Governor of Colorado



















Governor of Colorado

Seal of the Executive Office of Colorado.svg
Seal of the Executive Office


Jared Polis official photo (cropped).jpg

Incumbent
Jared Polis

since January 8, 2019
StyleThe Honorable
ResidenceColorado Governor's Mansion
Term lengthFour years, renewable once consecutively
Inaugural holderJohn Long Routt
FormationAugust 1, 1876
DeputyDianne Primavera
Salary$90,000 (2013)[1]
Websitewww.colorado.gov/governor

The Governor of Colorado is the chief executive of the U.S. state of Colorado. The governor is the head of the executive branch of Colorado's state government and is charged with enforcing state laws. The governor has the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Colorado General Assembly, to convene the legislature, and to grant pardons, except in cases of treason or impeachment.[2] The governor is also the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.


Seven people served as governor of Colorado Territory over eight terms, appointed by the President of the United States. Since statehood, there have been 36 governors, serving 41 distinct terms. The longest-serving governors were Richard "Dick" Lamm (1975-1987) and Roy Romer (1987-1999), who each served 12 years over three terms. The shortest term occurred in March 16 and 17, 1905, when the state had three governors in the span of 24 hours: Alva Adams won the election, but soon after he took office, the legislature declared his opponent, James Peabody, governor, but on the condition that he immediately resign, so that his lieutenant governor, Jesse McDonald, could be governor. Thus, Peabody served less than a day as governor.


The current governor is Democrat Jared Polis, who took office on January 8, 2019.




Contents





  • 1 Governors

    • 1.1 Governor of the Territory of Jefferson


    • 1.2 Governors of the Territory of Colorado


    • 1.3 Governors of the State of Colorado



  • 2 See also


  • 3 Notes


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links




Governors



Governor of the Territory of Jefferson


The self-proclaimed Provisional Government of the Territory of Jefferson was organized on November 7, 1859.[3] Jefferson Territory included all of present-day Colorado, but extended about 3 miles (5 km) farther east, 138 miles (222 km) farther north, and about 50 miles (80 km) farther west.[4] The territory was never recognized by the federal government in the tumultuous days before the American Civil War. The Jefferson Territory had only one governor, Robert Williamson Steele, a pro-union Democrat elected by popular vote. He proclaimed the territory dissolved on June 6, 1861, several months after the official formation of the Colorado Territory, but only days after the arrival of its first governor.[5]



Governors of the Territory of Colorado


The Territory of Colorado was organized on February 28, 1861, from parts of the territories of New Mexico, Utah, and Nebraska, and the unorganized territory that was previously the western portion of Kansas Territory.[6]










































Governors of the Territory of Colorado

No.
Governor
Term in office
Appointed by
1

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William Gilpin

March 25, 1861[7][a]

March 26, 1862[b]

Abraham Lincoln
2

John Evans.gif

John Evans

March 26, 1862[7]

October 17, 1865[c]
3

Alexander Cummings.gif

Alexander Cummings

October 17, 1865[11]

April 24, 1867

Andrew Johnson
4

Alexander Hunt.gif

Alexander Cameron Hunt

April 24, 1867[11]

June 14, 1869
5

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Edward M. McCook

June 14, 1869[12]

Sometime in 1873[d]

Ulysses S. Grant
6

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Samuel Hitt Elbert

April 4, 1873[13]

Sometime in 1874[e]
7

Edward M. McCook - Brady-Handy.jpg

Edward M. McCook

June 19, 1874[12]

March 29, 1875
8

John Long Routt.jpg

John Long Routt

March 29, 1875[14]

November 3, 1876[f]


Governors of the State of Colorado


The State of Colorado was admitted to the Union on August 1, 1876.


To serve as governor, one must be at least 30 years old, be a citizen of the United States, and have been a resident of the state for at least two years prior to election. The state constitution of 1876 originally called for election of the governor every two years, with their term beginning on the second Tuesday of the January following the election.[15] An amendment passed in 1956, taking effect in 1959, increased terms to four years.[16] Originally, there was no term limit applied to the governor; a 1990 amendment allowed governors to succeed themselves only once.[17] There is however no limit on the total number of terms one may serve as long as one who has served the two term limit is out of office for four years.


