List of lieutenant governors of Colorado

Lieutenant Governor of Colorado
Lieutenant Governor of Colorado
	Official seal
	Incumbent; Dianne Primavera; since 8 January 2019
Style	The Honorable
Term length	Four years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Lafayette Head
Formation	1877
Salary	$93,360 per year
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The Lieutenant Governor of Colorado is the second-highest-ranking member of the Government of Colorado, United States. They replace the Governor of Colorado if they resign, die or are impeached.

List

Lieutenant governors of the State of Colorado
No.	Lieutenant Governor		Term in office	Party	Election
1		Lafayette Head	August 1, 1876 – January 14, 1879	Republican	1876	John Long Routt
2		Horace Tabor	January 14, 1879 – January 9, 1883	Republican	1878	Frederick Walker Pitkin
2		Horace Tabor	January 14, 1879 – January 9, 1883	Republican	1880	Frederick Walker Pitkin
3		William H. Meyer	January 9, 1883 – January 13, 1885	Republican	1882	James Benton Grant^[b]
4		Peter W. Breene	January 13, 1885 – January 11, 1887	Republican	1884	Benjamin Harrison Eaton
5		Norman H. Meldrum	January 11, 1887 – January 8, 1889	Democratic	1886	Alva Adams
6		William Grover Smith	January 8, 1889 – January 13, 1891	Republican	1888	Job Adams Cooper
7		William Story	January 13, 1891 – January 10, 1893	Republican	1890	John Long Routt
8		David H. Nichols	January 10, 1893 – January 8, 1895	Populist	1892	Davis Hanson Waite
9		Jared L. Brush	January 8, 1895 – January 10, 1899	Republican	1894	Albert McIntire
9		Jared L. Brush	January 8, 1895 – January 10, 1899	Republican	1896	Alva Adams^[b]
10		Francis Patrick Carney	January 10, 1899 – January 8, 1901	Populist	1898	Charles Spalding Thomas^[b]
11		David C. Coates	January 8, 1901 – January 13, 1903	Democratic	1900	James Bradley Orman
12		Warren A. Haggott	January 13, 1903 – January 10, 1905	Republican	1902	James Hamilton Peabody
13		Arthur Cornforth	January 10, 1905 – March 17, 1905	Democratic	1904 ^[c]	Alva Adams
14		Jesse Fuller McDonald	March 17, 1905 – March 17, 1905	Republican		James Hamilton Peabody
(13)		Arthur Cornforth	March 17, 1905 – July 5, 1905	Democratic		Jesse Fuller McDonald
15		Fred W. Parks	July 5, 1905 – January 8, 1907	Republican		Jesse Fuller McDonald
16		Erastus Harper	January 8, 1907 – January 12, 1909	Republican	1906	Henry Augustus Buchtel
17		Stephen R. Fitzgarrald	January 12, 1909 – January 12, 1915	Democratic	1908	John F. Shafroth
					1910	John F. Shafroth
					1912	Elias M. Ammons
18		Moses E. Lewis	January 12, 1915 – January 9, 1917	Republican	1914	George Alfred Carlson
19		James Pulliam	January 9, 1917 – January 14, 1919	Democratic	1916	Julius Caldeen Gunter
20		George Stephan	January 14, 1919 – January 11, 1921	Republican	1918	Oliver Henry Shoup
21		Earl Cooley	January 11, 1921 – January 9, 1923	Republican	1920	Oliver Henry Shoup
22		Robert F. Rockwell	January 9, 1923 – January 13, 1925	Republican	1922	William Ellery Sweet^[b]
23		Sterling Byrd Lacy	January 13, 1925 – January 11, 1927	Democratic	1924	Clarence Morley^[d]
24		George Milton Corlett	January 11, 1927 – January 13, 1931	Republican	1926	Billy Adams^[b]
24		George Milton Corlett	January 11, 1927 – January 13, 1931	Republican	1928
25		Edwin C. Johnson	January 13, 1931 – January 10, 1933	Democratic	1930
26		Ray Herbert Talbot	January 10, 1933 – January 1, 1937	Democratic	1932	Edwin C. Johnson
26		Ray Herbert Talbot	January 10, 1933 – January 1, 1937	Democratic	1934 ^[e]	Edwin C. Johnson
—	Vacant		January 1, 1937 – January 12, 1937	—	1934 ^[e]	Ray Herbert Talbot
27		Frank Hayes	January 12, 1937 – January 10, 1939	Democratic	1936	Teller Ammons
28		John Charles Vivian	January 10, 1939 – January 12, 1943	Republican	1938	Ralph Lawrence Carr
28		John Charles Vivian	January 10, 1939 – January 12, 1943	Republican	1940	Ralph Lawrence Carr
29		William Eugene Higby	January 12, 1943 – January 14, 1947	Republican	1942	John Charles Vivian
29		William Eugene Higby	January 12, 1943 – January 14, 1947	Republican	1944	John Charles Vivian
30		Homer L. Pearson	January 14, 1947 – January 11, 1949	Democratic	1946	William Lee Knous
31		Walter Walford Johnson	January 11, 1949 – April 15, 1950	Democratic	1948 ^[f]	William Lee Knous
32		Charles P. Murphy	April 15, 1950 – January 9, 1951	Republican	1948 ^[f]	Walter Walford Johnson
33		Gordon Allott	January 9, 1951 – January 11, 1955	Republican	1950	Daniel I. J. Thornton
33		Gordon Allott	January 9, 1951 – January 11, 1955	Republican	1952	Daniel I. J. Thornton
34		Stephen McNichols	January 11, 1955 – January 8, 1957	Democratic	1954	Edwin C. Johnson
35		Frank L. Hays	January 8, 1957 – January 13, 1959	Republican	1956	Stephen McNichols
36		Robert Lee Knous	January 13, 1959 – January 10, 1967	Democratic	1958	Stephen McNichols
36		Robert Lee Knous	January 13, 1959 – January 10, 1967	Democratic	1962	John Arthur Love^[d]
37		Mark Anthony Hogan	January 10, 1967 – January 12, 1971	Democratic	1966^[d]
38		John D. Vanderhoof	January 12, 1971 – July 16, 1973	Republican	1970 ^[g]
39		Ted L. Strickland	July 16, 1973 – January 14, 1975	Republican	1970 ^[g]	John D. Vanderhoof
40		George L. Brown	January 14, 1975 – January 10, 1979	Democratic	1974	Richard Lamm
41		Nancy E. Dick	January 10, 1979 – January 13, 1987	Democratic	1978
41		Nancy E. Dick	January 10, 1979 – January 13, 1987	Democratic	1982
42		Mike Callihan	January 13, 1987 – May 10, 1994	Democratic	1986	Roy Romer
42		Mike Callihan	January 13, 1987 – May 10, 1994	Democratic	1990
—	Vacant		May 10, 1994 – May 11, 1994	—
43		Samuel H. Cassidy	May 11, 1994 – January 3, 1995	Democratic
44		Gail Schoettler	January 3, 1995 – January 12, 1999	Democratic	1994
45		Joe Rogers	January 12, 1999 – January 14, 2003	Republican	1998	Bill Owens
46		Jane E. Norton	January 14, 2003 – January 9, 2007	Republican	2002	Bill Owens
47		Barbara O'Brien	January 9, 2007 – January 11, 2011	Democratic	2006	Bill Ritter
48		Joseph García	January 11, 2011 – May 12, 2016	Democratic	2010	John Hickenlooper
48		Joseph García	January 11, 2011 – May 12, 2016	Democratic	2014 ^[h]
49		Donna Lynne	May 12, 2016 – January 8, 2019	Democratic	2014 ^[h]
50		Dianne Primavera	January 8, 2019 – present	Democratic	2018 ^[i]	Jared Polis

