Political party strength in Utah
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Utah:
- Governor
- Secretary of State/Lieutenant Governor[a]
- Attorney General
- State Treasurer
- State Auditor
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
- State Senate
- State House of Representatives
- State delegation to the U.S. Senate
- State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives
For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral votes | |||||||
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Governor | Lt. Gov./ Sec. of State | Attorney General | State Treasurer | State Auditor | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | ||
1896 | Heber Manning Wells (R) | James T. Hammond (R) | Alexander C. Bishop (R) | James Chipman (R) | Morgan Richards Jr. (R) | 12R, 6D | 31R, 14D | Frank J. Cannon (R) | Arthur Brown (R) | Clarence Emir Allen (R) | 2 – Bryan/Sewall (D/Sv) ![]() 1 – Bryan/Watson (Pop) ![]() |
1897 | 17R, 1Pop | 40R, 3Pop, 2D | Joseph L. Rawlins (D) | William H. King (D)[b] | |||||||
1898 | Frank J. Cannon (SvR) | ||||||||||
1899 | 14D, 2R, 2I | 26D, 15R, 4I | vacant | ||||||||
1900 | William McKinley/ Theodore Roosevelt (R) ![]() | ||||||||||
1901 | M. A. Breeden (R) | John DeGrey Dixon (R) | Charles S. Tingey (R) | 10D, 8R | 28R, 17D | Thomas Kearns (R) | George Sutherland (R) | ||||
1902 | |||||||||||
1903 | 12R, 6D | 38R, 7D | Reed Smoot (R) | Joseph Howell (R) | |||||||
1904 | Theodore Roosevelt/ Charles W. Fairbanks (R) ![]() | ||||||||||
1905 | John Christopher Cutler (R) | Charles S. Tingey (R) | James Christiansen (R) | J. A. Edwards (R) | 15R, 3D | 41R, 4D | George Sutherland (R) | ||||
1906 | |||||||||||
1907 | 18R | 38R, 7D | |||||||||
1908 | William Howard Taft/ James S. Sherman (R) ![]() | ||||||||||
1909 | William Spry (R) | A. R. Barnes (R) | David M. Mattson (R) | Jesse D. Jewkes (R) | 43R, 2D | ||||||
1910 | |||||||||||
1911 | 16R, 2D | 38R, 7D | |||||||||
1912 | William Howard Taft/ Nicholas Murray Butler (R) ![]() | ||||||||||
1913 | David M. Mattson (R) | Jesse D. Jewkes (R) | Lincoln Kelly (R) | 17R, 1D | 30R, 15D | 2R | |||||
1914 | |||||||||||
1915 | 12R, 6D | 23R, 10D-Prog, 8D, 3Prog, 1Soc | 1D, 1R | ||||||||
1916 | Woodrow Wilson/ Thomas R. Marshall (D) ![]() | ||||||||||
1917 | Simon Bamberger (D) | Harden Bennion (D) | Dan B. Shields (D) | Daniel O. Larson (D) | Joseph Ririe (D) | 14D, 4R | 44D, 1Soc | William H. King (D) | 2D | ||
1918 | |||||||||||
1919 | 18D | 37D, 8R | |||||||||
1920 | Warren G. Harding/ Calvin Coolidge (R) ![]() | ||||||||||
1921 | Charles R. Mabey (R) | H. E. Crockett (R) | Harvey H. Cluff (R) | W. D. Sutton (R) | Mark Tuttle (R) | 11R, 7D | 46R, 1D | 2R | |||
1922 | |||||||||||
1923 | 19R, 1D | 45R, 10D | |||||||||
1924 | Calvin Coolidge/ Charles G. Dawes (R) ![]() | ||||||||||
1925 | George Dern (D) | John Walker (R) | John E. Holden (R) | 46R, 9D | |||||||
1926 | |||||||||||
1927 | 49R, 6D | ||||||||||
1928 | Herbert Hoover/ Charles Curtis (R) ![]() | ||||||||||
1929 | Milton H. Welling (D) | George P. Parker (R) | A. Edsel Christensen (R) | Ivor Ajax (R) | 11R, 9D | 29R, 26D | |||||
1930 | |||||||||||
1931 | 41R, 14D | ||||||||||
1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt/ John Nance Garner (D) ![]() | ||||||||||
1933 | Henry H. Blood (D) | Joseph Chez (D) | Julius C. Anderson (D) | 13D, 10R | 51D, 9R | Elbert D. Thomas (D) | 2D | ||||
1934 | Enos Hodge (NP) | ||||||||||
1935 | Joseph Ririe (D) | 19D, 4R | 56D, 4R | ||||||||
1936 | |||||||||||
