COLORADO GOVERNORS SINCE 1861
The following is a list of the Governors of Colorado since 1861 and their Party affiliation. The list was compiled from various sources at the Colorado State Archives.

TERRITORIAL

GILPIN, WILLIAM R 1861-1862

EVANS, JOHN R 1862-1865

CUMMINGS, ALEXANDER R 1865-1867

HUNT, ALEXANDER C. R 1867-1869

MC COOK, EDWARD C. R 1869-1873

ELBERT, SAMUEL E. R 1873-1874

MC COOK, EDWARD R 1874-1875

ROUTT, JOHN L. R 1875-1876


STATEHOOD

ROUTT, JOHN L. R 1876-1879

PITKIN, FREDERICK W. R 1879-1883

GRANT, JAMES B. D 1883-1885

EATON, BENJAMIN H. R 1885-1887

ADAMS, ALVA D 1887-1889

COOPER, JOB A. R 1889-1891

ROUTT, JOHN L. R 1891-1893

WAITE, DAVIS H. P* 1893-1895

MC INTIRE, ALBERT W. R 1895-1897

ADAMS, ALVA D 1897-1899

THOMAS, CHARLES S. D 1899-1901

ORMAN, JAMES B. D 1901-1903

PEABODY, JAMES H. R 1903-1905

ADAMS, ALVA D 1905

PEABODY, JAMES H. R 1905

MCDONALD, JESSE F. R 1905-1907

BUCHTEL, HENRY A. R 1907-1909

SHAFROTH, JOHN F. D 1909-1913

AMMONS, ELIAS M. D 1913-1915

CARLSON, GEORGE A. R 1915-1917

GUNTER, JULIUS C. D 1917-1919

SHOUP, OLIVER H. R 1919-1923

SWEET, WILLIAM E. D 1923-1925

MORLEY, CLARENCE J. R 1925-1927

ADAMS, WILLIAM H. D 1927-1933

JOHNSON, EDWIN C. D 1933-1937

TALBOT, RAY H. D 1937

AMMONS, TELLER D 1937-1939

CARR, RALPH L. R 1939-1943

VIVIAN, JOHN C. R 1943-1947

KNOUS, WILLIAM L. D 1947-1950

JOHNSON, WALTER W. D 1950-1951

THORNTON, DANIEL I.J. R 1951-1955

JOHNSON, EDWIN C. D 1955-1957

MC NICHOLS, STEPHEN L.R. D 1957-1963

LOVE, JOHN A. R 1963-1973

VANDERHOOF, JOHN D. R 1973-1975

LAMM, RICHARD D. D 1975-1987

ROMER, ROY R. D 1987-1999

OWENS, BILL R 1999 -