List of governors of Wyoming

Governor of Wyoming
File:Seal of the Governor of Wyoming.svg Seal of the Governor
File:Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon 2019 (cropped).jpg Incumbent Mark Gordon since January 7, 2019
Style	Governor (informal) The Honorable (formal)
Status	Head of State Head of Government
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
Salary	$105,000 (2013)

This is a list of the governors of Wyoming. It includes territorial governors. Wyoming Territory was created in 1868. Wyoming became a state on July 10, 1890.

Governors

Governors of Wyoming Territory

#	Name	Photo	Took office	Left office
1	John Allen Campbell	File:John Allen Campbell.jpg	1869	1875
2	John Milton Thayer	File:John Milton Thayer - Brady-Handy.jpg	1875	1878
3	John Wesley Hoyt	File:John Wesley Hoyt.jpg	1878	1882
4	William Hale	File:William Hale.jpg	1882	1885
5	Elliot S.N. Morgan	File:Elliot Morgan.jpg	1885	1885
6	Francis E. Warren	File:Francis E. Warren.jpg	1885	1886
7	George White Baxter	File:George White Baxter.jpg	1886	1886
8	Elliot S.N. Morgan	File:Elliot Morgan.jpg	1886	1887
9	Thomas Moonlight	File:Thomas Moonlight.jpg	1887	1889
10	Francis E. Warren	File:Francis E. Warren.jpg	1889	1890

Governors of Wyoming

File:JohnEOsborne.jpg

John E. Osborne, the first Democratic governor

File:Nellie Tayloe Ross.jpg

Nellie Tayloe Ross, the first female governor of any state

Republican       Democratic       Progressive
Governor				Took office	Left office	Party	Secretary of State		Notes
1	File:Francis E. Warren.jpg		Francis E. Warren	October 11, 1890	November 24, 1890	Republican		John W. Meldrum
								Amos W. Barber
2	File:AmosWBarber.jpg		Amos W. Barber	November 24, 1890	January 2, 1893	Republican		Amos W. Barber
3	File:JohnEOsborne.jpg		John E. Osborne	January 2, 1893	January 7, 1895	Democratic
4	File:WilliamARichards.jpg		William A. Richards	January 7, 1895	January 2, 1899	Republican		Charles W. Burdick
5	File:DeForest Richards.jpg		DeForest Richards	January 2, 1899	April 28, 1903	Republican		Fenimore Chatterton
6	File:F Chatterton.jpg		Fenimore Chatterton	April 28, 1903	January 2, 1905	Republican
7	File:BryantBBrooks.jpg		Bryant B. Brooks	January 2, 1905	January 2, 1911	Republican		Fenimore Chatterton
								William Schnitger
8	File:Joseph Maull Carey (1845–1924).jpg		Joseph M. Carey	January 2, 1911	January 4, 1915	Democratic		Frank L. Houx
						Progressive
9	File:JohnBKendrick.jpg		John B. Kendrick	January 4, 1915	February 26, 1917	Democratic
10	File:Frank Lee Houx.jpg		Frank L. Houx	February 26, 1917	January 6, 1919	Democratic
11			Robert D. Carey	January 6, 1919	January 1, 1923	Republican		William E. Chaplin
12	File:No image.svg		William B. Ross	January 1, 1923	October 2, 1924	Democratic		Frank Lucas
13	File:No image.svg		Frank Lucas	October 2, 1924	January 5, 1925	Republican
14	File:Nellie Tayloe Ross.jpg		Nellie Tayloe Ross	January 5, 1925	January 3, 1927	Democratic
15	File:No image.svg		Frank C. Emerson	January 3, 1927	February 18, 1931	Republican		Alonzo M. Clark
16	File:No image.svg		Alonzo M. Clark	February 18, 1931	January 2, 1933	Republican
17	File:No image.svg		Leslie A. Miller	January 2, 1933	January 2, 1939	Democratic		Alonzo M. Clark
								Lester C. Hunt
18	File:No image.svg		Nels H. Smith	January 2, 1939	January 4, 1943	Republican		Lester C. Hunt
19	File:Lester Hunt.jpg		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	File:Frank Barrett.jpg		Frank A. Barrett	January 1, 1951	January 3, 1953	Republican		Clifford J. Rogers
22	File:No image.svg		Clifford J. Rogers	January 3, 1953	January 3, 1955	Republican
23	File:Milwardsimpson.jpg		Milward Simpson	January 3, 1955	January 5, 1959	Republican		Everett T. Copenhaver
24	File:John Joseph Hickey.jpg		John J. Hickey	January 5, 1959	January 2, 1961	Democratic		Jack R. Gage
25	File:Governor Jack R. Gage.jpg		Jack R. Gage	January 2, 1961	January 7, 1963	Democratic
26	File:Clifford Hansen.jpg		Clifford P. Hansen	January 7, 1963	January 2, 1967	Republican		Thyra Thomson
27	File:Stanley K Hathaway.png		Stanley K. Hathaway	January 2, 1967	January 6, 1975	Republican
28	File:Governor Edgar Herschler.jpg		Edgar J. Herschler	January 6, 1975	January 5, 1987	Democratic
29	File:WY Governor Mike Sullivan WSA OH-2104.jpg		Mike Sullivan	January 5, 1987	January 2, 1995	Democratic		Kathy Karpan
30	File:Jim Geringer - TEDx Oil Spill - Washington, DC.jpg		Jim Geringer	January 2, 1995	January 6, 2003	Republican		Diana J. Ohman
								Joseph Meyer
31	File:Dave Freudenthal speech.jpg		Dave Freudenthal	January 6, 2003	January 3, 2011	Democratic		Joseph Meyer
								Max Maxfield
32	File:Matt Mead.jpg		Matt Mead	January 3, 2011	January 7, 2019	Republican		Max Maxfield
								Ed Murray
								Edward Buchanan
33	File:Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon 2019 (cropped).jpg		Mark Gordon	January 7, 2019	Incumbent	Republican		Edward Buchanan

Living former governors

As of January 2019, four former governors were alive. The most recent governor to die was Clifford P. Hansen (1963–1967), on October 20, 2009. The most recently-serving governor to die was Edgar J. Herschler (1975–1987), on February 5, 1990.

Name	Gubernatorial term	Date of birth
Mike Sullivan	1987–1995	(1939-09-22) September 22, 1939
Jim Geringer	1995–2003	(1944-04-24) April 24, 1944
Dave Freudenthal	2003–2011	(1950-10-12) October 12, 1950
Matt Mead	2011–2019	(1962-03-11) March 11, 1962