Colorado

 

 

 

30 May 1854 - 24 Oct 1859 Part of Kansas Territory

24 Oct 1859 - 23 May 1861 Territory of Jefferson

28 Feb 1861               Territory of Colorado

01 Aug 1876               State of Colorado

 

Capital: Denver.

Language: English, Spanish.

Religion: Protestant, Roman Catholic.

State Anthem: "Where the Columbines Grow"

State Motto: Nothing Without Providence.

State Emblem: Mount Elbert.

 

Governors

07 Nov 1859 - 25 Mar 1861 Robert Wiliamson Steele

                          (provisional)

25 Mar 1861 - 26 Mar 1862 William Gilpin

26 Mar 1862 - 17 Oct 1865 John Evans

17 Oct 1865 - 24 Apr 1867 Alexander Cummings

24 Apr 1867 - 14 Jul 1869 Alexander Cameron Hunt

14 Jul 1869 - 04 Apr 1873 Edward Moody McCook

04 Apr 1873 - 19 Jun 1874 Samuel Hitt Elbert

19 Jun 1874 - 29 Mar 1875 Edward Moody McCook

                          (2nd Time)

29 Mar 1875 - 14 Jan 1879 John Long Routt

14 Jan 1879 - 09 Jan 1883 Frederick Walter Pitkin

09 Jan 1883 - 13 Jan 1885 James Benton Grant

13 Jan 1885 - 11 Jan 1887 Benjamin Harrison Eaton

11 Jan 1887 - 10 Jan 1889 Alva Adams

10 Jan 1889 - 13 Jan 1891 Job Adaqms Cooper

13 Jan 1891 - 10 Jan 1893 John Long Routt

                          (2nd Time)

10 Jan 1893 - 08 Jan 1895 David Hanson Waite

08 Jan 1895 - 12 Jan 1897 Albert Washington McIntire

12 Jan 1897 - 10 Jan 1899 Alva Adams (2nd Time)

10 Jan 1899 - 08 Jan 1901 Charles Spalding Thomas

08 Jan 1901 - 13 Jan 1903 James Bradley Orman

13 Jan 1903 - 10 Jan 1905 James Hamilton Peabody

10 Jan 1905 - 08 Jan 1907 Jesse Fuller McDonald

08 Jan 1907 - 12 Jan 1909 Henry Augustus Buchtel

12 Jan 1909 - 14 Jan 1913 John Franklin Shafroth

13 Jan 1913 - 12 Jan 1915 Elias Milton Ammos

12 Jan 1915 - 09 Jan 1917 George Alfred Carlson

09 Jan 1917 - 14 Jan 1919 Julius Caldeen Gunter

14 Jan 1919 - 09 Jan 1923 Oliver Herny Shoup

09 Jan 1923 - 13 Jan 1925 William Ellery Sweet

13 Jan 1925 - 11 Jan 1927 Clarence Joseph Morley

11 Jan 1927 - 10 Jan 1933 William Herbert Adams

10 Jan 1933 - 02 Jan 1937 Edwin Carl Johnson

                          (1st Time)

02 Jan      - 12 Jan 1937 Raymond Herbert Talbot

                          (acting)

12 Jan 1937 - 10 Jan 1939 Teller Ammons

10 Jan 1939 - 12 Jan 1943 Ralph Lawrence Carr

12 Jan 1943 - 14 Jan 1947 John Charles Vivian .................... 1887-1964 R

14 Jan 1947 - 15 Apr 1950 William Lee Knous ...................... 1889-1959 D

15 Apr 1950 - 09 Jan 1951 Walter Walford Johnson ................. 1904-1987 D

09 Jan 1951 - 11 Jan 1955 Daniel Isaac J. Thornton ............... 1911-1976 R

11 Jan 1955 - 08 Jan 1957 Edwin Carl Johnson (2nd Time)

08 Jan 1957 - 08 Jan 1963 Stephen L.R McNichols .................. 1914-1997 D

08 Jan 1963 - 16 Jul 1973 John Arthur Love ....................... 1916-2002 R

16 Jul 1973 - 14 Jan 1975 John David Vanderhoof .................. 1922-2013 R

14 Jan 1975 - 13 Jan 1987 Richard Douglas Lamm ................... 1935-     D

13 Jan 1987 - 12 Jan 1999 Roy R. Romer ........................... 1928-     D

12 Jan 1999 - 09 Jan 2007 William Forrester Owens ................ 1950-     R

09 Jan 2007 - 11 Jan 2011 August William Ritter .................. 1956-     D

11 Jan 2011 -             John Wright Hickenlooper ............... 1952-     D

 

Illinois

 

 

 

04 Jul 1778               Part of Virginia

13 Jul 1787 - 04 Jul 1800 Part of Northwest Territory

04 Jul 1800               Part of Indiana

01 Mar 1809               Territory

03 Dec 1818               State of Illinois

 

Governors

01 Mar 1809 - 06 Oct 1818 Ninian Edwards

06 Oct 1818 - 05 Dec 1822 Shadrach Bond

05 Dec 1822 - 06 Dec 1826 Edward Coles

06 Dec 1826 - 06 Dec 1830 Ninian Edwards

                          (2nd Time)

06 Dec 1830 - 17 Nov 1834 John Reynolds

03 Dec 1834 - 07 Dec 1838 Joseph Duncan

07 Dec 1838 - 08 Dec 1842 Thomas Carlin

08 Dec 1842 - 09 Dec 1846 Thomas Ford

09 Dec 1846 - 10 Jan 1853 Augustus Chaflin French

10 Jan 1853 - 12 Jan 1857 Joel Aldrich Matteson

12 Jan 1857 - 18 Mar 1860 William Harrison Bissell

18 Mar 1860 - 14 Jan 1861 John Wood

14 Jan 1861 - 16 Jan 1865 Richard Yates

16 Jan 1865 - 11 Jan 1869 Richard James Oglesby

                          (1st Time)

