List of living former United States governors
This is a list of living former United States Governors and Acting Governors.
Oldest living United States governor
Earliest serving living governors
John Malcolm Patterson is the earliest serving governor still living. He is the last governor that first began a term in the 1950s.
Rank | Governor | Term began | Term ended | State | Party |
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1 | John Malcolm Patterson | January 19, 1959 | January 14, 1963 | Alabama | Democratic |
2 | George Nigh | January 6, 1963 January 3, 1979 | January 14, 1963 January 12, 1987 | Oklahoma | Democratic |
3 | Daniel J. Evans | January 11, 1965 | January 12, 1977 | Washington | Republican |
4 | Kenneth M. Curtis | January 5, 1967 | January 2, 1975 | Maine | Democratic |
5 | Robert D. Fulton | January 1, 1969 | January 16, 1969 | Iowa | Democratic |
6 | Frank Farrar | January 7, 1969 | January 5, 1971 | South Dakota | Republican |
7 | Linwood Holton | January 17, 1970 | January 12, 1974 | Virginia | Republican |
8 | Jimmy Carter | January 12, 1971 | January 14, 1975 | Georgia | Democratic |
9 | Winfield Dunn | January 16, 1971 | January 18, 1975 | Tennessee | Republican |
10 | Edwin Edwards | May 9, 1972 March 12, 1984 January 13, 1992 | March 10, 1980 March 14, 1988 January 8, 1996 | Louisiana | Democratic |
Alabama
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
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List | John Malcolm Patterson | Democratic | September 27, 1921 | 1959–1963 | 99 years, 125 days | Term-limited |
Fob James | Democratic, Republican | September 15, 1934 | 1979–1983, 1995–1999 | 86 years, 137 days | James was a Democrat in his first stint as Governor and a Republican in his second. James didn't run for re-election in 1982 and was defeated for re-election in 1998 by Don Siegelman. | |
Jim Folsom Jr. | Democratic | May 14, 1949 | 1993–1995 | 71 years, 261 days | Folsom Jr. became governor after H. Guy Hunt's resignation, and lost to Fob James in the 1994 governor's race. | |
Don Siegelman | Democratic | February 24, 1946 | 1999–2003 | 74 years, 341 days | Defeated for re-election by Bob Riley. | |
Bob Riley | Republican | October 3, 1944 | 2003–2011 | 76 years, 119 days | Term-limited | |
Robert J. Bentley | Republican | February 3, 1943 | 2011–2017 | 77 years, 362 days | Bentley resigned in 2017 due to a sex scandal with his political aide Rebekah Mason. |
Alaska
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
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List | Bill Sheffield | Democratic | June 26, 1928 | 1982–1986 | 92 years, 218 days | Defeated for renomination by Steve Cowper. |
Steve Cowper | Democratic | August 21, 1938 | 1986–1990 | 82 years, 162 days | Retired | |
Tony Knowles | Democratic | January 1, 1943 | 1994–2002 | 78 years, 29 days | Term-limited | |
Frank Murkowski | Republican | March 28, 1933 | 2002–2006 | 87 years, 308 days | Defeated for renomination by Sarah Palin. | |
Sarah Palin | Republican | February 11, 1964 | 2006–2009 | 56 years, 354 days | Palin resigned in 2009 (see Alaska gubernatorial election, 2010). | |
Sean Parnell | Republican | November 19, 1962 | 2009–2014 | 58 years, 72 days | Became Governor after Palin's resignation. Lost re-election to Bill Walker. | |
Bill Walker | Independent | April 16, 1951 | 2014–2018 | 69 years, 289 days | Withdrew from re-election. | |
American Samoa
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
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List | Togiola Tulafono | Democratic | February 28, 1947 | 2003–2013 | 73 years, 337 days | Became governor upon the death of Tauese Sunia, was elected to full terms in 2004 and 2008. Retired. |
Lolo Matalasi Moliga | Democratic | August 12, 1947 | 2013–2021 | 73 years, 171 days | Term-limited |
Arizona
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
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List | Bruce Babbitt | Democratic | June 27, 1938 | 1978–1987 | 82 years, 217 days | Babbitt became governor upon the death of Wesley Bolin in 1978, then was elected to full terms in 1978 and 1982. Retired. |
