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     Governor of the Territory of Jefferson  Governors of the Territory of Colorado  Governors of the State of Colorado 

  2. See also

  3. Notes

  4. References

  5. External links

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|body = Colorado
|insignia = Seal of the Executive Office of Colorado.svg
|insigniasize = 110px
|insigniacaption = Seal of the Executive Office
|imagesize = 200px
|image = Jared Polis official photo (cropped).jpg
|incumbent = Jared Polis
|incumbentsince = January 8, 2019
|style = The Honorable
|termlength = Four years, renewable once consecutively
|residence = Colorado Governor's Mansion
|inaugural = John Long Routt
|formation = August 1, 1876
|deputy = Dianne Primavera
|salary = $90,000 (2013)[1]
|website = www.colorado.gov/governor
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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.

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 {{convert|3|mi|km|0|sp=us}} farther east, {{convert|138|mi|km|0|sp=us}} farther north, and about {{convert|50|mi|km|0|sp=us}} 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
{{abbr|No.|NumberGovernorTerm in officeAppointed by
1William GilpinMarch 25, 1861}}[7]{{efn|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]}}
–
March 26, 1862{{efn|Removed from office for improper financial drafts from the federal treasury.[9]}}		Abraham Lincoln
2John EvansMarch 26, 1862}}[7]
–
October 17, 1865{{efn|Resigned at the request of President Johnson following the Sand Creek Massacre. The resignation was requested on July 18, 1865.[10]}}
3Alexander CummingsOctober 17, 1865}}[11]
–
April 24, 1867		Andrew Johnson
4Alexander Cameron HuntApril 24, 1867}}[11]
–
June 14, 1869
5Edward M. McCookJune 14, 1869}}[12]
–
Sometime in 1873{{efn|Removed from office by petition.[12]}}		Ulysses S. Grant
6Samuel Hitt ElbertApril 4, 1873}}[13]
–
Sometime in 1874{{efn|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]}}
7Edward M. McCookJune 19, 1874}}[12]
–
March 29, 1875
8John Long RouttMarch 29, 1875}}[14]
–
November 3, 1876{{efn|name=date-1876}}

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]

