Arizona

 

1775 - 1821               Part of New Spain

1821 - 1850               Part of Mexico

09 Sep 1850 - 16 Mar 1861 Part of New Mexico

16 Mar 1861               Secession for the US declared

01 Aug 1861               Arizona Territory declared

01 Aug 1861 - 04 Jul 1862 Confedorate occupation

14 Feb 1912               State of Arizona

 

Capital: Phoenix.

Language: English, Spanish.

Religion: Roman Catholic, Protestant.

State Anthem: "Arizona."

State Motto: Ditat Deus (God enriches).

State Emblem:

Governors

03 Apr      - 31 Jul 1861 Lewis S. Owings

01 Aug      - 14 Dec 1861 John Robert Baylor

29 Dec 1863 - 04 Mar 1865 John Nobel Goodwin

04 Mar 1865 - 04 Mar 1869 Richard Cunningham McCormick

04 Mar      - 09 Jul 1869 James Patton Taylor Carter

09 Jul 1869 - 05 Apr 1877 Anson Peacely Killon Safford

05 Apr 1877 - 11 Jun 1878 John Philo Hoyt

06 Oct 1878 - 11 Oct 1881 John Charles Fremont

11 Oct 1881 - 08 Mar 1882 John Jay Gosper

08 Mar 1881 - 07 Oct 1885 Frederick Augustus Tritle

07 Oct 1885 - 28 Mar 1889 Conrad Meyer Zulick

28 Mar 1889 - 20 Aug 1890 Lewis Wolfley

20 Aug 1890 - 20 Apr 1892 John Nichol Irwin

11 Apr 1892 - 05 Apr 1893 Nathan Oakes Murphy

                          (1st Time)

12 Apr 1893 - 01 Apr 1896 Louis Cameron Hughes

01 Apr 1896 - 29 Jul 1897 Benjamin Josef Franklin

29 Jul 1897 - 01 Aug 1898 Myron Hawley McCord

01 Aug 1898 - 01 Jul 1902 Nathan Oakes Murphy

                          (1st Time)

01 Jul 1902 - 07 Mar 1905 Alexander Oswald Brodie

07 Mar 1905 - 01 May 1909 Joseph Henry Kibbey

01 May 1909 - 14 Feb 1912 Richard Elihu Sloan

14 Feb 1912 - 06 Jan 1919 George Wylie Paul Hunt

                          (1st Time)

06 Jan 1919 - 29 Jan 1923 Thomas Edward Campbell

29 Jan 1923 - 07 Jan 1929 George Wylie Paul Hunt

                          (2nd Time)

07 Jan 1929 - 05 Jan 1931 John Calhoum Phillips

05 Jan 1931 - 02 Jan 1933 George Wylie Paul Hunt

                          (3rd Time)

02 Jan 1933 - 04 Jan 1937 Benjamin Baker Moeur

04 Jan 1937 - 02 Jan 1939 Rawghlie Clement Stanford

02 Jan 1939 - 06 Jan 1941 Robert Taylor Jones

06 Jan 1941 - 25 May 1948 Sidney Preston Osborn ............ 1884-1948 D

25 May 1948 - 31 Dec 1950 Daniel Edward Garvey ............. 1886-1974 D

01 Jan 1951 - 03 Jan 1955 John Howard Pyle ................. 1906-1987 R

03 Jan 1955 - 05 Jan 1959 Ernest William McFarland ......... 1894-1984 D

05 Jan 1959 - 04 Jan 1965 Paul Jones Fannin ................ 1907-2002 R

04 Jan 1965 - 02 Jan 1967 Samuel Pearson Goddard Jr ........ 1919-2006 D

02 Jan 1967 - 06 Jan 1975 John Richard Williams ............ 1909-1998 R

06 Jan 1975 - 20 Oct 1977 Raúl Héctor Castro ............... 1916-     D

20 Oct 1977 - 04 Mar 1978 Harvey Wesley Bolin .............. 1909-1978 D

04 Mar 1978 - 05 Jan 1987 Bruce Edward Babbitt ............. 1938-     D

05 Jan 1987 - 08 Feb 1988 Evan Mecham ...................... 1924-2008 R

08 Feb 1988 - 06 Mar 1991 Rose Perica Mofford .............. 1922-     D

06 Mar 1991 - 05 Sep 1997 John Fife Symington III .......... 1945-     R

08 Sep 1997 - 06 Jan 2003 Jane Dee Hull .................... 1935-     R

06 Jan 2003 - 20 Jan 2009 Janet Ann Napolitano ............. 1957-     D

20 Jan 2009 - 05 Jan 2015 Janice Kay Brewer ................ 1944-     R

05 Jan 2015 -             Douglas A. Ducey ................. 1964-     R

 

 

California

 

 

Capital: Sacramento.