Fife Symington | Republican | August 12, 1945 | 1991–1997 | 75 years, 171 days | Symington resigned in 1997 after he was convicted on fraud charges. He was later pardoned by President Clinton. | |
Janet Napolitano | Democratic | November 29, 1957 | 2003–2009 | 63 years, 62 days | Napolitano resigned in 2009 after being appointed United States Secretary of Homeland Security in the cabinet of President Barack Obama. | |
Jan Brewer | Republican | September 26, 1944 | 2009–2015 | 76 years, 126 days | Brewer first became governor in 2009 after Napolitano's resignation, then was elected to a full term in 2010. Term-limited. | |
Arkansas
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
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List | David Pryor | Democratic | August 29, 1934 | 1975–1979 | 86 years, 154 days | Retired to run for Senator. Resigned six days before the expiration of his term to become Senator. |
Bill Clinton | Democratic | August 19, 1946 | 1979–1981, 1983–1992 | 74 years, 164 days | Lost re-election in 1980 to Frank D. White. Clinton resigned in 1992 to take office as President of the United States in 1993. | |
Jim Guy Tucker | Democratic | June 13, 1943 | 1992–1996 | 77 years, 232 days | Served the rest of Clinton's unfinished term, then won election to a full term in 1994. Tucker was convicted on fraud charges and resigned in 1996. | |
Mike Huckabee | Republican | August 24, 1955 | 1996–2007 | 65 years, 159 days | Huckabee served the rest of Tucker's unfinished term, then won full terms in 1998 and 2002. Term-limited. | |
Mike Beebe | Democratic | December 28, 1946 | 2007–2015 | 74 years, 33 days | Term-limited | |
California
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
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List | Jerry Brown | Democratic | April 7, 1938 | 1975–1983, 2011–2019 | 82 years, 298 days | Retired in 1982 to unsuccessfully run for Senator. Term-limited in 2018. |
Pete Wilson | Republican | August 23, 1933 | 1991–1999 | 87 years, 160 days | Term-limited | |
Gray Davis | Democratic | December 26, 1942 | 1999–2003 | 78 years, 35 days | Recalled (see 2003 California gubernatorial recall election) | |
Arnold Schwarzenegger | Republican | July 30, 1947 | 2003–2011 | 73 years, 184 days | Winner of the 2003 California gubernatorial recall election, then re-elected in 2006. Term-limited. | |
Colorado
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
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List | Richard Lamm | Democratic | August 3, 1935 | 1975–1987 | 85 years, 180 days | Retired |
Roy Romer | Democratic | October 31, 1928 | 1987–1999 | 92 years, 91 days | Term-limited | |
Bill Owens | Republican | October 22, 1950 | 1999–2007 | 70 years, 100 days | Term-limited | |
Bill Ritter | Democratic | September 6, 1956 | 2007–2011 | 64 years, 146 days | Retired | |
John Hickenlooper | Democratic | February 7, 1952 | 2011–2019 | 68 years, 358 days | Term-limited | |
Connecticut
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
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List | Lowell Weicker | A Connecticut Party | May 16, 1931 | 1991–1995 | 89 years, 259 days | Retired |
John G. Rowland | Republican | May 24, 1957 | 1995–2004 | 63 years, 251 days | Rowland resigned in 2004 while under indictment for conspiracy to commit fraud. He ultimately plead guilty and served 10 months in prison. | |
Jodi Rell | Republican | June 16, 1946 | 2004–2011 | 74 years, 228 days | Rell served the rest of Rowland's term and was elected to a full term in office in 2006. Retired. | |
Dannel Malloy | Democratic | July 21, 1955 | 2011–2019 | 65 years, 193 days | Retired | |
Delaware
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
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List | Pete du Pont | Republican | January 22, 1935 | 1977–1985 | 86 years, 8 days | Term-limited |
Mike Castle | Republican | July 2, 1939 | 1985–1992 | 81 years, 212 days | Term-limited. Castle resigned three weeks before the expiration of his second term to take seat in the United States House of Representatives. | |
