DeForest Richards Republican DeForest Richards Republican The 1902 Wyoming gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1902.

Incumbent Republican Governor DeForest Richards ran for re-election.

He was once again nominated by the Republican Party, and faced Cody Mayor George T. Beck, the Democratic nominee, and Socialist Party nominee Henry Breitenstein in the general election.

However, Richards did not end up serving a full second term; on April 28, 1903, he died in office, elevating Secretary of State Fenimore Chatterton to the Governorship and triggering a special election in 1904.

[1] Similarly, George T. Beck, the newly elected Mayor of Cody, faced no opposition at the Democratic convention and was nominated unanimously.