John Hickenlooper

At-a-Glance

Serves as the junior United States Senator from Colorado since 2021.
Served as the 42nd Governor of Colorado from 2011 to 2019 and the 43rd Mayor of Denver from 2003 to 2011.
Co-founded the Wynkoop Brewing Company in 1988, one of the first brewpubs in the U.S.
Named one of America's five best big-city mayors by TIME magazine in 2005.
Received a master's degree in geology from Wesleyan University in 1980.

Biography

John Wright Hickenlooper Jr. is an American politician, geologist, and businessman currently serving as the junior United States Senator from Colorado since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously held the office of the 42nd Governor of Colorado from 2011 to 2019 and the 43rd Mayor of Denver from 2003 to 2011.

Born in Narberth, Pennsylvania, Hickenlooper is a graduate of Wesleyan University, where he earned a B.A. in English in 1974 and a master's degree in geology in 1980.