In 1868, after the first large groups of white colonists had settled in the
area, the southern parts of the U.S. Territory of Montana - expanded with
some minor parts taken from Idaho and Utah - were organized as the new U.S.
Territory of Wyoming.
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TERRITORIAL OFFICERS
Territorial Governors (1)
(1) Subordinated to the Department of State until 1873, afterwards to the
Department of the Interior
1869 - 1875 John Allen Campbell 1835 - 1880
1875 - 1878 John Mimton Thayer 1820 - 1906
1878 - 1882 John Wesley Hoyt 1831 - 1912
1882 - 1885 William Hale 1837 - 1885
1885 Elliot S. N. Morgan*
1885 - 1886 Francis Emroy Warren 1844 - 1929
1886 George White Baxter 1855 - 1929
1886 - 1887 Elliot S. N. Morgan* (2x)
1887 - 1889 Thomas Moonlight 1833 - 1899
1889 - 1890 Francis Emroy Warren (2x)
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REPRESENTATIVES TO THE U.S. CONGRESS
Territorial Delegates
1869 - 1871 Stephen Friel Nuckolls 1825 - 1879
1871 - 1873 William Theopilus Jones 1842 - 1882
1873 - 1877 William Randolph Steele 1842 - 1901
1877 - 1879 William Wellington Corlett 1842 - 1890
1879 - 1881 Stephen Wheeler Downey 1839 - 1902
1881 - 1885 Morton Everel Post 1840 - 1933
1885 - 1890 Joseph Maull Carey 1845 - 1924
U.S. STATE OF WYOMING
In 1890 Wyoming became a State of the Union.
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STATE OFFICERS
Governors
1890 Francis Emroy Warren s.a.
1890 - 1893 Amos Walker Barber* 1861 - 1915
1893 - 1895 John Eugene Osborne 1858 - 1943
1895 - 1899 William Alford Richards 1849 - 1912
1899 - 1903 DeForest Richards 1846 - 1903
1903 - 1905 Fenimore Chatterton* 1861 - 1958
1905 - 1911 Bryant Butler Brooks 1861 - 1944
1911 - 1915 Joseph Maull Carey s.a.
1915 - 1917 John Benjamin Kendrick 1857 - 1933
1917 - 1919 Frank L. Houx* 1860 - 1941
1919 - 1923 Robert Davis Carey 1878 - 1937
1923 - 1924 William Bradford Ross 1873 - 1924
1924 - 1925 Frank Earl Lucas* 1876 - 1948
1925 - 1927 Nellie Tayloe Ross° (2) 1876 - 1977
1927 - 1931 Frank Collins Emerson 1882 - 1931
1931 - 1933 Alonzo Monroe Clark* 1868 - 1952
1933 - 1939 Leslie Andrew Miller 1886 - 1970
1939 - 1943 Nels Hanson Smith 1884 - 1976
1943 - 1949 Lester Callaway Hunt 1892 - 1954
(2) First woman governor of an U. S. state
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