Political party strength in Wyoming facts for kids
The following tables indicate the historic party affiliation of elected officials in the U.S. state of Wyoming including: *Governors, Secretaries of State, State Auditors, State Treasurers and Superintendents of Public Instruction. The tables also indicate the historical party composition in the: State Senate, State House of Representatives, State delegation to the United States Senate and State delegation to the United States House of Representatives. For years in which a United States presidential election was held, the tables indicate which party's nominees received the State's electoral votes. Prior to statehood in 1889, there were fewer elected offices, as indicated.
The parties are labeled as follows: Democratic (D), Independent (I), unknown other party (O), Populist (P), Republican (R), and a tie or coalition within a group of elected officials.
Wyoming Territory officials
| Year | Executive offices | U.S. Congress | |
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| Governor | Secretary of State | U.S. House (non voting member) | |
| 1869 | John Allen Campbell (R) | Edward Merwin Lee (R) | Stephen Friel Nuckolls (D) |
| 1870 | Herman Glafcke (R) | ||
| 1871 | William Theopilus Jones (R) | ||
| 1872 | |||
| 1873 | Jason B. Brown (D) | William Randolph Steele (D) | |
| 1874 | |||
| 1875 | John Milton Thayer (R) | George W. French (R) | |
| 1876 | |||
| 1877 | William Wellington Corlett (R) | ||
| 1878 | John Wesley Hoyt (R) | ||
| 1879 | Albertis Worth Spates (R) | Stephen Wheeler Downey (R) | |
| 1880 | Elliot S.N. Morgan (R) | ||
| 1881 | Morton Everel Post (D) | ||
| 1882 | William Hale (R) | ||
| 1883 | |||
| 1884 | |||
| 1885 | Elliot S.N. Morgan (R) | Joseph M. Carey (R) | |
| Francis E. Warren (R) | |||
| 1886 | George White Baxter (D) | ||
| Elliot S.N. Morgan (R) | |||
| 1887 | Thomas Moonlight (D) | Samuel D. Shannon (D) | |
| 1888 | |||
| 1889 | Francis E. Warren (R) | John W. Meldrum (R) | |
1890-present
| Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral College votes | |||||||
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| Governor | Secretary of State | Auditor | Treasurer | Supt. of Pub. Inst. | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. House | ||
| 1890 | Francis E. Warren (R) | Amos W. Barber (R) | Charles W. Burdick (R) | Otto Gramm (R) | Stephen H. Farwell (R) | 13R, 3D | 26R, 7D | Francis E. Warren (R) | Joseph M. Carey (R) | Clarence D. Clark (R) | |
| Amos W. Barber (R) | |||||||||||
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| 1892 | Harrison/Reid (R)  |
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| 1893 | John E. Osborne (D) | 11R, 5D | 16D, 12R, 5P | Henry A. Coffeen (D) | |||||||
| 1894 | vacant | ||||||||||
| 1895 | William A. Richards (R) | Charles W. Burdick (R) | William O. Owen (R) | Henry G. Hay (R) | Estelle Reel (R) | 14R, 4D | 34R, 2D, 1P | Clarence D. Clark (R) | Francis E. Warren (R) | Frank W. Mondell (R) | |
| 1896 | Bryan/Sewall (D) |
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| 1897 | 14R, 4D, 1 Silv. Dem. | 23R, 11D, 3 Fus., 1P | John E. Osborne (D) | ||||||||
| 1898 | C. H. Parmelee (D) | ||||||||||
| 1899 | DeForest Richards (R) | Fenimore Chatterton (R) | LeRoy Grant (R) | George E. Abbott (R) | Thomas T. Tynan (R) | 13R, 6D | 35R, 3D | Frank W. Mondell (R) | |||
| 1900 | McKinley/Roosevelt (R)  |
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| 1901 | 16R, 2D, 1P | 36R, 2D | |||||||||
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| 1903 | Fenimore Chatterton (R) | William C. Irvine (R) | 21R, 2D | 46R, 4D | |||||||
| 1904 | Roosevelt/Fairbanks (R) |
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| 1905 | Bryant B. Brooks (R) | 20R, 3D | 47R, 3D | ||||||||
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| 1907 | William Schnitger (R) | Edward Gillette (R) | Archibald D. Cook (R) | 21R, 2D | 45R, 5D | ||||||
| 1908 | Taft/Sherman (R) |
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| 1909 | 24R, 3D | 49R, 7D | |||||||||
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| 1911 | Joseph M. Carey (R) | Frank L. Houx (D) | Robert B. Forsyth (R) | John L. Baird (R) | Rose A. Bird Maley (R) | 21R, 6D | 31R, 25D | ||||
| 1912 | Wilson/Marshall (D) |
