9 Wyoming Governors Are Burried In The Same Graveyard

Last weekend, I was standing at the grave of one of Wyoming's most famous governors, Nellie Davis Tayloe Ross—America's first woman governor.

It suddenly struck me that this was the grave of two governors, because her husband, buried beside her, was the governor she replaced.

To my right, as I looked at the stone, was a tall obelisk that was the grave marker of another governor. So I began to wonder how many governors were buried in this graveyard.

Wyoming has had 33 state governors since it was admitted to the Union on July 10, 1890, until 2026.

There are 9 former Wyoming governors buried at Lakeview Cemetery in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

So, I wondered, how do I find the rest of them?

Records for Lakeview Cemetery in Cheyenne can be found in the official city resources and online databases. Try this link. Type in the name and see who you can find. That handy website will give the plot number, a map with directions, and a photo of what the grave looks like.

Francis E. Warren – Served as a Wyoming Governor and United States Senator, and received the Medal of Honor.

Nellie Tayloe Ross – Served as the first female governor of Wyoming (and the first female governor of a U.S. state) and later directed the U.S. Mint.

William Bradford Ross – Served as governor of Wyoming until passing away in office in 1924, and is buried beside his wife, Nellie Tayloe Ross.

Joseph Carey – Served as a Wyoming Supreme Court Justice, Territorial Congressman, U.S. Senator, and Governor.

DeForest Richards – Served as Wyoming's fifth governor and died in office during his second term in 1903.

William Alford Richards – Served as the second governor of the state of Wyoming from 1895 to 1899.

Fenimore Chatterton – Served as acting governor of Wyoming from 1903 to 1905.

Frank L. Houx – Served as acting governor of Wyoming from 1917 to 1919.

Robert D. Carey – Served as governor of Wyoming from 1919 to 1923 (son of Governor Joseph M. Carey)