The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of Colorado

Colorado

Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...

:

• Governor
• Lieutenant Governor
• Secretary of State
  Secretary of State of Colorado
  The Secretary of State of Colorado is the secretary of state of the state of Colorado in the United States. The office is one of five elected constitutional offices in the state...
  
  
• Attorney General
  Colorado Attorney General
  The Attorney General of the State of Colorado is the chief legal officer for the state of Colorado, and the head of the Colorado Department of Law...
  
  
• State Treasurer

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

• State Senate
• State House of Representatives
• State delegation to the U.S. Senate
• State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives

For years in which a presidential election

United States presidential election

Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...

 was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

The parties are as follows: (CR), (D), (N), (P), (R), (SR), and .

Year	|Executive offices	|General Assembly Colorado General Assembly The Colorado General Assembly is the state legislature of the State of Colorado.-Constitutional definition:The Colorado Constitution establishes a system of government based on the separation of powers doctrine with power divided among three "departments": executive, legislative and judicial...	|United States Congress United States Congressional Delegations from Colorado These are tables of congressional delegations from Colorado to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:The state of Colorado was admitted to the Union on Tuesday, August 1, 1876....	|Electoral College votes United States presidential election Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...
	Governor	Lieutenant Governor	Secretary of State Secretary of State of Colorado The Secretary of State of Colorado is the secretary of state of the state of Colorado in the United States. The office is one of five elected constitutional offices in the state...	Attorney General Colorado Attorney General The Attorney General of the State of Colorado is the chief legal officer for the state of Colorado, and the head of the Colorado Department of Law...	Treasurer	State Senate	State House	U.S. Senator (Class II)	U.S. Senator (Class III)	U.S. House
1861	William Gilpin William Gilpin (governor) William Gilpin was a 19th century U.S. explorer, politician, land speculator, and futurist writer about the American West. He served as military officer in the United States Army during several wars, accompanied John C. Frémont on his second expedition through the West, and was instrumental in the...  (N)	no such office	Lewis Ledyard Weld (N)	James E. Dalliba (R)		no such bodies		no such office		Hiram Pitt Bennet Hiram Pitt Bennet Hiram Pitt Bennet was a Delegate from the Territory of Colorado.-Background:Born in Carthage, Maine, Bennet moved to Ohio with his parents, who settled in Richland County in 1831. He attended public and private schools and the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, before taking a teaching job in...  (CR)	none
1862
	John Evans John Evans (governor) John Evans was a U.S. politician, physician, railroad promoter, Governor of the Territory of Colorado, and namesake of Evanston, Illinois; Evans, Colorado; and Mount Evans, Colorado...  (N)		Samuel Hitt Elbert Samuel Hitt Elbert Samuel Hitt Elbert served as Governor of the Territory of Colorado and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Colorado ....  (N)	Samuel E. Brown (R)
1863
1864
1865										Allen Alexander Bradford Allen Alexander Bradford Allen Alexander Bradford was a Delegate from the Territory of Colorado.Born in Friendship, Maine, Bradford moved to Missouri in 1841. He studied law and was admitted to the bar and practiced. He served as clerk of the circuit court of Atchison County, Missouri from 1845 to 1851. He moved to Iowa...  (R)
	Alexander Cummings Alexander Cummings (territorial governor) Alexander Cummings was the third Governor of the Territory of Colorado from 1865–1867, serving as a member of the Republican Party.Alexander Cummings was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania on November 11, 1810...  (N)			George W. Chamberlain (R)
1866			Frank Hall Frank Hall Frank Hall was an Irish broadcaster, journalist, satirist and film censor. He is best remembered for his satirical revue programme Hall's Pictorial Weekly.-Early life:...  (N)
1867										George Miles Chilcott (R)
	Alexander Cameron Hunt Alexander Cameron Hunt Alexander Cameron Hunt was the fourth Governor of the Territory of Colorado serving from 1867-1869 as a member of the Republican Party....  (N)
1868
1869										Allen Alexander Bradford (R)
	Edward M. McCook Edward M. McCook Edward Moody McCook was a lawyer, politician, distinguished Union cavalry general in the American Civil War, American diplomat, and Governor of the Territory of Colorado. He was a member of the famed "Fighting McCook" family of Ohio...  (N)			Henry C. Thatcher (R)
1870
1871										Jerome Bunty Chaffee(R)
1872
1873
	Samuel Hitt Elbert (N)			vacant
1874
	Edward M. McCook (N)		John W. Jenkins (N)
1875										Thomas M. Patterson(D)
	John Long Routt John Long Routt John Long Routt was a U.S. Republican political figure. Born in Eddyville, Kentucky, he served as the first and seventh Governor of Colorado from 1876 to 1879 and 1891 to 1893. He also served as Mayor of Denver, Colorado from 1883 to 1885...  (N)		John Taffe John Taffe John Taffe was a Nebraska Republican politician.-Biography:He was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on January 30, 1827. He passed the bar and moved to the Nebraska Territory in 1856, becoming a member of the Nebraska Territorial house of representatives from 1858 to 1859 and as the president of the...  (N)