Dale E. Wolf | Republican | September 6, 1924 | 1992–1993 | 96 years, 146 days | Wolf served three weeks in office after Castle's resignation. | |
Tom Carper | Democratic | January 23, 1947 | 1993–2001 | 74 years, 7 days | Term-limited. Carper resigned two weeks before the expiration of his second term to take seat in the United States Senate. | |
Ruth Ann Minner | Democratic | January 17, 1935 | 2001–2009 | 86 years, 13 days | Minner was already Governor-elect when she took office to serve the last two weeks of Carper's term following his resignation. Term-limited. | |
Jack Markell | Democratic | November 26, 1960 | 2009–2017 | 60 years, 65 days | Term-limited | |
Florida
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
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List | Bob Graham | Democratic | November 9, 1936 | 1979–1987 | 84 years, 82 days | Term-limited. Graham resigned three days before the expiration of his second term to take seat in the United States Senate. |
Bob Martinez | Republican | December 25, 1934 | 1987–1991 | 86 years, 36 days | Lost re-election to Lawton Chiles. | |
Buddy MacKay | Democratic | March 22, 1933 | 1998–1999 | 87 years, 314 days | MacKay took office following the death of Lawton Chiles in office, serving out the final 23 days of Chiles' term. | |
Jeb Bush | Republican | February 11, 1953 | 1999–2007 | 67 years, 354 days | Term-limited | |
Charlie Crist | Republican | July 24, 1956 | 2007–2011 | 64 years, 190 days | Retired to unsuccessfully run for Senator. | |
Rick Scott | Republican | December 1, 1952 | 2011–2019 | 68 years, 60 days | Term-limited | |
Georgia
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
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List | Jimmy Carter | Democratic | October 1, 1924 | 1971–1975 | 96 years, 121 days | Term-limited |
Joe Frank Harris | Democratic | February 16, 1936 | 1983–1991 | 84 years, 349 days | Term-limited | |
Roy Barnes | Democratic | March 11, 1948 | 1999–2003 | 72 years, 325 days | Lost re-election to Sonny Perdue. | |
Sonny Perdue | Republican | December 20, 1946 | 2003–2011 | 74 years, 41 days | Term-limited | |
Nathan Deal | Republican | August 25, 1942 | 2011–2019 | 78 years, 158 days | Term-limited |
Guam
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
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List | Paul McDonald Calvo | Republican | July 25, 1934 | 1979–1983 | 86 years, 189 days | Lost re-election to Ricardo Bordallo |
Joseph Franklin Ada | Republican | December 3, 1943 | 1987–1995 | 77 years, 58 days | Term-limited | |
Carl Gutierrez | Democratic | October 15, 1941 | 1995–2003 | 79 years, 107 days | Term-limited | |
Felix Perez Camacho | Republican | October 30, 1957 | 2003–2011 | 63 years, 92 days | Term-limited | |
Eddie Baza Calvo | Republican | August 29, 1961 | 2011–2019 | 59 years, 154 days | Term-limited |
Hawaii
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
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List | George Ariyoshi | Democratic | March 12, 1926 | 1974–1986 | 94 years, 324 days | Term-limited |
John D. Waiheʻe III | Democratic | May 19, 1946 | 1986–1994 | 74 years, 256 days | Term-limited | |
Ben Cayetano | Democratic | November 14, 1939 | 1994–2002 | 81 years, 77 days | Term-limited | |
Linda Lingle | Republican | June 4, 1953 | 2002–2010 | 67 years, 240 days | Term-limited | |
Neil Abercrombie | Democratic | June 26, 1938 | 2010–2014 | 82 years, 218 days | Lost renomination to David Ige |
Idaho
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
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List | Phil Batt | Republican | March 4, 1927 | 1995–1999 | 93 years, 332 days | Retired |
Dirk Kempthorne | Republican | October 29, 1951 | 1999–2006 | 69 years, 93 days | Kempthorne resigned in 2006 after being appointed United States Secretary of the Interior in the cabinet of President George W. Bush. | |
Jim Risch | Republican | May 3, 1943 | 2006–2007 | 77 years, 272 days | Risch served the remainder of Kempthorne's term following his resignation. Did not seek full term. | |
Butch Otter | Republican | May 3, 1942 | 2007–2019 | 78 years, 272 days | Retired | |
