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:

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
Year	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	Electoral votes
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) N 1 – Bryan/Watson (Pop) N
1897						17R, 1Pop	40R, 3Pop, 2D	Frank J. Cannon (R)	Joseph L. Rawlins (D)	William H. King (D)^[b]
1898						17R, 1Pop	40R, 3Pop, 2D	Frank J. Cannon (SvR)
1899						14D, 2R, 2I	26D, 15R, 4I	vacant
1900						14D, 2R, 2I	26D, 15R, 4I	vacant			William McKinley/ Theodore Roosevelt (R) Y
1901			M. A. Breeden (R)	John DeGrey Dixon (R)	Charles S. Tingey (R)	10D, 8R	28R, 17D	Thomas Kearns (R)		George Sutherland (R)
1902						10D, 8R	28R, 17D			George Sutherland (R)
1903						12R, 6D	38R, 7D		Reed Smoot (R)	Joseph Howell (R)
1904						12R, 6D	38R, 7D				Theodore Roosevelt/ Charles W. Fairbanks (R) Y
1905	John Christopher Cutler (R)	Charles S. Tingey (R)		James Christiansen (R)	J. A. Edwards (R)	15R, 3D	41R, 4D	George Sutherland (R)
1906						15R, 3D	41R, 4D
1907						18R	38R, 7D
1908							38R, 7D				William Howard Taft/ James S. Sherman (R) Y
1909	William Spry (R)		A. R. Barnes (R)	David M. Mattson (R)	Jesse D. Jewkes (R)		43R, 2D
1910							43R, 2D
1911						16R, 2D	38R, 7D
1912						16R, 2D	38R, 7D				William Howard Taft/ Nicholas Murray Butler (R) N
1913		David M. Mattson (R)		Jesse D. Jewkes (R)	Lincoln Kelly (R)	17R, 1D	30R, 15D			2R
1914						17R, 1D	30R, 15D			2R
1915						12R, 6D	23R, 10D-Prog, 8D, 3Prog, 1Soc			1D, 1R
1916						12R, 6D	23R, 10D-Prog, 8D, 3Prog, 1Soc			1D, 1R	Woodrow Wilson/ Thomas R. Marshall (D) Y
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						14D, 4R	44D, 1Soc
1919						18D	37D, 8R
1920						18D	37D, 8R				Warren G. Harding/ Calvin Coolidge (R) Y
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						11R, 7D	46R, 1D
1923						19R, 1D	45R, 10D
1924							45R, 10D				Calvin Coolidge/ Charles G. Dawes (R) Y
1925	George Dern (D)			John Walker (R)	John E. Holden (R)		46R, 9D
1926							46R, 9D
1927							49R, 6D
1928							49R, 6D				Herbert Hoover/ Charles Curtis (R) Y
1929		Milton H. Welling (D)	George P. Parker (R)	A. Edsel Christensen (R)	Ivor Ajax (R)	11R, 9D	29R, 26D
1930							29R, 26D
1931							41R, 14D
1932							41R, 14D				Franklin D. Roosevelt/ John Nance Garner (D) Y
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)		13D, 10R	51D, 9R
1935				Joseph Ririe (D)		19D, 4R	56D, 4R
1936				Joseph Ririe (D)		19D, 4R
1937		E. E. Monson (D)		Reece M. Reese (D)	John W. Guy (D)	22D, 1R
1938						22D, 1R
1939						21D, 2R	45D, 15R
1940						21D, 2R	45D, 15R				Franklin D. Roosevelt/ Henry A. Wallace (D) Y
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						19D, 4R	44D, 16R
1943						17D, 6R	39D, 21R
1944						17D, 6R	39D, 21R				Franklin D. Roosevelt/ Harry S. Truman (D) Y
1945				Reece M. Reese (D)	Ferrell Adams (D)	18D, 5R	45D, 15R
1946						18D, 5R	45D, 15R
1947						12D, 11R	39R, 21D	Arthur V. Watkins (R)		1D, 1R
1948							39R, 21D			1D, 1R	Harry S. Truman/ Alben W. Barkley (D) Y
1949	J. Bracken Lee (R)	Heber Bennion Jr. (D)	Clinton D. Vernon (D)	Ferrell Adams (D)	Reece M. Reese (D)		41D, 19R			2D
1950							41D, 19R
1951						16D, 7R	30D, 30R^[c]		Wallace F. Bennett (R)
1952						16D, 7R	30D, 30R^[c]				Dwight D. Eisenhower/ Richard Nixon (R) Y
1953		LaMont Toronto (R)	Sherman J. Preece (R)	Sid Lambourne (R)	E. R. Callister Jr. (R)	15R, 8D	39R, 21D			2R
1954						15R, 8D	39R, 21D
1955						16R, 7D	33R, 27D
1956						16R, 7D	33R, 27D
1957	George Dewey Clyde (R)		E. R. Callister Jr. (R)	Sherman J. Preece (R)	Sid Lambourne (R)	15R, 10D	39R, 24D, 1I
1958						15R, 10D	39R, 24D, 1I
1959						13R, 12D	42D, 22R	Frank Moss (D)		1D, 1R
1960						13R, 12D	42D, 22R			1D, 1R	Richard Nixon/ Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (R) N
1961			Walter L. Budge (R)	Sharp M. Larsen (D)	Sherman J. Preece (R)	14D, 11R	36D, 28R			2D
1962						14D, 11R	36D, 28R			2D
1963						13R, 12D	34R, 30D			2R
1964						13R, 12D	34R, 30D			2R	Lyndon B. Johnson/ Hubert Humphrey (D) Y
