List of People From Wyoming - Political Figures

Political Figures

• Thurman Arnold (1891–1969), associate judge of the Court of Appeals for the D. C. Circuit
• Amos W. Barber (1861–1915), former Governor of Wyoming
• John Barrasso (born 1952), Republican U.S. Senator from Wyoming since 2007
• Frank A. Barrett (1892–1962), U.S. Senator, Representatives, Governor of Wyoming
• Eli Bebout (born 1946), Republican gubernatorial nominee in 2002; member of the Wyoming State Senate since 2007
• Mary Bellamy (1861–1954), first woman elected to the Wyoming Legislature
• Eliza Stewart Boyd (1833–1912), first woman in America to serve on a jury
• Bryant Butler Brooks (1861–1944), Governor of Wyoming (1905–1911)
• Anne Gorsuch Burford (1942–2004), first female Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (born in Casper)
• John Allen Campbell (1835–1880), first governor of the Wyoming Territory (1869–1875)
• Joseph M. Carey (1845–1924), Governor of Wyoming, first U.S. Senator from Wyoming
• Robert D. Carey (1878–1937), Governor of Wyoming (1919–1923), U.S. Senator (1930–1937)
• Vincent Carter (1891–1972), U.S. Representative (1929–1935)
• Cale Case (born 1958), Wyoming state senator from Lander since 1998
• Fenimore Chatterton (1860–1958), Acting Governor of Wyoming (1903–1905)
• Dick Cheney (born 1941), Vice-President of the United States; raised in Casper Lives in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
• Lynne Cheney (born 1941), Member of the National Enterprise Institute, Chairwoman of the National Endowment for the Humanities and wife of Dick Cheney; born in Casper
• Alonzo M. Clark (1868–1952), former Governor of Wyoming
• Clarence D. Clark 1851-1930), member of the Wyoming constitutional convention, US Representative (1890–1893), US Senator (1895–1917)
• Tom Coburn (born 1948), Junior Republican Senator from Oklahoma; born in Casper
• Henry A. Coffeen (1841–1912), US Representative (1893–1895)
• Arthur G. Crane (1877–1955), former Governor of Wyoming
• Patrick Crank, Attorney General of Wyoming (2002–2007)
• Edward D. Crippa, interim US Senator (1954)
• Barbara Cubin (born 1946), U.S. Representatives from Wyoming
• W. G. Curtis, founder and mayor of Torrington; Wyoming State representative
• Stephen Wheeler Downey (1839–1902), Wyoming territorial government leader; member of the Wyoming congressional convention; University of Wyoming trustee and president
• Frank Emerson (1882–1931), Governor of Wyoming (1926–1931)
• Mike Enzi (born 1944), Republican U.S. Senator from Wyoming
• Dave Freudenthal (born 1950), Governor of Wyoming (2003–present)
• Nancy Freudenthal (born 1954), judge on the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming
• Jack R. Gage (1899–1970), Governor of Wyoming (1961–1963)
• Jim Geringer (born 1944), Governor of Wyoming (1995–2003)
• Paul Ranous Greever (1891–1943), US Representative (1935–1938); mayor of Cody
• Clifford Hansen (born 1912), former Republican Governor and U.S. Senator from Wyoming
• William Henry Harrison (1896–1990), Republican U.S. Representative from Wyoming during the 1950s and 1960s
• Stanley K. Hathaway (1924–2005), Governor of Wyoming and U.S. Secretary of the Interior
• Harold Hellbaum (1926–2007), former Republican Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives from Wheatland
• Edgar Herschler (1918–1990), Democratic Governor of Wyoming, only person to serve three terms as Wyoming governor; born in Kemmerer
• John J. Hickey (1911–1970), US Senator (1961–1962)
• Richard Honaker (born 1951), former state representative from Rock Springs, nominee for U.S. District Judge
• Frank O. Horton (1882–1948), US Representative (1939–1941)
• Ray Hunkins (born 1939), Republican gubernatorial nominee in 2006