Illinois
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
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List | Jim Edgar | Republican | July 22, 1946 | 1991–1999 | 74 years, 192 days | |
George Ryan | Republican | February 24, 1934 | 1999–2003 | 86 years, 341 days | ||
Rod Blagojevich | Democratic | December 10, 1956 | 2003–2009 | 64 years, 51 days | Blagojevich was impeached and removed from office in 2009. | |
Pat Quinn | Democratic | December 16, 1948 | 2009–2015 | 72 years, 45 days | Quinn took office following Blagojevich's removal from office and was elected to a full term in 2010. He lost a bid for a second full term in 2014. | |
Bruce Rauner | Republican | February 18, 1956 | 2015–2019 | 64 years, 347 days |
Indiana
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
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List | Evan Bayh | Democratic | December 26, 1955 | 1989–1997 | 65 years, 35 days | |
Mitch Daniels | Republican | April 7, 1949 | 2005–2013 | 71 years, 298 days | ||
Mike Pence | Republican | June 7, 1959 | 2013–2017 | 61 years, 237 days | ||
Iowa
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
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List | Robert D. Fulton | Democratic | May 13, 1929 | 1969 | 91 years, 262 days | Fulton served two weeks in office after Harold Hughes resigned before the expiration of his term to take seat in the United States Senate. |
Terry Branstad | Republican | November 17, 1946 | 1983–1999, 2011–2017 | 74 years, 74 days | Branstad resigned in 2017 after being appointed United States Ambassador to China by President Donald Trump. | |
Tom Vilsack | Democratic | December 13, 1950 | 1999–2007 | 70 years, 48 days | ||
Chet Culver | Democratic | January 25, 1966 | 2007–2011 | 55 years, 5 days | ||
Kansas
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
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List | John W. Carlin | Democratic | August 3, 1940 | 1979–1987 | 80 years, 180 days | |
Mike Hayden | Republican | March 16, 1944 | 1987–1991 | 76 years, 320 days | ||
Bill Graves | Republican | January 9, 1953 | 1995–2003 | 68 years, 21 days | ||
Kathleen Sebelius | Democratic | May 15, 1948 | 2003–2009 | 72 years, 260 days | Sebelius resigned in 2009 after being appointed United States Secretary of Health and Human Services in the cabinet of President Barack Obama. | |
Mark Parkinson | Democratic | June 24, 1957 | 2009–2011 | 63 years, 220 days | Parkinson served the remainder of Sebelius's term following her resignation. | |
Sam Brownback | Republican | September 12, 1956 | 2011–2018 | 64 years, 140 days | Brownback resigned in 2018 after being appointed United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom. | |
Jeff Colyer | Republican | June 3, 1960 | 2018–2019 | 60 years, 241 days | Colyer served the remainder of Brownback's term following his resignation. |
Kentucky
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
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List | Julian Carroll | Democratic | April 16, 1931 | 1974–1979 | 89 years, 289 days | Carroll took office after Wendell Ford resigned in 1974 to take seat in the United States Senate and was elected to a full term in 1975. |
John Y. Brown Jr. | Democratic | December 28, 1933 | 1979–1983 | 87 years, 33 days | ||
Martha Layne Collins | Democratic | December 7, 1936 | 1983–1987 | 84 years, 54 days | ||
Brereton Jones | Democratic | June 27, 1939 | 1991–1995 | 81 years, 217 days | ||
Paul E. Patton | Democratic | May 26, 1937 | 1995–2003 | 83 years, 249 days | ||
Ernie Fletcher | Republican | November 12, 1952 | 2003–2007 | 68 years, 79 days | ||
Steve Beshear | Democratic | September 21, 1944 | 2007–2015 | 76 years, 131 days | ||
Matt Bevin | Republican | January 9, 1967 | 2015–2019 | 54 years, 21 days | ||
Louisiana
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
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List | Edwin Edwards | Democratic | August 7, 1927 | 1972–1980, 1984–1988, 1992–1996 | 93 years, 176 days | |