1876	John Long Routt (R)	Lafayette Head Lafayette Head Lafayette Head was the first Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, serving from 1876 to 1879 under John Long Routt.Lafayette Head was born at Head’s Fort, Howard County, Missouri. His grandfather, William Head, was a Revolutionary War veteran and a pioneer settler of central Missouri, arriving about...  (R)	William Clark (R)					Henry M. Teller (R)	Jerome B. Chaffee Jerome B. Chaffee Jerome Bonaparte Chaffee was an entrepreneur and United States Senator from Colorado. Chaffee County, Colorado is named after him.-Biography:...  (R)		Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford Birchard Hayes was the 19th President of the United States . As president, he oversaw the end of Reconstruction and the United States' entry into the Second Industrial Revolution...  and Wm. Wheeler William A. Wheeler William Almon Wheeler was a Representative from New York and the 19th Vice President of the United States .-Early life and career:...  (R)
1877				A.J. Sampson (R)
1878
1879	Frederick Walker Pitkin Frederick Walker Pitkin Frederick Walker Pitkin , a U.S. Republican Party politician, served as the second Governor of Colorado from 1879 to 1883. Pitkin County, Colorado was named in his honor....  (R)	Horace Austin Warner Tabor Horace Austin Warner Tabor Horace Austin Warner Tabor , also known as The Bonanza King of Leadville, was an American prospector, businessman, and politician. His life is the subject of Douglas Moore's opera, The Ballad of Baby Doe....  (R)	Norman Meldrum (R)	Charles W. Wright (R)					Nathaniel P. Hill Nathaniel P. Hill Nathaniel Peter Hill was a United States Senator from Colorado.-Biography:Born in Montgomery, Orange County, New York, at the Nathaniel Hill Brick House . He married Alice Hale of Providence, Rhode Island, on July 26, 1860...  (R)
1880											James Garfield James Garfield James Abram Garfield served as the 20th President of the United States, after completing nine consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. Garfield's accomplishments as President included a controversial resurgence of Presidential authority above Senatorial courtesy in executive...  and Chester Arthur (R)
1881				Charles H. Toll (R)
1882								George M. Chilcott George M. Chilcott George Miles Chilcott was a delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the Territory of Colorado, and a United States Senator from the State of Colorado....  (R)
1883	James Benton Grant James Benton Grant James Benton Grant was an American mining engineer and the third Governor of Colorado from 1883 to 1885. He was born in Russell County, Alabama and died in Excelsior Springs, Missouri....  (D)	William H. Meyer William H. Meyer (Colorado) William H. Meyer was the third Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, serving from 1883 to 1885 under James Benton Grant....  (R)	Melvin Edwards (R)	David F. Urmy (R)				Horace Tabor (R)
								Thomas M. Bowen Thomas M. Bowen Thomas Mead Bowen was a United States Senator from Colorado.-Biography:Bowen was born near the present site of Burlington, Iowa, in what was then Michigan Territory. He attended the public schools and the academy at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, and studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1853 and...  (R)
1884											James Blaine and John Logan John A. Logan John Alexander Logan was an American soldier and political leader. He served in the Mexican-American War and was a general in the Union Army in the American Civil War. He served the state of Illinois as a state senator, congressman and senator and was an unsuccessful candidate for Vice President...  (R)
1885	Benjamin Harrison Eaton Benjamin Harrison Eaton Benjamin Harrison Eaton was an American politician, entrepreneur and agriculturalist in the late 19th and early 20th century. Eaton was a founding officer of the Greeley Colony and was instrumental in the establishment of modern irrigation farming to Northern Colorado...  (R)	Peter W. Breene Peter W. Breene Peter W. Breene was the fourth Lieutenant Governor of Colorado. He was a Republican and served from 1885 to 1887 under Governor Benjamin Harrison Eaton....  (R)		Theodore H. Thomas (R)					Henry M. Teller (R)
1886
1887	Alva Adams Alva Adams (governor) Alva Adams was an American politician. He was born in Iowa County, Wisconsin. He served as the fifth, tenth and 14th Governor of Colorado from 1887 to 1889, 1897 to 1899, and briefly in 1905. He died in Battle Creek, Michigan.Adams County, Colorado, is named for Alva Adams, and it's believed the...  (D)	Norman H. Meldrum Norman H. Meldrum Norman H. Meldrum was the fifth Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, serving from 1887 to 1889 under Alva Adams. He had previously served in the American Civil War guarding the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad. As lieutenant governor Meldrum introduced the legislation for the founding of...  (D)	James Rice (R)	Alvin Marsh (R)
1888											Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd President of the United States . Harrison, a grandson of President William Henry Harrison, was born in North Bend, Ohio, and moved to Indianapolis, Indiana at age 21, eventually becoming a prominent politician there...  and Levi Morton (R)
1889	Job Adams Cooper Job Adams Cooper Job Adams Cooper was a U.S. Republican Party politician. He served as the sixth Governor of the State of Colorado from 1889 to 1891.-Early life:...  (R)	William Grover Smith William Grover Smith William Grover Smith was the sixth Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, serving from 1889 to 1891 under Job Adams Cooper....  (R)		Samuel W. Jones (R)				Edward O. Wolcott (R)
1890
1891	John Long Routt (R)	William Story William Story (attorney) William Story was a United States federal judge and later the seventh Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, serving from 1891 to 1893 under John Long Routt....  (R)	Edward J. Eaton (R)	Joseph H. Maupin (D)
1892											James Weaver and James Field James G. Field James Gaven Field was an Attorney General of Virginia and the People's Party candidate for Vice President of the United States in 1892.-Biography:...  (P)
