List of current United States governors by age
The following is a list of current United States governors by age. This list includes the 50 state governors as well as the five territorial governors in office as of February 2, 2021.
State governors
State | Governor | Date of Birth | Date of Inauguration | Age at Inauguration | Time in Office | Current Age |
Party |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alabama | Kay Ivey | October 15, 1944 | April 10, 2017 | 72 years, 177 days | 3 years, 298 days | 76 years, 110 days | Republican |
Alaska | Mike Dunleavy | May 5, 1961 | December 3, 2018 | 57 years, 212 days | 2 years, 61 days | 59 years, 273 days | Republican |
Arizona | Doug Ducey | April 9, 1964 | January 5, 2015 | 50 years, 271 days | 6 years, 28 days | 56 years, 299 days | Republican |
Arkansas | Asa Hutchinson | December 3, 1950 | January 13, 2015 | 64 years, 41 days | 6 years, 20 days | 70 years, 61 days | Republican |
California | Gavin Newsom | October 10, 1967 | January 7, 2019 | 51 years, 89 days | 2 years, 26 days | 53 years, 115 days | Democratic |
Colorado | Jared Polis | May 12, 1975 | January 8, 2019 | 43 years, 241 days | 2 years, 25 days | 45 years, 266 days | Democratic |
Connecticut | Ned Lamont | January 3, 1954 | January 9, 2019 | 65 years, 6 days | 2 years, 24 days | 67 years, 30 days | Democratic |
Delaware | John Carney | May 20, 1956 | January 17, 2017 | 60 years, 242 days | 4 years, 16 days | 64 years, 258 days | Democratic |
Florida | Ron DeSantis | September 14, 1978 | January 8, 2019 | 40 years, 116 days | 2 years, 25 days | 42 years, 141 days | Republican |
Georgia | Brian Kemp | November 2, 1963 | January 14, 2019 | 55 years, 73 days | 2 years, 19 days | 57 years, 92 days | Republican |
Hawaii | David Ige | January 15, 1957 | December 1, 2014 | 57 years, 320 days | 6 years, 63 days | 64 years, 18 days | Democratic |
Idaho | Brad Little | February 15, 1954 | January 6, 2019 | 64 years, 325 days | 2 years, 27 days | 66 years, 353 days | Republican |
Illinois | J. B. Pritzker | January 19, 1965 | January 14, 2019 | 53 years, 360 days | 2 years, 19 days | 56 years, 14 days | Democratic |
Indiana | Eric Holcomb | May 2, 1968 | January 9, 2017 | 48 years, 252 days | 4 years, 24 days | 52 years, 276 days | Republican |
Iowa | Kim Reynolds | August 4, 1959 | May 24, 2017 | 57 years, 293 days | 3 years, 254 days | 61 years, 182 days | Republican |
Kansas | Laura Kelly | January 24, 1950 | January 14, 2019 | 68 years, 355 days | 2 years, 19 days | 71 years, 9 days | Democratic |
Kentucky | Andy Beshear | November 29, 1977 | December 10, 2019 | 42 years, 11 days | 1 year, 54 days | 43 years, 65 days | Democratic |
Louisiana | John Bel Edwards | September 16, 1966 | January 11, 2016 | 49 years, 117 days | 5 years, 22 days | 54 years, 139 days | Democratic |
Maine | Janet Mills | December 30, 1947 | January 2, 2019 | 71 years, 3 days | 2 years, 31 days | 73 years, 34 days | Democratic |
Maryland | Larry Hogan | May 25, 1956 | January 21, 2015 | 58 years, 241 days | 6 years, 12 days | 64 years, 253 days | Republican |
Massachusetts | Charlie Baker | November 13, 1956 | January 8, 2015 | 58 years, 56 days | 6 years, 25 days | 64 years, 81 days | Republican |
Michigan | Gretchen Whitmer | August 23, 1971 | January 1, 2019 | 47 years, 131 days | 2 years, 32 days | 49 years, 163 days | Democratic |
Minnesota | Tim Walz | April 6, 1964 | January 7, 2019 | 54 years, 276 days | 2 years, 26 days | 56 years, 302 days | Democratic |
Mississippi | Tate Reeves | June 5, 1974 | January 14, 2020 | 45 years, 223 days | 1 year, 19 days | 46 years, 242 days | Republican |
Missouri | Mike Parson | September 17, 1955 | June 1, 2018 | 62 years, 257 days | 2 years, 246 days | 65 years, 138 days | Republican |
Montana | Greg Gianforte | April 17, 1961 | January 4, 2021 | 59 years, 262 days | 29 days | 59 years, 291 days | Republican |
Nebraska | Pete Ricketts | August 19, 1964 | January 8, 2015 | 50 years, 142 days | 6 years, 25 days | 56 years, 167 days | Republican |
Nevada | Steve Sisolak | December 26, 1953 | January 7, 2019 | 65 years, 12 days | 2 years, 26 days | 67 years, 38 days | Democratic |
New Hampshire | Chris Sununu | November 5, 1974 | January 5, 2017 | 42 years, 61 days | 4 years, 28 days | 46 years, 89 days | Republican |
New Jersey | Phil Murphy | August 16, 1957 | January 16, 2018 | 60 years, 153 days | 3 years, 17 days | 63 years, 170 days | Democratic |