11 Jan 1869 - 13 Jan 1873 John McAuley Palmer

13 Jan 1873 - 08 Jan 1877 John Lourie Beveridge

08 Jan 1877 - 08 Feb 1883 Shelby Moore Cullon

08 Feb 1883 - 30 Jan 1885 John Marshall Hamilton

30 Jan 1885 - 14 Jan 1889 Richard James Oglesby

                          (2nd Time)

14 Jan 1889 - 10 Jan 1893 Joseph Wilson Fifer

10 Jan 1893 - 11 Jan 1897 John Peter Altgeld

11 Jan 1897 - 14 Jan 1901 John Reily Tanner

14 Jan 1901 - 09 Jan 1905 Richard Yates

09 Jan 1905 - 03 Feb 1913 Charles Samuel Deneen

03 Feb 1913 - 08 Jan 1917 Edward FitzSimmons Dunne

08 Jan 1917 - 10 Jan 1921 Frank Orren Lowden

10 Jan 1921 - 14 Jan 1929 Lennington Small

14 Jan 1929 - 09 Jan 1933 Louis Lincoln Emmerson

09 Jan 1933 - 06 Oct 1940 Henry Horner

06 Oct 1940 - 13 Jan 1941 John Henry Stelle ........................ 1891-1962

13 Jan 1941 - 10 Jan 1949 Dwight Herbert Green ..................... 1897-1958 R

10 Jan 1949 - 12 Jan 1953 Adlai Ewing Stevenson .................... 1900-1965 D

12 Jan 1953 - 09 Jan 1961 William Grant Stratton ................... 1914-2001 R

09 Jan 1961 - 21 May 1968 Otto Kerner Jr ........................... 1908-1976 D

21 May 1968 - 13 Jan 1969 Samuel Harvey Shapiro .................... 1907-1987 D

13 Jan 1969 - 08 Jan 1973 Richard Buell Ogilvie .................... 1923-1988 R

08 Jan 1973 - 10 Jan 1977 Daniel Walker ............................ 1922-     D

10 Jan 1977 - 14 Jan 1991 James Robert Thompson .................... 1936-     R

13 Jan 1991 - 11 Jan 1999 James R. Edgar ........................... 1946-     R

11 Jan 1999 - 13 Jan 2003 George Homer Ryan ........................ 1934-     R

13 Jan 2003 - 29 Jan 2009 Milorad Radisa Blagojevich ............... 1956-     D

29 Jan 2009 -             Patrick Joseph Quinn ..................... 1948-     D

 

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Chicago

 

 

17 Aug 1803               Fort Dearborn

12 Aug 1833               Town of Chicago incorporated

 

Mayors

02 May 1837 - 06 Mar 1838 William Butler Ogden ..................... 1805-1877 D

06 Mar 1838 - 07 Mar 1839 Buckner Stith Morris ..................... 1800-1879 W

07 Mar 1839 - 09 Mar 1840 Benjamin Wright Raymond (1st Time) ....... 1801-1883 W

09 Mar 1840 - 04 Mar 1841 Alexander Lloyd .......................... 1805-1871 D

04 Mar 1841 - 07 Mar 1842 Francis Cornwall Sherman (1st Time) ...... 1805-1870 D

07 Mar 1842 - 07 Mar 1843 Benjamin Wright Raymond (2nd Time)

07 Mar 1843 - 02 Apr 1844 Augustus Garrett (1st Time) .............. 1801-1848 D

02 Apr 1844 - 10 Mar 1845 Alson Smith Sherman ...................... 1811-1903 D

10 Mar 1845 - 03 Mar 1846 Augustus Garrett (2nd Time)

03 Mar 1846 - 09 Mar 1847 John Putman Chapin ....................... 1810-1864 W

09 Mar 1847 - 14 Mar 1848 James Curtiss (1st Time) ................. 1803-1859 D

14 Mar 1848 - 12 Mar 1850 James Hutchinson Woodworth ............... 1804-1869 D

12 Mar 1850 - 11 Mar 1851 James Curtiss (2nd Time)

11 Mar 1851 - 07 Mar 1853 Walter S. Gurnee ......................... 1813-1903 D

07 Mar 1853 - 15 Mar 1854 Charles McNeill Gray ..................... 1807-1885 D

15 Mar 1854 - 13 Mar 1855 Isaac Lawrence Milliken .................. 1815-1885 D

13 Mar 1855 - 11 Mar 1856 Levi Day Boone ........................... 1808-1882

11 Mar 1856 - 10 Mar 1857 Thomas Dyer .............................. 1805-1862 D

10 Mar 1857 - 02 Mar 1858 John Wentworth (1st Time) ................ 1815-1888 R

02 Mar 1858 - 22 Mar 1860 John Charles Haines ...................... 1818-1896 R

22 Mar 1860 - 06 May 1861 John Wentworth (2nd Time)

06 Mar 1861 - 05 May 1862 Julian Sidney Rumsey ..................... 1823-1886 R

05 May 1862 - 03 May 1865 Francis Cornwall Sherman (2nd Time)

03 May 1865 - 06 Dec 1869 John Blake Rice .......................... 1809-1874 R

06 Dec 1869 - 04 Dec 1871 Roswell B. Mason ......................... 1805-1892

04 Dec 1871 - 18 Aug 1873 Joseph E. Medill ......................... 1823-1899

18 Aug      - 01 Dec 1873 Lester Legrant Bond ...................... 1829-1903

                          (acting)