Should the office of governor become vacant, the lieutenant governor becomes governor.[18] If both the offices governor and lieutenant governor are vacant, the line of succession moves down through the senior members of the state senate and state house of representatives of the same party as the governor.[19] The lieutenant governor was elected separately from the governor until a 1968 amendment to the constitution[20] made it so that they are elected on the same ticket.[21]































































































































































































































































































































































































Governors of the State of Colorado[g]

No.
Governor
Term in office
Party
Election

Lt. Governor[h]
1

John Long Routt.jpg
 

John Long Routt

November 3, 1876[f]

January 14, 1879
(not candidate for election)

Republican

1876
 

Lafayette Head
2

Frederick Walker Pitkin.jpg

Frederick Walker Pitkin

January 14, 1879

January 9, 1883
(not candidate for election)

Republican

1878

Horace Tabor

1880
3

James Grant.gif


James Benton Grant

January 9, 1883

January 13, 1885
(not candidate for election)

Democratic

1882

William H. Meyer[i]
4

Benjamin Eaton.gif


Benjamin Harrison Eaton

January 13, 1885

January 11, 1887
(not candidate for election)

Republican

1884

Peter W. Breene
5

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Alva Adams

January 11, 1887

January 8, 1889
(not candidate for election)

Democratic

1886


Norman H. Meldrum
6

Job Cooper.gif


Job Adams Cooper

January 8, 1889

January 13, 1891
(not candidate for election)

Republican

1888


William Grover Smith
7

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John Long Routt

January 13, 1891

January 10, 1893
(not candidate for election)

Republican

1890

William Story
8

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Davis Hanson Waite

January 10, 1893

January 8, 1895
(lost election)

Populist

1892


David H. Nichols
9

Albert Mcintire.gif


Albert McIntire

January 8, 1895

January 12, 1897
(not candidate for election)

Republican

1894


Jared L. Brush[i]
10

Alvaadams.jpg


Alva Adams

January 12, 1897

January 10, 1899
(not candidate for election)

Democratic

1896
11

Charles Spalding Thomas.jpg

Charles S. Thomas

January 10, 1899

January 8, 1901
(not candidate for election)

Democratic

1898


Francis Patrick Carney[j]
12

James Orman.gif

James Bradley Orman

January 8, 1901

January 13, 1903
(not candidate for election)

Democratic

1900


David C. Coates[k]
13

James Hamilton Peabody.jpg


James Hamilton Peabody

January 13, 1903

January 10, 1905
(lost election)[l]

Republican

1902


Warren A. Haggott[m]
14

Alvaadams.jpg


Alva Adams

January 10, 1905

March 16, 1905
(declared loser in election)[l]

Democratic

1904[l]


Arthur Cornforth
15

James Hamilton Peabody.jpg


James Hamilton Peabody

March 16, 1905

March 17, 1905
(resigned)[l]

Republican


Jesse Fuller McDonald
16

Jesse Mcdonald.gif

Jesse Fuller McDonald

March 17, 1905

January 8, 1907
(did not run for election)

Republican

Succeeded from
Lieutenant
Governor
[l]


Arthur Cornforth[n]
(removed July 5, 1905)


Fred W. Parks
17

Henry Buchtel.gif

Henry Augustus Buchtel

January 8, 1907

January 12, 1909
(not candidate for election)

Republican

1906

Erastus Harper
18

John Shafroth.gif


John F. Shafroth

January 12, 1909

January 14, 1913
(not candidate for election)

Democratic

1908


Stephen R. Fitzgarrald

1910
19

Elias Ammons.gif

Elias M. Ammons

January 14, 1913

January 12, 1915
(not candidate for election)

Democratic

1912
20

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George Alfred Carlson

January 12, 1915

January 9, 1917
(lost election)

Republican

1914


Moses E. Lewis
21

Julius Gunter.gif


Julius Caldeen Gunter

January 9, 1917

January 14, 1919
(not candidate for election)

Democratic

1916


James Pulliam
22

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Oliver Henry Shoup

January 14, 1919

January 9, 1923
(not candidate for election)

Republican

1918


George Stephan

1920

Earl Cooley
23

William Sweet.gif


William Ellery Sweet

January 9, 1923

January 13, 1925
(lost election)

Democratic

1922

Robert F. Rockwell[i]
24



Clarence Morley

January 13, 1925

January 11, 1927
(not candidate for election)

Republican

1924


Sterling Byrd Lacy[n]
25



Billy Adams

January 11, 1927

January 10, 1933
(not candidate for election)

Democratic

1926


George Milton Corlett[i]

1928

1930


Edwin C. Johnson
26

Edwin Johnson.jpg

Edwin C. Johnson

January 10, 1933

January 1, 1937
(resigned)[o]

Democratic

1932

Ray Herbert Talbot

1934
27


Ray Herbert Talbot

January 1, 1937

January 12, 1937
(successor took office)

