Company Government National Guard Events Locations Commemorations Elias Milton Ammons (July 28, 1860 – May 20, 1925) served as the 19th governor of Colorado from 1913 to 1915.

[5] On November 4, 1890, Ammons won the election unopposed and became a Republican member of Colorado House of Representatives from Douglas County.

[6] On November 8, 1892, as an incumbent, Ammons won the election unopposed and continued serving as a Republican member of Colorado House of Representatives, until January 2, 1895.

[8] Ammons publicly debated Gifford Pinchot, chief of the United States Department of Agriculture's Division of Forestry and head of the federal government's conservation movement, three times between 1901 and 1909.

Ammons defeated Edward P. Costigan, Clifford C. Parks, Charles A. Ashelstrom, John Henry Ketchum, and Jonathan U. Billings with 42.91% of the votes.

[10][3] Ammons was elected on an anti-conservation platform and was against federal control of Colorado lands.

[11] He believed strongly in the sovereignty of the states and worried that the federal government was encroaching on the political independence of Colorado.