01 Dec 1873 - 24 Jul 1876 Harvey Doolittle Colvin .................. 1815-1892 D

24 Jul 1876 - 28 Aug 1879 Monroe Heath ............................. 1827-1894 R

28 Aug 1879 - 18 Apr 1887 Carter Henry Harrison, Sr. ............... 1825-1893 D

                          (1st Time)

18 Apr 1887 - 15 Apr 1889 John A. Roche ............................ 1844-1904 R

15 Apr 1889 - 27 Apr 1891 DeWitt Clinton Cregier ................... 1829-1898 D

27 Apr 1891 - 17 Apr 1893 Hempstead Washburne ...................... 1852-1918

17 Apr      - 28 Oct 1893 Carter Henry Harrison, Sr. (2nd Time)

06 Nov      - 27 Dec 1893 George Bell Swift (1st Time) ............. 1845-1912 R

27 Dec 1893 - 08 Apr 1895 John Patrick Hopkins ..................... 1858-1918 D

08 Apr 1895 - 15 Apr 1897 George Bell Swift (2nd Time)

15 Apr 1897 - 10 Apr 1905 Carter Henry Harrison .................... 1860-1953 D

                          (1st Time)

10 Apr 1905 - 15 Apr 1907 Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne ................. 1853-1937 D

15 Apr 1907 - 17 Apr 1911 Frederick A. Busse ....................... 1866-1914 R

17 Apr 1911 - 26 Apr 1915 Carter Henry Harrison

                          (2nd Time)

26 Apr 1915 - 16 Apr 1923 William Hale Thompson (1st Time) ......... 1869-1944 R

16 Apr 1923 - 18 Apr 1927 William Emmett Dever ..................... 1862-1929 D

18 Apr 1927 - 09 Apr 1931 William Hale Thompson (2nd Time)

09 Apr 1931 - 06 Mar 1933 Anton Joseph Cermak ...................... 1873-1933 D

15 Mar      - 17 Apr 1933 Frank J. Corr ............................ 1877-1934 D

17 Apr 1933 - 15 Apr 1947 Edward Joseph Kelly ...................... 1876-1950 D

15 Apr 1947 - 20 Apr 1955 Martin Henry Kennelly .................... 1887-1961 D

20 Apr 1955 - 28 Dec 1976 Richard Joseph Daley ..................... 1902-1976 D

28 Dec 1976 - 16 Apr 1979 Michael Anthony Bilandic ................. 1923-2002 D

16 Apr 1979 - 29 Apr 1983 Jane Margaret Byrne ...................... 1934-

29 Apr 1983 - 25 Nov 1987 Harold Washington ........................ 1922-1987 D

25 Nov      - 02 Dec 1987 David Duvell Orr ......................... 1944-     D

02 Dec 1987 - 24 Apr 1989 Eugene Sawyer ............................ 1934-2008 D

                          (acting)

24 Apr 1989 - 16 May 2011 Richard Michael Daley .................... 1942-     D

16 May 2011 -             Rahm Israel Emmanuel ..................... 1959-     D

 

Iowa

 

 

12 Jun 1838 - 28 Dec 1846 Iowa Territory

28 Dec 1846               State of Iowa

 

Capital: Des Moines.

Language: English.

Religion: Protestant, Roman Catholic.

State Anthem: "The Song of Iowa"

State Motto: Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain.

State Emblem: Bald Eagle.

 

Governors

03 Jul      - 15 Aug 1838 William B. Conway

15 Aug 1838 - 13 May 1841 Robert Lucas

13 May 1841 - 18 Nov 1845 John Chambers

18 Nov 1845 - 03 Nov 1846 James Clark

04 Nov 1846 - 04 Nov 1850 Ansel Briggs

04 Nov 1850 - 09 Nov 1854 Stephen P. Hempstead

09 Nov 1854 - 13 Jan 1858 James Wilson Grimes

13 Jan 1858 - 11 Jan 1860 Ralph Phillips Lowe

11 Jan 1860 - 14 Jan 1864 Samuel Jordan Kirkwood

                          (1st Time)

14 Jan 1864 - 16 Jan 1868 William Milo Stone

16 Jan 1868 - 11 Jan 1872 Samuel Merrill

11 Jan 1872 - 13 Jan 1876 Cyrus Clay Carpenter

13 Jan 1876 - 01 Feb 1877 Samuel Jordan Kirkwood

                          (2nd Time)

