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Governor of Colorado
The Governor of the State of Colorado is the chief executive of the U.S. State of Colorado and the nominal commander-in-chief of the Colorado National Guard.
The current governor is Bill Ritter, who took office on January 9, 2007.
To serve as Governor, one must be at least 30 years old, be a...
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John Long Routt
John Long Routt (April 25, 1826 - August 13, 1907) was a U.S. Republican political figure. Born in Eddyville, Kentucky, he served as the first governor of Colorado between 1876 and 1879, and again from 1891 to 1893. He also served as Mayor of Denver...
Date of birth:
- Apr 25, 1826
Date of death:
- Aug 13, 1907 (age 81 years)
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Frederick Walker Pitkin
Frederick Walker Pitkin (August 31, 1837 – December 18, 1886), a U.S. Republican Party politician, served as the second Governor of Colorado from 1879 to 1883. Pitkin County, Colorado was named in his honor.
Frederick Pitkin was born in Manchester,...
Date of birth:
- Aug 31, 1837
Date of death:
- Dec 18, 1886 (age 49 years)
Party:
James Benton Grant
James Benton Grant (January 2, 1848 – November 1, 1911) was an American mining engineer and the Governor of Colorado from 1883 to 1885. He was born in Russell County, Alabama and died in Excelsior Springs, Missouri.
He briefly attended Cornell...
Date of birth:
- Jan 2, 1848
Date of death:
- Nov 1, 1911 (age 63 years)
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Benjamin Harrison Eaton
Benjamin Harrison Eaton (December 15, 1833 – October 29, 1904) was an American politician, entrepreneur and agriculturalist in the late 19th and early 20th century. Eaton was a founding officer of the Greeley Colony and was instrumental in the...
Date of birth:
- Dec 15, 1833
Date of death:
- Oct 29, 1904 (age 70 years)
Party:
Alva Adams
Alva Adams (May 14, 1850 – November 1, 1922) was an American politician who served as Governor of Colorado. He was born in Iowa County, Wisconsin. He served as governor of Colorado from 1887 to 1889, from 1897 to 1899, and briefly in 1905. He died...
Date of birth:
- May 14, 1850
Date of death:
- Nov 1, 1922 (age 72 years)
Party:
Job Adams Cooper
Job Adams Cooper (November 6, 1843 – January 20, 1899) was a U.S. Republican Party politician. He served as the sixth Governor of the State of Colorado from 1889 to 1891.
Job Adams Cooper was born in Greenville, Illinois, to Charles and Maria Hadley...
Date of birth:
- Nov 6, 1843
Date of death:
- Jan 20, 1899 (age 55 years)
Party:
Davis Hanson Waite
Davis Hanson Waite (April 9, 1825 – November 27, 1901), U.S. Populist Party and Democratic Party politician, served as Governor of Colorado from 1893 to 1895. He was born in Jamestown, New York, and served in the state legislatures of Wisconsin in...
Date of birth:
- Apr 9, 1825
Date of death:
- Nov 27, 1901 (age 76 years)
Party:
Albert Washington McIntire
Albert Washington McIntire (1853–1935) was an American Republican politician. He was the governor of Colorado from 1895 to 1897. In 1896 Governor McIntire sent the Colorado National Guard to Leadville due to violence at the Coronado Mine during a...
Date of birth:
- 1853
Date of death:
- 1935 (age 82 years)
Party:
Charles Spalding Thomas
Charles Spalding Thomas (December 6, 1849–June 24, 1934) was a United States Senator from Colorado. Born in Darien, McIntosh County, Georgia, he attended private schools in Georgia and Connecticut, and served briefly in the Confederate Army.
Thomas...
Date of birth:
- Dec 6, 1849
Date of death:
- Jun 24, 1934 (age 84 years)
Party:
James Bradley Orman
James Bradley Orman (November 4, 1849, to July 21, 1919) was an American politician and railroad builder. He served as governor of Colorado from 1901 to 1903. He was a Democrat.
Orman was born in Muscatine, Iowa and grew up on his family's farm...
Date of birth:
- 1849
Date of death:
- 1919 (age 70 years)
Party:
James Hamilton Peabody
James Hamilton Peabody (August 21, 1852 in Orange County, Vermont - November 23, 1917 in Cañon City, Colorado) was a governor of Colorado, and is noted for his public service in Cañon City.
James was the youngest of 17 children. He was born in...
Date of birth:
- Aug 21, 1852
Date of death:
- Nov 23, 1917 (age 65 years)
Party:
Jesse Fuller McDonald
Jesse Fuller McDonald (1858 – 1942) was an American public official civil engineer and surveyor, born in Ashtabula, Ohio.