1893	Davis Hanson Waite Davis Hanson Waite Davis Hanson Waite , U.S. Populist Party and Democratic Party politician, served as the eighth Governor of Colorado from 1893 to 1895...  (P)	David Hopkinson Nichols (P)	Nelson O. McCless (P)	Eugene Engley (D)
1894
1895	Albert Washington McIntire Albert Washington McIntire Albert Washington McIntire was an American Republican politician. He was the ninth Governor of Colorado from 1895 to 1897...  (R)	Jared L. Brush Jared L. Brush Jared L. Brush was the ninth Lieutenant Governor of Colorado. He was a Republican and served from 1895 to 1899 under governors Albert Washington McIntire and Alva Adams....  (R)	Albert B. McGaffey (R)	Byron L. Carr (R)
1896											William Jennings Bryan William Jennings Bryan William Jennings Bryan was an American politician in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. He was a dominant force in the liberal wing of the Democratic Party, standing three times as its candidate for President of the United States...  and Arthur Sewall Arthur Sewall Arthur Sewall was a U.S. Democratic politician from Maine most notable as William Jennings Bryan's first running mate in 1896. As the Populist Party nominee, Bryan had another running mate as well, Thomas E. Watson...  (D)
1897	Alva Adams (D)		Charles H.S. Whipple (D)						Henry M. Teller (SR)
1898
1899	Charles Spalding Thomas Charles Spalding Thomas Charles Spalding Thomas was a United States Senator from Colorado. Born in Darien, McIntosh County, Georgia, he attended private schools in Georgia and Connecticut, and served briefly in the Confederate Army.-Biography:...  (D)	Francis Patrick Carney Francis Patrick Carney Francis Patrick Carney was the tenth Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, United States. He was a member of the Populist party and served from 1899 to 1901 under Governor Charles Spalding Thomas....  (P)	Elmer F. Beckwith (D)	David M. Campbell (R)
1900											William Jennings Bryan William Jennings Bryan William Jennings Bryan was an American politician in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. He was a dominant force in the liberal wing of the Democratic Party, standing three times as its candidate for President of the United States...  and Adlai E. Stevenson I (D)
1901	James Bradley Orman James Bradley Orman James Bradley Orman was an American politician and railroad builder. He served as the 12th Governor of Colorado from 1901 to 1903. He was a Democrat....  (D)	David Courtney Coates (D)	David A. Mills (D)	Charles C. Post (R)				Thomas M. Patterson (D)
1902		Warren A. Haggott Warren A. Haggott Warren Armstrong Haggott was a U.S. Representative from Colorado.Born near Sidney, Ohio, Haggott attended the common schools, Sidney Grammar School, and Xenia College....  (R)
1903	James Hamilton Peabody James Hamilton Peabody James Hamilton Peabody was the 13th and 15th Governor of Colorado, and is noted for his public service in Cañon City.-Family background:...  (R)	Jesse Fuller McDonald Jesse Fuller McDonald Jesse Fuller McDonald was an American public official civil engineer and surveyor, born in Ashtabula, Ohio.Colorado's 16th governor was born in Ashtabula, Ohio, on June 30, 1858. After completing his education in Ohio's public school system, he studied civil engineering and surveying...  (R)	James Cowie (R)	Nathan C. Miller (R)					Henry M. Teller (D)
1904											Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States . He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity...  and Charles Fairbanks (R)
1905	Alva Adams (D)	Arthur Cornforth Arthur Cornforth Arthur Cornforth was the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, serving from January to March 1905 under Alva Adams....  (D)
	James Hamilton Peabody James Hamilton Peabody James Hamilton Peabody was the 13th and 15th Governor of Colorado, and is noted for his public service in Cañon City.-Family background:...  (R)	Jesse Fuller McDonald Jesse Fuller McDonald Jesse Fuller McDonald was an American public official civil engineer and surveyor, born in Ashtabula, Ohio.Colorado's 16th governor was born in Ashtabula, Ohio, on June 30, 1858. After completing his education in Ohio's public school system, he studied civil engineering and surveying...  (R)
	Jesse Fuller McDonald (R)	Fred W. Parks Fred W. Parks Fred W. Parks was the 15th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, United States, serving from 1905 to 1907 under Jesse Fuller McDonald....  (R)
1906
1907	Henry Augustus Buchtel Henry Augustus Buchtel Henry Augustus Buchtel was an American minister, educator, and public official, born near Akron, Ohio. He was the seventeenth governor of Colorado....  (R)	Erastus Harper Erastus Harper Erastus R. Harper was the 16th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, serving from 1907 to 1909 under Henry Augustus Buchtel....  (R)	Timothy O'Connor Timothy O'Connor Timothy O'Connor was a Fianna Fáil member of the Dáil Éireann in the Ireland representing the constituency of Kerry South from 1961 to 1981. He stood unsuccessfully in the 1979 European Parliament election for the Munster constituency. He lost his seat in the 1981 general election.-External links:*...  (R)	William H. Dickson (R)				Simon Guggenheim Simon Guggenheim Simon Guggenheim was an American businessman, politician, and philanthropist.-Life:He was the son of Meyer Guggenheim and Barbara Guggenheim, and was the younger brother of Daniel Guggenheim and Solomon R...  (R)
1908											William Jennings Bryan William Jennings Bryan William Jennings Bryan was an American politician in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. He was a dominant force in the liberal wing of the Democratic Party, standing three times as its candidate for President of the United States...  and John W. Kern John W. Kern John Worth Kern was a Democratic United States Senator from Indiana. While the title was not official, he is considered to be the first Senate Majority leader , while serving concurrently as Chairman of the Senate Democratic Caucus.Born in Alto, Indiana, Kern studied law at the University of...  (D)
