The governor of Wyoming is the head of government of Wyoming, and the commander-in-chief of the Wyoming's military department (National Guard).
| Governor of Wyoming | |
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Seal of the governor | |
Incumbent since January 7, 2019Mark Gordon | |
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| Status |
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| Residence | Wyoming Governor's Mansion |
| Term length | Four years, renewable once (limited to eight years in a sixteen year period) |
| Inaugural holder | Francis E. Warren |
| Formation | Wyoming Constitution |
| Succession | Line of succession |
| Salary | $105,000 (2022) |
| Website | governor |
The gubernatorial term has been set at four years since statehood. Originally, a governor could be elected any number of times. Since a 1992 referendum, governors have been limited to eight years in office during any 16-year period—effectively limiting them to two consecutive terms.
List of governors
Territory of Wyoming
| No. | Governor | Term in office | Appointing President | |
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| 1 | John Allen Campbell (1835–1880) | April 7, 1869 – February 10, 1875 (successor appointed) | Ulysses S. Grant | |
| 2 | John Milton Thayer (1820–1906) | February 10, 1875 – April 10, 1878 (successor appointed) | Ulysses S. Grant | |
| 3 | John Wesley Hoyt (1831–1912) | April 10, 1878 – August 3, 1882 (successor appointed) | Rutherford B. Hayes | |
| 4 | William Hale (1837–1885) | August 3, 1882 – January 13, 1885 (died in office) | Chester A. Arthur | |
| 5 | Francis E. Warren (1844–1929) | February 27, 1885 – November 11, 1886 (successor appointed) | Chester A. Arthur | |
| 6 | George W. Baxter (1855–1929) | November 11, 1886 – December 20, 1886 (resigned) | Grover Cleveland | |
| 7 | Thomas Moonlight (1833–1899) | December 20, 1886 – April 9, 1889 (successor appointed) | Grover Cleveland | |
| 8 | Francis E. Warren (1844–1929) | April 9, 1889 – October 11, 1890 (elected state governor) | Benjamin Harrison | |
State of Wyoming
| No. | Governor | Term in office | Party | Election | Secretary of State | |||
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| 1 | Francis E. Warren (1844–1929) | October 11, 1890 – November 24, 1890 (resigned) | Republican | 1890 | John W. Meldrum | |||
| Amos W. Barber | ||||||||
| 2 | Amos W. Barber (1860–1915) | November 24, 1890 – January 2, 1893 (successor took office) | Republican | Secretary of state acting | Acting as governor | |||
| 3 | John Eugene Osborne (1858–1943) | January 2, 1893 – January 7, 1895 (did not run) | Democratic | 1892§ | Amos W. Barber | |||
| 4 | William A. Richards (1849–1912) | January 7, 1895 – January 2, 1899 (did not run) | Republican | 1894 | Charles W. Burdick | |||
| 5 | DeForest Richards (1846–1903) | January 2, 1899 – April 28, 1903 (died in office) | Republican | 1898 | Fenimore Chatterton | |||
| 1902 | ||||||||
| 6 | Fenimore Chatterton (1860–1958) | April 28, 1903 – January 2, 1905 (lost nomination) | Republican | Secretary of state acting | Acting as governor | |||
| 7 | Bryant Butler Brooks (1861–1944) | January 2, 1905 – January 2, 1911 (did not run) | Republican | 1904 (special) | Fenimore Chatterton | |||
| 1906 | William Schnitger | |||||||
| 8 | Joseph M. Carey (1845–1924) | January 2, 1911 – January 4, 1915 (did not run) | Democratic | 1910 | Frank L. Houx | |||