New Mexico | Michelle Lujan Grisham | October 24, 1959 | January 1, 2019 | 59 years, 69 days | 2 years, 32 days | 61 years, 101 days | Democratic |
New York | Andrew Cuomo | December 6, 1957 | January 1, 2011 | 53 years, 26 days | 10 years, 32 days | 63 years, 58 days | Democratic |
North Carolina | Roy Cooper | June 13, 1957 | January 1, 2017 | 59 years, 202 days | 4 years, 32 days | 63 years, 234 days | Democratic |
North Dakota | Doug Burgum | August 1, 1956 | December 15, 2016 | 60 years, 136 days | 4 years, 49 days | 64 years, 185 days | Republican |
Ohio | Mike DeWine | January 5, 1947 | January 14, 2019 | 72 years, 9 days | 2 years, 19 days | 74 years, 28 days | Republican |
Oklahoma | Kevin Stitt | December 28, 1972 | January 14, 2019 | 46 years, 17 days | 2 years, 19 days | 48 years, 36 days | Republican |
Oregon | Kate Brown | June 21, 1960 | February 18, 2015 | 54 years, 242 days | 5 years, 350 days | 60 years, 226 days | Democratic |
Pennsylvania | Tom Wolf | November 17, 1948 | January 20, 2015 | 66 years, 64 days | 6 years, 13 days | 72 years, 77 days | Democratic |
Rhode Island | Gina Raimondo | May 17, 1971 | January 6, 2015 | 43 years, 234 days | 6 years, 27 days | 49 years, 261 days | Democratic |
South Carolina | Henry McMaster | May 27, 1947 | January 24, 2017 | 69 years, 242 days | 4 years, 9 days | 73 years, 251 days | Republican |
South Dakota | Kristi Noem | November 30, 1971 | January 5, 2019 | 47 years, 36 days | 2 years, 28 days | 49 years, 64 days | Republican |
Tennessee | Bill Lee | October 9, 1959 | January 19, 2019 | 59 years, 102 days | 2 years, 14 days | 61 years, 116 days | Republican |
Texas | Greg Abbott | November 13, 1957 | January 20, 2015 | 57 years, 68 days | 6 years, 13 days | 63 years, 81 days | Republican |
Utah | Spencer Cox | July 11, 1975 | January 4, 2021 | 45 years, 177 days | 29 days | 45 years, 206 days | Republican |
Vermont | Phil Scott | August 4, 1958 | January 5, 2017 | 58 years, 154 days | 4 years, 28 days | 62 years, 182 days | Republican |
Virginia | Ralph Northam | September 13, 1959 | January 13, 2018 | 58 years, 122 days | 3 years, 20 days | 61 years, 142 days | Democratic |
Washington | Jay Inslee | February 9, 1951 | January 16, 2013 | 61 years, 342 days | 8 years, 17 days | 69 years, 359 days | Democratic |
West Virginia | Jim Justice | April 27, 1951 | January 16, 2017 | 65 years, 264 days | 4 years, 17 days | 69 years, 281 days | Republican |
Wisconsin | Tony Evers | November 5, 1951 | January 7, 2019 | 67 years, 63 days | 2 years, 26 days | 69 years, 89 days | Democratic |
Wyoming | Mark Gordon | March 14, 1957 | January 7, 2019 | 61 years, 299 days | 2 years, 26 days | 63 years, 325 days | Republican |
Territorial governors
Territory | Governor | Date of Birth | Date of Inauguration | Age at Inauguration | Time in Office | Age Now |
Party |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
American Samoa | Lemanu Peleti Mauga | January 1, 1949[1] | January 3, 2021 | 72 years, 2 days | 30 days | 72 years, 32 days | Democratic |
Guam | Lou Leon Guerrero | November 8, 1950 | January 7, 2019 | 68 years, 60 days | 2 years, 26 days | 70 years, 86 days | Democratic |
Northern Mariana Islands | Ralph Torres | August 6, 1979 | December 29, 2015 | 36 years, 145 days | 5 years, 35 days | 41 years, 180 days | Republican |
Puerto Rico | Pedro Pierluisi | April 26, 1959 | January 2, 2021 | 61 years, 251 days | 31 days | 61 years, 282 days | New Progressive, Democratic |
United States Virgin Islands | Albert Bryan | February 21, 1968 | January 7, 2019 | 50 years, 320 days | 2 years, 26 days | 52 years, 347 days | Democratic |
Demographics of state governors
Note: The following information for currently serving state governors is correct as of February 2, 2021.
- Statistics (not counting territorial governors):
- The median age is 64 years, 50 days.
- The median age at inauguration is 59 years, 365 days.
- The median term length is 6 years, 225 days.
- The average age among Republicans is 64 years, 75 days.
- The average age among Democrats is 64 years, 342 days.
- Age Ranges:
- 6 governors are in their 70s;
- 20 governors are in their 60s;
- 15 governors are in their 50s; and
- 9 governors are in their 40s.
- Political Party:
- 26 Republicans (52%)
- 24 Democrats (48%)
- Sex:
- 41 Males (82%)
- 9 Females (18%)
See also
References
- "Gov. Lemanu P. S. Mauga". National Governors Association. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
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