Governors of Colorado, 1876-2019(May beincomplete!) JohnL. Routt 1876-79FrederickW. Pitkin 1879-83JamesB. Grant 1883-85BenjaminHarrison Eaton 1885-87AlvaAdams 1887-89JobAdams Cooper 1889-91JohnL. Routt 1891-93DavisH. Waite 1893-95AlbertWills McIntire 1895-97AlvaAdams 1897-99CharlesS. Thomas 1899-1901JamesB. Orman 1901-03JamesH. Peabody 1903-05AlvaAdams 1905JamesH. Peabody 1905JesseF. McDonald 1905-07HenryA. Buchtel 1907-09JohnF. Shafroth 1909-13EliasMilton Ammons 1913-15GeorgeA. Carlson 1915-17JuliusCaldeen Gunter 1917-19OliverH. Shoup 1919-23WilliamE. Sweet 1923-25ClarenceJ. Morley 1925-27WilliamH. Adams 1927-33EdwinC. Johnson 1933-37RaymondHerbert Talbot 1937TellerAmmons 1937-39RalphL. Carr 1939-43JohnC. Vivian 1943-47W.Lee Knous 1947-50WalterW. Johnson 1950-51DanielI. J. Thornton 1951-55EdwinC. Johnson 1955-57StephenL. R. McNichols 1957-63JohnA. Love 1963-73JohnD. Vanderhoof 1973-75RichardD. Lamm 1975-87RoyR. Romer 1987-99BillOwens 1999-2007BillRitter 2007-11JohnHickenlooper 2011-19JaredPolis 2019- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1888:ThomasM. Patterson (Dem), defeated. 1892:DavisH. Waite, elected. 1894:CharlesS. Thomas (Dem), defeated. 1896:MortonS. Bailey (Dem), defeated;GeorgeW. Allen (Rep), defeated. 1902:JamesH. Peabody (Rep), elected. 1912:EdwardP. Costigan (Progressive), defeated. 1914:SamuelD. Nicholson (Rep), defeated in primary. 1914:EdwardP. Costigan (Progressive), defeated;ThomasM. Patterson (Dem), defeated. 1916:SamuelD. Nicholson (Rep), defeated in primary. 1922:BenjaminL. Jefferson (Dem), defeated in primary. 1924 Nov 4:ClarenceJ. Morley (Rep), elected;WilliamE. Sweet (Rep), defeated;J.Frank Coss (Farmer-Labor), defeated;WilliamR. Dietrich (Workers), defeated;LouisE. Leeder (Socialist), defeated. 1926:JohnF. Vivian (Rep), defeated in primary. 1928:WilliamL. Boatright (Rep), defeated. 1930:RobertF. Rockwell (Rep), defeated. 1936:JamesAllander (Communist), defeated. 1942:HomerF. Bedford (Dem), defeated. 1952:JohnW. Metzger (Dem), defeated. 1956:DonaldG. Brotzman (Rep), defeated. 1958 Nov 4:PalmerL. Burch (Rep), defeated. 1966:RobertL. Knous (Dem), defeated. 1970:EarlF. Dodge (Prohibition), defeated. 1974:BillDaniels (Rep), defeated in primary. 1974:EarlF. Dodge (Prohibition), defeated. 1978:EarlF. Dodge (Prohibition), defeated. 1982:EarlF. Dodge (Prohibition), defeated. 1986:EarlF. Dodge (Prohibition), defeated;RoyR. Romer (Dem), elected. 1990:RoyR. Romer (Dem), elected. 1994:BruceBenson (Rep), defeated;RoyR. Romer (Dem), elected;EarlF. Dodge (Prohibition), defeated. 1998 Nov 3:BillOwens (Rep), elected;GailS. Schoettler (Dem), defeated. 2002 Nov 5:RollieHeath (Dem), defeated;BillOwens (Rep), elected. 2006:BobBeauprez (Rep), defeated. 2010:TomTancredo (American Constitution), defeated. 2014:TomTancredo (Rep), defeated in primary. | |
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