List of Colorado governors

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Jared Polis, the current governor of Colorado

This list includes all of the governors of the US state of Colorado and the pre-existing Colorado Territory .

Colorado Territory

Surname Term of office Political party
William Gilpin 1861-1862 republican
John Evans 1862-1865 republican
Alexander Cummings 1865-1867 republican
Alexander Cameron Hunt 1867-1869 republican
Edward Moody McCook 1869-1873 republican
Samuel Hitt Elbert 1873-1874 republican
Edward Moody McCook 1874-1875 republican
John Long Routt 1875-1876 republican

State of Colorado

Surname Term of office Political party
John Long Routt 1876-1879 republican
Frederick Walker Pitkin 1879-1883 republican
James Benton Grant 1883-1885 democrat
Benjamin Harrison Eaton 1885-1887 republican
Alva Adams 1887-1889 democrat
Job Adams Cooper 1889-1891 republican
John Long Routt 1891-1893 republican
Davis Hanson Waite 1893-1895 Populist party
Albert Washington McIntire 1895-1897 republican
Alva Adams 1897-1899 democrat
Charles Spalding Thomas 1899-1901 democrat
James Bradley Orman 1901-1903 democrat
James Hamilton Peabody 1903-1905 republican
Alva Adams 1905-1905 democrat
Jesse Fuller McDonald 1905-1907 republican
Henry Augustus Buchtel 1907-1909 republican
John Franklin Shafroth 1909-1913 democrat
Elias Milton Ammons 1913-1915 democrat
George Alfred Carlson 1915-1917 republican
Julius Caldeen Gunter 1917-1919 democrat
Oliver Henry Shoup 1919-1923 republican
William Ellery Sweet 1923-1925 democrat
Clarence Joseph Morley 1925-1927 republican
William Herbert Adams 1927-1933 democrat
Edwin Carl Johnson 1933-1937 democrat
Ray Herbert Talbot 1937-1937 democrat
Plate of Ammons 1937-1939 democrat
Ralph Lawrence Carr 1939-1943 republican
John Charles Vivian 1943-1947 republican
William Lee Knous 1947-1950 democrat
Walter Walford Johnson 1950-1951 democrat
Daniel Isaac Thornton 1951-1955 republican
Edwin Carl Johnson 1955-1957 democrat
Stephen Lucid Robert McNichols 1957-1963 democrat
John Arthur Love 1963-1973 republican
John David Vanderhoof 1973-1975 republican
Richard Douglas Lamb 1975-1987 democrat
Roy R. Romer 1987-1999 democrat
William F. Owens 1999-2007 republican
August William Ritter 2007-2011 democrat
John Wright Hickenlooper 2011-2019 democrat
Jared Protection Polis since 2019 democrat

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