Lieutenant Governor of Utah

The Office of the Lieutenant Governor in Utah was created in 1975. There have only been eight Lieutenant Governors in Utah's history. Prior to the creation of the Lieutenant Governor's office, the succession to the Governorship of Utah was held by the Utah Secretary of State. The office of Utah's Secretary of State was abolished by the legislature in 1976, and those duties given to the newly created Office of the Lieutenant Governor.

Duties

Utah has no Secretary of State,[1] many of the functions that would commonly be served by a state Secretary of State are fulfilled by Utah's Lieutenant Governor.[2] Accordingly, the Lieutenant Governor's statutory duties include the oversight of all Notaries Public,[3] the legal authentication of documents,[4] maintaining oversight and regulation of registered lobbyists,[5] certifying municipal annexations,[6] and serving as the "keeper" of The Great Seal of the State of Utah.[7] Arguably the most important duty of the Utah Lieutenant Governor is to maintain general oversight authority over all elections—federal, state, or local—that take place in Utah.[8]

List of lieutenant governors

Parties

      Democratic       Republican

#	Lt. Governor	Took Office	Left Office	Party
1	Clyde L. Miller	1975	1977	Democratic
2	David Smith Monson	1977	1985	Republican
3	W. Val Oveson	1985	1993	Republican
4	Olene Walker	1993	2003	Republican
5	Gayle McKeachnie	2003	2005	Republican
6	Gary R. Herbert	2005	2009	Republican
7	Greg Bell	2009	2013	Republican
8	Spencer Cox	2013	Incumbent	Republican

Living former U.S. Lieutenant Governors of Utah

As of November 2015, there art five former U.S. lieutenant governors of Utah were alive, the oldest being Gayle McKeachnie (served 2003-2005, born 1943). The most recent death of a former U.S. lieutenant governor of Utah was that of Olene S. Walker (served 1993–2003, born 1930), on November 28, 2015. She is also the most recently serving U.S. lieutenant governor of Utah to die.

Lt. Governor	Lt. Gubernatorial term	Date of birth (and age)
David Smith Monson	1977–1985	(1945-06-20) June 20, 1945
W. Val Oveson	1985–1993	(1952-02-11) February 11, 1952
Gayle McKeachnie	2003–2005	(1943-01-26) January 26, 1943
Gary R. Herbert	2005–2009	(1947-05-07) May 7, 1947
Greg Bell	2009–2013	(1948-10-16) October 16, 1948