List of lieutenant governors of Colorado

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Dianne Primavera, current Lieutenant Governor of Colorado

The office of lieutenant governor was created in the US state of Colorado when the state was founded in 1876. The lieutenant governor represents the governor in his absence. The governor and lieutenant governor each run as joint candidates for the elections.

Surname Term of office Political party
Lafayette Head 1877-1879 republican
Horace Austin Warner Tabor 1879-1883 republican
William H. Meyer 1883-1885 republican
Peter W. Breene 1885-1887 republican
Norman H. Meldrum 1887-1889 democrat
William Grover Smith 1889-1891 republican
William Story 1891-1893 republican
David Hopkinson Nichols 1893-1895 populist
Jared L. Brush 1895-1899 republican
Francis Patrick Carney 1899-1901 populist
David Courtney Coates 1901-1902 democrat
Warren Armstrong Haggott 1902-1903 republican
Jesse Fuller McDonald 1903-1905 republican
Arthur Cornforth 1905 republican
Fred W. Parks 1905-1907 republican
Erastus Harper 1907-1909 republican
Stephen R. Fitzgarrald 1909-1915 democrat
Moses E. Lewis 1915-1917 republican
James A. Pulliam 1917-1919 democrat
George Stephan 1919-1921 republican
Earl Cooley 1921-1923 republican
Robert Fay Rockwell 1923-1925 republican
Sterling Byrd Lacy 1925-1927 democrat
George Milton Corlett 1927-1931 republican
Edwin Carl Johnson 1931-1932 democrat
Ray Herbert Talbot 1933-1937 democrat
Frank J. Hayes 1937-1939 democrat
John Charles Vivian 1939-1943 republican
William Eugene Higby 1943-1947 republican
Homer L. Pearson 1947-1949 democrat
Walter Walford Johnson 1949-1950 democrat
Charles P. Murphy 1950 republican
Gordon Llewellyn Allott 1950-1955 republican
Stephen Lucid Robert McNichols 1955-1957 democrat
Frank L. Hays 1957-1959 republican
Robert Lee Knous 1959-1967 democrat
Mark Anthony Hogan 1967-1971 democrat
John David Vanderhoof 1971-1973 republican
Ted L. Strickland 1973-1975 republican
George Leslie Brown 1975-1979 democrat
Nancy E. Dick 1979-1987 democrat
Mike Callihan 1987-1994 democrat
Samuel H. Cassidy 1994-1995 democrat
Gail S. Schoettler 1995-1999 democrat
Joseph B. Rogers 1999-2003 republican
Jane E. Norton 2003-2007 republican
Barbara O'Brien 2007-2011 democrat
Joseph A. Garcia 2011-2016 democrat
Donna Lynne 2016-2019 democrat
Dianne Primavera 2019– democrat

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