List of Utah Governors
This list includes all of the governors of the US state of Utah and the pre-existing Utah Territory .
Utah Territory
Surname | Term of office | Political party |
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Brigham Young | 1849-1858 | |
Alfred Cumming | 1858-1861 | democrat |
Francis Hall Wooten | 1861 | |
John W. Dawson | 1861 | republican |
Frank Fuller | 1861-1862 | |
Stephen Selwyn Harding | 1862-1863 | Liberal party |
James Duane Doty | 1863-1865 | republican |
Amos Reed | 1865 | |
Charles Durkee | 1865-1869 | republican |
Edwin Higgins | 1869-1870 | |
Stephen A. Mann | 1870 | |
John Wilson Shaffer | 1870 | republican |
Vernon H. Vaughan | 1870-1871 | republican |
George A. Black | 1871 | |
George Lemuel Woods | 1871-1874 | republican |
Samuel Beach Axtell | 1874-1875 | republican |
George W. Emery | 1875-1880 | republican |
Eli Houston Murray | 1880-1886 | republican |
Caleb Walton West | 1886-1889 | democrat |
Arthur Lloyd Thomas | 1889-1893 | republican |
Caleb Walton West | 1893-1896 | democrat |
State of Utah
Surname | Term of office | Political party |
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Heber Manning Wells | 1896-1905 | republican |
John Christopher Cutler | 1905-1909 | republican |
William Spry | 1909-1917 | republican |
Simon Bamberger | 1917-1921 | democrat |
Charles Rendell Mabey | 1921-1925 | republican |
George Henry Dern | 1925-1933 | democrat |
Henry Hooper Blood | 1933-1941 | democrat |
Herbert Brown Maw | 1941-1949 | democrat |
Joseph Bracken Lee | 1949-1957 | republican |
George Dewey Clyde | 1957-1965 | republican |
Calvin Lewellyn Rampton | 1965-1977 | democrat |
Scott Milne Matheson | 1977-1985 | democrat |
Norman Howard Bangerter | 1985-1993 | republican |
Michael Okerlund Leavitt | 1993-2003 | republican |
Olene Smith Walker | 2003-2005 | republican |
Jon Meade Huntsman Jr. | 2005-2009 | republican |
Gary Richard Herbert | 2009– | republican |