Language: English, Spanish.

Religion: Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jewish, Buddhist, Islam.

State Anthem: "I Love You, Califonia."

State Motto: Eureka! (I have found it!).

State Emblem: California grizzly bear.

 

04 Nov 1595               Claimed for Spain

03 Jul 1770               Part of New Spain (Las Californias)

28 Sep 1821               Part of Mexico 

14 Jun      - 09 Jul 1846 California Republic at Sonoma

07 Jul 1846               Under US occupation

02 Feb 1848               Annexed by US

09 Sep 1850               State of California

 

President

14 Jun      - 09 Jul 1846 William Brown Ide ................ 1796-1852

 

Governors

20 Dec 1849 - 09 Jan 1851 Peter Hardeman Burnett

09 Jan 1851 - 09 Jan 1852 John McDougal

08 Jan 1852 - 09 Jan 1856 John Bigler

09 Jan 1856 - 08 Jan 1858 John Neely Johnson

08 Jan 1858 - 09 Jan 1860 John B. Weller

09 Jan      - 14 Jan 1860 Milton Slocum Latham

14 Jan 1860 - 10 Jan 1862 John Gately Downey

10 Jan 1862 - 10 Dec 1863 Leland Stanford

10 Dec 1863 - 05 Dec 1867 Frederick Ferdinand Low

05 Dec 1867 - 08 Dec 1871 Henry Huntley Haight

08 Dec 1871 - 27 Feb 1875 Newton Booth

27 Feb      - 09 Dec 1875 Romualdo Pacheco

09 Dec 1875 - 08 Jan 1880 William Irwin

08 Jan 1880 - 10 Jan 1883 George Clement Perkins

10 Jan 1883 - 08 Jan 1887 George Stoneman

08 Jan      - 12 Sep 1887 Washington Barlett

12 Sep 1887 - 08 Jan 1891 Robert Whitney Waterman

08 Jan 1891 - 11 Jan 1895 Henry Harrison Markham

11 Jan 1895 - 04 Jan 1899 James Herbert Budd

04 Jan 1899 - 07 Jan 1903 Henry Tifft Gage

07 Jan 1903 - 09 Jan 1907 George Cooper Pardee

09 Jan 1907 - 03 Jan 1911 James Norris Gillett

03 Jan 1911 - 15 Mar 1917 Hiram Warren Johnson

15 Mar 1917 - 08 Jan 1923 William Dennison Stephens

08 Jan 1923 - 04 Jan 1927 Friend William Richardson

04 Jan 1927 - 08 Jan 1931 Clement Calhoun Young

08 Jan 1931 - 07 Jan 1934 James Rolph Jr

07 Jan 1934 - 02 Jan 1939 Frank Finley Merriam

02 Jan 1939 - 04 Jan 1943 Culbert Levy Olson ................... 1876-1892 D

04 Jan 1943 - 05 Oct 1953 Earl Waren ........................... 1891-1974 R

05 Oct 1953 - 05 Jan 1959 Goodwin Jess Knight .................. 1896-1970 R

05 Jan 1959 - 02 Jan 1967 Edmund Gerland Brown ................. 1905-1996 D

02 Jan 1967 - 06 Jan 1975 Ronald Wilson Reagen ................. 1911-2004 R

06 Jan 1975 - 03 Jan 1983 Edmund Gerald Brown Jr ............... 1938-     D

                          (1st Time)

03 Jan 1983 - 07 Jan 1991 Courken George Deukmejian Jr ......... 1928-     R

07 Jan 1991 - 04 Jan 1999 Peter Barton Wilson .................. 1933-     R

04 Jan 1999 - 17 Nov 2003 Joseph Graham Davis Jr ............... 1942-     D

17 Nov 2003 - 03 Jan 2011 Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger .......... 1947-     R

03 Jan 2011 -             Edmund Gerald Brown Jr. (2nd Time)

 