Data is sourced from the National Governors Association, unless supplemental references are required.}}
{{abbr|No.|NumberGovernorTerm in officePartyElectionLt. Governor{{efn|Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
1 John Long RouttNovember 3, 1876}}{{efn|The state was admitted on August 1, but Routt was formally inaugurated as state governor on November 3.[22]|name=date-1876}}
–
January 14, 1879
(not candidate for election)		Republican1876 Lafayette Head
2Frederick Walker Pitkin{{dts|January 14, 1879}}
–
January 9, 1883
(not candidate for election)		Republican1878Horace Tabor
1880
3James Benton GrantJanuary 9, 1883}}
–
January 13, 1885
(not candidate for election)		Democratic1882William H. Meyer{{efn|Represented the Republican Party.|name=lt-rep}}
4Benjamin Harrison EatonJanuary 13, 1885}}
–
January 11, 1887
(not candidate for election)		Republican1884Peter W. Breene
5Alva AdamsJanuary 11, 1887}}
–
January 8, 1889
(not candidate for election)		Democratic1886Norman H. Meldrum
6Job Adams CooperJanuary 8, 1889}}
–
January 13, 1891
(not candidate for election)		Republican1888William Grover Smith
7John Long RouttJanuary 13, 1891}}
–
January 10, 1893
(not candidate for election)		Republican1890William Story
8Davis Hanson WaiteJanuary 10, 1893}}
–
January 8, 1895
(lost election)		Populist1892David H. Nichols
9Albert McIntireJanuary 8, 1895}}
–
January 12, 1897
(not candidate for election)		Republican1894Jared L. Brush{{efn|name=lt-rep}}
10Alva AdamsJanuary 12, 1897}}
–
January 10, 1899
(not candidate for election)		Democratic1896
11Charles S. ThomasJanuary 10, 1899}}
–
January 8, 1901
(not candidate for election)		Democratic1898Francis Patrick Carney{{efn|Represented the Populist Party.}}
12James Bradley OrmanJanuary 8, 1901}}
–
January 13, 1903
(not candidate for election)		Democratic1900David C. Coates{{efn|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]}}
13James Hamilton PeabodyJanuary 13, 1903}}
–
January 10, 1905
(lost election){{efn|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]|name=elect-1904}}		Republican1902Warren A. Haggott{{efn|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.}}
14Alva AdamsJanuary 10, 1905}}
–
March 16, 1905
(declared loser in election){{efn|name=elect-1904}}		Democratic1904{{efn|name=elect-1904}}Arthur Cornforth
15James Hamilton PeabodyMarch 16, 1905}}
–
March 17, 1905
(resigned){{efn|name=elect-1904}}		RepublicanJesse Fuller McDonald
16Jesse Fuller McDonald{{dts|March 17, 1905}}
–
January 8, 1907
(did not run for election)		RepublicanSucceeded from
Lieutenant
Governor{{efn|name=elect-1904}}		Arthur Cornforth{{efn|name=lt-dem}}
(removed July 5, 1905)
Fred W. Parks
17Henry Augustus BuchtelJanuary 8, 1907}}
–
January 12, 1909
(not candidate for election)		Republican1906Erastus Harper
18John F. Shafroth{{dts|January 12, 1909}}
–
January 14, 1913
(not candidate for election)		Democratic1908Stephen R. Fitzgarrald
1910
19Elias M. AmmonsJanuary 14, 1913}}
–
January 12, 1915
(not candidate for election)		Democratic1912
20George Alfred CarlsonJanuary 12, 1915}}
–
January 9, 1917
(lost election)		Republican1914Moses E. Lewis
21Julius Caldeen GunterJanuary 9, 1917}}
–
January 14, 1919
(not candidate for election)		Democratic1916James Pulliam
22Oliver Henry Shoup{{dts|January 14, 1919}}
–
January 9, 1923