1909	John F. Shafroth John F. Shafroth John Franklin Shafroth was a United States Representative and Senator from Colorado. Born in Fayette, Missouri, he attended the common schools and graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1875. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1876 and commenced practice in Fayette...  (D)	Stephen R. Fitzgarrald Stephen R. Fitzgarrald Stephen R. Fitzgarrald was the 17th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, serving from 1909 to 1915 under John F. Shafroth and Elias M. Ammons.-Early life:...  (D)	James B. Pearce (D)	John T. Barnett (D)					Charles J. Hughes, Jr. Charles J. Hughes, Jr. Charles James Hughes, Jr. was a Democratic U.S. Senator from Colorado.Born in Kingston, Missouri, Hughes attended the common schools and graduated from Richmond College in 1871. He then graduated from the law department of the University of Missouri in Columbia in 1873, was admitted to the bar in...  (D)
1910
1911				Benjamin Griffith (R)					vacant
1912											Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913...  and Thomas R. Marshall Thomas R. Marshall Thomas Riley Marshall was an American Democratic politician who served as the 28th Vice President of the United States under Woodrow Wilson...  (D)
1913	Elias M. Ammons Elias M. Ammons Elias Milton Ammons , originally a Republican, was the elected Democratic 19th Governor of Colorado from 1913 to 1915. Born in 1860 in Macon County, North Carolina, he is perhaps best remembered for ordering National Guard troops into Ludlow, Colorado during the Ludlow Massacre...  (D)			Fred Farrar (D)				John F. Shafroth John F. Shafroth John Franklin Shafroth was a United States Representative and Senator from Colorado. Born in Fayette, Missouri, he attended the common schools and graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1875. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1876 and commenced practice in Fayette...  (D)	Charles S. Thomas (D)
1914
1915	George Alfred Carlson George Alfred Carlson George Alfred Carlson was the 20th Governor of Colorado from 1915-17.-Biography:Carlson graduated from the University of Colorado in 1902 and earned his law degree there in 1904. He practiced law in Fort Collins, Colorado from 1905-08, and was district attorney in Fort Collins from 1908-14...  (R)	Moses E. Lewis Moses E. Lewis Moses E. Lewis was the 18th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, serving from 1915 to 1917 under George Alfred Carlson....  (R)	John E. Ramer (R)
1916
1917	Julius Caldeen Gunter Julius Caldeen Gunter Julius Caldeen Gunter was the 21st Governor of Colorado from January 9, 1917 until his term ended on January 14, 1919.He was born in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and earned a LL.D Degree...  (D)	James A. Pulliam (D)	James R. Noland (D)	Leslie E. Hubbard (D)
1918
1919	Oliver Henry Shoup Oliver Henry Shoup Oliver Henry Nelson Shoup was the 22nd Governor of Colorado from 1919–1923.Oliver Shoup was born in Champaign County, Illinois on December 13, 1869 to William and Delia Shoup. He lived in Illinois, until he was 13 years old, when they moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado...  (R)	George Stepham George Stepham George Stepham was the 20th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, serving from 1919 to 1921 under Oliver Henry Shoup....  (R)		Victor E. Keyes (R)				Lawrence C. Phipps Lawrence C. Phipps Lawrence Cowle Phipps was a United States Senator representing Colorado from 1919 until 1931.Phipps was born in Amityville, Pennsylvania but grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where he joined the Carnegie Steel Company as a clerk. His uncle, Henry Phipps, was the second largest shareholder in...  (R)
1920											Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. was the 30th President of the United States . A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state...  (R)
1921		Earl Cooley (R)	Carl Miliken (R)						Samuel D. Nicholson Samuel D. Nicholson Samuel Danford Nicholson was a United States Senator from Colorado. Born in Springfield, Prince Edward Island, Canada, he attended the public schools there and moved to Michigan and then to Nebraska and later, in 1881, to Leadville, Colorado.Nicholson became interested in mining, and advanced from...  (R)
1922
1923	William Ellery Sweet William Ellery Sweet William Ellery Sweet was the 23rd Governor of Colorado from 1923-1925.- Early life and career :William was born in Chicago, Illinois on January 27, 1869 to Channing and Emeroy Sweet. His family moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1872 when William was two. He attended school there, and...  (D)	Robert F. Rockwell Robert F. Rockwell Robert Fay Rockwell was a U.S. Representative from Colorado.Born in Cortland, New York, Rockwell attended the public schools of New York State, the Hill School, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, and Princeton University.He moved to Paonia, Colorado, in 1907 and engaged in cattle raising and fruit...  (R)		Russel W. Fleming (D)					Alva B. Adams Alva B. Adams Alva Blanchard Adams was a Democratic politician who represented Colorado in the United States Senate from 1923 until 1924 and again from 1933 to 1941.-Biography:...  (D)
1924				Wayne C. Williams (D)					Rice W. Means Rice W. Means Rice William Means was a Republican United States Senator from Colorado. Born in St. Joseph, Missouri, he moved with his parents to Yuma County, Colorado in 1887. He settled in Denver in 1889, and attended the public schools and Sacred Heart College of Denver, CO...  (R)		Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. was the 30th President of the United States . A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state...  and Charles Dawes (R)
