A list of governors from the territory, then state of Utah.[1]
| Name | Party | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Brigham Young | 1850-1857 | |
| Alfred Cumming | 1857-1861 | |
| John W. Dawson | Democratic Republican | 1861 |
| Stephen Selwyn Harding | Liberal | 1862-1863 |
| James Duane Doty | Democrat | 1863-1865 |
| Charles Durkee | Free Soil/Republican | 1865-1869 |
| Stephen A. Mann | 1869-1870 | |
| John Wilson Shaffer | 1870 | |
| Vernon H. Vaughan | 1870-1871 | |
| George Lemuel Woods | Republican | 1871-1875 |
| Samuel Beach Axtell | Democrat | 1875 |
| George W. Emery | 1875-1880 | |
| Eli Houston Murray | 1880-1886 | |
| Caleb Walton West | 1886-1888, 1893-1896 | |
| Arthur Lloyd Thomas | 1889-1893 | |
| Heber Manning Wells | Republican | 1896-1905 |
| John Christoper Cutler | Republican | 1905-1909 |
| William Spry | Republican | 1909-1917 |
| Simon Bamberger | Democrat | 1917-1921 |
| Charles Rendell Mabey | Republican | 1921-1925 |
| George Henry Dern | Democrat | 1925-1933 |
| Henry Hooper Blood | Democrat | 1933-1941 |
| Herbert Brown Maw | Democrat | 1941-1949 |
| J. Bracken Lee | Republican | 1949-1957 |
| George Dewey Clyde | Republican | 1957-1965 |
| Calvin L. Rampton | Democrat | 1965-1977 |
| Scott M. Matheson | Democrat | 1977-1985 |
| Norman H. Bangerter | Republican | 1985-1993 |
| Michael Okerlund Leavitt | Republican | 1993-2003 |
| Olene S. Walker | Republican | 2003-2005 |
| Jon Huntsman, Jr. | Republican | 2005-2009 |
| Gary Herbert | Republican | 2009–2021 |
| Spencer Cox | Republican | 2021-present |
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