Buddy Roemer | Democratic, Republican | October 4, 1943 | 1988–1992 | 77 years, 118 days | Roemer switched parties while in office. | |
Bobby Jindal | Republican | June 10, 1971 | 2008–2016 | 49 years, 234 days | ||
Maine
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
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List | Kenneth M. Curtis | Democratic | February 8, 1931 | 1967–1975 | 89 years, 357 days | |
Joseph E. Brennan | Democratic | November 2, 1934 | 1979–1987 | 86 years, 89 days | ||
John R. McKernan Jr. | Republican | May 20, 1948 | 1987–1995 | 72 years, 255 days | ||
Angus King | Independent | March 31, 1944 | 1995–2003 | 76 years, 305 days | ||
John Baldacci | Democratic | January 30, 1955 | 2003–2011 | 66 years, 0 days | ||
Paul LePage | Republican | October 9, 1948 | 2011–2019 | 72 years, 113 days |
Maryland
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
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List | Parris Glendening | Democratic | June 11, 1942 | 1995–2003 | 78 years, 233 days | |
Bob Ehrlich | Republican | November 25, 1957 | 2003–2007 | 63 years, 66 days | ||
Martin O'Malley | Democratic | January 18, 1963 | 2007–2015 | 58 years, 12 days | ||
Massachusetts
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
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List | Michael Dukakis | Democratic | November 3, 1933 | 1975–1979, 1983–1991 | 87 years, 88 days | |
Bill Weld | Republican | July 31, 1945 | 1991–1997 | 75 years, 183 days | Weld resigned in 1997 after being nominated to serve as United States Ambassador to Mexico by President Bill Clinton, but was not confirmed by the Senate. | |
Jane Swift | Republican | February 24, 1965 | 2001–2003 | 55 years, 341 days | Swift served as acting governor after Paul Cellucci resigned after being nominated and confirmed as United States Ambassador to Canada. | |
Mitt Romney | Republican | March 12, 1947 | 2003–2007 | 73 years, 324 days | ||
Deval Patrick | Democratic | July 31, 1956 | 2007–2015 | 64 years, 183 days | ||
Michigan
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
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List | James Blanchard | Democratic | August 8, 1942 | 1983–1991 | 78 years, 175 days | |
John Engler | Republican | October 12, 1948 | 1991–2003 | 72 years, 110 days | ||
Jennifer Granholm | Democratic | February 5, 1959 | 2003–2011 | 61 years, 360 days | ||
Rick Snyder | Republican | August 19, 1958 | 2011–2019 | 62 years, 164 days | ||
Minnesota
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
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List | Al Quie | Independent-Republican | September 18, 1923 | 1979–1983 | 97 years, 134 days | |
Arne Carlson | Independent-Republican, Republican | September 24, 1934 | 1991–1999 | 86 years, 128 days | ||
Jesse Ventura | Reform, Independence | July 15, 1951 | 1999–2003 | 69 years, 199 days | ||
Tim Pawlenty | Republican | November 27, 1960 | 2003–2011 | 60 years, 64 days | ||
Mark Dayton | Democratic–Farmer–Labor | January 26, 1947 | 2011–2019 | 74 years, 4 days | ||
Mississippi
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
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List | Ray Mabus | Democratic | October 11, 1948 | 1988–1992 | 72 years, 111 days | |
Ronnie Musgrove | Democratic | July 29, 1956 | 2000–2004 | 64 years, 185 days | ||
Haley Barbour | Republican | October 22, 1947 | 2004–2012 | 73 years, 100 days | ||
Phil Bryant | Republican | December 9, 1954 | 2012–2020 | 66 years, 52 days |
Missouri
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
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List | Kit Bond | Republican | March 6, 1939 | 1973–1977, 1981–1985 | 81 years, 330 days | |
John Ashcroft | Republican | May 9, 1942 | 1985–1993 | 78 years, 266 days | ||
Roger B. Wilson | Democratic | October 10, 1948 | 2000–2001 | 72 years, 112 days | Wilson took office following the death of Mel Carnahan in office. | |
Bob Holden | Democratic | August 24, 1949 | 2001–2005 | 71 years, 159 days | ||
Matt Blunt | Republican | November 20, 1970 | 2005–2009 | 50 years, 71 days | ||
Jay Nixon | Democratic | February 13, 1956 | 2009–2017 | 64 years, 352 days | ||