01 Feb 1877 - 17 Jan 1878 Joshua Giddings Newbold

17 Jan 1878 - 12 Jan 1882 John Henry Gear

12 Jan 1882 - 14 Jan 1886 Buren Robinson Sherman

14 Jan 1886 - 27 Feb 1890 Williams Larrebee

27 Feb 1890 - 11 Jan 1894 Horace Boies

11 Jan 1894 - 16 Jan 1896 Frank Darr Jackson

16 Jan 1896 - 13 Jan 1898 Francois Marion Drake

13 Jan 1898 - 16 Jan 1902 Leslie Mortimer Shaw

16 Jan 1902 - 24 Nov 1908 Albert Baird Cummins

24 Nov 1908 - 14 Jan 1909 Warren Garst

14 Jan 1909 - 16 Jan 1913 Beryl Franklin Carroll

16 Jan 1913 - 11 Jan 1917 George W Clark

11 Jan 1917 - 13 Jan 1921 William Lloyd Harding

13 Jan 1921 - 15 Jan 1925 Nathan Edward Kendell

15 Jan 1925 - 15 Jan 1931 John Hammill

15 Jan 1931 - 12 Jan 1933 Daniel Webster Turner

12 Jan 1933 - 14 Jan 1937 Clyde LaVerne Herring

14 Jan 1937 - 12 Jan 1939 Nelsen George Kraschel

12 Jan 1939 - 14 Jan 1943 George Allison Wilson

14 Jan 1943 - 11 Jan 1945 Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper

11 Jan 1945 - 13 Jan 1949 Robert Donald Blue .................... 1898-1989 R

13 Jan 1949 - 21 Nov 1954 William Shane Beardsley ............... 1901-1954 R

21 Nov 1954 - 13 Jan 1955 Leo Ethon ............................. 1898-1967 R

13 Jan 1955 - 17 Jan 1957 Leo Arthur Hoegh ...................... 1908-2000 R

17 Jan 1957 - 12 Jan 1961 Herschel Cellel Loveless .............. 1911-1989 D

12 Jan 1961 - 17 Jan 1963 Norman Arthur Erbe .................... 1919-2000 R

17 Jan 1963 - 01 Jan 1969 Harold Everett Hughes ................. 1922-1996 D

01 Jan      - 16 Jan 1969 Robert David Fulton ................... 1929-     D

16 Jan 1969 - 14 Jan 1983 Robert Rudoph Ray ..................... 1928-     R

14 Jan 1983 - 15 Jan 1999 Terry Edward Branstad ................. 1946-     R

                          (1st Time)

15 Jan 1999 - 12 Jan 2007 Thomas James Vilsack .................. 1950-     D

12 Jan 2007 - 14 Jan 2011 Chester John Culver ................... 1966-     D

14 Jan 2011 -             Terry Edward Branstad                             R

                          (2nd Time)

Kansas

 

 

30 May 1854 - 29 Jan 1861 Territory

29 Jan 1861               State of Kansas

 

Governors

29 Jun 1854 - 16 Aug 1855 Andrew Horatio Reeder

16 Aug      - 07 Sep 1855 Daniel Woodson

                          (1st Time, acting)

07 Sep 1855 - 19 Aug 1856 Wilson Shannon

19 Aug      - 09 Sep 1856 Daniel Woodson

                          (2nd Time, acting)

09 Sep 1856 - 12 Mar 1857 John White Geary

12 Mar      - 16 Apr 1857 Daniel Woodson

                          (3rd Time, acting)

16 Apr      - 27 May 1857 Frederick Perry Stanton

                          (1st Time, acting)

27 May      - 16 Nov 1857 Robert James Walker

16 Nov      - 21 Dec 1857 Frederick Perry Stanton

                          (2nd Time, acting)

21 Dec 1857 - 10 Oct 1858 James William Denver

10 Oct      - 18 Dec 1858 Hugh Sleight Walsh

                          (acting)

18 Dec 1858 - 17 Dec 1860 Samuel Medary

17 Dec 1860 - 09 Feb 1861 George Monroe Beebe

                          (acting)

