| Title | Author |
|---|---|
| Van Devanter, Willis, Wyoming U.S. Supreme Court justice | Lori Van Pelt |
| Votes for Wyoming Women | Tom Rea |
| Wagon Wheel Project | Ann Chambers Noble |
| Warren, Francis | Wyoming State Archives |
| Warren, Francis E., biographical essay | Kerry Drake |
| Wind River Indian Reservation, 1905 Land Cession Agreement | WyoHistory.org |
| Woman suffrage in Wyoming | Tom Rea |
| World War I, Wyoming in | Rebecca Hein |
| Wyoming House of Representatives, Riot of 1913 | Gregory Nickerson |
| Wyoming Legislature, Riot of 1913 | Gregory Nickerson |
President Grant rewarded the ambitious Joseph M. Carey with the appointment of U.S. District Attorney for Wyoming. He served as the U.S. Associate Justice to the Supreme Court of Wyoming, delegate to Congress for the Wyoming Territory, the first U.S. Senator from Wyoming on November 12, 1890 and was elected Governor for the 1911-1915 term.
Elected to fill out the unexpired term of Gov. DeForest Richards in 1904, Bryant B. Brooks was re-elected to another term in 1907. He was also the first governor to live in the newly complete governor's mansion.
President Cleveland appointed George W. Baxter Territorial Governor in 1886. The new Governor took the oath of office November 11, 1886 and served until December 20, 1886.
President Grant appointed John A. Campbell Governor of the Wyoming Territory April 3, 1869. The newly appointed Governor took the oath of office on April 15, 1869 and served until March 1, 1875.
Old West adventurer, orator, barber, reported bigamist, and passionate defender of civil rights, Kentucky-born William Jefferson Hardin was Wyoming’s first African-American legislator in its territorial days.
Verda James, a schoolteacher, deputy director of public instruction for the state of Wyoming, assistant superintendent of the Natrona County schools, and later a faculty member at Casper College, was first elected to the Wyoming House in 1954. She served eight terms. During the last term, 1969-1970, she was elected House speaker, the first woman to serve in that position for a full term.