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San Francisco

 

 

09 Oct 1776               San Francisco de Asis founded by Spain

1810                      Part of Mexico

07 Jul 1846               California annexed by the United States

30 Jan 1847               San Francisco

 

Alcaldes

22 Aug 1846 -    Feb 1857 Washington Allon Barlett ............. 1816-1865

22 Feb      -    Jun 1847 Edwin Bryant ......................... 1805-1869

   Jun 1847 -    Apr 1848 George Hyde .......................... 1819-1860

   Apr      -    Sep 1848 John Townsend ........................ 1805-1850

   Oct 1848 -    Aug 1849 Thaddeus M. Leavenworth .............. 1804-1893

   Aug 1849 - 30 Apr 1850 John White Geary ..................... 1819-1873

Mayors

01 May 1850 - 04 May 1851 John White Geary ..................... s.a

05 May      - 31 Dec 1851 Charles James Brenham (1st Time) ..... 1817-1876

01 Jan      - 09 Nov 1852 Stephen Randall Harris ............... 1802-1879

10 Nov 1852 - 02 Oct 1853 Charles James Brenham (2nd Time)

03 Oct 1853 - 01 Oct 1854 Cornelius Kingsland Garrison ......... 1809-1885

02 Oct 1854 - 30 Jun 1855 Stephen Palfrey Webb ................. 1804-1879

01 Jul 1855 - 07 Jul 1856 James Van Ness ....................... 1808-1872

08 Jul      - 14 Nov 1856 George J. Whelan .....................

15 Nov 1856 - 02 Oct 1859 Ephraim Willard Burr ................. 1809-1894

03 Oct 1859 - 30 Jun 1863 Henry Frederick Teschemacher ......... 1823-1904

01 Jul 1863 - 01 Dec 1867 Henry Perrin Coon .................... 1822-1884

02 Dec 1867 - 05 Dec 1869 Frank McCoppin ....................... 1834-1897

06 Dec 1869 - 03 Dec 1871 Thomas Henry Selby ................... 1820-1875

04 Dec 1871 - 30 Nov 1873 William Alvord ....................... 1833-1904 R

01 Dec 1873 - 30 Oct 1875 James Otis ........................... 1826-1875 R

04 Nov      - 05 Dec 1875 George Hewston ....................... 1826-1891 D

                          (acting)