1925	Clarence Morley Clarence Morley Clarence Joseph Morley was the 24th Governor of Colorado from 1925 to 1927, serving one two-year term. He was a Republican. Before becoming governor he was a judge in Denver, Colorado...  (R)	Sterling Byrd Lacy Sterling Byrd Lacy Sterling Byrd Lacy was the 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, serving from 1925 to 1927 under Clarence Morley....  (D)		William Boatright (R)
1926
1927	Billy Adams Billy Adams William Herbert Adams , better known as Billy Adams, was the 25th Governor of the State of Colorado, United States, from 1927 until 1933....  (D)	George Milton Corlett George Milton Corlett George Milton Corlett was the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, serving from 1927 to 1931 under William Herbert Adams....  (R)	Charles Armstrong (R)						Charles W. Waterman Charles W. Waterman Charles Winfield Waterman was a United States Senator from Colorado. Born in Waitsfield, Washington County, Vermont, he attended the rural schools and St. Johnsbury Academy. He graduated from the University of Vermont at Burlington in 1885, and taught school in Connecticut and also at Fort Dodge,...  (R)
1928											Herbert Hoover Herbert Hoover Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st President of the United States . Hoover was originally a professional mining engineer and author. As the United States Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s under Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, he promoted partnerships between government and business...  and Charles Curtis Charles Curtis Charles Curtis was a United States Representative, a longtime United States Senator from Kansas later chosen as Senate Majority Leader by his Republican colleagues, and the 31st Vice President of the United States...  (R)
1929				Robert E. Winbourn (R)
1930				John S. Underwood (R)
1931		Edwin C. Johnson Edwin C. Johnson Edwin Carl Johnson was a Democratic Party politician who served as Governor of the state of Colorado.-Background:...  (D)		Clarence L. Ireland (R)				Edward P. Costigan Edward P. Costigan Edward Prentiss Costigan was a Democratic Party politician who represented Colorado in the United States Senate from 1931 until 1937. He was a founding member of the Progressive Party in Colorado in 1912....  (D)
1932									Walter Walker (D)		Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war...  and John Nance Garner John Nance Garner John Nance Garner, IV , was the 32nd Vice President of the United States and the 44th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives .- Early life and family :...  (D)
1933	Edwin C. Johnson (D)	Ray Herbert Talbot Ray Herbert Talbot Raymond Herbert Talbot was a Colorado politician who served as the 27th Governor of Colorado for ten days in 1937....  (D)		Paul P. Prosser (D)					Karl C. Schuyler Karl C. Schuyler Karl Cortlandt Schuyler was a United States Senator from Colorado.Born in Colorado Springs, he attended the public schools in that city and worked on the Colorado Midland Railroad. He graduated from the law school of the University of Denver in 1898, and was admitted to the bar the same year and...  (R)
1934									Alva B. Adams (D)
1935			James Carr (D)
1936			George Saunders George Saunders George Saunders is a New York Times bestselling American writer of short stories, essays, novellas and children's books. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, McSweeney's and GQ, among other publications...  (D)	Byron G. Rogers Byron G. Rogers Byron Giles Rogers was a U.S. Representative from Colorado.-Early life:Born in Greenville, Texas, Rogers moved with his parents to Oklahoma in April 1902....  (D)
1937	Ray Herbert Talbot (D)	vacant						Edwin C. Johnson Edwin C. Johnson Edwin Carl Johnson was a Democratic Party politician who served as Governor of the state of Colorado.-Background:...  (D)
	Teller Ammons Teller Ammons Teller Ammons was the 28th Governor of Colorado from 1937 to 1939.Ammons was the son of Colorado Governor Elias M. Ammons, and was named for his father's friend, U.S. Senator Henry Moore Teller...  (D)	Frank J. Hayes Frank Hayes (unionist) Frank J. Hayes was a miner and president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1917 to 1920.He was born in the coal mining town of What Cheer, Iowa, in 1882, but moved with his family as a boy to Illinois...  (D)
1938
1939	Ralph Lawrence Carr Ralph Lawrence Carr Ralph Lawrence Carr was the 29th Governor of Colorado from 1939 to 1943. Born in Rosita in Custer County, he grew up in Cripple Creek in Teller County and graduated from Cripple Creek High School in 1905. A Republican, Carr was committed to fiscal restraint in state government and opposed the...  (R)	John Charles Vivian John Charles Vivian John Charles Vivian was a United States attorney, journalist, and Republican politician who served as the 30th Governor of the State of Colorado from 1943 to 1947. He was the first Lt. Governor of Colorado to be elected Governor.John Charles Vivian was born in Golden, Colorado, on June 30, 1889...  (R)
1940											Wendell Willkie Wendell Willkie Wendell Lewis Willkie was a corporate lawyer in the United States and a dark horse who became the Republican Party nominee for the president in 1940. A member of the liberal wing of the GOP, he crusaded against those domestic policies of the New Deal that he thought were inefficient and...  and Charles McNary (R)
1941			Walter Morrison Walter Morrison Walter "Junie" Morrison is a musician and producer born in Dayton, Ohio. Morrison was a producer, writer, keyboardist and vocalist for the funk band the Ohio Players in the early 70s, where he wrote and produced their first major hit, "Funky Worm"...  (R)	Gail L. Ireland (R)					Eugene Millikin (R)
1942
1943	John Charles Vivian (R)	William Eugene Higby William Eugene Higby William Eugene Higby was the 29th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, serving from 1943 to 1947 under John Charles Vivian....  (R)
