Governors of Idaho

A list of the governors of the state of Idaho.

Territorial Governors of Idaho

Name	Years
William Henson Wallace	1863-1864
Caleb Lyon	1864-1866
David W. Ballard	1866-1870
Thomas M. Bowen	1871
Thomas W. Bennett	1871-1875
David P. Thompson	1875-1876
Mason Brayman	1876-1878
John Baldwin Neil	1880-1883
John N. Irwin	1883-1884
William M. Bunn	1884-1885
Edward A. Stevenson	1885-1889
George L. Shoup	1889-1890

State Governors of Idaho

Name	Party	Years
George L. Shoup	Republican	1890
N. B. Willey	Republican	1890-1893
William J. McConnell	Republican	1893-1897
Frank Steunenberg	Populist Democrat	1897-1901
Frank W. Hunt	Democrat	1901-1903
John T. Morrison	Republican	1903-1905
Frank R. Gooding	Republican	1905-1909
James H. Brady	Republican	1909-1911
James H. Hawley	Democrat	1911-1913
John M. Haines	Republican	1913-1915
Moses Alexander	Democrat	1915-1919
D. W. Davis	Republican	1919-1923
Charles C. Moore	Republican	1923-1927
H. C. Baldridge	Republican	1927-1931
C. Ben Ross	Democrat	1931-1937
Barzilla J. Clark	Democrat	1937-1939
C. A. Bottolfsen	Republican	1939–1941, 1943-1945
Chase A. Clark	Democrat	1941-1943
Chas. C. Gossett	Democrat	1945
Arnold Williams	Democrat	1945-1947
C. A. Robins	Republican	1947-1951
Len B. Jordan	Republican	1951-1955
Robert E. Smylie	Republican	1955-1967
Don Samuelson	Republican	1967-1971
Cecil Andrus	Democrat	1971–1977, 1987-1995
John V. Evans	Democrat	1977-1987
Philip E. Batt	Republican	1995-1999
Dirk Kempthorne	Republican	1999-2006
James E. Risch	Republican	2006-2007
C. L. "Butch" Otter	Republican	2007–2019
Brad Little	Republican	2019-present

Further reading

• Limbaugh, Ronald H. Rocky Mountain Carpetbaggers: Idaho's Territorial Governors, 1863-1890. Moscow: U. Press of Idaho, 1982. 234 pp.
• Sims, Robert C. and Benedict, Hope A., eds. Idaho's Governors: Historical Essays on Their Administrations. Boise State U., Coll. of Social Science and Public Affairs, 1992. 233 pp.