09 Feb 1861 - 12 Jan 1863 Charles L. Robinson

12 Jan 1863 - 09 Jan 1865 Thomas Carney

09 Jan 1865 - 04 Nov 1868 Samuel Johnson Crawford

04 Nov 1868 - 11 Jan 1869 Nehemiah Green

11 Jan 1869 - 13 Jan 1873 James Madison Harvey

13 Jan 1873 - 08 Jan 1877 Thomas Andrew Osborn

08 Jan 1877 - 13 Jan 1879 George Tobey Anthony

13 Jan 1879 - 08 Jan 1883 John Pierce St. John

08 Jan 1883 - 12 Jan 1885 George Washington Glick

12 Jan 1885 - 14 Jan 1889 John Alexander Martin

14 Jan 1889 - 09 Jan 1893 Lyman Underwood Humphrey

09 Jan 1893 - 14 Jan 1895 Lorenzo Dow Lewelling

14 Jan 1895 - 09 Jan 1899 John Weedham Leedy

09 Jan 1899 - 12 Jan 1903 William Eugene Stanley

12 Jan 1903 - 09 Jan 1905 Willis Joshua Bailey

09 Jan 1905 - 11 Jan 1909 Edward Wallis Hoch

11 Jan 1909 - 08 Jan 1913 Walter Roscoe Stubbs

08 Jan 1913 - 11 Jan 1915 George Hartshorn Hodges

11 Jan 1915 - 13 Jan 1919 Arthur Capper

13 Jan 1919 - 08 Jan 1923 Henry Justin Allen

08 Jan 1923 - 12 Jan 1925 Johathan McMillan Davis

12 Jan 1925 - 14 Jan 1929 Benjamin Sanford Paulin

14 Jan 1929 - 12 Jan 1931 Clyde Martin Reed

12 Jan 1931 - 09 Jan 1933 Harry Hines Woodring

09 Jan 1933 - 11 Jan 1937 Alfred Mossman Landon

11 Jan 1937 - 09 Jan 1939 Walter August Huxman

09 Jan 1939 - 11 Jan 1943 Payne Harry Ratner

11 Jan 1943 - 13 Jan 1947 Andrew Frank Schoeppel ............... 1894-1962 R

13 Jan 1947 - 28 Nov 1950 Frank Carlson ........................ 1893-1987 R

28 Nov 1950 - 08 Jan 1951 Frank Lester Hagaman ................. 1894-1966 R

08 Jan 1951 - 10 Jan 1955 Edward Ferdinand Arn ................. 1906-1998 R

10 Jan 1955 - 03 Jan 1957 Frederick Lee Hall ................... 1916-1970 R

03 Jan      - 14 Jan 1957 John Berridge McGuish ................ 1906-1962 R

14 Jan 1957 - 09 Jan 1961 George Docking ....................... 1904-1964 D

09 Jan 1961 - 11 Jan 1965 John A. Anderson Jr .................. 1917-     R

11 Jan 1965 - 09 Jan 1967 William Henry Avery .................. 1911-2009 R

09 Jan 1967 - 13 Jan 1975 Robert Blackwell Docking ............. 1925-1983 D

13 Jan 1975 - 08 Jan 1979 Robert Frederick Benett .............. 1927-2000 D

09 Jan 1979 - 12 Jan 1987 John William Carlin .................. 1940-     D

12 Jan 1987 - 14 Jan 1991 John Michael Hayden .................. 1944-     R

14 Jan 1991 - 09 Jan 1995 Joan Finney .......................... 1925-2001 D

09 Jan 1995 - 13 Jan 2003 William Preston Graves ............... 1953-     R

13 Jan 2003 - 28 Apr 2009 Kathleen Gillingan Sebelius .......... 1948-     D

28 Apr 2009 - 10 Jan 2011 Mark V. Parkinson .................... 1957-     D

10 Jan 2011 -             Samuel Dale Brownback ................ 1956-     R

Missouri

 

 

 

1812-1821 Missouri Territory

1821-1861 State of Missouri

1861-1865 Secession by part of the state to the Confederate States of America

1865-     State of Missouri

 

Governors

07 Dec 1812 - 30 Jun 1813 Frederick Bates

01 Jul 1813 - 20 Sep 1820 William Clark

20 Sep 1820 - 15 Nov 1824 Alexander McNair

15 Nov 1824 - 04 Aug 1825 Frederick Bates

                          (2nd Time)

04 Aug 1825 - 20 Jun 1826 Abraham J. Williams

20 Jun 1826 - 14 Nov 1832 John Miller

14 Nov 1832 - 13 Sep 1836 Daniel Dunklin

23 Nov 1836 - 16 Nov 1840 Lilburn Wycliffe Boggs

16 Nov 1840 - 09 Feb 1844 Thomas Reynolds

09 Feb      - 20 Nov 1844 Meredith Miles Marmaduke

                          (acting)

20 Nov 1844 - 27 Dec 1848 John Cummins Edwards

27 Dec 1848 - 03 Jan 1853 Austin Augustin King

03 Jan 1853 - 05 Jan 1857 Sterling Price

05 Jan      - 27 Feb 1857 Trusten Polk

27 Feb      - 22 Oct 1857 Hancock Lee Jackson

                          (acting)

22 Oct 1857 - 03 Jan 1861 Robert Marcellus Stewart

03 Jan      - 31 Jul 1861 Claiborne Fox Jackson

                          (Confederate 01 Aug 1861 - 07 Dec 1862;

                            in Arkansas exile)

01 Aug 1861 - 31 Jan 1864 Hamilton Rowan Gamble

                          (acting)

07 Dec 1862 - 07 Mar 1865 Thomas Caute Reynolds

                          (Confederate, in Texas exile)

