List of Governors of Utah

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Number of Governors of Utah by party affiliation
Party Governors
Republican 10
Democratic 6

The following is a list of the Governors of the State of Utah and Utah Territory.

[edit] List of Governors of Utah Territory

Utah Territory was organized by Act of Congress on September 9, 1850.

[edit] List of Utah Governors since Statehood

The State of Utah was admitted to the Union on January 4, 1896.

# Name Took office Left office Party Lieutenant Governor[1] Notes
1 Heber Manning Wells January 6, 1896 January 2, 1905 Republican None
2 John Christopher Cutler January 2, 1905 January 4, 1909 Republican None
3 William Spry January 4, 1909 January 1, 1917 Republican None
4 Simon Bamberger January 1, 1917 January 3, 1921 Democratic None
5 Charles Rendell Mabey January 3, 1921 January 5, 1925 Republican None
6 George Henry Dern January 5, 1925 January 2, 1933 Democratic None
7 Henry Hooper Blood January 2, 1933 January 6, 1941 Democratic None
8 Herbert Brown Maw January 6, 1941 January 3, 1949 Democratic None
9 Joseph Bracken Lee January 3, 1949 January 7, 1957 Republican None
10 George Dewey Clyde January 7, 1957 January 4, 1965 Republican None
11 Calvin Lewellyn Rampton January 4, 1965 January 3, 1977 Democratic None
Clyde L. Miller
12 Scott Milne Matheson January 3, 1977 January 7, 1985 Democratic David S. Monson
13 Norman Howard Bangerter January 7, 1985 January 4, 1993 Republican W. Val Oveson
14 Michael Okerlund Leavitt January 4, 1993 November 5, 2003 Republican Olene S. Walker [2]
15 Olene Smith Walker November 5, 2003 January 3, 2005 Republican Gayle McKeachnie
16 Jon Meade Huntsman, Jr. January 3, 2005 Incumbent Republican Gary R. Herbert [3]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ The office of Lieutenant Governor was created in 1976.
  2. ^ Resigned to take a seat on the Secretary of Health and Human Services
  3. ^ Governor Huntsman's first term expires in 2009; he is not yet term limited.
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