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| 1913 | 19R, 8D | 29R, 28D | |||||||||
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| 1915 | John B. Kendrick (D) | Herman B. Gates (R) | Edith K. O. Clark (R) | 18R, 9D | 42R, 15D | ||||||
| 1916 | Wilson/Marshall (D) |
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| 1917 | Frank L. Houx (D) | 16R, 11D | 32R, 25D | John B. Kendrick (D) | |||||||
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| 1919 | Robert D. Carey (R) | William E. Chaplin (R) | I. C. Jefferis (R) | A. D. Hoskins (R) | Katherine A. Morton (R) | 17R, 10D | 43R, 11D | ||||
| 1920 | Harding/Coolidge (R) |
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| 1921 | 22R, 3D | 53R, 1D | |||||||||
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| 1923 | William B. Ross (D) | Frank E. Lucas (R) | Vincent Carter (R) | John M. Snyder (R) | 20R, 5D | 37R, 23D | Charles E. Winter (R) | ||||
| 1924 | Frank E. Lucas (R) | Coolidge/Dawes (R) |
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| 1925 | Nellie Tayloe Ross (D) | 16R, 11D | 39R, 23D | ||||||||
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| 1927 | Frank C. Emerson (R) | Alonzo M. Clark (R) | William H. Edelman (R) | 15R, 12D | 45R, 17D | ||||||
| 1928 | Hoover/Curtis (R) |
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| 1929 | Roscoe Alcorn (R) | 17R, 10D | 51R, 11D | Patrick J. Sullivan (R) | Vincent Carter (R) | ||||||
| 1930 | Robert D. Carey (R) | ||||||||||
| 1931 | Alonzo M. Clark (R) | Harry R. Weston (R) | 21R, 6D | 36R, 26D | |||||||
| 1932 | Roosevelt/Garner (D) |
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| 1933 | Leslie A. Miller (D) | 15R, 12D | 42D, 20R | ||||||||
| 1934 | Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D) | ||||||||||
| 1935 | Lester C. Hunt (D) | William "Scotty" Jack (D) | J. Kirk Baldwin (D) | Jack R. Gage (D) | 14D, 13R | 38D, 18R | Paul Ranous Greever (D) | ||||
| 1936 | Roosevelt/Garner (D) |
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| 1937 | 16D, 11R | Henry H. Schwartz (D) | |||||||||
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| 1939 | Nels H. Smith (R) | Mart T. Christensen (R) | Esther L. Anderson (R) | 16R, 11D | 37R, 19D | Frank O. Horton (R) | |||||
| 1940 | Roosevelt/Wallace (D) |
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| 1941 | 28R, 28D | John J. McIntyre (D) | |||||||||
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| 1943 | Lester C. Hunt (D) | Mart T. Christensen (R) | Earl Wright (R) | 17R, 10D | 39R, 17D | Edward V. Robertson (R) | Frank A. Barrett (R) | ||||
| 1944 | William "Scotty" Jack (D) | Carl Robinson (D) | Dewey/Bricker (R) |
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| John J. McIntyre (D) | |||||||||||
| 1945 | 21R, 6D | 35R, 20D | |||||||||
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| 1947 | Arthur G. Crane (R) | Everett T. Copenhaver (R) | Clifford Joy Rogers (R) | Edna B. Stolt (R) | 19R, 8D | 44R, 12D | |||||
| 1948 | Truman/Barkley (D) |
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| 1949 | Arthur G. Crane (R) | 18R, 9D | 28R, 28D | Lester C. Hunt (D) | |||||||
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| 1951 | Frank A. Barrett (R) | Clifford Joy Rogers (R) | J. R. Mitchell (R) | 17R, 10D | 39R, 17D | William H. Harrison (R) | |||||
| 1952 | Minnie A. Mitchell (R) | Eisenhower/Nixon (R) |
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| 1953 | Clifford Joy Rogers (R) | 21R, 6D | 45R, 11D | Frank A. Barrett (R) | |||||||
| 1954 | Edward D. Crippa (R) | ||||||||||
| Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D) | |||||||||||
| 1955 | Milward L. Simpson (R) | Everett T. Copenhaver (R) | Minnie A. Mitchell (R) | Charles B. Morgan (R) | Velma Linford (D) | 19R, 8D | 32R, 24D | Edwin Keith Thomson (R) | |||
| 1956 | Eisenhower/Nixon (R) |
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| 1957 | 16R, 11D | 30R, 26D | |||||||||
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| 1959 | John J. Hickey (D) | Jack R. Gage (D) | Clifford Joy Rogers (R) | 30D, 26R | Gale W. McGee (D) | ||||||
| 1960 | Nixon/Lodge (R) |
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| 1961 | Jack R. Gage (D) | 17R, 10D | 35R, 21D | John J. Hickey (D) | William H. Harrison (R) | ||||||
