Arizona
1775-1821 Part of New Spain (Mexico)
1821-1850 Part of Mexico
1850-1861 To New Mexico
1861-1912 Annexed by US
1912 Arizona State
Capital: Phoenix
Language: English, Spanish
Religion: Roman Catholic, Protestant
State Anthem: "Arizona"
State Motto: Ditat Deus (God enriches)
State Emblem:
Governors
1861 Lewis S. Owings
1861-1862 John Robert Baylor
1863-1866 John Nobel Goodwin
1866-1868 Richard Cunningham McCormick
1868-1869 James Patton Taylor Carter
1869-1877 Anson Peacely Killon Safford
1877-1878 John Philo Hoyt
1878-1881 John Charles Fremont
1881-1882 John Jay Gosper
1881-1885 Frederick Augustus Tritle
1885-1889 Conrad Meyer Zulick
1889-1890 Lewis Wolfley
1890-1892 John Nichol Irwin
1892-1893 Nathan Oakes Murphy
(1898-1902)
1893-1896 Louis Cameron Hughes
1896-1897 Benjamin Josef Franklin
1897-1898 Myron Hawley McCord
1902-1905 Alexander Oswald Brodie
1905-1909 Joseph Henry Kibbey
1909-1911 Richard Elihu Sloan
1911-1919 George Wylie Paul Hunt
(1923-1929 1931-1933)
1919-1923 Thomas Edward Campbell
1929-1931 John Calhoum Phillips
1933-1937 Benjamin Baker Moeur
1937-1939 Rawghlie Clement Stanford
1939-1941 Robert Taylor Jones
1941-1948 Sidney Preston Osborn D
1948-1951 Daniel Edward Garvey D
1951-1955 John Howard Pyle R
1955-1959 Ernest William McFarland D
1959-1965 Paul Jones Fannin R
1965-1967 Samuel Pearson Goddard Jr D
1967-1975 John Richard Williams R
1975-1977 Raśl Héctor Castro D
1977-1978 Harvey Wesley Bolin D 1909-1978
1978-1987 Bruce Edward Babbitt D
1987-1988 Evan Mecham R
1924-2008
1988-1991 Rose Perica Mofford D
1991-1997 John Fife Symington III R
1997-2003 Jane Dee Hull R
2003-2009 Janet Ann Napolitano D
2009- Janice Kay Brewer R
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California
Capital: Sacramento
Language: English, Spanish
Religion: Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jewish, Buddhist, Islam
State Anthem: "I Love You, Califonia"
State Motto: Eureka (I have found it)
State Emblem: California grizzly bear
1542-1770 Spanish settlements
1770-1821 Part of New Spain
1821-1823 Part of Mexican Empire
1823-1846 Part of Mexico
1846 Independence Proclaimed
1846 Republic of California at Sonoma 14 June-9 July 1846
1846-1849 Under US occupation
1849 Annexed by US
1850 State of California
President
1846 William Brown Ide 1796-1852
Governors
1849-1851 Peter Hardeman Burnett
1851-1852 John McDougal
1852-1856 John Bigler
1856-1858 John Neely Johnson
1858-1860 John B. Weller
1860 Milton Slocum Latham
1860-1862 John Gately Downey
1862-1863 Leland Stanford
1863-1867 Frederick Ferdinand Low
1867-1871 Henry Huntley Haight
1871-1875 Newton Booth
1875 Romualdo Pacheco
1875-1880 William Irwin
1880-1883 George Clement Perkins
1883-1887 George Stoneman
1887 Washington Barlett
1887-1891 Robert Whitney Waterman
1891-1895 Henry Harrison Markham
1895-1899 James Herbert Budd
1899-1903 Henry Tifft Gage
1903-1907 George Cooper Pardee
1907-1911 James Norris Gillett
1911-1917 Hiram Warren Johnson
1917-1923 William Dennison Stephens
1923-1927 Friend William Richardson
1927-1931 Clement Calhoun Young
1931-1934 James Rolph Jr
1934-1939 Frank Finley Merriam
1939-1943 Culbert Levy Olson D 1876-1892
1943-1953 Earl Waren R 1891-1974