(not candidate for election)		Republican1918George Stephan
1920Earl Cooley
23William Ellery SweetJanuary 9, 1923}}
–
January 13, 1925
(lost election)		Democratic1922Robert F. Rockwell{{efn|name=lt-rep}}
24Clarence MorleyJanuary 13, 1925}}
–
January 11, 1927
(not candidate for election)		Republican1924Sterling Byrd Lacy{{efn|Represented the Democratic Party.|name=lt-dem}}
25Billy Adams{{dts|January 11, 1927}}
–
January 10, 1933
(not candidate for election)		Democratic1926George Milton Corlett{{efn|name=lt-rep}}
1928
1930Edwin C. Johnson
26Edwin C. Johnson{{dts|January 10, 1933}}
–
January 1, 1937
(resigned){{efn|Johnson resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.[28]}}		Democratic1932Ray Herbert Talbot
1934
27Ray Herbert TalbotJanuary 1, 1937}}
–
January 12, 1937
(successor took office)		DemocraticSucceeded from
Lieutenant
Governor		Vacant
28Teller AmmonsJanuary 12, 1937}}
–
January 10, 1939
(lost election)		Democratic1936Frank Hayes
29Ralph Lawrence Carr{{dts|January 10, 1939}}
–
January 12, 1943
(not candidate for election)		Republican1938John Charles Vivian
1940
30John Charles Vivian{{dts|January 12, 1943}}
–
January 14, 1947
(not candidate for election)		Republican1942William Eugene Higby
1944
31William Lee Knous{{dts|January 14, 1947}}
–
April 15, 1950
(resigned){{efn|Knous resigned to take a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.[29]}}		Democratic1946Homer L. Pearson
1948Walter Walford Johnson
32Walter Walford JohnsonApril 15, 1950}}
–
January 9, 1951
(lost election)		DemocraticSucceeded from
Lieutenant
Governor		Charles P. Murphy{{efn|name=lt-rep}}
33Daniel I. J. Thornton{{dts|January 9, 1951}}
–
January 11, 1955
(not candidate for election)		Republican1950Gordon Allott
1952
34Edwin C. JohnsonJanuary 11, 1955}}
–
January 8, 1957
(not candidate for election)		Democratic1954Stephen McNichols
35Stephen McNichols{{dts|January 8, 1957}}
–
January 8, 1963
(lost election)		Democratic1956Frank L. Hays{{efn|name=lt-rep}}
{{efn>First term under a 1956 constitutional amendment, which lengthened terms to four years.}}Robert Lee Knous
36John Arthur Love{{dts|January 8, 1963}}
–
July 16, 1973
(resigned){{efn|Love resigned to be Director of the Office of Energy Policy.[30]}}		Republican1962
1966Mark Anthony Hogan{{efn|name=lt-dem}}
1970John D. Vanderhoof
37John D. VanderhoofJuly 16, 1973}}
–
January 14, 1975
(lost election)[31]		RepublicanSucceeded from
Lieutenant
Governor		Ted L. Strickland
38Richard Lamm{{dts|January 14, 1975}}
–
January 13, 1987
(not candidate for election)		Democratic1974George L. Brown
1978Nancy E. Dick
1982
39Roy Romer{{dts|January 13, 1987}}
–
January 12, 1999
(term limited)		Democratic1986Mike Callihan
(resigned May 10, 1994)
1990
Vacant
Samuel H. Cassidy
(took office May 11, 1994)
1994Gail Schoettler
40Bill Owens{{dts|January 12, 1999}}
–
January 9, 2007
(term limited)		Republican1998Joe Rogers
2002Jane E. Norton
41Bill RitterJanuary 9, 2007}}
–
January 11, 2011
(not candidate for election)		Democratic2006Barbara O'Brien
42John Hickenlooper{{dts|January 11, 2011}}
–
January 8, 2019
(term limited)		Democratic2010Joseph García
(resigned May 12, 2016)
2014
Donna Lynne
43Jared PolisJanuary 8, 2019}}
–
present{{efn|Polis' first term expires on January 10, 2023.}}		Democratic2018Dianne Primavera