06 Dec 1875 - 30 Nov 1879 Andrew Jackson Bryant ................ 1823-1888

01 Dec 1879 - 04 Dec 1881 Isaac Smith Kalloch .................. 1832-1887 D

05 Dec 1881 - 07 Dec 1883 Maurice Carey Blake .................. 1815-1867

08 Dec 1883 - 02 Dec 1887 Washington Montgomery Barlett ........ 1824-1887 D

03 Dec 1887 - 04 Jan 1891 Edward B. Pond ....................... 1833-1901 D

05 Jan 1891 - 03 Jan 1893 George Henry Sanderson ............... 1824-1893 R

05 Jan 1893 - 06 Jan 1895 Levi Richard Ellert .................. 1857-1901 R

07 Jan 1895 - 03 Jan 1897 Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro ......... 1830-1898

04 Jan 1897 - 07 Jan 1902 James Duval Phelan ................... 1861-1930 D

08 Jan 1902 - 08 Jul 1907 Eugene Edward Schmitz ................ 1864-1928

09 Jul      - 16 Jul 1907 Charles Boxton ....................... 1860-1927

16 Jul 1907 - 07 Jan 1910 Edward Robeson Taylor ................ 1838-1923 D

08 Jan 1910 - 08 Jan 1912 Patrick Henry McCarthy ............... 1863-1933

08 Jan 1912 - 06 Jan 1931 James Rolph .......................... 1869-1934 R

07 Jan 1931 - 07 Jan 1944 Angelo Joseph Rossi .................. 1878-1948 R

08 Jan 1944 - 07 Jan 1948 Roger Dearborn Lapham ................ 1883-1966 R

08 Jan 1948 - 07 Jan 1956 Elmer Edwin Robinson ................. 1894-1982 D

08 Jan 1956 - 07 Jan 1964 George Christopher ................... 1907-2000 R

08 Jan 1964 - 07 Jan 1968 John Francis Shelley ................. 1905-1974 D

08 Jan 1968 - 07 Jan 1976 Joseph Lawrence Alioto ............... 1916-1998 D

08 Jan 1976 - 27 Nov 1978 George Richard Moscone ............... 1929-1978 D

04 Dec 1978 - 07 Jan 1988 Dianne Emiel Goldman Berman Feinstein  1933-     D

08 Jan 1988 - 07 Jan 1992 Arthur Christ Agnos .................. 1938-     D

08 Jan 1992 - 07 Jan 1996 Francis M. Jordan .................... 1935-

08 Jan 1996 - 07 Jan 2004 William Lewis Brown .................. 1934-     D

08 Jan 2004 - 10 Jan 2011 Gavin Christopher Newsome ............ 1967-     D

11 Jan 2011 -             Edwin Mah Mengxian Lee ............... 1952-     D

 

Hawaii

 

 

       1795 - 04 Jul 1894 Kingdom of Hawaii

04 Jul 1894               Republic of Hawaii

12 Aug 1898               Annexed by the US

14 Jun 1900 - 21 Aug 1959 Territory of Hawaii

21 Aug 1959               State of Hawaii

 

Governors

14 Jun 1900 - 23 Nov 1903 Stanford Ballard Dole

02 Sep 1957 - 03 Dec 1962 William Francis Quinn ............. 1919-2006 R

03 Dec 1962 - 02 Dec 1974 John Anthony Burns ................ 1909-1975 D

02 Dec 1974 - 02 Dec 1986 George Ryoichi Ariyoshi ........... 1924-     D

02 Dec 1986 - 05 Dec 1994 John David Waihee III ............. 1946-     D

05 Dec 1994 - 02 Dec 2002 Benjamin Jerome Cayetano .......... 1939-     D

02 Dec 2002 - 06 Dec 2010 Linda Lingle ...................... 1953-     R

06 Dec 2010 - 01 Dec 2014 Neil Abercrombie .................. 1938-     D

01 Dec 2014 -             David Yutaka Ige .................. 1957-     D

 

 

Nevada

 

 

28 Sep 1821 - 02 Feb 1848 Part of Mexico

09 Sep 1850 - 02 Mar 1861 Part of Utah

02 Mar 1861               Nevada Territory

31 Oct 1864               Nevada State

 

Capital: Carson City.

Language: English Spanish.

Religion: Roman Catholic' Protestant, Mormon.

State Anthem: "Home Means Nevada."

State Motto: All For Our Country.

State Emblem:

 

Governors

02 Mar 1861 - 05 Dec 1864 James Warren Nye

05 Dec 1864 - 02 Jan 1871 Henry Goode Blasdel

02 Jan 1871 - 06 Jan 1879 Lewis Rice Bradley

06 Jan 1879 - 31 Dec 1882 John Henry Kinkead

01 Jan 1883 - 03 Jan 1886 Jewett William Adams

03 Jan 1886 - 21 Sep 1890 Charles Clark Stevenson

21 Sep 1890 - 05 Jan 1891 Francis Jardine Bell

05 Jan 1891 - 07 Jan 1895 Roswell Keyes Colcord

07 Jan 1895 - 10 Apr 1896 John Edward Jones

10 Apr 1896 - 05 Jan 1903 Reinhold Sadler

05 Jan 1903 - 22 May 1908 John Sparks

22 May 1908 - 02 Jan 1911 Denver Sylvester Dickerson

                          (acting)

02 Jan 1911 - 04 Jan 1915 Tasker Lowndes Oddie

04 Jan 1915 - 31 Dec 1922 Emmet Derby Boyle

01 Jan 1923 - 03 Jan 1927 James Graves Scrugham

03 Jan 1927 - 21 Mar 1934 Frederick Bennett Blazar

                          (acting)

