List of Colorado governors from first to last

Colorado joined the Union on August 1, 1876. It became the 38th state admitted to the United States. This event is also why Colorado is nicknamed the “Centennial State,” as it gained statehood 100 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

John Long Routt became the first governor of Colorado on November 3, 1876.

Here is a chronological list of the governors of Colorado from First to last.

S/N	Governor	Term Start	Term End	Party
1	John Long Routt	November 3, 1876	January 14, 1879	Republican
2	Frederick Walker Pitkin	January 14, 1879	January 9, 1883	Republican
3	James Benton Grant	January 9, 1883	January 13, 1885	Democratic
4	Benjamin Harrison Eaton	January 13, 1885	January 11, 1887	Republican
5	Alva Adams	January 11, 1887	January 8, 1889	Democratic
6	Job Adams Cooper	January 8, 1889	January 13, 1891	Republican
7	John Long Routt	January 13, 1891	January 10, 1893	Republican
8	Davis Hanson Waite	January 10, 1893	January 8, 1895	Populist
9	Albert McIntire	January 8, 1895	January 12, 1897	Republican
10	Alva Adams	January 12, 1897	January 10, 1899	Democratic
11	Charles S. Thomas	January 10, 1899	January 8, 1901	Democratic
12	James Bradley Orman	January 8, 1901	January 13, 1903	Democratic
13	James Hamilton Peabody	January 13, 1903	January 10, 1905	Republican
14	Alva Adams	January 10, 1905	March 16, 1905	Democratic
15	James Hamilton Peabody	March 16, 1905	March 17, 1905	Republican
16	Jesse Fuller McDonald	March 17, 1905	January 8, 1907	Republican
17	Henry Augustus Buchtel	January 8, 1907	January 12, 1909	Republican
18	John F. Shafroth	January 12, 1909	January 14, 1913	Democratic
19	Elias M. Ammons	January 14, 1913	January 12, 1915	Democratic
20	George Alfred Carlson	January 12, 1915	January 9, 1917	Republican
21	Julius Caldeen Gunter	January 9, 1917	January 14, 1919	Democratic
22	Oliver Henry Shoup	January 14, 1919	January 9, 1923	Republican
23	William Ellery Sweet	January 9, 1923	January 13, 1925	Democratic
24	Clarence Morley	January 13, 1925	January 11, 1927	Republican
25	Billy Adams	January 11, 1927	January 10, 1933	Democratic
26	Edwin C. Johnson	January 10, 1933	January 1, 1937	Democratic
27	Ray Herbert Talbot	January 1, 1937	January 12, 1937	Democratic
28	Teller Ammons	January 12, 1937	January 10, 1939	Democratic
29	Ralph Lawrence Carr	January 10, 1939	January 12, 1943	Republican
30	John Charles Vivian	January 12, 1943	January 14, 1947	Republican
31	William Lee Knous	January 14, 1947	April 15, 1950	Democratic
32	Walter Walford Johnson	April 15, 1950	January 9, 1951	Democratic
33	Daniel I. J. Thornton	January 9, 1951	January 11, 1955	Republican
34	Edwin C. Johnson	January 11, 1955	January 8, 1957	Democratic
35	Stephen McNichols	January 8, 1957	January 8, 1963	Democratic
36	John Arthur Love	January 8, 1963	July 16, 1973	Republican
37	John D. Vanderhoof	July 16, 1973	January 14, 1975	Republican
38	Richard Lamm	January 14, 1975	January 13, 1987	Democratic
39	Roy Romer	January 13, 1987	January 12, 1999	Democratic
40	Bill Owens	January 12, 1999	January 9, 2007	Republican
41	Bill Ritter	January 9, 2007	January 11, 2011	Democratic
42	John Hickenlooper	January 11, 2011	January 8, 2019	Democratic
43	Jared Polis	January 8, 2019	–	Democratic