US GOVERNMENT OFFICE

7-Nov-1859	28-Feb-1861	Robert W. Steele	(provisional, b. 1820, d. 1901)
28-Feb-1861	31-Jan-1862	William Gilpin	(b. 1813, d. 1894, Republican)
31-Jan-1862	17-Oct-1865	John Evans	(b. 1814, d. 1897, Republican)
17-Oct-1865	24-Apr-1867	Alexander Cummings	(b. 1810, d. 1879, Republican)
1867	14-Jun-1869	Alexander Cameron Hunt	(b. 1833, d. 1909, Republican)
14-Jun-1869	4-Apr-1873	Edward Moody McCook	(1st time, b. 1833, d. 1909, Republican)
4-Apr-1873	19-Jun-1874	Samuel Hitt Elbert	(b. 1833, d. 1899, Republican)
19-Jun-1874	29-Mar-1875	Edward Moody McCook	(2nd time, Republican)
29-Mar-1875	14-Jan-1879	John Long Routt	(1st time, b. 1826, d. 1907, Republican)
14-Jan-1879	9-Jan-1883	Frederick Walter Pitkin	(b. 1837, d. 1886, Republican)
9-Jan-1883	13-Jan-1885	James Benton Grant	(b. 1848, d. 1911, Democrat)
13-Jan-1885	11-Jan-1887	Benjamin Harrison Eaton	(b. 1833, d. 1904, Republican)
11-Jan-1887	8-Jan-1889	Alva Adams	(1st time, b. 1850, d. 1922, Democrat)
8-Jan-1889	13-Jan-1891	Job Adaqms Cooper	(b. 1843, d. 1899, Republican)
13-Jan-1891	10-Jan-1893	John Long Routt	(2nd time, Republican)
10-Jan-1893	8-Jan-1895	Davis Hanson Waite	(b. 1825, d. 1901, Pop)
8-Jan-1895	12-Jan-1897	Albert Washington McIntire	(b. 1853, d. 1935, Republican)
12-Jan-1897	10-Jan-1899	Alva Adams	(2nd time, Democrat)
10-Jan-1899	8-Jan-1901	Charles Spalding Thomas	(b. 1849, d. 1934, Democrat)
8-Jan-1901	13-Jan-1903	James Bradley Orman	(b. 1849, d. 1919, Democrat)
13-Jan-1903	10-Jan-1905	James Hamilton Peabody	(1st time, b. 1852, d. 1917, Republican)
10-Jan-1905	16-Mar-1905	Alva Adams	(3rd time, Democrat)
16-Mar-1905	17-Mar-1905	James Hamilton Peabody	(2nd time, Republican)
17-Mar-1905	8-Jan-1907	Jesse Fuller McDonald	(b. 1858, d. 1942, Republican)
8-Jan-1907	12-Jan-1909	Henry Augustus Buchtel	(b. 1847, d. 1922, Republican)
12-Jan-1909	14-Jan-1913	John Franklin Shafroth	(b. 1854, d. 1922, Democrat)
14-Jan-1913	12-Jan-1915	Elias Milton Ammons	(b. 1860, d. 1925, Democrat)
12-Jan-1915	9-Jan-1917	George Alfred Carlson	(b. 1876, d. 1926, Republican)
9-Jan-1917	14-Jan-1919	Julius Caldeen Gunter	(b. 1858, d. 1940, Democrat)
14-Jan-1919	9-Jan-1923	Oliver Herny Shoup	(b. 1869, d. 1940, Republican)
9-Jan-1923	13-Jan-1925	William Ellery Sweet	(b. 1869, d. 1942, Democrat)
13-Jan-1925	11-Jan-1927	Clarence Joseph Morley	(b. 1869, d. 1948, Republican)
11-Jan-1927	10-Jan-1933	William Herbert Adams	(b. 1861, d. 1954, Democrat)
10-Jan-1933	3-Jan-1937	Edwin Carl Johnson	(1st time, b. 1884, d. 1970, Democrat)
2-Jan-1937	12-Jan-1937	Ray Herbert Talbot	(acting, b. 1896, d. 1955, Democrat)
12-Jan-1937	10-Jan-1939	Teller Ammons	(b. 1895, d. 1972, Democrat)
10-Jan-1939	12-Jan-1943	Ralph Lawrence Carr	(b. 1887, d. 1950, Republican)
12-Jan-1943	14-Jan-1947	John Charles Vivian	(b. 1887, d. 1964, Republican)
14-Jan-1947	15-Apr-1950	William Lee Knous	(b. 1889, d. 1959, Democrat)
15-Apr-1950	9-Jan-1951	Walter Walford Johnson	(b. 1904, d. 1987, Democrat)
9-Jan-1951	11-Jan-1955	Dan Thornton	(b. 1911, d. 1976, Republican)
11-Jan-1955	8-Jan-1957	Edwin Carl Johnson	(2nd time, Democrat)
8-Jan-1957	8-Jan-1963	Stephen McNichols	(b. 1914, d. 1997, Democrat)
8-Jan-1963	16-Jul-1973	John A. Love	(b. 1916, d. 2002, Republican)
16-Jul-1973	14-Jan-1975	John D. Vanderhoof	(b. 1922, d. 2013, Republican)
14-Jan-1975	13-Jan-1987	Richard Lamm	(b. 1935, Democrat)
13-Jan-1987	12-Jan-1999	Roy Romer	(b. 1928, Democrat)
12-Jan-1999	9-Jan-2007	Bill Owens	(b. 1950, Republican)
9-Jan-2007	11-Jan-2011	Bill Ritter	(b. 1956, Democrat)
11-Jan-2011	--	John Hickenlooper	(b. 1952, Democrat)

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