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The following is a list of the Colorado Secretaries of State since 1861 and their Party affiliation. The list was compiled from various sources at the Colorado State Archives.

TERRITORIAL SECRETARIES 

WELD, LEWIS LEDYARD                *                1861
ELBERT, SAMUEL H.                  *              1862-1866
HALL, FRANK                        *              1866-1874
JENKINS, JOHN W.                   *              1874-1875
TAFFE, JOHN                        *              1875-1876

STATEHOOD SECRETARIES 

CLARK, WILLIAM                     R              1876-1879
MELDRUM, NORMAN                    R              1879-1883
EDWARDS, MELVIN                    R              1883-1887
RICE, JAMES                        R              1887-1891
EATON, EDWARD J.                   R              1891-1893
MC CLESS, NELSON O.                P*             1893-1895
MC GAFFEY, ALBERT B.               R              1895-1897
WHIPPLE, CHARLES H.S.              D              1897-1899
BECKWITH, ELMER F.                 D              1899-1901
MILLS, DAVID A.                    D              1901-1903
COWIE, JAMES                       R              1903-1907
O'CONNOR, TIMOTHY                  R              1907-1909
PEARCE, JAMES B.                   D              1909-1915
RAMER, JOHN E.                     R              1915-1917
NOLAND, JAMES R.                   D              1917-1921
MILIKEN, CARL                      R              1921-1927
ARMSTRONG, CHARLES                 R              1927-1935
CARR, JAMES                        D              1935
SAUNDERS, GEORGE                   D              1935-1941
MORRISON, WALTER                   R              1941-1949
BAKER, GEORGE                      D              1949-1953
BRUCE, HOMER                       R              1953-1955
BAKER, GEORGE                      D              1955-1963
ANDERSON, BRYON A.                 R              1963-1974
BUCHANAN, MARY ESTILL              R              1974-1983
MEYER, NATALIE                     R              1983-1995
BUCKLEY, VICTORIA                  R              1995-1999
DAVIDSON, DONETTA                  R              1999-2005     
DENNIS, GIGI                       R		  2005-2007
COFFMAN, MIKE                      R              2007-2009
BUESCHER, BERNIE                   D              2009-2011
SCOTT GESSLER			   R		  2011-
*P = Populist Party

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