Democratic

Succeeded from
Lieutenant
Governor


Vacant
28


Teller Ammons

January 12, 1937

January 10, 1939
(lost election)

Democratic

1936


Frank Hayes
29

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Ralph Lawrence Carr

January 10, 1939

January 12, 1943
(not candidate for election)

Republican

1938


John Charles Vivian

1940
30


John Charles Vivian

January 12, 1943

January 14, 1947
(not candidate for election)

Republican

1942

William Eugene Higby

1944
31

William Lee Knous.jpg


William Lee Knous

January 14, 1947

April 15, 1950
(resigned)[p]

Democratic

1946


Homer L. Pearson

1948

Walter Walford Johnson
32


Walter Walford Johnson

April 15, 1950

January 9, 1951
(lost election)

Democratic

Succeeded from
Lieutenant
Governor



Charles P. Murphy[i]
33

Daniel I.J. Thornton Colorado.jpg


Daniel I. J. Thornton

January 9, 1951

January 11, 1955
(not candidate for election)

Republican

1950

Gordon Allott

1952
34

Edwin Johnson.jpg


Edwin C. Johnson

January 11, 1955

January 8, 1957
(not candidate for election)

Democratic

1954


Stephen McNichols
35

Stephen McNichols 1962.jpg

Stephen McNichols

January 8, 1957

January 8, 1963
(lost election)

Democratic

1956


Frank L. Hays[i]

1958
[q]


Robert Lee Knous
36

John A. Love.jpg


John Arthur Love

January 8, 1963

July 16, 1973
(resigned)[r]

Republican

1962

1966

Mark Anthony Hogan[n]

1970


John D. Vanderhoof
37

John D. Vanderhoof Colorado Governor.jpg

John D. Vanderhoof

July 16, 1973

January 14, 1975
(lost election)[31]

Republican

Succeeded from
Lieutenant
Governor


Ted L. Strickland
38

Richard Lamm.jpg


Richard Lamm

January 14, 1975

January 13, 1987
(not candidate for election)

Democratic

1974


George L. Brown

1978

Nancy E. Dick

1982
39

Roy Romer Colorado (cropped).jpg

Roy Romer

January 13, 1987

January 12, 1999
(term limited)

Democratic

1986

Mike Callihan
(resigned May 10, 1994)

1990

Vacant


Samuel H. Cassidy
(took office May 11, 1994)

1994

Gail Schoettler
40

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Bill Owens

January 12, 1999

January 9, 2007
(term limited)

Republican

1998


Joe Rogers

2002

Jane E. Norton
41

Bill Ritter official photo (cropped).jpg


Bill Ritter

January 9, 2007

January 11, 2011
(not candidate for election)

Democratic

2006


Barbara O'Brien
42

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John Hickenlooper

January 11, 2011

January 8, 2019
(term limited)

Democratic

2010

Joseph García
(resigned May 12, 2016)

2014

Donna Lynne
43

Jared Polis official photo (cropped).jpg

Jared Polis

January 8, 2019

present[s]

Democratic

2018

Dianne Primavera


See also



  • Outline of Colorado

  • Index of Colorado-related articles


  • State of Colorado

    • Law and government of Colorado

      • Governor of Colorado
        • Lieutenant Governor of Colorado


Notes




  1. ^ The territory was formed on February 28, 1861, but no governor was appointed until March 25, 1861. Gilpin himself did not arrive in the territory until May 27, 1861.[8]


  2. ^ Removed from office for improper financial drafts from the federal treasury.[9]


  3. ^ Resigned at the request of President Johnson following the Sand Creek Massacre. The resignation was requested on July 18, 1865.[10]


  4. ^ Removed from office by petition.[12]


  5. ^ Records show Elbert served "less than a year", but his successor was appointed on June 19, 1874, which was 14 months after Elbert took office.[13]


  6. ^ ab The state was admitted on August 1, but Routt was formally inaugurated as state governor on November 3.[22]


  7. ^ Data is sourced from the National Governors Association, unless supplemental references are required.


  8. ^ Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.


  9. ^ abcdef Represented the Republican Party.


  10. ^ Represented the Populist Party.


  11. ^ The Colorado State Archives labels Coates a Democrat;[23] however, a contemporary New York Times article describes him as a Populist elected on a fusion ticket, and that he had renounced all other parties and become a Socialist.[24]


  12. ^ abcde The 1904 election was rife with fraud and controversy. Alva Adams won election, but soon after he took office the Republican legislature declared James Peabody to be the actual winner, on the condition that Peabody immediately tender his resignation, postdated to the next day. Peabody's lieutenant governor, Jesse McDonald, then succeeded to the governorship.[25]


  13. ^ The Colorado State Archives says Haggott served from 1902 to 1903; however, multiple sources say he served with Peabody[26] well into 1904,[27] so it is assumed the Archives are in error.


