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Colorado State Publications Blog

Colorado Governors: Davis Waite

Colorado’s only third-party governor, Davis Hanson Waite, served in office from 1893 to 1895. Waite…

Amy Zimmer, November 13, 2020
Colorado State Publications Blog

Colorado Governors: Job Adams Cooper

Job A. Cooper served as Colorado governor from 1889 to 1891. It was a time…

Amy Zimmer, August 20, 2020
Colorado State Publications Blog

Colorado Governors: Alva Adams

Continuing our series on Colorado’s chief executives, we now turn to Alva Adams, whose multiple…

Amy Zimmer, May 21, 2020
Colorado State Publications Blog

Colorado Governors: Benjamin Eaton

Benjamin Harrison Eaton first came to Colorado in the 1859 Gold Rush. He had been…

Amy Zimmer, March 19, 2020
Colorado State Publications Blog

Colorado Governors: James B. Grant

James Benton Grant served as Governor of Colorado from 1883 to 1885. He was the…

Amy Zimmer, November 21, 2019
Colorado State Publications Blog

Colorado Governors: Frederick W. Pitkin

Colorado’s Pitkin County was named for Frederick Walker Pitkin, who served as governor of the…

Amy Zimmer, July 24, 2019
Colorado State Publications Blog

Colorado Governors: John L. Routt

John L. Routt has the distinction of being both the final territorial governor of Colorado…

Amy Zimmer, March 21, 2019
Colorado State Publications Blog

Governor’s Inauguration

On January 8 Colorado’s new Governor, Jared Polis, and Lt. Governor, Dianne Primavera, will be…

Amy Zimmer, January 7, 2019
Colorado State Publications Blog

Time Machine Tuesday: Colorado’s First Ladies

March is Women’s History Month, an appropriate time to recognize the First Ladies of our…

Amy Zimmer, March 13, 2018
Colorado State Publications Blog

Time Machine Tuesday: State of the State Speeches

The 2018 legislative session begins tomorrow, and traditionally the first week of the session includes…

Amy Zimmer, January 9, 2018
Colorado State Publications Blog

Colorado Governors: Samuel Elbert

Colorado’s highest mountain bears the name of Samuel H. Elbert, territorial governor of Colorado from…

Amy Zimmer, October 26, 2017
Colorado State Publications Blog

Colorado Governors: Edward McCook

Edward Moody McCook served two non-consecutive terms as territorial governor.  Originally from Ohio, McCook had…

Amy Zimmer, August 3, 2017
Colorado State Publications Blog

Colorado Governors: Alexander Cameron Hunt

Colorado’s fourth territorial governor, Republican Alexander Hunt, was appointed to lead the territory on April…

Amy Zimmer, June 2, 2017
Colorado State Publications Blog

Colorado Governors: Alexander Cummings

After the resignation of John Evans, Alexander Cummings (served 1865-1867) was appointed Territorial Governor of…

Amy Zimmer, May 4, 2017
Colorado State Publications Blog

Colorado Governors: John Evans

Colorado’s second territorial governor, John Evans, is remembered for his many contributions to the development…

Amy Zimmer, March 30, 2017
Colorado State Publications Blog

Colorado Governors: William Gilpin

The first governor of Colorado Territory, William Gilpin, was appointed by Abraham Lincoln and served…

Amy Zimmer, March 13, 2017
Colorado State Publications Blog

Time Machine Tuesday: Davis Waite and the City Hall War

Colorado’s only third-party governor, Davis Waite, was elected in 1892 as a member of the…

Amy Zimmer, November 22, 2016
Colorado State Publications Blog

Time Machine Tuesday: A Governor’s View of Colorado Political History

This Election Day, as history is being made in our state, let’s step back and…

Amy Zimmer, November 8, 2016
Colorado State Publications Blog

Time Machine Tuesday: Governor Lamm's Executive Orders

Colorado governors’ executive orders are divided into three categories:  1) A Orders, which appoint individuals…

Amy Zimmer, October 11, 2016
Colorado State Publications Blog

The Governor’s Residence at the Boettcher Mansion

The Colorado governor’s mansion, officially named the Governor’s Residence at the Boettcher Mansion, is the…

Amy Zimmer, January 22, 2016
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