Colorado's 16th governor was born in Ashtabula, Ohio, on June 30, 1858. After completing his education in Ohio's public school...
Date of birth:
- 1858
Date of death:
- 1942 (age 84 years)
Party:
Henry Augustus Buchtel
Henry Augustus Buchtel (30 September 1847 – 22 October 1924) was an American minister, educator, and public official, born near Akron, Ohio. He was the seventeenth governor of Colorado.
Henry Buchtel was the son of Jonathan B. Buchtel, a physician,...
Date of birth:
- Sep 30, 1847
Date of death:
- Oct 22, 1924 (age 77 years)
Party:
John F. Shafroth
John Franklin Shafroth (June 9, 1854-February 20, 1922) was a United States Representative and Senator from Colorado. Born in Fayette, Missouri, he attended the common schools and graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1875. He...
Date of birth:
- Jun 9, 1854
Date of death:
- Feb 20, 1922 (age 67 years)
Elias M. Ammons
Elias Milton Ammons (July 28, 1860 – May 20, 1925), originally a Republican, was the elected Democratic governor of Colorado from 1913 to 1915. Born in 1860 in Macon County, Georgia, he is perhaps best remembered for ordering National Guard troops...
Date of birth:
- Jul 28, 1860
Date of death:
- May 20, 1925 (age 64 years)
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George Alfred Carlson
For the Canadian politician, see George Carlson.
George Alfred Carlson (October 23, 1876, Alta, Iowa – December 6, 1926, Denver, Colorado) was Governor of Colorado from 1915-17.
Carlson graduated from the University of Colorado in 1902 and earned...
Date of birth:
- 1876
Date of death:
- 1926 (age 50 years)
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Julius Caldeen Gunter
Julius Caldeen Gunter (October 31, 1858–October 26, 1940) was the 21st Governor of Colorado from January 9, 1917 until his term ended on January 14, 1919.
He was born in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and earned a LL.D Degree when he graduated from the...
Date of birth:
- Oct 31, 1858
Date of death:
- Oct 26, 1940 (age 82 years)
Party:
Oliver Henry Shoup
Oliver Henry Nelson Shoup (December 13, 1869 – September 30, 1940) was the 22nd Governor of Colorado from 1919–1923.
Oliver Shoup was born in Champaign County, Illinois on December 13, 1869 to William and Delia Shoup. He lived in Illinois, until he...
Date of birth:
- Dec 13, 1869
Date of death:
- Sep 30, 1940 (age 70 years)
Party:
William Ellery Sweet
William Ellery Sweet (January 27, 1869-May 9, 1942) was the 23rd Governor of Colorado from 1923-1925.
William was born in Chicago, Illinois on January 27, 1869 to Channing and Emeroy Sweet. His family moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1872 when...
Date of birth:
- Jan 27, 1869
Date of death:
- May 9, 1942 (age 73 years)
Party:
Clarence Morley
Clarence Joseph Morley (1869-1948) was the Governor of Colorado from 1925 to 1927, serving one two-year term. He was a Republican. Before becoming governor he was a judge in Denver, Colorado. He was a member of the Ku Klux Klan which was an...
Date of birth:
- 1869
Date of death:
- 1948 (age 79 years)
Party:
Billy Adams
William Herbert Adams (February 15, 1861 – February 4, 1954), better known as Billy Adams, was the Governor of the State of Colorado, United States, from 1927 until 1933.
Adams was born in Blue Mounds, Wisconsin. In 1878, when he was 17, Adams moved...
Date of birth:
- Feb 15, 1861
Date of death:
- Feb 4, 1954 (age 93 years)
Edwin C. Johnson
Edwin Carl Johnson (January 1, 1884 – May 30, 1970) was a Democratic Party politician from the state of Colorado. He represented his state for three terms in the United States Senate from 1937 until 1955, and served as governor of Colorado from...
Date of birth:
- Jan 1, 1884
Date of death:
- May 30, 1970 (age 86 years)
Party:
Ray Herbert Talbot
Raymond Herbert Talbot (August 19, 1896, Chicago – January 30, 1955, Pueblo, Colorado) was a Colorado politician who served as Governor of Colorado for ten days in 1937.
Talbot, an electrical engineer, was elected to the Colorado House of...
Date of birth:
- Aug 19, 1896
Date of death:
- Jan 30, 1955 (age 58 years)
Teller Ammons
Teller Ammons (December 3, 1895, Denver, Colorado – January 16, 1972, Denver) was Governor of Colorado from 1937-39.