Eric Greitens | Republican | April 10, 1974 | 2017–2018 | 46 years, 295 days | Resigned | |
Montana
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
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List | Ted Schwinden | Democratic | August 31, 1925 | 1981–1989 | 95 years, 152 days | |
Stan Stephens | Republican | September 16, 1929 | 1989–1993 | 91 years, 136 days | ||
Marc Racicot | Republican | July 24, 1948 | 1993–2001 | 72 years, 190 days | ||
Brian Schweitzer | Democratic | September 4, 1955 | 2005–2013 | 65 years, 148 days | ||
Steve Bullock | Democratic | April 11, 1966 | 2013–2021 | 54 years, 294 days | ||
Nebraska
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
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List | Bob Kerrey | Democratic | August 27, 1943 | 1983–1987 | 77 years, 156 days | |
Kay A. Orr | Republican | January 2, 1939 | 1987–1991 | 82 years, 28 days | ||
Ben Nelson | Democratic | May 17, 1941 | 1991–1999 | 79 years, 258 days | ||
Mike Johanns | Republican | June 18, 1950 | 1999–2005 | 70 years, 226 days | Johanns resigned in 2005 after being appointed United States Secretary of Agriculture in the cabinet of President George W. Bush. | |
Dave Heineman | Republican | May 12, 1948 | 2005–2015 | 72 years, 263 days | Heineman took office after Johanns' resignation and was elected to two full terms in 2006 and 2010. | |
Nevada
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
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List | Robert List | Republican | September 1, 1936 | 1979–1983 | 84 years, 151 days | |
Richard Bryan | Democratic | July 16, 1937 | 1983–1989 | 83 years, 198 days | Bryan resigned in 1989 to take seat in the United States Senate. | |
Bob Miller | Democratic | March 30, 1945 | 1989–1999 | 75 years, 306 days | Miller took office after Bryan's resignation and was elected to two full terms in 1990 and 1994. | |
Jim Gibbons | Republican | December 16, 1944 | 2007–2011 | 76 years, 45 days | ||
Brian Sandoval | Republican | August 5, 1963 | 2011–2019 | 57 years, 178 days | ||
New Hampshire
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
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List | John H. Sununu | Republican | July 2, 1939 | 1983–1989 | 81 years, 212 days | |
Judd Gregg | Republican | February 14, 1947 | 1989–1993 | 73 years, 351 days | Gregg resigned five days before the expiration of his second term to take seat in the United States Senate. | |
Ralph D. Hough | Republican | May 21, 1943 | 1993 | 77 years, 254 days | Hough served as acting governor after Gregg's resignation. | |
Jeanne Shaheen | Democratic | January 28, 1947 | 1997–2003 | 74 years, 2 days | ||
Craig Benson | Republican | October 8, 1954 | 2003–2005 | 66 years, 114 days | ||
John Lynch | Democratic | November 25, 1952 | 2005–2013 | 68 years, 66 days | ||
Maggie Hassan | Democratic | February 27, 1958 | 2013–2017 | 62 years, 338 days | Hassan resigned two days before the expiration of her second term to take seat in the United States Senate. | |
Chuck Morse | Republican | November 16, 1960 | 2017 | 60 years, 75 days | Morse served as acting governor after Hassan's resignation. | |
New Jersey
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
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List | Thomas Kean | Republican | April 21, 1935 | 1982–1990 | 85 years, 284 days | |
James Florio | Democratic | August 29, 1937 | 1990–1994 | 83 years, 154 days | ||
Christine Todd Whitman | Republican | September 26, 1946 | 1994–2001 | 74 years, 126 days | Resigned to become Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency | |
Donald DiFrancesco | Republican | November 20, 1944 | 2001–2002 | 76 years, 71 days | Became acting governor after Whitman's resignation as President of the New Jersey Senate. Later retroactively considered an official Governor. | |
John Farmer Jr. | Republican | June 24, 1957 | 2002 | 63 years, 220 days | Acting governor as Attorney General after DiFrancesco's term as Senate President ended. | |