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						15D, 12R	39D, 30R			1D, 1R
1967						23R, 5D	59R, 10D			2R
1968						23R, 5D	59R, 10D				Richard Nixon/ Spiro Agnew (R) Y
1969			Vernon B. Romney (R)	Golden L. Allen (R)	Sherman J. Preece (R)	20R, 8D	48R, 21D
1970						20R, 8D	48R, 21D
1971						16R, 12D	40D, 29R			1D, 1R
1972						16R, 12D	40D, 29R			1D, 1R
1973				David L. Duncan (D)	David Smith Monson (R)	16R, 13D	44R, 31D			2D
1974						16R, 13D	44R, 31D
1975						15D, 14R	41D, 34R		Jake Garn (R)
1976						15D, 14R	41D, 34R				Gerald Ford/ Bob Dole (R) N
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						17D, 12R^[3]	40R, 35D
1979						19R, 10D	51R, 24D
1980						19R, 10D	51R, 24D				Ronald Reagan/ George H. W. Bush (R) Y
1981			David L. Wilkinson (R)	Ed Alter (R)	W. Val Oveson (R)	22R, 7D	58R, 17D			2R
1982						22R, 7D	58R, 17D			2R
1983						24R, 5D	59R, 16D			3R
1984						24R, 5D	59R, 16D
1985	Norman H. Bangerter (R)	W. Val Oveson (R)			Tom L. Allen (R)	23R, 6D	62R, 13D
1986						23R, 6D	62R, 13D
1987						21R, 8D	48R, 27D			2R, 1D
1988						21R, 8D	48R, 27D				George H. W. Bush/ Dan Quayle (R) Y
1989			Paul Van Dam (D)			22R, 7D	47R, 28D
1990						22R, 7D	47R, 28D
1991						19R, 10D	44R, 31D			2D, 1R
1992						19R, 10D	44R, 31D				George H. W. Bush/ Dan Quayle (R) N
1993	Mike Leavitt (R)^[d]	Olene Walker (R)	Jan Graham (D)			18R, 11D	49R, 26D		Bob Bennett (R)
1994						18R, 11D	49R, 26D
1995						19R, 10D	55R, 20D			2R, 1D
1995					Auston Johnson (R)
1996											Bob Dole/ Jack Kemp (R) N
1997						20R, 9D				3R
1998						20R, 9D
1999						18R, 11D	54R, 21D
2000						18R, 11D	54R, 21D				George W. Bush/ Dick Cheney (R) Y
2001			Mark Shurtleff (R)			20R, 9D	51R, 24D			2R, 1D
2002						20R, 9D	51R, 24D
2003	Olene Walker (R)^[e]	Gayle McKeachnie (R)				22R, 7D	56R, 19D
2004	Olene Walker (R)^[e]	Gayle McKeachnie (R)				22R, 7D
2005	Jon Huntsman Jr. (R)^[f]	Gary Herbert (R)				21R, 8D
2006
2007							55R, 20D
2008							55R, 20D				John McCain/ Sarah Palin (R) N
2009	Gary Herbert (R)^[e]	Greg Bell (R)		Richard Ellis (R)^[g]			53R, 22D
2010							53R, 22D
2011						22R, 7D	58R, 17D		Mike Lee (R)
2012						22R, 7D	58R, 17D				Mitt Romney/ Paul Ryan (R) N
2013			John Swallow (R)		John Dougall (R)	24R, 5D	61R, 14D			3R, 1D
2014		Spencer Cox (R)	Sean Reyes (R)				61R, 14D			3R, 1D
2015							63R, 12D			4R
2016				David Damschen (R)			63R, 12D				Donald Trump/ Mike Pence (R) Y
2017							62R, 13D
2018							62R, 13D
2019						23R, 6D	59R, 16D	Mitt Romney (R)		3R, 1D
2020							59R, 16D			3R, 1D	Donald Trump/ Mike Pence (R) N
2021	Spencer Cox (R)	Deidre Henderson (R)					58R, 17D			4R
2022				Marlo Oaks (R)			58R, 17D
2023							61R, 14D
2024							61R, 14D				^{[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
Year	Executive offices					State Legislature		United States Congress			Electoral votes

Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other politicians or officials

Alaskan Independence (AKIP)
Know Nothing (KN)
American Labor (AL)
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J) National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (AA)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Covenant (Cov)

Democratic (D)
Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL)
Democratic–NPL (D-NPL)
Dixiecrat (Dix), States' Rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (DR)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F) Pro-Administration (PA)

Free Soil (FS)
Fusion (Fus)
Greenback (GB)
Independence (IPM)
Independent Democrat (ID)
Independent Republican (IR)
Jacksonian (J)
Liberal (Lib)

Libertarian (L)
National Union (NU)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition Northern (O) Opposition Southern (O)
Populist (Pop)
Progressive (Prog)

Prohibition (Proh)
Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Silver (Sv)
Silver Republican (SvR)
Socialist (Soc)
Union (U)
Unconditional Union (UU)

Vermont Progressive (VP)
Whig (W)
Independent (I)
Nonpartisan (NP)

^ 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.

Political party strength in Utah

References

See also