1944											Thomas Dewey Thomas Dewey Thomas Edmund Dewey was the 47th Governor of New York . In 1944 and 1948, he was the Republican candidate for President, but lost both times. He led the liberal faction of the Republican Party, in which he fought conservative Ohio Senator Robert A. Taft...  and John Bricker (R)
1945				H. Lawrence Hinkley (R)
1946
1947	William Lee Knous William Lee Knous William Lee Knous was a Colorado Democratic state legislator, state Supreme Court justice and the 31st Governor of Colorado, and a U.S. district judge....  (D)	Homer L. Pearson Homer L. Pearson Homer L. Pearson was the 30th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, serving from 1947 to 1949 under William Lee Knous....  (D)
1948											Harry S Truman and Alben Barkley (D)
1949		Walter Walford Johnson Walter Walford Johnson Walter Walford Johnson was a United States businessman and Democratic politician who served as the 32nd Governor of the State of Colorado from 1950 to 1951....  (D)	George Baker (D)	John W. Metzger (D)
1950
	Walter Walford Johnson (D)	Charles P. Murphy (R)
1951	Daniel I.J. Thornton Daniel I.J. Thornton Daniel I.J. Thornton was a United States cattle breeder and Republican politician who served as the 33rd Governor of the State of Colorado from 1951 to 1955....  (R)	Gordon L. Allott Gordon L. Allott Gordon Llewellyn Allott was a Republican American politician.Born in Pueblo, Colorado, Allott graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1927 and from its law school in 1929. He was admitted to the bar in 1929 and commenced practice in Pueblo...  (R)		Duke W. Dunbar (R)
1952											Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...  (R)
1953			Homer Bruce (R)
1954
1955	Edwin C. Johnson (D)	Stephen L.R. McNichols Stephen L.R. McNichols Stephen Lucid Robert McNichols was Colorado's 35th Governor from 1957 to 1963. McNichols' father William H. McNichols, Denver's well-respected auditor for over thirty years, was influential in steering his two sons Bill and Stephen toward their success in state politics...  (D)	George Baker (D)					Gordon L. Allott Gordon L. Allott Gordon Llewellyn Allott was a Republican American politician.Born in Pueblo, Colorado, Allott graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1927 and from its law school in 1929. He was admitted to the bar in 1929 and commenced practice in Pueblo...  (R)
1956
1957	Stephen L.R. McNichols (D)	Frank L. Hays Frank L. Hays Frank L. Hays was the 35th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, United States. He was a Republican and served from 1957 to 1959 under Governor Stephen L.R. McNichols....  (R)							John A. Carroll John A. Carroll John Albert Carroll was a Democratic United States Representative and United States Senator from Colorado. Born in Denver, he attended the public schools, and during the First World War served in the United States Army...  (D)
1958
1959		Robert Lee Knous Robert Lee Knous Robert Lee Knous was the 36th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, serving from 1959 to 1967 under Stephen L.R. McNichols and John Arthur Love....  (D)
1960											Richard Nixon Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...  and Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. was a Republican United States Senator from Massachusetts and a U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, South Vietnam, West Germany, and the Holy See . He was the Republican nominee for Vice President in the 1960 Presidential election.-Early life:Lodge was born in Nahant,...  (R)
1961
1962
1963	John Arthur Love John Arthur Love John Arthur Love was a United States attorney and Republican politician who served as the 36th Governor of the State of Colorado from 1963 to 1973....  (R)		Bryon A. Anderson (R)						Peter H. Dominick Peter H. Dominick Peter Hoyt Dominick was a politician and lawyer from Colorado. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the United States Senate from 1963 to 1975. His uncle, Howard Alexander Smith, was a U.S. Senator from New Jersey from 1944 to 1959.Born in Stamford, Connecticut, Dominick graduated from St...  (R)
1964											Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...  and Hubert Humphrey Hubert Humphrey Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. , served under President Lyndon B. Johnson as the 38th Vice President of the United States. Humphrey twice served as a United States Senator from Minnesota, and served as Democratic Majority Whip. He was a founder of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and...  (D)
1965
1966
1967		Mark Anthony Hogan Mark Anthony Hogan Mark Anthony Hogan was the 37th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado. He was a Democrat and served from 1967 to 1971 under John Arthur Love....  (R)
1968											Richard Nixon Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...  and Spiro Agnew Spiro Agnew Spiro Theodore Agnew was the 39th Vice President of the United States , serving under President Richard Nixon, and the 55th Governor of Maryland...  (R)
1969
1970
1971		John David Vanderhoof John David Vanderhoof John David Vanderhoof served as the 37th Governor of Colorado from 1973-1975 as a Republican. He served as Lieutenant Governor of Colorado under John Arthur Love from 1971 until 1973 when Love was appointed to the National Energy Policy Office by President Richard Nixon...  (R)
1972
1973								Floyd K. Haskell Floyd K. Haskell Floyd Kirk Haskell was a United States Senator from Colorado, and a member of the Democratic Party. He graduated from Harvard University 1937; graduated from Harvard Law School 1941; admitted to the New York and Colorado bars in 1946 and commenced practice in Denver, Colorado.; served in the...  (D)
	John David Vanderhoof (R)	Ted L. Strickland Ted L. Strickland Ted L. Strickland was the 39th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, serving from 1973 to 1975 under John David Vanderhoof.-References:...  (R)		John P. Moore (R)
1974			Mary Estill Buchanan (R)