John O. Bennett | Republican | August 6, 1948 | 2002 | 72 years, 177 days | Acting governor. In early 2002, the state Senate was evenly split between Republicans and Democrats. The compromise to pick a senate president – and therefore, an acting governor – was to have John Bennett, a Republican, act as governor from 1:30 p.m. January 8 to 12:01 a.m. January 12, and Democrat Richard Codey would then act from 12:01 a.m. January 12 to noon on January 15, at which point the elected governor Jim McGreevey took office. | |
Richard Codey | Democratic | November 27, 1946 | 2002, 2004–2006 | 74 years, 64 days | Acting governor in 2002. Succeeded to office after McGreevey's resignation | |
Jim McGreevey | Democratic | August 6, 1957 | 2002–2004 | 63 years, 177 days | Resigned | |
Jon Corzine | Democratic | January 1, 1947 | 2006–2010 | 74 years, 29 days | ||
Chris Christie | Republican | September 6, 1962 | 2010–2018 | 58 years, 146 days | ||
New Mexico
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
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List | Jerry Apodaca | Democratic | October 3, 1934 | 1975–1979 | 86 years, 119 days | |
Toney Anaya | Democratic | April 29, 1941 | 1983–1987 | 79 years, 276 days | ||
Garrey Carruthers | Republican | August 29, 1939 | 1987–1991 | 81 years, 154 days | ||
Gary Johnson | Republican | January 1, 1953 | 1995–2003 | 68 years, 29 days | ||
Bill Richardson | Democratic | November 15, 1947 | 2003–2011 | 73 years, 76 days | ||
Susana Martinez | Republican | July 14, 1959 | 2011–2019 | 61 years, 200 days | ||
New York
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
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List | George Pataki | Republican | June 24, 1945 | 1995–2006 | 75 years, 220 days | |
Eliot Spitzer | Democratic | June 10, 1959 | 2007–2008 | 61 years, 234 days | Resigned | |
David Paterson | Democratic | May 20, 1954 | 2008–2010 | 66 years, 255 days | Succeeded upon Spitzer's resignation | |
North Carolina
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
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List | Jim Hunt | Democratic | May 16, 1937 | 1977–1985, 1993–2001 | 83 years, 259 days | |
James G. Martin | Republican | December 11, 1935 | 1985–1993 | 85 years, 50 days | ||
Mike Easley | Democratic | March 23, 1950 | 2001–2009 | 70 years, 313 days | ||
Bev Perdue | Democratic | January 14, 1947 | 2009–2013 | 74 years, 16 days | ||
Pat McCrory | Republican | October 17, 1956 | 2013–2017 | 64 years, 105 days | ||
North Dakota
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
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List | Allen I. Olson | Republican | November 5, 1938 | 1981–1985 | 82 years, 86 days | |
Ed Schafer | Republican | August 8, 1946 | 1992–2000 | 74 years, 175 days | ||
John Hoeven | Republican | March 13, 1957 | 2000–2010 | 63 years, 323 days | Hoeven resigned in 2010 to take seat in the United States Senate. | |
Jack Dalrymple | Republican | October 16, 1948 | 2010–2016 | 72 years, 106 days | Dalrymple took office after Hoeven's resignation and was elected to a full term in 2012. | |
Northern Mariana Islands
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
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List | Carlos S. Camacho | Democratic | February 27, 1937 | 1978–1982 | 83 years, 338 days | |
Juan Babauta | Republican | September 7, 1953 | 2002–2006 | 67 years, 145 days | ||
Benigno Fitial | Republican, Covenant |
November 27, 1945 | 2006–2013 | 75 years, 64 days | Resigned pending likely impeachment. |
Ohio
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
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List | Dick Celeste | Democratic | November 11, 1937 | 1983–1991 | 83 years, 80 days | |
Nancy Hollister | Republican | May 22, 1949 | 1998–1999 | 71 years, 253 days | Hollister took office after George Voinovich resigned to take seat in the United States Senate. | |
Bob Taft | Republican | January 8, 1942 | 1999–2007 | 79 years, 22 days | ||
Ted Strickland | Democratic | August 4, 1941 | 2007–2011 | 79 years, 179 days | ||
John Kasich | Republican | May 13, 1952 | 2011–2019 | 68 years, 262 days |
Oklahoma
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