1937 | E. E. Monson (D) | Reece M. Reese (D) | John W. Guy (D) | 22D, 1R | |||||||
1938 | |||||||||||
1939 | 21D, 2R | 45D, 15R | |||||||||
1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt/ Henry A. Wallace (D) ![]() | ||||||||||
1941 | Herbert B. Maw (D) | Grover A. Giles (D) | Oliver G. Ellis (D) | Reece M. Reese (D) | 19D, 4R | 44D, 16R | Abe Murdock (D) | ||||
1942 | |||||||||||
1943 | 17D, 6R | 39D, 21R | |||||||||
1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt/ Harry S. Truman (D) ![]() | ||||||||||
1945 | Reece M. Reese (D) | Ferrell Adams (D) | 18D, 5R | 45D, 15R | |||||||
1946 | |||||||||||
1947 | 12D, 11R | 39R, 21D | Arthur V. Watkins (R) | 1D, 1R | |||||||
1948 | Harry S. Truman/ Alben W. Barkley (D) ![]() | ||||||||||
1949 | J. Bracken Lee (R) | Heber Bennion Jr. (D) | Clinton D. Vernon (D) | Ferrell Adams (D) | Reece M. Reese (D) | 41D, 19R | 2D | ||||
1950 | |||||||||||
1951 | 16D, 7R | 30D, 30R[c] | Wallace F. Bennett (R) | ||||||||
1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower/ Richard Nixon (R) ![]() | ||||||||||
1953 | LaMont Toronto (R) | Sherman J. Preece (R) | Sid Lambourne (R) | E. R. Callister Jr. (R) | 15R, 8D | 39R, 21D | 2R | ||||
1954 | |||||||||||
1955 | 16R, 7D | 33R, 27D | |||||||||
1956 | |||||||||||
1957 | George Dewey Clyde (R) | E. R. Callister Jr. (R) | Sherman J. Preece (R) | Sid Lambourne (R) | 15R, 10D | 39R, 24D, 1I | |||||
1958 | |||||||||||
1959 | 13R, 12D | 42D, 22R | Frank Moss (D) | 1D, 1R | |||||||
1960 | Richard Nixon/ Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R) ![]() | ||||||||||
1961 | Walter L. Budge (R) | Sharp M. Larsen (D) | Sherman J. Preece (R) | 14D, 11R | 36D, 28R | 2D | |||||
1962 | |||||||||||
1963 | 13R, 12D | 34R, 30D | 2R | ||||||||
1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson/ Hubert Humphrey (D) ![]() | ||||||||||
1965 | Cal Rampton (D) | Clyde L. Miller (D) | Phil L. Hansen (D) | Linn C. Baker (D) | Sharp M. Larsen (D) | 15D, 12R | 39D, 30R | 1D, 1R | |||
1966 | |||||||||||
1967 | 23R, 5D | 59R, 10D | 2R | ||||||||
1968 | Richard Nixon/ Spiro Agnew (R) ![]() | ||||||||||
1969 | Vernon B. Romney (R) | Golden L. Allen (R) | Sherman J. Preece (R) | 20R, 8D | 48R, 21D | ||||||
1970 | |||||||||||
1971 | 16R, 12D | 40D, 29R | 1D, 1R | ||||||||
1972 | |||||||||||
1973 | David L. Duncan (D) | David Smith Monson (R) | 16R, 13D | 44R, 31D | 2D | ||||||
1974 | |||||||||||
1975 | 15D, 14R | 41D, 34R | Jake Garn (R) | ||||||||
1976 | Gerald Ford/ Bob Dole (R) ![]() | ||||||||||
1977 | Scott M. Matheson (D) | David Smith Monson (R) | Robert B. Hansen (R) | Linn C. Baker (D) | Richard Jensen (R) | 17D, 12R[3] | 40R, 35D | Orrin Hatch (R) | 1D, 1R | ||
1978 | |||||||||||
1979 | 19R, 10D | 51R, 24D | |||||||||
1980 | Ronald Reagan/ George H. W. Bush (R) ![]() | ||||||||||
1981 | David L. Wilkinson (R) | Ed Alter (R) | W. Val Oveson (R) | 22R, 7D | 58R, 17D | 2R | |||||
1982 | |||||||||||
1983 | 24R, 5D | 59R, 16D | 3R | ||||||||
1984 | |||||||||||
1985 | Norman H. Bangerter (R) | W. Val Oveson (R) | Tom L. Allen (R) | 23R, 6D | 62R, 13D | ||||||
1986 | |||||||||||
1987 | 21R, 8D | 48R, 27D | 2R, 1D | ||||||||
1988 | George H. W. Bush/ Dan Quayle (R) ![]() | ||||||||||
1989 | Paul Van Dam (D) | 22R, 7D | 47R, 28D | ||||||||
1990 | |||||||||||
1991 | 19R, 10D | 44R, 31D | 2D, 1R | ||||||||
1992 | George H. W. Bush/ Dan Quayle (R) ![]() | ||||||||||
1993 | Mike Leavitt (R)[d] | Olene Walker (R) | Jan Graham (D) | 18R, 11D | 49R, 26D | Bob Bennett (R) | |||||
1994 | |||||||||||