27 Mar 1934 - 07 Jan 1935 Morley Isaac Griswold

07 Jan 1935 - 02 Jan 1939 Richard Kirman Sr

02 Jan 1939 - 25 Jul 1945 Edward Peter Carville .............. 1885-1956 D

25 Jul 1945 - 31 Dec 1950 Vail Montgomery Pittman ............ 1883-1964 D

01 Jan 1951 - 05 Jan 1959 Charles Hinton Russell ............. 1903-1989 R

05 Jan 1959 - 02 Jan 1967 Frank Grant Sawyer ................. 1918-1996 D

02 Jan 1967 - 04 Jan 1971 Paul Dominique Laxalt .............. 1922-     R

04 Jan 1971 - 31 Dec 1978 Donal Neil "Mike" O'Callaghan ...... 1929-2004 D

01 Jan 1979 - 03 Jan 1983 Robert Frank List .................. 1936-     R

03 Jan 1983 - 03 Jan 1989 Richard Hudson Bryan ............... 1937-     D

03 Jan 1989 - 03 Jan 1999 Robert Joseph Miller ............... 1945-     D

04 Jan 1999 - 31 Dec 2006 Kenneth Carroll Guinn .............. 1936-2010 R

01 Jan 2007 - 03 Jan 2011 James Arthur Gibbons ............... 1944-     R

03 Jan 2011 -             Brain Edward Sandoval .............. 1963-     R

 

New Mexico

 

 

21 Sep 1595 - 28 Sep 1821 Spanish colony Nuevo Mexico, part of New Spain

28 Sep 1821 - 18 Aug 1846 Part of Mexico

18 Aug 1846               US occupation

09 Sep 1850 - 06 Jan 1912 New Mexico Territory

06 Jan 1912               State of New Mexico

 

Capital: Santa Fe

Language: English, Spanish, Indian langauges

Religion: Roman Catholic, Pronestant

State Anthem: "O' Fair New Mexico"

State Motto: Crescit eundo (It grows as it goes)

State Emblem:

 

Governors

26 Sep 1846 - 19 Jan 1847 Charles Bent

20 Jan 1847 -    Oct 1848 Donaciano Vigil

   Oct 1848 - 02 Jul 1852 James S. Calhoun

       1852 -        1853 William Carr Lane

       1853 -        1854 William Slueman Messervy

                          (acting)

       1854 - 08 Aug 1857 David Meriwether

08 Aug 1857 -    Aug 1861 Abraham Rencher

   Aug 1861 - 16 Jul 1866 Henry Connelly

       1865 -        1866 William Frederick Milton Arny

                          (acting)

16 Oct 1866 - 16 Aug 1869 Robert Byington Mitchell

06 Jan 1912 - 31 Dec 1916 William C. McDonald

01 Jan      - 28 Feb 1917 Ezequiel Cabeza de Baca

28 Feb 1917 - 31 Dec 1918 Washington Ellsworth Lindsey

01 Jan 1919 - 31 Dec 1920 Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo

01 Jan 1921 - 31 Dec 1922 Merritt Cramer Mechem

01 Jan 1923 - 31 Dec 1924 James Fielding Hinkle

01 Jan 1925 - 31 Dec 1926 Arthur Thomas Hannett

01 Jan 1927 - 31 Dec 1930 Richard Charles Dillon

01 Jan 1931 - 25 Sep 1933 Arthur Seligam

25 Sep 1933 - 31 Dec 1934 Andew W. Hockenhull

01 Jan 1935 - 31 Dec 1938 Clyde K. Tingley

01 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1942 John Esten Miles

01 Jan 1943 - 31 Dec 1946 John Joseph Dempsey ................. 1879-1958 D

01 Jan 1947 - 31 Dec 1950 Thomas Jewett Mabry ................. 1884-1962 D

01 Jan 1951 - 31 Dec 1954 Edwin Leard Mechem .................. 1912-2002 R

                          (1st Time)

01 Jan 1955 - 31 Dec 1956 John Field Simms Jr ................. 1916-1975 D

01 Jan 1957 - 31 Dec 1958 Edwin Leard Mechem (2nd Time)

01 Jan 1959 - 31 Dec 1960 John Burroughs ...................... 1907-1978 D

01 Jan 1961 - 30 Nov 1962 Edwin Leard Mechem (3rd Time)

01 Dec 1962 - 01 Jan 1963 Thomas Felix Bolack ................. 1918-2009 R

01 Jan 1963 - 31 Dec 1966 John M. Campbell .................... 1916-1999 D

01 Jan 1967 - 31 Dec 1970 David Frances Cargo ................. 1929-2013 R

01 Jan 1971 - 31 Dec 1974 Bruce King .......................... 1924-2009 D

                          (1st Time)

