Governor of Colorado

The Governor of Colorado is the chief executive of the U.S. state of Colorado. The present governor of Colorado is Bill Owens, a Republican. The Governor-elect is Bill Ritter, a Democrat.

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Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
William Gilpin	1861	1862	Republican
John Evans	1862	1865	Republican
Alexander Cummings	1865	1867	Republican
Alexander Cameron Hunt	1867	1869	Republican
Edward Moody McCook	1869	1873	Republican
Samuel Hitt Elbert	1873	1874	Republican
Edward Moody McCook	1869	1873	Republican
John Long Routt	1875	1876	Republican

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
John Long Routt	1876	1879	Republican
Frederick Walker Pitkin	1879	1883	Republican
James Benton Grant	1883	1885	Democrat
Benjamin Harrison Eaton	1885	1887	Republican
Alva Adams	1887	1889	Democrat
Job Adams Cooper	1889	1891	Republican
John Long Routt	1891	1893	Republican
Davis Hanson Waite	1893	1895	Populist
Albert Washington McIntire	1895	1897	Republican
Alva Adams	1897	1899	Democrat
Charles Spalding Thomas	1899	1901	Democrat
James Bradley Orman	1901	1903	Democrat
James Hamilton Peabody	1903	1905	Republican
Alva Adams	1905	1905	Democrat
James Hamilton Peabody	1905	1905	Republican
Jesse Fuller McDonald	1905	1907	Republican
Henry Augustus Buchtel	1907	1909	Republican
John Franklin Shafroth	1909	1913	Democrat
Elias Milton Ammons	1913	1915	Democrat
George Alfred Carlson	1915	1917	Republican
Julius Caldeen Gunter	1917	1919	Democrat
Oliver Henry Shoup	1919	1923	Republican
William Ellery Sweet	1923	1925	Democrat
Clarence Joseph Morley	1925	1927	Republican
William Herbert Adams	1927	1933	Democrat
Edwin Carl Johnson	1933	1937	Democrat
Ray Herbert Talbot	1937	1937	Democrat
Teller Ammons	1937	1939	Democrat
Ralph Lawrence Carr	1939	1943	Republican
John Charles Vivian	1943	1947	Republican
William Lee Knous	1947	1950	Democrat
Walter Walford Johnson	1950	1951	Democrat
Dan Thornton	1951	1955	Republican
Edwin Carl Johnson	1955	1957	Democrat
Stephen L.R. McNichols	1957	1963	Democrat
John Arthur Love	1963	1973	Republican
John David Vanderhoof	1973	1975	Republican
Richard Douglas Lamm	1975	1987	Democrat
Roy R. Romer	1987	1999	Democrat
William F. Owens	1999	present	Republican
Bill Ritter (elect)			Democrat

President of the United States

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