No.
|
Lieutenant Governor
|
Term in office
|
Party
|
Election
|
Governor[a]
|
1
|
|
|
Lafayette Head (1825–1897)
|
August 1, 1876 – January 14, 1879 (did not run)
|
Republican
|
1876
|
|
John Long Routt
|
2
|
|
Horace Tabor (1830–1899)
|
January 14, 1879 – January 9, 1881 (did not run)
|
Republican
|
1878
|
Frederick Walker Pitkin
|
—
|
|
George B. Robinson (d. 1880)
|
Died before taking office
|
Republican
|
1880[b]
|
2
|
|
Horace Tabor (1830–1899)
|
January 9, 1881 – January 9, 1883 (did not run)
|
Republican
|
3
|
|
William H. Meyer (1847–1923)
|
January 9, 1883 – January 13, 1885 (did not run)
|
Republican
|
1882
|
|
James Benton Grant[c]
|
4
|
|
Peter W. Breene (1846–1926)
|
January 13, 1885 – January 11, 1887 (did not run)[d]
|
Republican
|
1884
|
|
Benjamin Harrison Eaton
|
5
|
|
|
Norman H. Meldrum (1841–1920)
|
January 11, 1887 – January 8, 1889 (did not run)
|
Democratic
|
1886
|
|
Alva Adams
|
6
|
|
|
William Grover Smith (1857–1921)
|
January 8, 1889 – January 13, 1891 (did not run)
|
Republican
|
1888
|
|
Job Adams Cooper
|
7
|
|
William Story (1843–1921)
|
January 13, 1891 – January 10, 1893 (did not run)
|
Republican
|
1890
|
John Long Routt
|
8
|
|
|
David H. Nichols (1826–1900)
|
January 10, 1893 – January 8, 1895 (did not run)
|
Populist
|
1892
|
|
Davis Hanson Waite
|
9
|
|
|
Jared L. Brush (1835–1913)
|
January 8, 1895 – January 10, 1899 (did not run)
|
Republican
|
1894
|
|
Albert McIntire
|
1896
|
|
Alva Adams[c]
|
10
|
|
|
Francis Patrick Carney (1846–1902)
|
January 10, 1899 – January 8, 1901 (did not run)
|
Populist
|
1898
|
Charles Spalding Thomas[c]
|
11
|
|
|
David C. Coates (1868–1933)
|
January 8, 1901 – January 13, 1903 (did not run)
|
Democratic
|
1900
|
James Bradley Orman
|
12
|
|
|
Warren A. Haggott (1864–1958)
|
January 13, 1903 – January 10, 1905 (did not run)
|
Republican
|
1902
|
|
James Hamilton Peabody
|
13
|
|
|
Arthur Cornforth (1861–1938)
|
January 10, 1905 – March 17, 1905 (declared loser in election)[e]
|
Democratic
|
1904[e]
|
|
Alva Adams
|
14
|
|
|
Jesse Fuller McDonald (1858–1942)
|
March 17, 1905 – March 17, 1905 (succeeded to governor)[e]
|
Republican
|
|
James Hamilton Peabody (resigned March 17, 1905)
|
13
|
|
|
Arthur Cornforth (1861–1938)
|
March 17, 1905 – July 5, 1905 (removed July 5, 1905)
|
Democratic
|
Succeeded from president of the Senate[e]
|
Jesse Fuller McDonald[f]
|
15
|
|
|
Fred W. Parks (1871–1941)
|
July 5, 1905 – January 8, 1907 (did not run)
|
Republican
|
Succeeded from president of the Senate[e]
|
16
|
|
Erastus Harper (1854–1927)
|
January 8, 1907 – January 12, 1909 (did not run)
|
Republican
|
1906
|
Henry Augustus Buchtel
|
17
|
|
|
Stephen R. Fitzgarrald (1854–1926)
|
January 12, 1909 – January 14, 1913 (did not run)
|
Democratic
|
1908
|
|
John F. Shafroth
|
1910
|
18
|
|
Benjamin F. Montgomery (1834–1912)
|
January 14, 1913 – January 12, 1915 (did not run)
|
Democratic
|
1912
|
Elias M. Ammons
|
19
|
|
|
Moses E. Lewis (1854–1951)
|
January 12, 1915 – January 9, 1917 (lost election)
|
Republican
|
1914
|
|
George Alfred Carlson
|
20
|
|
|
James Pulliam (1863–1934)
|
January 9, 1917 – January 14, 1919 (did not run)
|
Democratic
|
1916
|
|
Julius Caldeen Gunter
|
21
|
|
|
George Stephan (1862–1944)
|
January 14, 1919 – January 11, 1921 (did not run)
|
Republican
|
1918
|
|
Oliver Henry Shoup
|
22
|
|
Earl Cooley (1880–1940)
|
January 11, 1921 – January 9, 1923 (did not run)[g]
|
Republican
|
1920
|
23
|
|
Robert F. Rockwell (1886–1950)
|
January 9, 1923 – January 13, 1925 (did not run)[h]
|
Republican
|
1922
|
|
William Ellery Sweet[c]
|
24
|
|
|
Sterling Byrd Lacy (1882–1957)
|
January 13, 1925 – January 11, 1927 (did not run)
|
Democratic
|
1924
|
|
Clarence Morley[f]
|
25
|
|
|
George Milton Corlett (1884–1955)