  14. ^ abc Represented the Democratic Party.


  15. ^ Johnson resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.[28]


  16. ^ Knous resigned to take a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.[29]


  17. ^ First term under a 1956 constitutional amendment, which lengthened terms to four years.


  18. ^ Love resigned to be Director of the Office of Energy Policy.[30]


  19. ^ Polis' first term expires on January 10, 2023.




References


General

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  • "Governors". Colorado State Archives. Retrieved December 14, 2018.


  • "The Territorial Governors Collection". Colorado State Archives. Retrieved January 18, 2008.


  • The University of Colorado Studies, volume IV. University of Colorado. 1907.


Constitutions


  • "Constitution of the State of Colorado, as amended, annotated". Michie's Legal Resources. 1876. Retrieved October 22, 2008.


  • "Constitution of the State of Colorado" (PDF). Colorado State Archives. 1876. Retrieved October 22, 2008.


Specific


  1. ^ "CSG Releases 2013 Governor Salaries". The Council of State Governments. June 25, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2014.


  2. ^ CO Const. art IV


  3. ^ University of Colorado Studies, p. 71


  4. ^ University of Colorado Studies, p. 68


  5. ^ University of Colorado Studies, pp. 75–76


  6. ^ Thirty-sixth United States Congress (February 28, 1861). "An Act to provide a temporary Government for the Territory of Colorado" (PDF). State of Colorado, Department of Personnel and Administration, Colorado State Archives. Retrieved November 29, 2007.


  7. ^ ab Houston Jr., Robert B. (2005). Two Colorado Odysseys: Chief Ouray Porter Nelson. p. 3. ISBN 0-595-35860-8.


  8. ^ McGinnis, Ralph Y.; Calvin N. Smith (1994). Abraham Lincoln and the Western Territories. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 58. ISBN 0-8304-1247-6.


  9. ^ "William Gilpin". Colorado Governor's Index. Colorado State Archives. Retrieved October 23, 2008.


  10. ^ "Correspondence from W. H. Seward to Gov. John Evans, re: Request by President for Resignation – 7/18/1865". Colorado State Archives. Retrieved September 1, 2007.


  11. ^ ab "Alexander Cummings". Colorado Governor's Index. Colorado State Archives. Retrieved September 1, 2007.


  12. ^ abc "Edward Moody McCook". Colorado Governor's Index. Colorado State Archives. Retrieved September 1, 2007.


  13. ^ ab "Samuel Hitt Elbert". Colorado Governor's Index. Colorado State Archives. Retrieved September 1, 2007.


  14. ^ "John L. Routt". Colorado Governor's Index. Colorado State Archives. Retrieved September 1, 2007.


  15. ^ CO Const. art IV, original section 1


  16. ^ "Ballot History". Colorado Legislature. Retrieved December 4, 2008.


  17. ^ "Ballot History". Colorado Legislature. Retrieved December 4, 2008.


  18. ^ CO Const. art IV, sec 13


  19. ^ CO Const. art IV, sec 13, paragraph 7


  20. ^ "Ballot History". Colorado Legislature. Retrieved December 4, 2008.


  21. ^ CO Const. art IV, sec 1


  22. ^ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. 1896. p. 450. Retrieved December 13, 2018.


  23. ^ "Lieutenant Governors of Colorado". Colorado State Archives. Retrieved October 25, 2009.


  24. ^ "General Notes". The New York Times. July 13, 1902. Retrieved October 25, 2009.


  25. ^ Powe, Lucas A. (1992). The Fourth Estate and the Constitution: Freedom of the Press in America. University of California Press. pp. 2–3. Retrieved December 14, 2018.


  26. ^ Goodspeed, Weston Arthur (1904). The Province and the States: Missouri, Kansas, Colorado. p. 481. Retrieved October 25, 2009.


  27. ^ "Shots Fired from Windows". The New York Times. June 6, 1904. Retrieved October 25, 2009.


  28. ^ "Edwin Carl Johnson". National Governors Association. Retrieved December 14, 2018.


  29. ^ "William Lee Knous". National Governors Association. Retrieved December 14, 2018.


  30. ^ "John Arthur Love". National Governors Association. Retrieved December 14, 2018.


  31. ^ "Former Colorado Gov. Vanderhoof dies at 91". [[The Gazette (Colorado Springs)|]]. Colorado Springs, Colorado. Associated Press. September 23, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2018.



External links




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