| 9 | John B. Kendrick (1857–1933) | January 4, 1915 – February 24, 1917 (resigned) | Democratic | 1914 | ||||
| 10 | Frank L. Houx (1854–1941) | February 24, 1917 – January 6, 1919 (lost election) | Democratic | Secretary of state acting | Acting as governor | |||
| 11 | Robert D. Carey (1878–1937) | January 6, 1919 – January 1, 1923 (lost nomination) | Republican | 1918 | William E. Chaplin | |||
| 12 | William B. Ross (1873–1924) | January 1, 1923 – October 2, 1924 (died in office) | Democratic | 1922 | Frank Lucas | |||
| 13 | Frank Lucas (1876–1948) | October 2, 1924 – January 5, 1925 (successor took office) | Republican | Secretary of state acting | Acting as governor | |||
| 14 | Nellie Tayloe Ross (1876–1977) | January 5, 1925 – January 3, 1927 (lost election) | Democratic | 1924 (special) | Frank Lucas | |||
| 15 | Frank Emerson (1882–1931) | January 3, 1927 – February 18, 1931 (died in office) | Republican | 1926 | Alonzo M. Clark | |||
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| 16 | Alonzo M. Clark (1868–1952) | February 18, 1931 – January 2, 1933 (lost nomination) | Republican | Secretary of state acting | Acting as governor | |||
| 17 | Leslie A. Miller (1886–1970) | January 2, 1933 – January 2, 1939 (lost election) | Democratic | 1932 (special) | Alonzo M. Clark | |||
| 1934 | Lester C. Hunt | |||||||
| 18 | Nels H. Smith (1884–1976) | January 2, 1939 – January 4, 1943 (lost election) | Republican | 1938 | ||||
| 19 | Lester C. Hunt (1892–1954) | January 4, 1943 – January 3, 1949 (resigned) | Democratic | 1942 | Mart T. Christensen | |||
| William M. Jack | ||||||||
| 1946 | Arthur G. Crane | |||||||
| 20 | Arthur G. Crane (1877–1955) | January 3, 1949 – January 1, 1951 (successor took office) | Republican | Secretary of state acting | Acting as governor | |||
| 21 | Frank A. Barrett (1892–1962) | January 1, 1951 – January 3, 1953 (resigned) | Republican | 1950 | Clifford Joy Rogers | |||
| 22 | Clifford Joy Rogers (1897–1962) | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 (lost nomination) | Republican | Secretary of state acting | Acting as governor | |||
| 23 | Milward Simpson (1897–1993) | January 3, 1955 – January 5, 1959 (lost election) | Republican | 1954 | Everett T. Copenhaver | |||
| 24 | Joe Hickey (1911–1970) | January 5, 1959 – January 2, 1961 (resigned) | Democratic | 1958 | Jack R. Gage | |||
| 25 | Jack R. Gage (1899–1970) | January 2, 1961 – January 7, 1963 (lost election) | Democratic | Secretary of state acting | Acting as governor | |||
| 26 | Clifford Hansen (1912–2009) | January 7, 1963 – January 2, 1967 (did not run) | Republican | 1962 | Thyra Thomson | |||
| 27 | Stanley K. Hathaway (1924–2005) | January 2, 1967 – January 6, 1975 (did not run) | Republican | 1966 | ||||
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| 28 | Edgar Herschler (1918–1990) | January 6, 1975 – January 5, 1987 (did not run) | Democratic | 1974 | ||||
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| 29 | Mike Sullivan (b. 1939) | January 5, 1987 – January 2, 1995 (term-limited) | Democratic | 1986 | Kathy Karpan | |||
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| 30 | Jim Geringer (b. 1944) | January 2, 1995 – January 6, 2003 (term-limited) | Republican | 1994 | Diana J. Ohman | |||
| 1998 | Joseph Meyer | |||||||
| 31 | Dave Freudenthal (b. 1950) | January 6, 2003 – January 3, 2011 (term-limited) | Democratic | 2002 | ||||
| 2006 | Max Maxfield | |||||||