01 Feb 1864 - 02 Jan 1865 Willard Preble Hall

02 Jan 1865 - 12 Jan 1869 Thomas Clement Fletcher

12 Jan 1869 - 09 Jan 1871 Joseph Washington McClurg

09 Jan 1871 - 08 Jan 1873 Benjamin Gratz Brown

08 Jan 1873 - 12 Jan 1875 Silas Woodson

08 Jan 1875 - 08 Jan 1877 Charles Henry Hardin

08 Jan 1877 - 10 Jan 1881 John Sith Phelps

10 Jan 1881 - 12 Jan 1885 Thomas Theodore Crittenden

12 Jan 1885 - 28 Dec 1887 John Sappington Marmaduke

28 Dec 1887 - 14 Jan 1889 Albert Pickett Morehouse

14 Jan 1889 - 09 Jan 1893 David Rowland Francis

09 Jan 1893 - 11 Jan 1897 William Joel Stone

11 Jan 1897 - 14 Jan 1901 Lawrence Vest Stephens

14 Jan 1901 - 09 Jan 1905 Alexander Monroe Dockery

09 Jan 1905 - 11 Jan 1909 Joseph Wington Folk

11 Jan 1909 - 13 Jan 1913 Herbert Spencer Hadley

13 Jan 1913 - 08 Jan 1917 Elliot Woolfork Major

08 Jan 1917 - 10 Jan 1921 Frederick Dozier Gardner

10 Jan 1921 - 12 Jan 1925 Arthur Mastick Hyde

12 Jan 1925 - 14 Jan 1929 Samuel Aaron Baker

14 Jan 1929 - 09 Jan 1933 Henry Stewart Caulfield

09 Jan 1933 - 11 Jan 1937 Guy Brasfield Park

11 Jan 1937 - 13 Jan 1941 Lloyd Crow Stark

13 Jan 1941 - 08 Dec 1945 Forrest C. Donnell .................... 1884-1980

08 Dec 1945 - 10 Jan 1949 Phillip Matthew Donnelly .............. 1891-1961 D

10 Jan 1949 - 12 Jan 1953 Forrest Smith ......................... 1886-1962 D

12 Jan 1953 - 14 Jan 1957 Phillip Matthew Donnelly (2nd Time)

14 Jan 1957 - 09 Jan 1961 James Thomas Blair .................... 1902-1962 D

09 Jan 1961 - 11 Jan 1965 John Montgomery Dalton ................ 1900-1972 D

11 Jan 1965 - 08 Jan 1973 Warren Eastman Hearnes ................ 1923-2009 D

08 Jan 1973 - 10 Jan 1977 Christophe Samuel Bond ................ 1939-     R

10 Jan 1977 - 12 Jan 1981 Joseph Patrick Teasdale ............... 1936-2014 D

12 Jan 1981 - 15 Jan 1985 Christophe Samuel Bond (2nd Time)

15 Jan 1985 - 11 Jan 1993 John David Ashcroft ................... 1942-     R

11 Jan 1993 - 16 Oct 2000 Melvin Eugene Carnahan ................ 1934-2000 D

16 Jan 2000 - 08 Jan 2001 Roger B. Wilson ....................... 1948-     D

08 Jan 2001 - 10 Jan 2005 Robert Lee Holden ..................... 1949-     D

10 Jan 2005 - 12 Jan 2009 Matthew Roy Blunt ..................... 1970-     R

12 Jan 2009 -             Jeremiah Wilson Nixon ................. 1956-     D

 

 

Nebraska

 

 

 

30 May 1854 - 28 Feb 1867 Nebraska Territory

01 Mar 1867               State

 

Capital: Lincoln.

Language: English.

Religion: Protestant, Roman Catholic.

State Anthem: "Beautiful Nebraska"

State Motto: Equality before the law.

State Emblem:

 

Governors

16 Oct      - 18 Oct 1854 Francis Burt

18 Oct 1854 - 20 Feb 1855 Thomas Barney Cuming

                          (1st Time)

20 Feb 1855 - 25 Oct 1857 Mark Whitaker Izard

25 Oct 1857 - 12 Jan 1858 Thomas Barney Cuming

                          (2nd Time)

12 Jan      - 05 Dec 1858 William Alexander Richardson

05 Dec 1858 - 02 May 1859 Julius Sterling Morton

02 May 1859 - 24 Feb 1861 Samuel Watson Black

24 Feb 1861 - 21 Feb 1867 Alvin Saunders

21 Feb 1867 - 02 Jun 1871 David Christy Butler

02 Jun 1871 - 13 Jan 1873 William Hartford James

13 Jan 1873 - 11 Jan 1875 Robert Wilkinson Furnas

11 Jan 1875 - 09 Jan 1879 Silas Garber

09 Jan 1879 - 04 Jan 1883 Albinus Nance

04 Jan 1883 - 06 Jan 1887 James William Dawes

06 Jan 1887 - 15 Jan 1891 John Milton Thayer

                          (1st Time)

15 Jan      - 05 May 1891 James Edward Boyd

                         (1st Time)

05 May 1891 - 08 Feb 1892 John Milton Thayer

                          (2nd Time)

08 Feb 1892 - 13 Jan 1893 James Edward Boyd

                          (2nd Time)

13 Jan 1893 - 03 Jan 1895 Lorenzo Crounse

03 Jan 1895 - 05 Jan 1899 Silas Alexander Holcomb

05 Jan 1899 - 03 Jan 1901 Williams Amos Poynter

03 Jan      - 30 Apr 1901 Charles Henry Dietrich

01 Apr 1901 - 08 Jan 1903 Ezra Perin Savage

08 Jan 1903 - 03 Jan 1907 John Hopwood Mickey

03 Jan 1907 - 07 Jan 1909 George Lawson Sheldon

07 Jan 1909 - 05 Jan 1911 Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger

05 Jan 1911 - 09 Jan 1913 Chester Hardy Aldrich

09 Jan 1913 - 04 Jan 1917 John Henry Morehead

04 Jan 1917 - 09 Jan 1919 M. Keith Neville

09 Jan 1919 - 03 Jan 1923 Samuel Roy McKelvie

03 Jan 1923 - 08 Jan 1925 Charles Wayland Bryan

                          (1st Time)

08 Jan 1925 - 03 Jan 1929 Adam McMullen

03 Jan 1929 - 08 Jan 1931 Arthur Jerard Weaver

08 Jan 1931 - 03 Jan 1935 Charles Wayland Bryan

                          (2nd Time)

03 Jan 1935 - 09 Jan 1941 Robert LeRoy Cochran

09 Jan 1941 - 09 Jan 1947 Dwight Palmer Griswole ................ 1893-1954 R

09 Jan 1947 - 08 Jan 1953 Frederick Valdemar Erastus ............ 1903-1983 R

08 Jan 1953 - 06 Jan 1955 Robert Berkly Crosby .................. 1911-2000 R

06 Jan 1955 - 08 Jan 1959 Victor Emanuel Anderson ............... 1902-1962 R

08 Jan 1959 - 09 Sep 1960 Ralph Gilmour Brooks .................. 1898-1960 D

09 Sep 1960 - 05 Jan 1961 Dwight Willard Burney ................. 1892-1987 R

05 Jan 1961 - 05 Jan 1967 Frank Brenner Morrison ................ 1905-2004 D

05 Jan 1967 - 07 Jan 1971 Norbert Theodore Tiemann .............. 1924-2012 R

07 Jan 1971 - 03 Jan 1979 John James Exon ....................... 1921-2005 D

03 Jan 1979 - 06 Jan 1983 Charles Thone ......................... 1924-     R

06 Jan 1983 - 09 Jan 1987 Joseph Robert Kerrey .................. 1943-     R

09 Jan 1987 - 09 Jan 1991 Kay Avonne Stark Orr .................. 1939-     R

09 Jan 1991 - 07 Jan 1999 Earl Benjamin Nelson .................. 1941-     D

07 Jan 1999 - 20 Jan 2005 Michael Owen Johannes ................. 1950-     R

20 Jan 2005 -             David Eugene Heineman ................. 1948-     R

 

Oklahoma

 

 

 

28 May 1830 - 02 May 1890 Indian Territory

02 May 1890 - 16 Nov 1907 Oklahoma Territory

16 Nov 1907 -             State of Oklahoma

 

Capital: Oklahoma City.