Notes

↑ Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
1 2 3 4 5 Represented the Democratic Party.
↑ The 1904 gubernatorial election was rife with fraud and controversy. Adams and Cornforth won election, but soon after Adams took office the Republican legislature declared Peabody to be the actual winner, on the condition that Peabody immediately resign. Since Peabody had been governor for a few moments before resigning, it was his lieutenant governor, McDonald, that succeeded to the governorship. Cornforth, as president pro tempore of the senate, acted as lieutenant governor until the Colorado Supreme Court declared that Parks, who had been elected president pro tempore of the senate on April 3, 1905, was the rightful acting lieutenant governor.^[1]
1 2 3 Represented the Republican Party.
↑ Johnson resigned and Talbot succeeded him, rendering the office vacant for the remainder of the term.
↑ Knous resigned and Johnson succeeded him; as president of the senate, Murphy succeeded Johnson.
↑ Love resigned and Vanderhoof succeeded him; as president of the senate, Strickland succeeded Vanderhoof.
↑ García resigned to be President of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education; Lynne was nominated and confirmed to succeed him.
↑ Primavera's first term expires on January 10, 2023.

References

↑ "Cornforth is Deposed, Parks Lieutenant Governor". New Castle, Colorado: New Castle Nonpareil. July 8, 1905. Retrieved November 28, 2018.

[1] Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.

[gov-dem-2] 1 2 3 4 5 Represented the Democratic Party.

[4] The 1904 gubernatorial election was rife with fraud and controversy. Adams and Cornforth won election, but soon after Adams took office the Republican legislature declared Peabody to be the actual winner, on the condition that Peabody immediately resign. Since Peabody had been governor for a few moments before resigning, it was his lieutenant governor, McDonald, that succeeded to the governorship. Cornforth, as president pro tempore of the senate, acted as lieutenant governor until the Colorado Supreme Court declared that Parks, who had been elected president pro tempore of the senate on April 3, 1905, was the rightful acting lieutenant governor.^[1]

[gov-rep-5] 1 2 3 Represented the Republican Party.

[6] Johnson resigned and Talbot succeeded him, rendering the office vacant for the remainder of the term.

[7] Knous resigned and Johnson succeeded him; as president of the senate, Murphy succeeded Johnson.

[8] Love resigned and Vanderhoof succeeded him; as president of the senate, Strickland succeeded Vanderhoof.

[9] García resigned to be President of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education; Lynne was nominated and confirmed to succeed him.

[10] Primavera's first term expires on January 10, 2023.

[3] "Cornforth is Deposed, Parks Lieutenant Governor". New Castle, Colorado: New Castle Nonpareil. July 8, 1905. Retrieved November 28, 2018.

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