| 1962 | Richard J. Luman (R) | Milward L. Simpson (R) | |||||||||
| 1963 | Clifford P. Hansen (R) | Thyra Thomson (R) | Everett T. Copenhaver (R) | Cecil M. Shaw (R) | 16R, 11D | 37R, 19D | |||||
| 1964 | Johnson/Humphrey (D) |
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| 1965 | 13R, 12D | 34D, 27R | Teno Roncalio (D) | ||||||||
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| 1967 | Stanley K. Hathaway (R) | Everett T. Copenhaver (R) | Minnie A. Mitchell (R) | Harry Roberts (R) | 18R, 12D | 34R, 27D | Clifford P. Hansen (R) | William H. Harrison (R) | |||
| 1968 | Nixon/Agnew (R) |
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| 1969 | 45R, 16D | John S. Wold (R) | |||||||||
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| 1971 | James B. Griffith (R) | Robert G. Schrader (R) | 19R, 11D | 40R, 20D, 1I | Teno Roncalio (D) | ||||||
| 1972 | Nixon/Agnew (R) |
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| 1973 | Edwin J. Witzenburger (R) | 17R, 13D | 44R, 17D, 1I | ||||||||
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| 1975 | Edgar J. Herschler (D) | James B. Griffith (R) | Edwin J. Witzenburger (R) | 15R, 15D | 32R, 29D, 1I | ||||||
| 1976 | Ford/Dole |
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| 1977 | 18R, 12D | Malcolm Wallop (R) | |||||||||
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| 1979 | Shirley Wittler (R) | Lynn Simons (D) | 19R, 11D | 42R, 20D | Alan K. Simpson (R) | Dick Cheney (R) | |||||
| 1980 | Reagan/Bush (R) |
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| 1981 | 39R, 23D | ||||||||||
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| 1983 | Stan Smith (R) | 38R, 25D, 1I | |||||||||
| 1984 | Reagan/Bush (R) |
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| 1985 | 46R, 18D | ||||||||||
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| 1987 | Mike Sullivan (D) | Kathy Karpan (D) | Jack Sidi (R) | 44R, 20D | |||||||
| 1988 | Bush/Quayle (R) |
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| 1989 | 43R, 21D | Craig L. Thomas (R) | |||||||||
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| 1991 | Dave Ferrari (R) | Diana J. Ohman (R) | 20R, 10D | 42R, 22D | |||||||
| 1992 | Bush/Quayle (R) |
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| 1993 | 41R, 19D | ||||||||||
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| 1995 | Jim Geringer (R) | Diana J. Ohman (R) | Judy Catchpole (R) | 47R, 13D | Craig L. Thomas (R) | Barbara Cubin (R) | |||||
| 1996 | Dole/Kemp (R) |
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| 1997 | 21R, 9D | 43R, 17D | Mike Enzi (R) | ||||||||
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| 1999 | Joseph B. Meyer (R) | Max Maxfield (R) | Cynthia Lummis (R) | ||||||||
| 2000 | Bush/Cheney (R) |
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| 2001 | 20R, 10D | 46R, 14D | |||||||||
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| 2003 | Dave Freudenthal (D) | Trent Blankenship (R) | 45R, 15D | ||||||||
| 2004 | Bush/Cheney (R) |
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| 2005 | 23R, 7D | 46R, 14D | |||||||||
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| 2007 | Max Maxfield (R) | Rita Meyer (R) | Joseph B. Meyer (R) | Jim McBride (R) | 43R, 17D | ||||||
| John Barrasso (R) | |||||||||||
| 2008 | McCain/Palin (R) |
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| 2009 | 41R, 19D | Cynthia Lummis (R) | |||||||||
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| 2011 | Matt Mead (R) | Cynthia Cloud (R) | Cindy Hill (R) | 26R, 4D | 50R, 10D | ||||||
| 2012 | Romney/Ryan (R) |
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| 2013 | Mark Gordon (R) | 52R, 8D | |||||||||
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| 2015 | Ed Murray (R) | Jillian Balow (R) | 51R, 9D | ||||||||
| 2016 | Trump/Pence (R) |
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| 2017 | 27R, 3D | Liz Cheney (R) | |||||||||
| Year | Governor | Secretary of State | Auditor | Treasurer | Supt. of Pub. Inst. | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. House | Electoral College votes |
| Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | |||||||||
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