Ammons was the son of Colorado Governor Elias M. Ammons, and was named for his father's friend, U.S. Senator Henry Moore Teller. He...
Date of birth:
- Dec 3, 1895
Date of death:
- Jan 16, 1972 (age 76 years)
Ralph Lawrence Carr
Ralph Lawrence Carr (December 11, 1887 – September 22, 1950) was Governor of Colorado from 1939 to 1943. Born in Rosita in Custer County, he grew up in Cripple Creek in Teller County and graduated from Cripple Creek High School in 1905. A Republican...
Date of birth:
- Dec 11, 1887
Date of death:
- Sep 22, 1950 (age 62 years)
Party:
John Charles Vivian
John Charles Vivian (1889-06-30, to 1964-02-10) was a United States attorney, journalist, and Republican politician who served as the 30th Governor of the State of Colorado from 1943 to 1947. He was the first Lt. Governor of Colorado to be elected...
Date of birth:
- 1889
Date of death:
- 1964 (age 75 years)
William Lee Knous
William Lee Knous (February 2, 1889 – December 11, 1959) was a Colorado Democratic state legislator, state Supreme Court justice and governor, and a U.S. district judge.
He was born in Ouray, Colorado, the son of John Franklin Knous and Julia (Bain)...
Date of birth:
- Feb 2, 1889
Date of death:
- Dec 11, 1959 (age 70 years)
Walter Walford Johnson
Walter Walford Johnson (1904-04-16, to 1987-03-23) was a United States businessman and Democratic politician who served as the 32nd Governor of the State of Colorado from 1950 to 1951.
Walter Walford Johnson was born in Pueblo, Colorado on 1904-04...
Date of birth:
- 1904
Date of death:
- 1987 (age 83 years)
Daniel I.J. Thornton
Daniel I.J. Thornton (1911-01-31, to 1976-01-19) was a United States cattle breeder and Republican politician who served as the 33rd Governor of the State of Colorado from 1951 to 1955.
Daniel Isaac J. Thornton was born in Hall County, Texas on...
Date of birth:
- 1911
Date of death:
- 1976 (age 65 years)
Stephen L.R. McNichols
Stephen Lucid Robert McNichols (March 7, 1914 in Denver – November 25, 1997) was Colorado's Democratic governor from 1957 to 1963. McNichols' father William H. McNichols, Denver's well-respected auditor for over thirty years, was influential in...
Date of birth:
- Mar 7, 1914
Date of death:
- Nov 25, 1997 (age 83 years)
John Arthur Love
John Arthur Love (November 29, 1916 – January 21, 2002) was a United States attorney and Republican politician who served as the 36th Governor of the State of Colorado from 1963 to 1973.
John Arthur Love was born on a farm near Gibson City, Illinois...
Date of birth:
- Nov 29, 1916
Date of death:
- Jan 21, 2002 (age 85 years)
John David Vanderhoof
John David Vanderhoof (Born May 27, 1922 in Glenwood Springs, Colorado) served as Governor of Colorado from 1973-1975 as a Republican. He served as Lieutenant Governor of Colorado under John Arthur Love from 1971 until 1973 when Love was appointed...
Date of birth:
- May 27, 1922 (age 87 years)
Richard Lamm
Richard Douglas "Dick" Lamm is an American politician, Certified Public Accountant, and lawyer. He served three terms as Governor of Colorado as a Democrat (1975–1987) and ran for the Reform Party's nomination for President of the United States in...
Date of birth:
- Sep 12, 1935 (age 74 years)
Party:
Roy Romer
Roy R. Romer (born October 31, 1928 in Garden City, Kansas, United States) was the 39th Governor of Colorado and served as the superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District from 2001 to 2006.
Romer grew up in the southeastern Colorado...
Date of birth:
- Oct 31, 1928 (age 81 years)
Party:
Bill Owens
William F. "Bill" Owens (born October 22, 1950) is an American politician and a member of the Republican Party. He served as the 40th Governor of Colorado from 1999 to 2007, being restricted by term limits. Owens was reelected in 2002 by the largest...
Date of birth:
- Oct 22, 1950 (age 59 years)
Party:
Bill Ritter
August William "Bill" Ritter, Jr. (born September 6, 1956) is an American politician of the Democratic Party, and the current Governor of the state of Colorado. Before his election in 2006, he served as the district attorney for Denver. He is the...
Date of birth:
- Sep 6, 1956 (age 53 years)