| 32 | Matt Mead (b. 1962) | January 3, 2011 – January 7, 2019 (term-limited) | Republican | 2010 | ||||
| 2014 | Ed Murray | |||||||
| Edward Buchanan | ||||||||
| 33 | Mark Gordon (b. 1957) | January 7, 2019 – Incumbent | Republican | 2018 | ||||
| Karl Allred | ||||||||
| 2022 | Chuck Gray | |||||||
Timeline
| Timeline of Wyoming governors |
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Electoral history (1950–)
| Year | Democratic nominee | Republican nominee | Independent candidate | Libertarian nominee | Other candidate | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Candidate | # | % | Candidate | # | % | Candidate | # | % | Candidate | # | % | Candidate | # | % | ||||||||||
| 1950 | John J. McIntyre | 42,518 | 43.85% | Frank A. Barrett | 54,441 | 56.15% | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||
| 1954 | William M. Jack | 55,163 | 49.50% | Milward Simpson | 56,275 | 50.50% | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||
| 1958 | John J. Hickey | 55,070 | 48.94% | Milward Simpson | 52,488 | 46.64% | Louis W. Carlson (Economy) | 4,979 | 4.42% | – | – | – | ||||||||||||
| 1962 | Jack R. Gage | 54,298 | 45.53% | Clifford Hansen | 64,970 | 54.47% | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||
| 1966 | Ernest Wilkerson | 55,249 | 45.71% | Stanley Hathaway | 65,624 | 54.29% | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||
| 1970 | John J. Rooney | 44,008 | 37.21% | Stanley Hathaway | 74,249 | 62.79% | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||
| 1974 | Edgar Herschler | 71,741 | 55.88% | Dick Jones | 56,645 | 44.12% | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||
| 1978 | Edgar Herschler | 69,972 | 50.86% | John Ostlund | 67,595 | 49.14% | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||
| 1982 | Edgar Herschler | 106,427 | 63.14% | Warren A. Morton | 62,128 | 36.86% | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||
| 1986 | Mike Sullivan | 88,879 | 53.96% | Pete Simpson | 75,841 | 46.04% | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||
| 1990 | Mike Sullivan | 104,638 | 65.35% | Mary Mead | 55,471 | 34.65% | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||
| 1994 | Kathy Karpan | 80,747 | 40.17% | Jim Geringer | 104,638 | 58.72% | – | Seaghan Uibreaslain | 2,227 | 1.11% | – | |||||||||||||
| 1998 | John Vinich | 70,754 | 40.46% | Jim Geringer | 97,235 | 55.60% | – | Dave Dawson | 6,899 | 3.94% | – | |||||||||||||
| 2002 | Dave Freudenthal | 92,662 | 49.96% | Eli Bebout | 88,873 | 47.92% | – | Dave Dawson | 3,924 | 2.12% | – | |||||||||||||
| 2006 | Dave Freudenthal | 135,516 | 69.99% | Ray Hunkins | 58,100 | 30.01% | – | – | – | |||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Leslie Petersen | 43,240 | 22.94% | Matt Mead | 123,780 | 65.68% | Taylor Haynes | 13,796 | 7.32% | Mike Wheeler | 5,362 | 2.85% | – | |||||||||||
| 2014 | Pete Gosar | 45,752 | 27.25% | Matt Mead | 99,700 | 59.39% | Don Wills | 9,895 | 5.89% | Dee Cozzens | 4,040 | 2.41% | – | |||||||||||
| 2018 | Mary Throne | 55,965 | 27.54% | Mark Gordon | 136,412 | 67.12% | – | Lawrence Struempf | 3,010 | 1.48% | Rex Rammell (Constitution) | 6,751 | 3.32% | |||||||||||
| 2022 | Theresa Livingston | 30,686 | 15.82% | Mark Gordon | 143,696 | 74.04% | – | Jared Baldes | 8,157 | 4.20% | – | |||||||||||||
See also
- Gubernatorial lines of succession in the United States § Wyoming
- List of Wyoming state legislatures
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