1995 | 19R, 10D | 55R, 20D | 2R, 1D | ||||||||
Auston Johnson (R) | |||||||||||
1996 | Bob Dole/ Jack Kemp (R) ![]() | ||||||||||
1997 | 20R, 9D | 3R | |||||||||
1998 | |||||||||||
1999 | 18R, 11D | 54R, 21D | |||||||||
2000 | George W. Bush/ Dick Cheney (R) ![]() | ||||||||||
2001 | Mark Shurtleff (R) | 20R, 9D | 51R, 24D | 2R, 1D | |||||||
2002 | |||||||||||
2003 | Olene Walker (R)[e] | Gayle McKeachnie (R) | 22R, 7D | 56R, 19D | |||||||
2004 | |||||||||||
2005 | Jon Huntsman Jr. (R)[f] | Gary Herbert (R) | 21R, 8D | ||||||||
2006 | |||||||||||
2007 | 55R, 20D | ||||||||||
2008 | John McCain/ Sarah Palin (R) ![]() | ||||||||||
2009 | Gary Herbert (R)[e] | Greg Bell (R) | Richard Ellis (R)[g] | 53R, 22D | |||||||
2010 | |||||||||||
2011 | 22R, 7D | 58R, 17D | Mike Lee (R) | ||||||||
2012 | Mitt Romney/ Paul Ryan (R) ![]() | ||||||||||
2013 | John Swallow (R) | John Dougall (R) | 24R, 5D | 61R, 14D | 3R, 1D | ||||||
2014 | Spencer Cox (R) | Sean Reyes (R) | |||||||||
2015 | 63R, 12D | 4R | |||||||||
2016 | David Damschen (R) | Donald Trump/ Mike Pence (R) ![]() | |||||||||
2017 | 62R, 13D | ||||||||||
2018 | |||||||||||
2019 | 23R, 6D | 59R, 16D | Mitt Romney (R) | 3R, 1D | |||||||
2020 | Donald Trump/ Mike Pence (R) ![]() | ||||||||||
2021 | Spencer Cox (R) | Deidre Henderson (R) | 58R, 17D | 4R | |||||||
2022 | Marlo Oaks (R) | ||||||||||
2023 | 61R, 14D | ||||||||||
2024 | [to be determined] | ||||||||||
Year | Governor | Lt. Governor | Attorney General | State Treasurer | State Auditor | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | Electoral votes |
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- ^ The Office of the Lieutenant Governor was created in 1976. Prior to the creation of the Lieutenant Governor's office, the succession to the governorship was held by the state secretary of state. The office of Secretary of State was abolished by the legislature in 1976 and those duties given to the newly created Office of the Lieutenant Governor.
- ^ King lost renomination in the Democratic primary in 1898 to Brigham H. Roberts. Roberts won the 1898 election, but the House refused to seat him because he was a polygamist. There was a special election in 1900, and King was elected to complete his term until 1901.
- ^ After a four-day standoff, a power-sharing agreement was worked out between both parties, with Republicans gaining the Speakership under Clifton G.M. Kerr, and Democrats having control of four committees of their choosing, including the Appropriations Committee, with the other 34 committees alternating between the two parties for choice of control. As such, Democrats controlled 21 committees, and Republicans 17.[1][2]
- ^ Resigned to become director of the Environmental Protection Agency.
- ^ a b Lieutenant Governor ascended to governorship upon the resignation of his or her predecessor.
- ^ Resigned to become United States Ambassador to China.
- ^ Resigned to work in the private sector.
References
- ^ "The Deseret News - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. pp. A1, A4. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
- ^ Sharp, Nancy Weatherly; Sharp, James Roger; Ritter, Charles F.; Wakelyn, Jon L. (1997). American Legislative Leaders in the West, 1911-1994. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 161. ISBN 978-0-313-30212-1.
- ^ "Utah Legislators by Year".
- "Early State and Territorial Officials of Utah". genealogytrails.com. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
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