01 Jan 1975 - 31 Dec 1978 Raymond Jerry Apodaca                           D

01 Jan 1979 - 31 Dec 1982 Bruce King (2nd Time)

01 Jan 1983 - 31 Dec 1986 Athoney Anaya                                   D

01 Jan 1987 - 31 Dec 1990 Garrey Edward Carruthers                        R

01 Jan 1991 - 31 Dec 1994 Bruce King (3rd Time)

01 Jan 1995 - 31 Dec 2002 Gary Earl Johnson                               R

01 Jan 2003 - 31 Dec 2010 William Blaine Richardson III                   D

01 Jan 2011 -             Susana Martinez                                 R

 

27 Aug 1775               Claimed for Spain

15 Feb 1812               Claimed by the US

12 Dec 1813               Claimed for Great Britain

20 Oct 1818 - 17 Jul 1846 Under British-US administration

17 Jul 1846               British Territory ceded to Canada as British Columbia

14 Aug 1848 - 14 Feb 1859 Oregon territory

14 Feb 1859               State

 

Capital: Salem.

Language: English.

Religion: Pronestant.

State Anthem: "Oregon, My Oregon".

State Motto: Alis volat Propris (She flies with her own wings).

State Emblem: Oregon Beaver.

 

Governors

17 Jul 1846 - 03 Mar 1849 George Abernethy

03 Mar 1849 - 18 Jun 1850 Joseph Lane

                          (1st Time)

18 Jun      - 18 Aug 1853 Kintzing Prichette

                          (acting)

18 Aug 1850 - 16 May 1853 John Pollard Gaines

16 May      - 19 May 1853 Joseph Lane

                          (2nd Time)

19 May      - 02 Dec 1853 George Law Curry

                          (1st Time)

02 Dec 1853 - 01 Aug 1854 John Wesley Davis

01 Aug 1854 - 03 Mar 1859 George Law Curry

                          (1st Time)