See also

{{portal|United States|Colorado}}
  • List of Colorado state legislatures
  • Outline of Colorado
  • Index of Colorado-related articles
  • State of Colorado
    • Law and government of Colorado
    • {{color|gray|Governor of Colorado}}
    • Lieutenant Governor of Colorado

Notes

{{notelist}}

References

General
{{refbegin}}
  • {{cite web|url=https://classic.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_colorado.html |title=Governors of Colorado |publisher=National Governors Association |accessdate=December 14, 2018}}
  • {{cite web | url=https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/archives/governors |title=Governors | publisher=Colorado State Archives | accessdate=December 14, 2018}}
  • {{cite web | url=http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/govs/terscope.html | title=The Territorial Governors Collection | publisher=Colorado State Archives | accessdate=January 18, 2008}}
  • {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xmkcAAAAMAAJ | title=The University of Colorado Studies, volume IV | publisher=University of Colorado | year=1907}}
{{refend}}
Constitutions
{{refbegin}}
  • {{cite web | url=http://www.michie.com/colorado/lpext.dll?f=templates&fn=main-h.htm&cp= | title=Constitution of the State of Colorado, as amended, annotated | year=1876 | publisher=Michie's Legal Resources | accessdate=October 22, 2008}}
  • {{cite web | url=http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/constitution/1876.pdf | title=Constitution of the State of Colorado | year=1876 | publisher=Colorado State Archives | accessdate=October 22, 2008}}
{{refend}}
Specific
1. ^{{cite web | url=http://knowledgecenter.csg.org/kc/content/csg-releases-2013-governor-salaries | title=CSG Releases 2013 Governor Salaries | publisher=The Council of State Governments | date=June 25, 2013 | accessdate=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. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/territory.pdf|title=An Act to provide a temporary Government for the Territory of Colorado|format=PDF|author=Thirty-sixth United States Congress|date=February 28, 1861|publisher=State of Colorado, Department of Personnel and Administration, Colorado State Archives|accessdate=November 29, 2007}}
7. ^1 {{cite book | last=Houston Jr. | first=Robert B. | title=Two Colorado Odysseys: Chief Ouray Porter Nelson | year=2005 | page=3 | isbn=0-595-35860-8}}
8. ^{{cite book | last=McGinnis | first=Ralph Y. |author2=Calvin N. Smith | title=Abraham Lincoln and the Western Territories | year = 1994 | publisher=Rowman & Littlefield | page=58 | isbn=0-8304-1247-6}}
9. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/govs/gilpin.html | title=William Gilpin | publisher=Colorado State Archives | work=Colorado Governor's Index | accessdate=October 23, 2008}}
10. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/evans/ff9.htm | title=Correspondence from W. H. Seward to Gov. John Evans, re: Request by President for Resignation – 7/18/1865 | publisher=Colorado State Archives | accessdate=September 1, 2007}}
11. ^1 {{cite web | url=http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/govs/cummings.html | title=Alexander Cummings | publisher=Colorado State Archives | work=Colorado Governor's Index | accessdate=September 1, 2007}}
12. ^1 2 {{cite web | url=http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/govs/mccook.html | title=Edward Moody McCook | work=Colorado Governor's Index | publisher=Colorado State Archives | accessdate=September 1, 2007}}
13. ^1 {{cite web | url=http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/govs/elbert.html | title=Samuel Hitt Elbert | work=Colorado Governor's Index | publisher=Colorado State Archives | accessdate=September 1, 2007}}
14. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/govs/routt.html | title=John L. Routt | publisher=Colorado State Archives | work=Colorado Governor's Index | accessdate=September 1, 2007}}
15. ^CO Const. art IV, original section 1
16. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.leg.state.co.us/lcs/ballothistory.nsf/835d2ada8de735e787256ffe0074333d/e00852dbf964756687256ffe006c7cdb?OpenDocument | title=Ballot History | publisher=Colorado Legislature | accessdate=December 4, 2008}}
17. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.leg.state.co.us/lcs/ballothistory.nsf/835d2ada8de735e787256ffe0074333d/0101464112938c5887256ffd006a4981?OpenDocument | title=Ballot History | publisher=Colorado Legislature | accessdate=December 4, 2008}}
18. ^CO Const. art IV, sec 13
19. ^CO Const. art IV, sec 13, paragraph 7
20. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.leg.state.co.us/lcs/ballothistory.nsf/835d2ada8de735e787256ffe0074333d/a38dfe74479c6c9787256ffd006a4935?OpenDocument | title=Ballot History | publisher=Colorado Legislature | accessdate=December 4, 2008}}
21. ^CO Const. art IV, sec 1
22. ^{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bnRMAAAAYAAJ | page=450 | title=The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography | year=1896 | accessdate=December 13, 2018}}
23. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/offic/ltgov.html | title=Lieutenant Governors of Colorado | accessdate=October 25, 2009 | publisher=Colorado State Archives}}
24. ^{{cite news | url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A04E1D9113BE733A25750C1A9619C946397D6CF |work=The New York Times | date=July 13, 1902 | title=General Notes | accessdate=October 25, 2009}}
25. ^{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ba4wDwAAQBAJ | title=The Fourth Estate and the Constitution: Freedom of the Press in America | author=Powe, Lucas A. | publisher=University of California Press | year=1992 | pages=2–3 | accessdate=December 14, 2018}}
26. ^{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cCAuAAAAYAAJ | title=The Province and the States: Missouri, Kansas, Colorado | author=Goodspeed, Weston Arthur | year=1904 | page=481 | accessdate=October 25, 2009}}
27. ^{{cite news | url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D0DE7DC1F3AE733A2575BC0A9609C946597D6CF |work=The New York Times | date=June 6, 1904 | title=Shots Fired from Windows | accessdate=October 25, 2009}}
28. ^{{cite web | url=https://classic.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_colorado/col2-content/main-content-list/title_johnson_edwin.default.html | title=Edwin Carl Johnson | publisher=National Governors Association | accessdate=December 14, 2018}}
29. ^{{cite web | url=https://classic.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_colorado/col2-content/main-content-list/title_knous_william.default.html | title=William Lee Knous | publisher=National Governors Association | accessdate=December 14, 2018}}
30. ^{{cite web | url=https://classic.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_colorado/col2-content/main-content-list/title_love_john.default.html | title=John Arthur Love | publisher=National Governors Association | accessdate=December 14, 2018}}
31. ^{{cite news | url=https://gazette.com/government/former-colorado-gov-vanderhoof-dies-at/article_ebf0c517-ccf6-52ba-bd07-edff8d041bc2.html | title=Former Colorado Gov. Vanderhoof dies at 91 | date=September 23, 2013 | agency=Associated Press | work=The Gazette | location=Colorado Springs, Colorado | accessdate=December 14, 2018}}

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