Language: English.

Religion: Protestant.

State Anthem: "Oklahoma"

State Motto: Labour conquers all things.

State Emblem:

 

Governors

02 May 1890 - 18 Oct 1891 George Washington Steele

18 Oct 1891 - 01 Feb 1892 Robert Martin

01 Feb 1892 - 07 May 1893 Abraham Jefferson Seay

07 May 1893 - 24 May 1897 William Cary Renfrow

24 May 1897 - 20 Apr 1901 Cassius McDonald Barnes

20 Apr      - 30 Nov 1901 William Miller Jenkins

20 Nov      - 09 Dec 1901 William C. Grimes

09 Dec 1901 - 06 Jan 1906 Thompson Benton Ferguson

06 Jan 1906 - 16 Nov 1907 Frank Frantz

16 Nov 1907 - 09 Jan 1911 Charles Nathaniel Haskell

09 Jan 1911 - 11 Jan 1915 Lee Cruce

11 Jan 1915 - 13 Jan 1919 Robert Lee Williams

13 Jan 1919 - 08 Jan 1923 James Brooks Ayers Robertson

08 Jan      - 19 Nov 1923 John Callaway Walton

19 Nov 1923 - 10 Jan 1927 Martin Edwin Trapp

10 Jan 1927 - 20 Mar 1929 Henry Simpson Johnston

20 Mar 1929 - 01 Jan 1931 William Judson Holloway

01 Jan 1931 - 14 Jan 1935 William Henry Murray

14 Jan 1935 - 09 Jan 1939 Ernest Whitworth Marland

09 Jan 1939 - 11 Jan 1943 Leon Chase Phillips

11 Jan 1943 - 13 Jan 1947 Robert Samuel Kerr .................... 1896-1963 D

13 Jan 1947 - 08 Jan 1951 Roy Joseph Turner ..................... 1894-1973 D

08 Jan 1951 - 10 Jan 1955 Johnston Murray ....................... 1902-1974 D

10 Jan 1955 - 12 Jan 1959 Raymond Dancel Gary ................... 1908-1993 D

12 Jan 1959 - 14 Jan 1963 James Howard Edmondson ................ 1925-1971 D

14 Jan 1963 - 09 Jan 1967 Henry Louis Bellmon ................... 1921-2009 R

09 Jan 1967 - 11 Jan 1971 Dewey Follett Bartlett ................ 1919-1978 R

11 Jan 1971 - 13 Jan 1975 David Hall ............................ 1930-     D

13 Jan 1975 - 03 Jan 1979 David Lyle Boren ...................... 1941-     D

03 Jan 1979 - 12 Jan 1987 George Patterson Nigh ................. 1927-     D

12 Jan 1987 - 14 Jan 1991 Henry Louis Bellmon (2nd Time) 

14 Jan 1991 - 09 Jan 1995 David Lee Walters ..................... 1951-     D

09 Jan 1995 - 13 Jan 2003 Frank Anthony Keating ................. 1944-     R

13 Jan 2003 - 10 Jan 2011 Charles Bradford Henry ................ 1963-     D

10 Jan 2011 -             Mary Fallin ........................... 1954-     R

 

 

South Dakota

 

 

02 Mar 1861 - 02 Nov 1889 Dakota Territory

02 Nov 1889 -             State

 

Capital: Pierre.

Language: English.

Religion: Protestant, Roman Catholic.

State Anthem: "Hail! South Dakota!"

State Motto: Under God the People rule.

State Emblem:

 