1953-1959 Goodwin Jess Knight R 1896-1970
1959-1967 Edmund Gerland Brown D 1905-1996
1967-1975 Ronald Wilson Reagen R 1911-2004
1975-1983 Edmund Gerald Brown Jr D 1938-
1983-1991 Courken George Deukmejian Jr R
1928-
1991-1999 Peter Barton Wilson R
1933-
1999-2003 Joseph Graham Davis Jr D
1942-
2003- Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger R
1947-
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Nevada
1821-1850 Part of Mexico
1850-1861 Part of Utah
1861-1864 Nevada Territory
1864 Nevada State
Capital: Carson City
Language: English Spanish
Religion: Roman Catholic' Protestant, Mormon
State Anthem: "Home Means Nevada"
State Motto: All For Our Country
State Emblem:
Governors
1861-1864 James Warren Nye
1864-1871 Henry Goode Blasdel
1871-1879 Lewis Rice Bradley
1879-1883 John Henry Kinkead
1883-1886 Jewett William Adams
1886-1890 Charles Clark Stevenson
1890-1891 Francis Jardine Bell
1891-1895 Roswell Keyes Colcord
1895-1896 John Edward Jones
1896-1903 Reinhold Sadler
1903-1908 John Sparks
1908-1911 Denver Sylvester Dickerson
1911-1915 Tasker Lowndes Oddie
1915-1923 Emmet Derby Boyle
1923-1927 James Graves Scrugham
1927-1934 Frederick Bennett Blazar
1934-1935 Morley Isaac Griswold
1935-1939 Richard Kirman Sr
1939-1945 Edward Peter Carville D
1945-1951 Vail Montgomery Pittman D
1951-1959 Charles Hinton Russell R
1903-1989
1959-1967 Frank Grant Sawyer D
1918-1996
1967-1971 Paul Dominique Laxalt R
1971-1979 Donal Neil 'Mike' O'Callaghan D
1929-2004
1979-1983 Robert Frank List R
1983-1989 Richard Hudson Bryan D
1989-1999 Robert Joseph Miller D
1999-2007 Kenneth Carroll Guinn R
2007- James Arthur Gibbons R
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New Mexico
1595-1821 Spanish colony Nuevo Mexico
1821-1846 Part of Mexico
1846-1850 Occupied by US
1850-1912 New Mexico Territory
1912 New Mexico State
Capital: Santa Fe
Language: English, Spanish, Indian langauges
Religion: Roman Catholic, Pronestant
State Anthem: "O' Fair New Mexico"
State Motto:Crescit eundo (It grows as it goes)
State Emblem:
Governors
1846-1847 Charles Bent
1847-1848 Donaciano Vigil
1848-1852 James S. Calhoun
1852-1853 William Carr Lane
1853-1854 William Slueman Messervy
1854-1857 David Meriwether
1857-1861 Abraham Rencher
1861-1865 Henry Connelly
1865-1866 William Frederick Milton Arny
1866-1869 Robert Byington Mitchell
1912-1917 William C. McDonald
1917 Ezequiel Cabeza de Baca
1917-1919 Washington Ellsworth Lindsey
1919-1921 Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo
1921-1923 Merritt Cramer Mechem
1923-1925 James Fielding Hinkle
1925-1927 Arthur Thomas Hannett
1927-1931 Richard Charles Dillon
1931-1933 Arthur Seligam
1933-1935 Andew W. Hockenhull
1935-1939 Clyde K. Tingley
1939-1943 John Esten Miles
1943-1947 John Joseph Dempsey D 1879-1958
1947-1951 Thomas Jewett Mabry D 1884-1962
1951-1955 Edwin Leard Mechem R
1912-2002
(1957-1959 1961-1962)
1955-1957 John Field Simms Jr D
1916-1975
1959-1961 John Burroughs D
1907-1978
1962-1963 Thomas Felix Bolack R
1918-1999
1963-1967 John M. Campbell D 1916-1999
1967-1971 David Frances Cargo R
1971-1975 Bruce King D
(1979-1983 1991-1995)
1975-1979 Raymond Jerry Apodaca D
1983-1987 Athoney Anaya D
