Governors of Idaho

Governors of Idaho

Thirty individuals have held the office of Governor of Idaho since the state's admission to the Union in 1890, two of whom—C. A. Bottolfsen and Cecil D. Andrus—served non-consecutive terms. The current governor is C.L. "Butch" Otter, who took office on January 1, 2007; his first term will expire in January 2011.

SuccessionGovernor Party In Office 
32C.L. OtterRepublican1/1/2007 - Present 
31Jim RischRepublican5/26/2006 - 1/1/2007 
30Dirk KempthorneRepublican4/1/1999 - 5/26/2006 
29Phil BattRepublican2/1/1995 - 4/1/1999 
28Cecil D. AndrusDemocratic5/1/1987 - 2/1/1995 
27John V. EvansDemocratic1/24/1977 - 5/1/1987 
26Cecil D. AndrusDemocratic4/1/1971 - 1/24/1977 
25Don SamuelsonRepublican2/1/1967 - 4/1/1971 
24Robert E. SmylieRepublican3/1/1955 - 2/1/1967 
23Leonard B. JordanRepublican1/1/1951 - 3/1/1955 
22C. A. RobinsRepublican6/1/1947 - 1/1/1951 
21Arnold WilliamsDemocratic11/17/1945 - 6/1/1947 
20Charles C. GossettDemocratic1/1/1945 - 11/17/1945 
19C. A. BottolfsenRepublican4/1/1943 - 1/1/1945 
18Chase A. ClarkDemocratic6/1/1941 - 4/1/1943 
17C. A. BottolfsenRepublican2/1/1939 - 6/1/1941 
16Barzilla W. ClarkDemocratic4/1/1937 - 2/1/1939 
15C. Ben RossDemocratic5/1/1931 - 4/1/1937 
14H. C. BaldridgeRepublican3/1/1927 - 5/1/1931 
13Charles C. MooreRepublican1/1/1923 - 3/1/1927 
12D. W. DavisRepublican6/1/1919 - 1/1/1923 
11Moses AlexanderDemocratic4/1/1915 - 6/1/1919 
10John M. HainesRepublican6/1/1913 - 4/1/1915 
9James H. HawleyDemocratic2/1/1911 - 6/1/1913 
8James H. BradyRepublican4/1/1909 - 2/1/1911 
7Frank R. GoodingRepublican2/1/1905 - 4/1/1909 
6John T. MorrisonRepublican5/1/1903 - 2/1/1905 
5Frank W. HuntDemocratic7/1/1901 - 5/1/1903 
4Frank SteunenbergDemocratic1/4/1897 - 7/1/1901 
3William J. McConnellRepublican1/1/1893 - 1/4/1897 
2N. B. WilleyRepublican12/18/1890 - 1/1/1893 
1George Laird ShoupRepublican10/1/1890 - 12/18/1890 
Governors of Idaho
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