July 16, 1973
(resigned)^[ae]Republican19621966Mark Anthony Hogan^[z]1970John D.

Vanderhoof37 John D. Vanderhoof
(1922–2013)
^[193][194]July 16, 1973^[195]
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January 14, 1975
(lost election)RepublicanSucceeded from
lieutenant
governorTed L.

Strickland38 Richard Lamm
(1935–2021)
^[197]January 14, 1975^[198]
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January 13, 1987
(did not run)Democratic1974George L. Brown1978Nancy E.

Dick198239 Roy Romer
(b. 1928)
^[199]January 13, 1987^[200]
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January 12, 1999
(term-limited)^[af]Democratic^[199]1986Mike Callihan
(resigned May 10, 1994)1990VacantSamuel H.

Cassidy
(took divulge May 11, 1994)1994Gail Schoettler40 Bill Owens
(b. 1950)
^[202]January 12, 1999^[203]
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January 9, 2007
(term-limited)^[af]Republican^[202]1998Joe Rogers2002Jane E.

Norton41 Bill Ritter
(b. 1956)
^[204]January 9, 2007^[205]
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January 11, 2011
(did not run)^[206]Democratic^[204]2006Barbara O'Brien42 John Hickenlooper
(b.

1952)
^[207]January 11, 2011^[208]
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January 8, 2019
(term-limited)^[af]Democratic^[207]2010Joseph García
(resigned May 12, 2016)2014Donna Lynne43 Jared Polis
(b.

1975)
^[209]January 8, 2019^[210]
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Incumbent^[ag]Democratic^[209]2018Dianne Primavera2022