| TERM |
NAME |
PARTY |
COMMENT |
| 1876-1879 |
John Long Routt |
Republican |
Born in Eddyville, KY on April 25, 1826. Died in Denver, CO on August 13, 1907. |
| 1879-1883 |
Frederick W. Pitkin |
Republican |
Born in Manchester, CT on August 31, 1837. Died in Pueblo, CO on December 18, 1886. |
| 1883-1885 |
James Benton Grant |
Democrat |
Born on January 2, 1848 on a plantation in Russell County, AL. Died on November 1, 1911 in Excelsior Springs, MO. |
| 1885-1887 |
Benjamin Harrison Eaton |
Republican |
Born in Coshocton, OH on December 15, 1833. Died in Greeley, CO on October 29, 1904. |
| 1887-1889 |
Alva Adams |
Democrat |
Born in Dane County, WI on May 14, 1850. Died of diabetes on November 1, 1922 in Battle Creek, MI. |
| 1889-1891 |
Job Adams Cooper |
Republican |
Born in Greenville, IL on November 6, 1843. On January 20, 1899, at the age of fifty-five, Governor Cooper passed away. |
| 1891-1893 |
John Long Routt |
Republican |
Born in Eddyville, KY on April 25, 1826. Died in Denver, CO on August 13, 1907. |
| 1893-1895 |
Davis H. Waite |
Populist |
On November 27, 1901, Davis Hanson Waite died in his Aspen, CO home while peeling apples for Thanksgiving dinner. |
| 1895-1897 |
Albert W. McIntire |
Republican |
Born in Pittsburgh, PA on January 15, 1853. Died on January 31, 1935 in Colorado Springs, CO. |
| 1897-1899 |
Alva Adams |
Democrat |
Born in Dane County, WI on May 14, 1850. Died of diabetes on November 1, 1922 in Battle Creek, MI. |
| 1899-1901 |
Charles S. Thomas |
Democrat |
Born on December 6, 1849 in Darien, GA. Died on June 24, 1934 in Denver, CO. |
| 1901-1903 |
James B. Orman |
Democrat |
Born November 4, 1849, in Muscatine, IA. Died on July 21, 1919. |
| 1903-1905 |
James Hamilton Peabody |
Republican |
Born on August 21, 1852, in Orange County, VT. Died November 23, 1917. |
| 1905 |
Alva Adams |
Democrat |
Born in Dane County, WI on May 14, 1850. Died of diabetes on November 1, 1922 in Battle Creek, MI. |
| 1905 |
James Hamilton Peabody |
Republican |
Born on August 21, 1852, in Orange County, VT. Died November 23, 1917. |
| 1905-1907 |
Jesse F. McDonald |
Republican |
Born on June 30, 1858, at Ashtabula, OH. Died on February 25, 1942, in Denver, CO. |
| 1907-1909 |
Henry Augustus Buchtel |
Republican |
Born on September 3, 1847, in Akron, OH. Died on October 22, 1924. |
| 1909-1913 |
John F. Shafroth |
Democrat |
Born at Fayette, MO, on June 9, 1854. Died in Denver, CO on February 20, 1922. |
| 1913-1915 |
Elias M. Ammons |
Democrat |
Born on a farm near Franklin, NC on July 28, 1860. Died in Denver, CO on May 20, 1925. |
| 1915-1917 |
George Alfred Carlson |
Republican |
Born on October 23, 1876, in Alta, IA. Died in Denver, CO on December 6, 1926. |
| 1917-1919 |
Julius Caldeen Gunter |
Democrat |
Born in Fayetteville, AR on October 31, 1858. Died in Denver, CO on October 26, 1940. |
| 1919-1923 |
Oliver H. Shoup |
Republican |
Born on December 13, 1869, in Champaign County, IL. Died in Santa Monica, CA on September 30, 1940. |
| 1923-1925 |
William E. Sweet |
Democrat |
Born in Chicago, IL on January 27, 1869. Died on May 9, 1942 in Denver, CO. |
| 1925-1927 |
Clarence J. Morley |
Republican |
Born in Dyersville, IA on February 9, 1869. Died in Oklahoma City, OK on November 15, 1948. |
| 1927-1933 |
William H. Adams |
Democrat |
Born at Blue Mounds, WI on February 15, 1861. Died on February 3, 1954, in Alamosa, CO. |
| 1933-1937 |
Edwin Carl Johnson |
Democrat |
Born January 1, 1884 in Scandia, Kansas. Died on May 30, 1970 in Denver, CO. |
| 1937 |
Raymond H. Talbot |
Democrat |
Born on August 19, 1896, in Chicago, IL. Died on January 30, 1955, in Pueblo, CO. |
| 1937-1939 |
Teller Ammons |
Democrat |
Born in Denver, CO on December 3, 1895. Died on January 16, 1972, in Denver, CO. |
| 1939-1943 |
Ralph Lawrence Carr |
Republican |
Born in Rosita, CO on December 11, 1887. Died on September 20, 1950, in Denver, CO. |
| 1943-1947 |
John Charles Vivian |
Republican |
Born on June 30, 1889, in Golden, CO. Died on February 10, 1964, in Golden, CO. |
| 1947-1950 |
William Lee Knous |
Democrat |
Born February 2, 1889 in Ouray, CO. Died on December 11, 1959. |
| 1950-1951 |
Walter Walfred Johnson |
Democrat |
Born April 16, 1904, in Pueblo, CO. Died on March 23, 1987 in Tempe, AZ. |
| 1951-1955 |
Daniel I.J. Thornton |
Republican |
Born on January 31, 1911, in Hall County, TX. Died in Carmel, CA, on January 19, 1976. |
| 1955-1957 |
Edwin Carl Johnson |
Democrat |
Born January 1, 1884 in Scandia, Kansas. Died on May 30, 1970 in Denver, CO. |
| 1957-1963 |
Stephen Lucid Robert McNichols |
Democrat |
Born in Denver, CO on March 7, 1914. Died on November 25, 1997, in Denver, CO. |
| 1963-1973 |
John Arthur Love |
Republican |
Born in IL on a farm near Gibson City on November 29, 1916. Died in CO on January 21, 2002. |
| 1973-1975 |
John David Vanderhoof |
Republican |
Born May 27, 1922 in Rocky Ford, CO. |
| 1975-1987 |
Richard David Lamm |
Democrat |
Born in Madison, WI on August 3, 1935. |
| 1987-1999 |
Roy Romer |
Democrat |
Born in Garden City, KS, on October 31, 1928. |
| 1999-2007 |
William F. "Bill" Owens |
Republican |
Born in fort Worth, Texas on October 22, 1950. |
| 2007-2011 |
August William "Bill" Ritter, Jr. |
Democrat |
Born in Denver, Colorado on September 6, 1956. |
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ADDITIONAL LINKS:
Colorado Department of Personnel & Administration:
Former governors of Colorado, beginning with territorial governor William Gilpin in 1861.
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Source: Colorado Department of Personnel & Administration, (http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/), April 10, 2004
Source: The Political Graveyard, (http://politicalgraveyard.com/), April 12, 2004 |
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