1975	Richard Lamm Richard Lamm Richard Douglas "Dick" Lamm is an American politician, Certified Public Accountant, college professor, and lawyer. He served three terms as 38th Governor of Colorado as a Democrat and ran for the Reform Party's nomination for President of the United States in 1996.He is currently the Co-Director...  (D)	George L. Brown George L. Brown George Leslie Brown was an American politician. He served in the Colorado Senate from 1955 to 1974 and as Lieutenant Governor of Colorado from 1975 to 1979. He was also a Sr. Vice President with Grumman Corporation. During World War II, he served as a Tuskegee Airman...  (D)		J.D. MacFarlane (D)	Sam Brown Sam Brown (activist) ]]Sam W. Brown, Jr. was a political activist, the head of ACTION under Carter, and ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.-Early life and education:Sam W. Brown, Jr. was born July 27, 1943 in Council Bluffs, Iowa...  (D)				Gary Hart Gary Hart Gary Hart is an American politician, lawyer, author, professor and commentator. He served as a Democratic Senator representing Colorado , and ran in the U.S...  (D)
1976											Gerald Ford Gerald Ford Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974...  and Robert Dole (R)
1977					Roy Romer (D)
1978
1979		Nancy E. Dick Nancy E. Dick Nancy E. Dick was the 41st Lieutenant Governor of Colorado. She was a Democrat and served from 1979 to 1987 under Governor Richard Lamm. She was Colorado's first female lieutenant governor....  (D)						William L. Armstrong William L. Armstrong William Lester "Bill" Armstrong is an American businessman and politician. He is member of the Republican party and was a United States Representative and Senator from Colorado. Armstrong was born in Fremont, Nebraska...  (R)
1980											Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....  and George H. W. Bush George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to...  (R)
1981
1982
1983			Natalie Meyer (R)	Duane Woodard (R)
1984
1985
1986
1987	Roy Romer (D)	Mike Callihan Mike Callihan Michael Callihan was the 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, serving from 1987 to 1994 under Roy Romer. He was an unsuccessful candidate for congress in 1992, losing to Republican Scott McInnis.-References:...  (D)		Duane Woodard (D)	Gail Schoettler Gail Schoettler Gail S. Schoettler was the 44th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado from 1995 to 1999. She had previously served as Colorado State Treasurer from 1987 to 1995.-1998 Governor Race:...  (D)				Tim Wirth Tim Wirth Timothy Endicott Wirth is a former United States Senator from Colorado. Wirth, a Democrat, was a member of the House from 1975 to 1987 and was elected to the Senate in 1986, serving one term there before stepping down. He was Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs during the Clinton...  (D)	3R, 3D
1988											George H. W. Bush George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to...  and Dan Quayle Dan Quayle James Danforth "Dan" Quayle served as the 44th Vice President of the United States, serving with President George H. W. Bush . He served as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Indiana....  (R)
1989
1990
1991				Gale Norton Gale Norton Gale Ann Norton served as the 48th United States Secretary of the Interior from 2001 to 2006 under President George W. Bush...  (R)				Hank Brown Hank Brown George Hanks "Hank" Brown is a former Republican politician and U.S. Senator from Colorado who served as president of the University of Colorado system from April 2005 - January 2008.-Education:...  (R)
1992											Bill Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...  and Al Gore Al Gore Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election....  (D)
1993									Ben Nighthorse Campbell Ben Nighthorse Campbell Benjamin Nighthorse Campbell is an American politician. He was a U.S. Senator from Colorado from 1993 until 2005 and was during his tenure the only American Indian serving in the U.S. Congress. Campbell was a three term U.S. Representative from 1987 to 1993, when he was sworn into office as a...  (D)	4R, 2D
1994		Samuel H. Cassidy Samuel H. Cassidy Samuel H. Cassidy is an attorney and has been a professor at the University of Denver since 2000, where he has taught law and ethics. He was the 43rd Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, serving from 1994 to 1995 under Roy Romer...  (D)
1995		Gail Schoettler (D)	Vikki Buckley (R)		Bill Owens (R)				Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R)
1996											Bob Dole Bob Dole Robert Joseph "Bob" Dole is an American attorney and politician. Dole represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996, was Gerald Ford's Vice Presidential running mate in the 1976 presidential election, and was Senate Majority Leader from 1985 to 1987 and in 1995 and 1996...  and Jack Kemp Jack Kemp Jack French Kemp was an American politician and a collegiate and professional football player. A Republican, he served as Housing Secretary in the administration of President George H. W. Bush from 1989 to 1993, having previously served nine terms as a congressman for Western New York's 31st...  (R)
1997								Wayne Allard Wayne Allard Alan Wayne Allard is a member of the Republican Party, and was a United States Senator from Colorado. He did not seek re-election in 2008.-Early life:...  (R)
1998
1999	Bill Owens (R)	Joe Rogers Joe Rogers Joseph B. Rogers is a politician who was the youngest Lieutenant Governor in Colorado history.Rogers is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity....  (R)		Ken Salazar Ken Salazar Kenneth Lee "Ken" Salazar is the current United States Secretary of the Interior, in the administration of President Barack Obama. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a United States Senator from Colorado from 2005 to 2009. He and Mel Martinez were the first Hispanic U.S...  (D)	Mike Coffman Mike Coffman Michael "Mike" Coffman is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2009, and a former Secretary of State of Colorado. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education, and business career:...  (R)
