Historical Record
Previous Governors of Colorado
Governors who previously held office in Colorado, with term dates and party affiliation.
← View all statesJared PolisDemocrat2019–2027
John HickenlooperDemocrat2011–2019
Bill RitterDemocrat2007–2011
Bill OwensRepublican1999–2007
Roy RomerDemocrat1987–1999
Richard LammDemocrat1975–1987
John D. VanderhoofRepublican1973–1975
John A. LoveRepublican1963–1973
Stephen McNicholsDemocrat1957–1963
Edwin C. JohnsonDemocrat1955–1957
Daniel I. J. ThorntonRepublican1951–1955
Walter Walford JohnsonDemocrat1950–1951
William Lee KnousDemocrat1947–1950
John Charles VivianRepublican1943–1947
Ralph Lawrence CarrRepublican1939–1943
Teller AmmonsDemocrat1937–1939
Ray Herbert TalbotDemocrat1937–1937
Edwin C. JohnsonDemocrat1933–1937
Billy AdamsDemocrat1927–1933
Clarence MorleyDemocrat1925–1927
William Ellery SweetDemocrat1923–1925
Oliver Henry ShoupRepublican1919–1923
Julius Caldeen GunterDemocrat1917–1919
George Alfred CarlsonRepublican1915–1917
Elias M. AmmonsDemocrat1913–1915
John F. ShafrothDemocrat1909–1913
Henry Augustus BuchtelRepublican1907–1909
Jesse Fuller McDonaldDemocrat1905–1907
Alva AdamsDemocrat1905–1905
James Hamilton PeabodyRepublican1903–1905
James Hamilton PeabodyRepublican1905–1905
James Bradley OrmanDemocrat1901–1903
Charles S. ThomasDemocrat1899–1901
Alva AdamsDemocrat1897–1899
Albert McIntireRepublican1895–1897
Davis Hanson WaiteIndependent1893–1895
John Long RouttRepublican1891–1893
Job Adams CooperRepublican1889–1891
Alva AdamsDemocrat1887–1889
Benjamin Harrison EatonRepublican1885–1887
James Benton GrantDemocrat1883–1885
Frederick Walker PitkinRepublican1879–1883
John Long RouttRepublican1876–1879
John Long RouttIndependent1875–1876
Edward M. McCookIndependent1874–1875
Samuel Hitt ElbertIndependent1873–1874
Edward M. McCookIndependent1869–1873
Alexander Cameron HuntIndependent1867–1869
Alexander CummingsIndependent1865–1867
John EvansIndependent1862–1865
William GilpinIndependent1861–1862