Lieutenant Governor of Colorado

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The lieutenant governor of Colorado is the second-highest-ranking member of the executive department of the Colorado state government, below only the Governor of Colorado. The lieutenant governor, who acts as governor in his absence and succeeds to the governorship in case of vacancy, is elected on a partisan ticket with the governor. The present lieutenant governor is Jane E. Norton, a Republican, who has held the post since 2003.

[edit] List of Lieutenant Governors

Name Took
Office		 Left
Office		 Party
Lafayette Head 1877 1879 Republican
Horace Austin Warner Tabor 1879 1883 Republican
James Benton Grant 1883 1885 Republican
Peter W. Breene 1885 1887 Republican
Norman H. Meldrum 1887 1889 Democrat
William Grover Smith 1889 1891 Republican
William Story 1891 1893 Republican
David Hopkinson Nichols 1893 1895 Populist
Jared L. Brush 1895 1899 Republican
Francis Patrick Carney 1899 1901 Populist
David Courtney Coates 1901 1902 Democrat
Warren Armstrong Haggott 1901 1902 Repulican
Jesse F. McDonald 1903 1905 Republican
Arthur Cornforth 1905 1905 Republican
Fred W. Parks 1905 1907 Republican
Erastus Harper 1907 1909 Republican
Stephen R. Fitzgarrald 1909 1915 Democrat
Moses E. Lewis 1915 1917 Republican
James A. Pulliam 1917 1919 Democrat
George Stepham 1919 1921 Republican
Earl Cooley 1921 1923 Republican
Robert Fay Rockwell 1923 1925 Republican
Sterling Byrd Lacy 1925 1927 Democrat
George Milton Corlett 1927 1931 Republican
Edwin Carl Johnson 1931 1932 Democrat
Raymond Herbert Talbot 1933 1937 Democrat
Frank J. Hayes 1937 1939 Democrat
John Charles Vivian 1939 1943 Republican
William Eugene Higby 1943 1947 Republican
Homer L. Pearson 1947 1949 Democrat
Walter Walford Johnson 1949 1950 Democrat
Charles P. Murphy 1950 1950 Republican
Gordon Llewellyn Allott 1950 1955 Republican
Stephen L.R. McNichols 1955 1957 Democrat
Stephen L.R. McNichols 1957 1959 Republican
Robert Lee Knous 1959 1967 Democrat
Mark Anthony Hogan 1967 1971 Democrat
John David Vanderhoof 1971 1973 Republican
Ted L. Strickland 1973 1975 Republican
George L. Brown 1975 1979 Democrat
Nancy E. Dick 1979 1987 Democrat
Mike Callihan 1987 1994 Democrat
Samuel H. Cassidy 1994 1995 Democrat
Gail S. Schoettler 1995 1999 Democrat
Joe Rogers 1999 2003 Republican
Jane E. Norton 2003   Republican

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