			Donetta Davidson Donetta Davidson Donetta Davidson is a member of the United States Election Assistance Commission. Davidson was elected Chair of the EAC for 2010. She previously served as Chair in 2007 and Vice-Chair in 2008...  (R)
2000											George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....  and Dick Cheney Dick Cheney Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney served as the 46th Vice President of the United States , under George W. Bush....  (R)
2001
2002
2003		Jane E. Norton Jane E. Norton Jane E. Norton was the 46th Lieutenant Governor for the State of Colorado and an unsuccessful Republican candidate for a party nomination to compete for a U.S. Senate seat to challenge Senator Michael Bennet in the 2010 election...  (R)								5R, 2D
2004
2005				John Suthers John Suthers John William Suthers is the current Attorney General of Colorado. He is a practicing Catholic and member of the Republican Party.-Background:Suthers was born in Denver, Colorado and adopted a month later by a Colorado Springs couple....  (R)					Ken Salazar (D)	4R, 3D
			Gigi Dennis (R)		Mark Hillman Mark Hillman Mark Hillman was elected to the Colorado State Senate in 1998. He served as Majority Leader from 2003 to 2004 and Minority Leader in 2005 before serving as State Treasurer from 2005 to 2006...  (R)
2006
					Mike Coffman (R)
2007	Bill Ritter (D)	Barbara O'Brien Barbara O'Brien (politician) Barbara O'Brien was the 47th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado from 2007 to 2011. She is a Democrat. She was chosen as running mate by Bill Ritter, the Democratic candidate for governor in the 2006 election. The Ritter/O'Brien ticket won with 56.99% of the vote. As Lieutenant Governor she made...  (D)	Mike Coffman (R)		Cary Kennedy Cary Kennedy Cary Kennedy is an American politician from Colorado. She is a member of the Democratic Party, and former Colorado State Treasurer.-Biography:Kennedy holds a bachelor's degree from St...  (D)	20D, 15R	40D, 25R			4D, 3R
2008											Barack Obama Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...  and Joe Biden Joe Biden Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. is the 47th and current Vice President of the United States, serving under President Barack Obama...  (D)
2009						21D, 14R	38D, 27R	Mark Udall Mark Udall Mark Emery Udall is the senior United States Senator from Colorado and a member of the Democratic Party. From 1999 to 2009, Udall served in the United States House of Representatives, representing . He also served a term in the Colorado House of Representatives.Born in Tucson, Arizona, he is the...  (D)		5D, 2R
			Bernie Buescher Bernie Buescher Bernie Buescher is the former secretary of state of Colorado. A Democrat, he was appointed to the office in 2009 by Governor of Colorado Bill Ritter to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Republican Mike Coffman....  (D)						Michael Bennet Michael Bennet Michael Farrand Bennet is an American businessman, lawyer, and politician. He is currently the junior United States Senator from Colorado, and a member of the Democratic Party...  (D)
2010
2011	John Hickenlooper John Hickenlooper John Wright Hickenlooper is an American politician and current Governor of Colorado. A Democrat, he was previously the Mayor of Denver, Colorado from 2003 to 2011.-Early life, education and career:...  (D)	Joseph A. Garcia Joseph A. Garcia Joseph A. Garcia , is the 48th and current Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, having taken office in January 2011.-Educational background:...  (D)	Scott Gessler Scott Gessler Scott Gessler is a businessman, Republican Party activist. He is the Secretary of State of Colorado. He received a law degree from University of Michigan.-Overseas soldier voting controversy:...  (R)		Walker Stapleton Walker Stapleton Walker Stapleton is Colorado's State Treasurer. He was elected on November 2, 2010 after defeating incumbent Cary Kennedy with 50.73% of the vote....  (R)	20D, 15R	33R, 32D			4R, 3D
Year	Governor	Lieutenant Governor	Secretary of State Secretary of State of Colorado The Secretary of State of Colorado is the secretary of state of the state of Colorado in the United States. The office is one of five elected constitutional offices in the state...	Attorney General Colorado Attorney General The Attorney General of the State of Colorado is the chief legal officer for the state of Colorado, and the head of the Colorado Department of Law...	Treasurer	State Senate	State House	U.S. Senator (Class II)	U.S. Senator (Class III)	U.S. House	|Electoral College votes United States presidential election Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...
	Executive offices					|General Assembly Colorado General Assembly The Colorado General Assembly is the state legislature of the State of Colorado.-Constitutional definition:The Colorado Constitution establishes a system of government based on the separation of powers doctrine with power divided among three "departments": executive, legislative and judicial...	|United States Congress United States Congressional Delegations from Colorado These are tables of congressional delegations from Colorado to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:The state of Colorado was admitted to the Union on Tuesday, August 1, 1876....

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• Government and politics in Colorado
• Politics of Colorado
  Politics of Colorado
  Until the election of Barack Obama, the people of Colorado had voted Republican in every U.S. Presidential Election since 1964, with the exception of 1992 when a plurality voted for Bill Clinton, Conversely, Colorado has held a Democratic governor for 22 of the past 30 years.Colorado has a history...
  
  
• Law and government of Colorado
  Law and Government of Colorado
  The Constitution of the State of Colorado provides for three branches of government: the legislative, the executive, and the judicial branches.-Sovereignty of the people:...