Interesting Facts About Governors of Wyoming
1st Wyoming native to be elected governor: Robert Carey, b. Cheyenne, 1878, elected governor in 1918.
1st University of Wyoming graduate to be elected governor: Milward Simpson, Republican, elected governor in 1954.
1st Wyoming governor to serve more than two terms: Ed Herschler, Democrat, elected to a third term in 1982.
1st former governor to become U. S. Senator: Francis E. Warren. Just 17 days after he became the state’s first governor in 1890, Warren resigned to accept the legislature’s election of him to the U. S. Senate. It started a tradition. John Kendrick, Lester Hunt, and Frank Barrett each resigned from the governorship after election to the U. S. Senate. J. J. Hickey resigned to accept appointment to the Senate. Other governors later elected to the Senate were: Robert Carey, Milward Simpson, and Clifford P. Hansen.