Governors of Colorado

Name

Party

Term of Office

John L. Routt Republican
1876-1879
Frederick W. Pitkin Republican
1879-1883
James B. Grant Democrat
1883-1885
Benjamin H. Eaton Republican
1885-1887
Alva Adams Democrat
1887-1889
Job A. Cooper Republican
1889-1891
John L. Routt Republican
1891-1893
Davis H. Waite Populist
1893-1895
Albert W. McIntire Republican
1895-1897
Alva Adams Democrat
1897-1899
Charles S. Thomas Democrat
1899-1901
James B. Orman Democrat
1901-1903
James H. Peabody Republican
1903-1905
Alva Adams Democrat
1905-1905
James H. Peabody Republican
1905-1905
Jesse F. McDonald Republican
1905-1907
Henry A. Buchtel Republican
1907-1909
John F. Shafroth Democrat
1909-1913
Elias M. Ammons Democrat
1913-1915
George A. Carlson Republican
1915-1917
Julius C. Gunter Democrat
1917-1919
Oliver H. Shoup Republican
1919-1923
William E. Sweet Democrat
1923-1925
Clarence J. Morley Republican
1925-1927
William H. Adams Democrat
1927-1933
Edwin C. Johnson Democrat
1933-1937
Ray H. Talbot Democrat
1937-1937
Teller Ammons Democrat
1937-1939
Ralph L. Carr Republican
1939-1943
John C. Vivian Republican
1943-1947
William Lee Knous Democrat
1947-1950
Walter W. Johnson Democrat
1950-1951
Dan Thornton Republican
1951-1955
Edwin C. Johnson Democrat
1955-1957
Stephen L. R. McNichols Democrat
1957-1963
John A. Love Republican
1963-1973
John Vanderhoof Republican
1973-1975
Richard D. Lamm Democrat
1975-1987
Roy Romer Democrat
1987-1999
Bill Owens Republican
1999-Present