Governors of Dakota Territory

27 May 1861 - 02 Nov 1863 William A. Jayne

02 Nov 1863 - 05 Sep 1866 Newton Edmunds

05 Sep 1866 - 10 May 1869 Andrew Jackson Faulk

10 May 1869 - 01 Jan 1874 John Albyne Burbank

01 Jan 1874 - 13 Apr 1878 John Lee Pennington

13 Apr 1878 - 10 Apr 1880 William Alanson Howard

10 Apr      - 24 Jun 1880 George H. Hand

24 Jan 1880 - 25 Jul 1884 Nehemiah George Ordway

25 Jul 1884 - 17 Feb 1887 Gilbert Ashville Pierce

17 Feb 1887 - 22 Mar 1889 Louis Kussuth Church

22 Mar      - 02 Nov 1889 Arthur Calvin Mellette

Governors of Dakota

02 Nov 1889 - 03 Jan 1893 Arthur Calvin Mellette

03 Jan 1893 - 01 Jan 1897 Charles Henry Sheldon

01 Jan 1897 - 08 Jan 1901 Andrew Ericson Lee

08 Jan 1901 - 03 Jan 1905 Charles Nelson Herreid

03 Jan 1905 - 09 Jan 1907 Samuel Harrison Ford

09 Jan 1907 - 05 Jan 1909 Coe Isaac Crawford

05 Jan 1909 - 07 Jan 1913 Robert Scadden Vessey

07 Jan 1913 - 02 Jan 1917 Frank Michael Byrne

02 Jan 1917 - 04 Jan 1921 Peter Norbeck

04 Jan 1921 - 06 Jan 1925 William Henry McMaster

06 Jan 1925 - 04 Jan 1927 Carl Gunderson

04 Jan 1927 - 06 Jan 1931 William John Bulow

06 Jan 1931 - 03 Jan 1933 Warren Everett Green

03 Jan 1933 - 05 Jan 1937 Thomas Mathew Berry

05 Jan 1937 - 03 Jan 1939 Leslie Jensen

03 Jan 1939 - 05 Jan 1943 Harlan John Bushfield

05 Jan 1943 - 07 Jan 1947 Marrell Quentin Sharpe ............. 1883-1962 R

07 Jan 1947 - 02 Jan 1951 George Theodore Mickelson .......... 1903-1965 R

02 Jan 1951 - 04 Jan 1955 Sigurd Anderson .................... 1904-1990 R

04 Jan 1955 - 06 Jan 1959 Joseph Jacob Foss .................. 1915-2003 R

06 Jan 1959 - 03 Jan 1961 Ralph E. Herseth ................... 1909-1969 D

03 Jan 1961 - 05 Jan 1965 Archie M. Gubbard .................. 1910-1987 R

05 Jan 1965 - 07 Jan 1969 Nils Andreas Boe ................... 1913-1992 R

07 Jan 1969 - 05 Jan 1971 Frank Leroy Farrar ................. 1929-     R

05 Jan 1971 - 24 Jul 1978 Richard Francis Kneip .............. 1933-1987 D

24 Jul 1978 - 01 Jan 1979 Harvey L. Wollamn .................. 1935-     D

01 Jul 1979 - 06 Jan 1987 William John Janklow ............... 1939-2012 R

06 Jan 1987 - 19 Apr 1993 George Speaker Mickelson ........... 1941-1993 R

19 Apr 1993 - 07 Jan 1995 Walter Dale Miller ................. 1925-     R

07 Jan 1995 - 07 Jan 2003 William John Janklow

                          (2nd Time)

07 Jan 2003 - 07 Jan 2011 Marion Michael Rounds .............. 1954-     R

07 Jan 2011 -             Dennis M. Daugaard ................. 1953-     R

 

Wyoming

 

 

25 Jul 1868 - 10 Jul 1890 Wyoming Territory

10 Jul 1890 -             State of Wyoming

 

Governors

15 Apr 1869 - 28 Feb 1875 John Allen Campbell

01 Mar 1875 - 29 May 1878 John Milton Thayer

29 May 1878 - 22 Aug 1882 John Wesley Hoyt

22 Aug 1882 - 13 Jan 1885 William Hale

13 Jan      - 28 Feb 1885 Elliot S.N Morgan

                          (1st Time, acting)

01 Mar 1885 - 11 Nov 1886 Francis Emroy Warren

                          (1st Time)

11 Nov 1886 - 24 Jan 1887 Elliot S.N Morgan

                          (2nd Time, acting)

24 Jan 1887 - 09 Apr 1889 Thomas Moonlight

09 Apr 1889 - 11 Oct 1890 Francis Emroy Warren

                          (2nd Time)

11 Oct 1890 - 02 Jan 1893 Amos Walker Barber

02 Jan 1893 - 07 Jan 1895 John Eugene Osborne

07 Jan 1895 - 02 Jan 1899 William Alford Richards

02 Jan 1899 - 28 Apr 1903 DeForest Richards

28 Apr 1903 - 02 Jan 1905 Fenimore Chatterton

02 Jan 1905 - 02 Jan 1911 Bryant Butler Brooks

02 Jan 1911 - 04 Jan 1915 Joseph Maull Carey

04 Jan 1915 - 26 Feb 1917 John Benjamin Kendrick

26 Feb 1917 - 06 Jan 1919 Frank Lee Houx

06 Jan 1919 - 01 Jan 1923 Robert Davis Carey

01 Jan 1923 - 05 Jan 1925 Frank Earl Lucas

05 Jan 1925 - 03 Jan 1927 Nellie Tayloe Ross

03 Jan 1927 - 18 Feb 1931 Frank Collins Emerson

18 Feb 1931 - 02 Jan 1933 Alonso Monroe Clark

02 Jan 1933 - 02 Jan 1939 Leslie Andrew Miller

02 Jan 1939 - 04 Jan 1943 Nels Hanson Smith

04 Jan 1943 - 03 Jan 1949 Lester Callaway Hunt .................. 1892-1954 D

03 Jan 1949 - 01 Jan 1951 Arthur Griswold Crane ................. 1877-1955 R

01 Jan 1951 - 03 Jan 1953 Frank Aloysius Barrett ................ 1892-1962 R

03 Jan 1953 - 03 Jan 1955 Clifford Joy Rogers ................... 1897-1962 R

03 Jan 1955 - 05 Jan 1959 Milward Lee Simpson ................... 1897-1993 R

05 Jan 1959 - 02 Jan 1961 Joseph John Hickley ................... 1911-1970 D

02 Jan 1961 - 07 Jan 1963 Jack Robert Gage ...................... 1899-1970 D

07 Jan 1963 - 02 Jan 1967 Clifford Peter Hansen ................. 1912-2009 R

02 Jan 1967 - 06 Jan 1975 Stanley Knapp Hathaway ................ 1924-2005 R

06 Jan 1975 - 05 Jan 1987 Edgar Jacob Herschler ................. 1918-1990 D

05 Jan 1987 - 02 Jan 1995 Michael John Sullivan ................. 1939-     D

02 Jan 1995 - 06 Jan 2003 James Edward Geringer ................. 1944-     R

06 Jan 2003 - 03 Jan 2011 David Duane Freudenthal ............... 1950-     D

03 Jan 2011 -             Matthew Hansen Mead ................... 1962-     R