Capital: Denver

State Nickname: Centennial State

State Bird: Lark Bunting

State Flower: Columbine

Admitted to the Union: August 1, 1876

November 3, 1876 to January 14, 1879:

John L. Routt

January 14, 1879 to January 9, 1883:

Frederick W. Pitkin

January 9, 1883 to January 13, 1885:

James G. Grant

January 13, 1885 to January 11, 1887:

Benjamin H. Eaton

January 11, 1887 to January 10, 1889:

Alva Adams

January 10, 1889 to January 13, 1891:

Job A. Cooper

January 13, 1891 to January 108, 1893:

John L. Houtt

January 10, 1893 to January 8, 1895:

Davis H. Waite

January 8, 1895 to January 12, 1897:

Albert W. McIntire

January 12, 1897 to January 10, 1899:

Alva Adams

January 10, 1899 to January 13, 1901:

Charles S. Thomas

January 8, 1901 to January 13, 1903:

James B. Orman

January 13, 1903 to January 10, 1905:

James H. Peabody

January 10, 1905 to March 16, 1905:

Alva Adams*

March 16, 1905 to March 17, 1905:

James H. Peabody*

*The 1904 election between Alva Adams and James H. Peabody caused a dispute surroudning charges of fraud that was settled by the legislature. Both contenders were required to withdaw. Adams served as governor for 66 days and Peabody for one day.

March 17, 1905 to January 8, 1907:

Kesse F. McDonald

January 8, 1907 to January 12, 1909:

Henry A. Buchtel

January 12, 1909 to January 14, 1913:

John F. Shafroth

January 14, 1913 to January 12, 1915:

Elias M. Ammons

January 12, 1915 to January 9, 1917:

George A. Carlson

January 9, 1917 to January 14, 1919:

Julius C. Gunter

January 14, 1919 to January 9, 1923:

Oliver H. Shoup

January 9, 1923 to January 13, 1925:

William E. Sweet

January 13, 1925 to January 11, 1927:

Clarence J. Morley

January 11, 1927 to January 10, 1933:

William H. Adams

January 10, 1933 to January 3, 1937:

Edwin C. Johnson

January 3, 1937 to January 12, 1937:

Ray H. Talbot

January 12, 1937 to January 10, 1939:

Teller Ammons

January 10, 1939 to January 12, 1943:

Ralph L. Carr

January 12, 1943 to January 14, 1947:

John C. Vivian

January 14, 1947 to April 15, 1950:

William L. Knous

April 15, 1950 To January 9, 1951:

Walter W. Johnson

January 9, 1951 to January 11, 1955:

Dan Thornton

January 11, 1955 to January 8, 1957:

Edwin C. Johnson

January 8, 1957 to January 8, 1963:

Stephen L. R. McNichols

January 8, 1963 to July 16, 1973:

John A. Love

July 16, 1973 to January 14, 1975:

John D. Vanderhoof

January 14, 1975 to January 13, 1987:

Richard D. Lamm

January 13, 1987 to 1999:

Roy Romer

1999 --

Bill Owens

Where the Columbines Grow

Lyrics & Music by A.J. Fynn

Where the snowy peaks gleam in the moonlight,
above the dark forests of pine,
And the wild foaming waters dash onward,
toward lands where the tropic stars shine;
Where the scream of the bold mountain eagle,
responds to the notes of the dove
Is the purple robed West, the land that is best,
the pioneer land that we love.

1870: 39,864

1880: 194,327

1890: 412,198

1900: 539,700

1910: 799,024

1920: 939,629

1930: 1,035,791

1940: 1,123,296

1950: 1,325,089

1960: 1,753,947

1970: 2,209,596

1980: 2,889,964

1990: 3,294,394

2000: 4,301,997