03 Mar 1859 - 10 Sep 1862 John Whiteaker

10 Sep 1862 - 12 Sep 1866 Addison Crandall Gibbs

12 Sep 1866 - 14 Sep 1870 George Lemeul Woods

14 Sep 1870 - 01 Feb 1877 LaFayette Grover

01 Feb 1877 - 11 Sep 1878 Stephan Fowler Chadwick

11 Sep 1878 - 13 Sep 1882 William Wallace Thayer

13 Sep 1882 - 12 Jan 1887 Zenas Ferry Moody

12 Jan 1887 - 14 Jan 1895 Sylvester Pennoyer

14 Jan 1895 - 09 Jan 1899 William Paine Lord

09 Jan 1899 - 14 Jan 1903 Theodore Thurston Geer

14 Jan 1903 - 28 Feb 1909 George Earle Chamberlain

28 Feb 1909 - 17 Jun 1910 Frank Williamson Benson

17 Jun 1910 - 08 Jan 1911 Jay Bowerman

08 Jan 1911 - 12 Jan 1915 Oswald West

12 Jan 1915 - 03 Mar 1919 James Withycombe

03 Mar 1919 - 08 Jan 1923 Ben Wilson Olcott

08 Jan 1923 - 10 Jan 1927 Walter Marcus Pierce

10 Jan 1927 - 21 Dec 1929 Isaac Lee Patterson

21 Dec 1929 - 12 Jan 1931 Albin Walter Norbald

12 Jan 1931 - 14 Jun 1935 Julius L. Meier

14 Jun 1935 - 09 Jan 1939 Charles Henry Martin

09 Jan 1939 - 11 Jan 1943 Charles Arthur Sprague ............ 1887-1969 D

11 Jan 1943 - 28 Oct 1947 Earl Wilcox Snell ................. 1895-1947 R

28 Oct 1947 - 10 Jan 1949 John Herbert Hall ................. 1899-1950 R

10 Jan 1949 - 27 Dec 1952 Douglas Douglas McKay ............. 1893-1959 R

27 Dec 1952 - 31 Jan 1956 Paul Liuton Patterson ............. 1900-1956 R

31 Jan 1956 - 14 Jan 1957 Elmo Everett Smith ................ 1909-1968 R

14 Jan 1957 - 12 Jan 1959 Robert Denison Holmes ............. 1909-1976 D

12 Jan 1959 - 09 Jan 1967 Mark Odom Hatfield ................ 1922-2011 R

09 Jan 1967 - 13 Jan 1975 Thomas Lawson McCall .............. 1913-1983 R

13 Jan 1975 - 08 Jan 1979 Robert William Straub ............. 1920-2002 D

08 Jan 1979 - 12 Jan 1987 Victor George Atiyeh .............. 1923-2014 R

12 Jan 1987 - 14 Jan 1991 Neil Edward Goldschmidt ........... 1940-     D

14 Jan 1991 - 09 Jan 1995 Barbara Hughey Roberts ............ 1936-     D

09 Jan 1995 - 13 Jan 2003 John Albert Kitzhaber ............. 1947-     D

                          (1st Time)

13 Jan 2003 - 10 Jan 2011 Theodore R. Kulongoski ............ 1940-     D

10 Jan 2011 - 18 Feb 2015 John Albert Kitzhaber (2nd Time)

18 Feb 2015 -             Katherine Brown ................... 1960-     D

 

 

Utah

 

 

1821-1849 Part of Mexico

1849-1850 State of Deseret

1850-1896 Utah Territory

1896      Utah State

 

Capital: Salt Lake City

Language: English

Religion: Mormon, Protestant, Roman Catholic

State Anthem: "Utah, This is the Place"

State Motto: Industry

State Emblem:

 

Governors

12 Mar 1849 - 11 Jul 1857 Bringham Young

11 Jul 1858 -    May 1861 Alfred Dumming

   May      -        1861 John W. Dawson

   Dec 1861 - 31 Mar 1862 Frank Fuller

   Jan 1862 -    Jan 1870 Brigham Young

                          (shadow governor)

01 Apr 1862 - 11 Jun 1863 Stephan Selwyn

02 Jun 1863 - 15 Jul 1865 James Duane Doty

15 Jul 1865 - 21 Dec 1869 Charles Durkee

21 Dec 1869 -    Jan 1870 Edwin Higgins

       1870               John Wilson Shaffer

       1870 -    Jan 1871 Vernon A. Vaughan

       1871 -        1874 George Lemuel Woods

       1874 -        1875 Samuel Beach Axtell

   Jun 1875 -        1880 George W. Emery

       1880 -    Mar 1886 Eli Houston Murray

   Mar 1886 -    May 1889 Caleb Walton West

                          (1st Time)

   May 1889 - 14 Apr 1893 Arthur Lloyd Thomas

14 Apr 1893 - 06 Jan 1896 Caleb Walton West

                          (2nd Time)

06 Jan 1896 - 02 Jan 1905 Heber Maning Wells

02 Jan 1905 - 04 Jan 1909 John Christopher Cutler

04 Jan 1909 - 31 Dec 1916 Willliam Spry

01 Jan 1917 - 03 Jan 1921 Simon Bamberger

03 Jan 1921 - 05 Jan 1925 Charles Rendell Mabey

05 Jan 1925 - 02 Jan 1933 George Henry Dern

02 Jan 1933 - 06 Jan 1941 Henry Hooper Blood

06 Jan 1941 - 03 Jan 1949 Herbert Brown Maw .................... 1893-1990 D

03 Jan 1949 - 07 Jan 1957 Joseph Bracken Lee ................... 1899-1996 R

07 Jan 1957 - 04 Jan 1965 George Dewey Clyde ................... 1898-1972 R

04 Jan 1965 - 03 Jan 1977 Calvin Lewellyn Rampton .............. 1913-2007 D

03 Jan 1977 - 07 Jan 1985 Scott Milne Matheson ................. 1929-1990 D

07 Jan 1985 - 04 Jan 1993 Norman Howard Bangerter .............. 1933-     R

04 Jan 1993 - 05 Nov 2003 Michael Okerlund Leavitt ............. 1951-     R

03 Nov 2003 - 05 Jan 2005 Olene Smith Walker ................... 1930-     R

05 Jan 2005 - 11 Aug 2009 Jon Meade Huntsman Jr. ............... 1960-     R

11 Aug 2009 -             Gary R. Herbert ...................... 1947-     R

 

D=Democratic (Liberal,Centrist)

R=Republican (Conservative, Neo-Conservative)