Colorado Governors

View a list of Colorado governors since 1875

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Governor John Long Routt           

Term: 1875 - 1879          

Party: Republican

Governor Frederick Walker Pitkin             

Term: 1879 - 1883          

Party: Republican

Governor James Benton Grant   

Term: 1883 - 1885          

Party: Democratic

Governor Benjamin Harrison Eaton         

Term: 1885 - 1887          

Party: Republican

Governor Alva Adams    

Term: 1887 - 1889          

Party: Democratic

Governor Job Adams Cooper      

Term: 1889 - 1891          

Party: Republican

Governor John Long Routt           

Term: 1891 - 1893          

Party: Republican

Governor Davis Hanson Waite    

Term: 1893 - 1895          

Party: Populist

Governor Albert Wills McIntire  

Term: 1895 - 1897          

Party: Republican

Governor Alva Adams    

Term: 1897 - 1899          

Party: Democratic

Governor Charles Spalding Thomas         

Term: 1899 - 1901          

Party: Democratic

Governor James Bradley Orman 

Term: 1901 - 1903          

Party: Democratic

Governor James Hamilton Peabody         

Term: 1903 - 1905          

Party: Democratic

Governor Alva Adams    

Term: 1905 - 1905          

Party: Democratic

Governor James Hamilton Peabody         

Term: 1905 - 1905          

Party: Republican

Governor Jesse Fuller McDonald 

Term: 1905 - 1907          

Party: Republican

Governor Henry Augustus Buchtel           

Term: 1907 - 1909          

Party: Republican

Governor John Franklin Shafroth              

Term: 1909 - 1913          

Party: Republican, Democratic

Governor Elias Milton Ammons 

Term: 1913 - 1915          

Party: Democratic

Governor George Alfred Carlson 

Term: 1915 - 1917          

Party: Republican

Governor Julius Caldeen Gunter 

Term: 1917 - 1919          

Party: Democratic

Governor Oliver Henry Nelson Shoup     

Term: 1919 - 1923          

Party: Republican

Governor William Ellery Sweet   

Term: 1923 - 1925          

Party: Democratic

Governor Clarence Morley          

Term: 1925 - 1947          

Party: Republican

Governor William Herbert Adams            

Term: 1927 - 1933          

Party: Democratic

Governor Edwin Carl Johnson    

Term: 1933 - 1937          

Party: Democratic

Governor Raymond Herbert Talbot          

Term: 1937 - 1937          

Party: Democratic

Governor Teller Ammons             

Term: 1937 - 1939          

Party: Democratic

Governor Ralph Lawrence Carr  

Term: 1939 - 1943          

Party: Republican

Governor John Charles Vivian     

Term: 1943 - 1947          

Party: Republican

Governor William Lee Knous      

Term: 1947 - 1950          

Party: Democratic

Governor Walter Walfred Johnson

Term: 1950 - 1951          

Party: Democratic

Governor Daniel Isaac J. Thornton            

Term: 1951 - 1955          

Party: Republican

Governor Edwin Carl Johnson    

Term: 1955 - 1957          

Party: Democratic

Governor Stephen Lucid Robert McNichols          

Term: 1957 - 1963          

Party: Democratic

Governor John Arthur Love         

Term: 1963 - 1973          

Party: Republican

Governor John D. Vanderhoof   

Term: 1973 - 1975          

Party: Republican

Governor Richard D. Lamm         

Term: 1975 - 1987          

Party: Democratic

Governor Roy Romer     

Term: 1987 - 1999          

Party: Democratic

Governor Bill Owens      

Term: 1999 - 2007          

Party: Republican

Governor Bill Ritter         

Term: 2007 - 2011          

Party: Democratic

Governor John Hickenlooper       

Term: 2011 - 2019          

Party: Democratic

Governor Jared Polis      

Term: 2019 - Present      

Party: Democratic