CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - A portrait of former Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal has joined those of other past governors in the state Capitol.
Freudenthal and other current and former elected officials took part in an unveiling event Friday in the Capitol rotunda.
The portrait now hangs in the recently restored building’s east wing, joining those of almost every other former governor who served at least one full term.
The exception is Republican Gov. Matt Mead, who served two terms from 2011-2019 and whose portrait is still in the works, the Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports.
A Democrat, Freudenthal served two terms from 2003-2011.
Freudenthal and his family unveiled the portrait by Michele Rushworth, who has painted several governors.
Having his portrait hung was humbling yet unfair to those who worked with him, Freudenthal said.
“The governor gets his picture on the wall, but it’s the people who are on the staff and the cabinet, who served on the boards and commissions, who came up with the ideas and deserve to be in them,” Freudenthal said.
Freudenthal added a quip he attributed to former Gov. Ed Herschler.
“’Ain’t nothing they can do to me now; I got my picture on the wall,’” Freudenthal said.
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