|
January 11, 1927 – January 13, 1931 (did not run)
|
Republican
|
1926
|
|
Billy Adams[c]
|
1928
|
26
|
|
|
Edwin C. Johnson (1884–1970)
|
January 13, 1931 – January 10, 1933 (elected governor)
|
Democratic
|
1930
|
27
|
|
Ray Herbert Talbot (1896–1955)
|
January 10, 1933 – January 1, 1937 (succeeded to governor)
|
Democratic
|
1932
|
Edwin C. Johnson (resigned January 2, 1937)
|
1934
|
—
|
Vacant
|
January 1, 1937 – January 12, 1937
|
Office vacated by succession to governor
|
Ray Herbert Talbot
|
28
|
|
|
Frank Hayes (1882–1948)
|
January 12, 1937 – January 10, 1939 (lost election)
|
Democratic
|
1936
|
Teller Ammons
|
29
|
|
|
John Charles Vivian (1887–1964)
|
January 10, 1939 – January 12, 1943 (elected governor)
|
Republican
|
1938
|
|
Ralph Lawrence Carr
|
1940
|
30
|
|
William Eugene Higby (1884–1967)
|
January 12, 1943 – January 14, 1947 (did not run)
|
Republican
|
1942
|
John Charles Vivian
|
1944
|
31
|
|
|
Homer L. Pearson (1900–1985)
|
January 14, 1947 – January 11, 1949 (lost election)
|
Democratic
|
1946
|
|
William Lee Knous (resigned April 15, 1950)
|
32
|
|
Walter Walford Johnson (1904–1987)
|
January 11, 1949 – April 15, 1950 (succeeded to governor)
|
Democratic
|
1948
|
33
|
|
|
Charles P. Murphy (1882–1953)
|
April 15, 1950 – January 9, 1951 (did not run)
|
Republican
|
Succeeded from president of the Senate
|
Walter Walford Johnson
|
34
|
|
Gordon Allott (1907–1989)
|
January 9, 1951 – January 11, 1955 (did not run)[i]
|
Republican
|
1950
|
|
Daniel I. J. Thornton
|
1952
|
35
|
|
|
Stephen McNichols (1914–1997)
|
January 11, 1955 – January 8, 1957 (elected governor)
|
Democratic
|
1954
|
|
Edwin C. Johnson
|
36
|
|
|
Frank L. Hays (1922–2003)
|
January 8, 1957 – January 13, 1959 (lost election)
|
Republican
|
1956
|
Stephen McNichols
|
37
|
|
|
Robert Lee Knous (1917–2000)
|
January 13, 1959 – January 10, 1967 (did not run)[j]
|
Democratic
|
1958
|
1962
|
|
John Arthur Love[f] (resigned July 16, 1973)
|
38
|
|
Mark Anthony Hogan (1931–2017)
|
January 10, 1967 – January 12, 1971 (did not run)[k]
|
Democratic
|
1966
|
39
|
|
|
John D. Vanderhoof (1922–2013)
|
January 12, 1971 – July 16, 1973 (succeeded to governor)
|
Republican
|
1970
|
40
|
|
Ted L. Strickland (1932–2012)
|
July 16, 1973 – January 14, 1975 (lost election)
|
Republican
|
Succeeded from president of the Senate
|
John D. Vanderhoof
|
41
|
|
|
George L. Brown (1926–2006)
|
January 14, 1975 – January 10, 1979 (did not run)
|
Democratic
|
1974
|
|
Richard Lamm
|
42
|
|
Nancy E. Dick (b. 1930)
|
January 10, 1979 – January 13, 1987 (did not run)
|
Democratic
|
1978
|
1982
|
43
|
|
Mike Callihan (b. 1947)
|
January 13, 1987 – May 10, 1994 (resigned)
|
Democratic
|
1986
|
Roy Romer
|
1990
|
—
|
Vacant
|
May 10, 1994 – May 11, 1994
|
Office vacated by succession to governor
|
44
|
|
|
Samuel H. Cassidy (b. 1950)
|
May 11, 1994 – January 3, 1995 (did not run)
|
Democratic
|
Appointed by governor
|
45
|
|
Gail Schoettler (b. 1943)
|
January 3, 1995 – January 12, 1999 (did not run)[l]
|
Democratic
|
1994
|
46
|
|
|
Joe Rogers (1964–2013)
|
January 12, 1999 – January 14, 2003 (did not run)[m]
|
Republican
|
1998
|
|
Bill Owens
|
47
|
|
Jane E. Norton (b. 1954)
|
January 14, 2003 – January 9, 2007 (did not run)
|
Republican
|
2002
|
48
|
|
|
Barbara O'Brien (b. 1950)
|
January 9, 2007 – January 11, 2011 (did not run)
|
Democratic
|
2006
|
|
Bill Ritter
|
49
|
|
Joseph Garcia (b. 1957)
|
January 11, 2011 – May 12, 2016 (resigned)[n]
|
Democratic
|
2010
|
John Hickenlooper
|
2014
|
50
|
|
Donna Lynne (b. 1953)
|
May 12, 2016 – January 8, 2019 (did not run)[o]
|
Democratic
|
Appointed by governor
|
51
|
|
Dianne Primavera (b. 1950)
|
January 8, 2019 – Incumbent[p]
|
Democratic
|
2018
|
Jared Polis
|
2022
|