• Lester C. Hunt (1892–1954), Governor of Wyoming (1943–1949); US Senator (1949–1954)
• Robert H. Johnson (1916–2011), state senator from Rock Springs from 1967 to 1978
• Richard R. "Dick" Jones (1910–2008), former Republican member of both houses of the Wyoming legislature, former State Senate President, former mayor of Powell, 1974 gubernatorial nominee; one of the founders of Northwest Community College in Powell
• John B. Kendrick (1857–1933), Governor of Wyoming (1915—1917); US Senator (1917—1933)
• Frank E. Lucas (1876–1948), Republican Governor of Wyoming from 1924–1925; preceded Nellie Tayloe Ross
• Cynthia Lummis (born 1954), former Republican member of both houses of the Wyoming legislature and former state treasurer
• Randall Luthi (born 1953), former Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives
• Max Maxfield (born 1945), Republican secretary of state of Wyoming
• Gale W. McGee (1915–1992), Democratic U. S. Senator from Wyoming
• John J. McIntyre (1904–1974), US Representative (1941–1943); Wyoming Supreme Court Justice
• Ron Micheli, former Republican member of Wyoming Legislature, Former Wyoming Director of Agriculture
• Leslie A. Miller (1886–1970), Governor of Wyoming (1932–1939)
• Franklin Wheeler Mondell (1860–1939), US Representative (1895–1897; 1899–1923)
• Warren A. Morton (1924–2002), former Speaker of Wyoming House of Representatives (1979–1980); Republican candidate for governor, 1982
• Joseph C. O'Mahoney (1884–1962), Democratic U. S. Senator from Wyoming
• John Eugene Osborne (1858–1943), Governor of Wyoming (1892–1895), US Representative (1987-1899)
• John C. Ostlund (1927–2004), Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1978; former member of the Wyoming State Senate
• Gordon L. Park (1937–2010), Republican state representative from Uinta County (1993–1996)
• Nellie Tayloe Ross (1876–1977), Governor of Wyoming, first female governor of a U.S. state
• DeForest Richards (1846–1903), Governor of Wyoming (1899–1903)
• William A. Richards (1849–1912), Governor of Wyoming (1895–1899)
• Edward V. Robertson (1881–1963), US Senator (1943–1949)
• Teno Roncalio (1916–2003), US Representative (1965–1967;1971–1978)
• William B. Ross (1873–1924), Governor of Wyoming (1923–1924)
• Tom Sansonetti, Assistant U.S. Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the Justice Department
• Robert Schliske (1924–2007), Republican member of the Wyoming House of Representatives from 1971–1975; one of the founders of Laramie County Community College
• Henry H. Schwartz (1869–1955), US Senator (1937–1943)
• Joseph D. Selby (1950–2007), former Republican member of the Wyoming House of Representatives from Cheyenne
• Bryan Sharratt (1947–2007), member of Clinton administration defense team; Democratic candidate for Congress in 1988, having been defeated by Richard B. Cheney
• Larry D. Shippy (1946–2007), former Republican member of the Wyoming House of Representatives from Cheyenne
• Mike Sullivan (born 1939), Governor of Wyoming (1987-1995_
• Alan K. Simpson (born 1931), former U.S. Senator from Wyoming
• Milward L. Simpson (1897–1993), former Republican Governor and U.S. Senator from Wyoming
• Patrick Joseph Sullivan (1865–1935), Mayor of Casper; US Senator (1929–1930)
• John Thayer (1820–1906), Governor of Wyoming Territory (1875–1878)
• Craig L. Thomas (1930–2007), U.S. Senator from Wyoming
• Edwin Keith Thomson (1919–1960), US Representative (1955–1960)
• Malcolm Wallop (born 1933), former U.S. Senator from Wyoming
• Francis E. Warren (1844–1929), Governor of Wyoming, U.S. Senator
• James G. Watt (born 1938), former U.S. Secretary of the Interior; born in Lusk
• Charles E. Winter (1870–1948), US Representative (1923–1929)
• John S. Wold (born 1916), US Representative (1969–1971)