Historical Record
Previous Governors of Utah
Governors who previously held office in Utah, with term dates and party affiliation.
← View all statesSpencer CoxRepublican2021–2029
Gary HerbertRepublican2009–2021
Jon Huntsman Jr.Republican2005–2009
Olene WalkerRepublican2003–2005
Mike LeavittRepublican1993–2003
Norman H. BangerterRepublican1985–1993
Scott M. MathesonDemocrat1977–1985
Cal RamptonDemocrat1965–1977
George Dewey ClydeRepublican1957–1965
J. Bracken LeeRepublican1949–1957
Herbert B. MawDemocrat1941–1949
Henry H. BloodDemocrat1933–1941
George DernDemocrat1925–1933
Charles R. MabeyRepublican1921–1925
Simon BambergerDemocrat1917–1921
William SpryRepublican1909–1917
John Christopher CutlerRepublican1905–1909
Heber Manning WellsRepublican1896–1905
Caleb Walton WestIndependent1893–1896
Arthur Lloyd ThomasIndependent1889–1893
Caleb Walton WestIndependent1886–1889
Eli Houston MurrayIndependent1880–1886
George W. EmeryIndependent1875–1880
George Lemuel WoodsIndependent1871–1875
Samuel Beach AxtellIndependent1874–1875
Vernon H. VaughanIndependent1870–1871
John ShafferIndependent1869–1870
Charles DurkeeIndependent1865–1870
James Duane DotyIndependent1863–1865
Stephen S. HardingIndependent1862–1863
John W. DawsonIndependent1861–1862
Alfred CummingIndependent1857–1861
Brigham YoungIndependent1850–1857