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Steele</nobr></td> <td>(provisional, b. 1820, d. 1901) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>28-Feb-1861</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>31-Jan-1862</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>William Gilpin</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1813, d. 1894, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>31-Jan-1862</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>17-Oct-1865</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>John Evans</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1814, d. 1897, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>17-Oct-1865</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>24-Apr-1867</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Alexander Cummings</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1810, d. 1879, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>1867</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>14-Jun-1869</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Alexander Cameron Hunt</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1833, d. 1909, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>14-Jun-1869</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Apr-1873</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Edward Moody McCook</nobr></td> <td>(1st time, b. 1833, d. 1909, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Apr-1873</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>19-Jun-1874</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Samuel Hitt Elbert</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1833, d. 1899, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>19-Jun-1874</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>29-Mar-1875</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Edward Moody McCook</nobr></td> <td>(2nd time, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>29-Mar-1875</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>14-Jan-1879</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>John Long Routt</nobr></td> <td>(1st time, b. 1826, d. 1907, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>14-Jan-1879</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>9-Jan-1883</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Frederick Walter Pitkin</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1837, d. 1886, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>9-Jan-1883</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>13-Jan-1885</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>James Benton Grant</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1848, d. 1911, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>13-Jan-1885</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>11-Jan-1887</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Benjamin Harrison Eaton</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1833, d. 1904, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>11-Jan-1887</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>8-Jan-1889</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Alva Adams</nobr></td> <td>(1st time, b. 1850, d. 1922, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>8-Jan-1889</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>13-Jan-1891</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Job Adaqms Cooper</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1843, d. 1899, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>13-Jan-1891</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>10-Jan-1893</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>John Long Routt</nobr></td> <td>(2nd time, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>10-Jan-1893</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>8-Jan-1895</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Davis Hanson Waite</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1825, d. 1901, Pop) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>8-Jan-1895</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>12-Jan-1897</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Albert Washington McIntire</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1853, d. 1935, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>12-Jan-1897</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>10-Jan-1899</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Alva Adams</nobr></td> <td>(2nd time, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>10-Jan-1899</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>8-Jan-1901</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Charles Spalding Thomas</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1849, d. 1934, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>8-Jan-1901</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>13-Jan-1903</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>James Bradley Orman</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1849, d. 1919, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>13-Jan-1903</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>10-Jan-1905</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>James Hamilton Peabody</nobr></td> <td>(1st time, b. 1852, d. 1917, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>10-Jan-1905</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>16-Mar-1905</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Alva Adams</nobr></td> <td>(3rd time, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>16-Mar-1905</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>17-Mar-1905</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>James Hamilton Peabody</nobr></td> <td>(2nd time, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>17-Mar-1905</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>8-Jan-1907</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Jesse Fuller McDonald</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1858, d. 1942, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>8-Jan-1907</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>12-Jan-1909</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Henry Augustus Buchtel</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1847, d. 1922, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>12-Jan-1909</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>14-Jan-1913</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>John Franklin Shafroth</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1854, d. 1922, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>14-Jan-1913</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>12-Jan-1915</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Elias Milton Ammons</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1860, d. 1925, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>12-Jan-1915</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>9-Jan-1917</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>George Alfred Carlson</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1876, d. 1926, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>9-Jan-1917</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>14-Jan-1919</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Julius Caldeen Gunter</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1858, d. 1940, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>14-Jan-1919</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>9-Jan-1923</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Oliver Herny Shoup</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1869, d. 1940, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>9-Jan-1923</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>13-Jan-1925</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>William Ellery Sweet</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1869, d. 1942, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>13-Jan-1925</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>11-Jan-1927</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Clarence Joseph Morley</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1869, d. 1948, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>11-Jan-1927</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>10-Jan-1933</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>William Herbert Adams</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1861, d. 1954, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>10-Jan-1933</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>3-Jan-1937</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Edwin Carl Johnson</nobr></td> <td>(1st time, b. 1884, d. 1970, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>2-Jan-1937</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>12-Jan-1937</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Ray Herbert Talbot</nobr></td> <td>(acting, b. 1896, d. 1955, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>12-Jan-1937</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>10-Jan-1939</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Teller Ammons</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1895, d. 1972, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>10-Jan-1939</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>12-Jan-1943</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Ralph Lawrence Carr</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1887, d. 1950, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>12-Jan-1943</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>14-Jan-1947</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>John Charles Vivian</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1887, d. 1964, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>14-Jan-1947</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>15-Apr-1950</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>William Lee Knous</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1889, d. 1959, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>15-Apr-1950</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: 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href="/people/858/000122492/">John A. Love</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1916, d. 2002, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>16-Jul-1973</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>14-Jan-1975</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/856/000122490/">John D. Vanderhoof</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1922, d. 2013, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>14-Jan-1975</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>13-Jan-1987</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/791/000121428/">Richard Lamm</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1935, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>13-Jan-1987</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>12-Jan-1999</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/484/000055319/">Roy Romer</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1928, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>12-Jan-1999</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>9-Jan-2007</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/360/000044228/">Bill Owens</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1950, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>9-Jan-2007</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>11-Jan-2011</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/022/000122653/">Bill Ritter</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1956, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>11-Jan-2011</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: center"><tt><nobr>--</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/780/000163291/">John Hickenlooper</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1952, Democrat)</td> </tr> </table> <p> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=51765" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2016 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><b class="b1f"></b><b class="b2f"></b><b class="b3f"></b><b class="b4f"></b><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a><br><br><a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/340/000000340/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/340/340/s340.jpg" width=128><br><font size="-1" face="trebuchet ms">Yanqui UXO</font></a><br><br><font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font></center></div><b class="b4f"></b><b class="b3f"></b><b class="b2f"></b><b class="b1f"></b><br clear=left><b class="b1f"></b><b class="b2f"></b><b class="b3f"></b><b class="b4f"></b><div class="contentf"><center><b class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">Bibliographies</b><p>NNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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