1987-1991 Garrey Edward Carruthers R
1995-2003 Gary Earl Johnson R
2003- William Blaine Richardson III D
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Oregon
1775-1813 Claimed for Spain
1813-1818 Claimed for Great Britain
1818-1846 Under British-US rule
1846 British Territory ceded to Canada as British Columbia
1848-1859 Oregon territory
1859 Oregon State
Capital: Salem
Language: English
Religion: Pronestant
State Anthem: "Oregon My Oregon"
State Motto: Alis volat Propris (She flies with her own wings)
State Emblem: Oregon Beaver
Governors
1846-1849 George Abernethy
1849-1850 Joseph Lane
(18530
1850-1853 John Pollard Gaines
1853 George Law Curry
(1854-1859)
1853-1854 John Wesley Davis
1859-1862 John Whiteaker
1862-1866 Addison Crandall Gibbs
1866-1870 George Lemeul Woods
1870-1877 LaFayette Grover
1877-1878 Stephan Fowler Chadwick
1878-1882 William Wallace Thayer
1882-1887 Zenas Ferry Moody
1887-1895 Sylvester Pennoyer
1895-1899 William Paine Lord
1899-1903 Theodore Thurston Geer
1903-1909 George Earle Chamberlain
1909-1910 Frank Williamson Benson
1910-1911 Jay Bowerman
1911-1915 Oswald West
1915-1919 James Withycombe
1919-1923 Ben Wilson Olcott
1923-1927 Walter Marcus Pierce
1927-1929 Isaac Lee Patterson
1929-1931 Albin Walter Norbald
1931-1935 Julius L. Meier
1935-1939 Charles Henry Martin
1939-1943 Charles Arthur Sprague D
1943-1947 Earl Wilcox Snell R
1947-1949 John Herbert Hall R
1949-1952 Douglas Douglas McKay R
1952-1956 Paul Liuton Patterson R
1956-1957 Elmo Everett Smith R
1957-1959 Robert Denison Holmes D
1959-1967 Mark Odom Hatfield R
1967-1975 Thomas Lawson McCall R
1975-1979 Robert William Straub D
1979-1987 Victor George Atiyeh R
1987-1991 Neil Edward Goldschmidt D
1991-1995 Barbara Hughey Roberts D
1995-2003 John Albert Kitzhaber D
2003- Theodore R. Kulongoski D
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Utah
1821-1849 Part of Mexico
1849-1850 State of Deseret
1850-1896 Utah Territory
1896 Utah State
Capital: Salt Lake City
Language: English
Religion: Mormon, Protestant, Roman Catholic
State Anthem: "Utah This is the Place"
State Motto: Industry
State Emblem:
Governors
1849-1858 Bringham Young
1858-1861 Alfred Dumming
1861 John W Dawson
1861-1862 Frank Fuller
1862-1863 Stephan Selwyn
1863-1865 James Duane Doty
1865-1869 Charles Durkee
1869-1870 Edwin Higgins
1870 John Wilson Shaffer
1870-1871 Vernon A. Vaughan
1871-1874 George Lemuel Woods
1874-1875 Samuel Beach Axtell
1875-1880 George W. Emery
1880-1886 Eli Houston Murray
1886-1889 Caleb Walton West
(1893-1896)
1889-1893 Arthur Lloyd Thomas
1896-1905 Heber Maning Wells
1905-1909 John Christopher Cutler
1909-1917 Willliam Spry
1917-1921 Simon Bamberger
1921-1925 Charles Rendell Mabey
1925-1933 George Henry Dern
1933-1941 Henry Hooper Blood
1941-1949 Herbert Brown Maw D
1893-1990
1949-1957 Joseph Bracken Lee R 1899-1996
1957-1965 George Dewey Clyde R 1898-1972
1965-1977 Calvin Lewellyn Rampton D
1913-2007
1977-1985 Scott Milne Matheson D 1929-1990
1985-1993 Norman Howard Bangerter R
1993-2003 Michael Okerlund Leavitt R
2003-2005 Olene Smith Walker R
2005- Jon Meade Huntsman Jr R
D=Democratic (Liberal,Centrist)
R=Republican (Far Right, Conservative, Neo Conservative)