List | George Nigh | Democratic | June 9, 1927 | 1963, 1979–1987 | 93 years, 235 days | First served in 1963 after J. Howard Edmondson resigned to take seat in the United States Senate. |
David Boren | Democratic | April 21, 1941 | 1975–1979 | 79 years, 284 days | ||
David Walters | Democratic | November 20, 1951 | 1991–1995 | 69 years, 71 days | ||
Frank Keating | Republican | February 10, 1944 | 1995–2003 | 76 years, 355 days | ||
Brad Henry | Democratic | July 10, 1963 | 2003–2011 | 57 years, 204 days | ||
Mary Fallin | Republican | December 9, 1954 | 2011–2019 | 66 years, 52 days |
Oregon
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
List | Neil Goldschmidt | Democratic | June 16, 1940 | 1987–1991 | 80 years, 228 days | |
Barbara Roberts | Democratic | December 21, 1936 | 1991–1995 | 84 years, 40 days | ||
John Kitzhaber | Democratic | March 5, 1947 | 1995–2003, 2011–2015 | 73 years, 331 days | Resigned in 2015 | |
Ted Kulongoski | Democratic | November 5, 1940 | 2003–2011 | 80 years, 86 days | ||
Pennsylvania
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
List | Tom Ridge | Republican | August 26, 1945 | 1995–2001 | 75 years, 157 days | Ridge resigned in 2001 after being appointed Homeland Security Advisor to President George W. Bush. |
Mark Schweiker | Republican | January 31, 1953 | 2001–2003 | 67 years, 365 days | Schweiker took office after Ridge's resignation. | |
Ed Rendell | Democratic | January 5, 1944 | 2003–2011 | 77 years, 25 days | ||
Tom Corbett | Republican | June 17, 1949 | 2011–2015 | 71 years, 227 days | ||
Puerto Rico
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
List | Carlos Romero Barceló | New Progressive | September 4, 1932 | 1977–1985 | 88 years, 148 days | |
Pedro Rosselló | New Progressive | April 5, 1944 | 1993–2001 | 76 years, 300 days | ||
Sila María Calderón | Popular Democratic | September 23, 1942 | 2001–2005 | 78 years, 129 days | ||
Aníbal Acevedo Vilá | Popular Democratic | February 13, 1962 | 2005–2009 | 58 years, 352 days | ||
Luis Fortuño | New Progressive | October 31, 1960 | 2009–2013 | 60 years, 91 days | ||
Alejandro García Padilla | Popular Democratic | August 3, 1971 | 2013–2017 | 49 years, 180 days | ||
Ricardo Rosselló | New Progressive | March 7, 1979 | 2017–2019 | 41 years, 329 days | Resigned in the wake of a scandal. | |
Wanda Vázquez Garced | New Progressive | July 9, 1960 | 2019–2021 | 60 years, 205 days |
Rhode Island
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
List | Philip Noel | Democratic | June 6, 1931 | 1973–1977 | 89 years, 239 days | |
Edward D. DiPrete | Republican | July 8, 1934 | 1985–1991 | 86 years, 206 days | ||
Lincoln Almond | Republican | June 16, 1936 | 1995–2003 | 84 years, 228 days | ||
Donald Carcieri | Republican | December 16, 1942 | 2003–2011 | 78 years, 45 days | ||
Lincoln Chafee | Independent, Democratic | March 26, 1953 | 2011–2015 | 67 years, 310 days | Chafee joined the Democrats while in office. | |
South Carolina
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
List | Richard Riley | Democratic | January 2, 1933 | 1979–1987 | 88 years, 28 days | |
David Beasley | Republican | February 26, 1957 | 1995–1999 | 63 years, 339 days | ||
Jim Hodges | Democratic | November 19, 1956 | 1999–2003 | 64 years, 72 days | ||
Mark Sanford | Republican | May 28, 1960 | 2003–2011 | 60 years, 247 days | ||
Nikki Haley | Republican | January 20, 1972 | 2011–2017 | 49 years, 10 days | Haley resigned in 2017 to take office as United States Ambassador to the United Nations. | |
South Dakota
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
List | Frank Farrar | Republican | April 2, 1929 | 1969–1971 | 91 years, 303 days | |
Harvey L. Wollman | Democratic | May 14, 1935 | 1978–1979 | 85 years, 261 days | Wollman took office after Richard F. Kneip resigned in 1978 to become United States Ambassador to Singapore. | |
Mike Rounds | Republican | October 24, 1954 | 2003–2011 | 66 years, 98 days | ||
Dennis Daugaard | Republican | June 11, 1953 | 2011–2019 | 67 years, 233 days | ||
Tennessee
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
List | Winfield Dunn | Republican | July 1, 1927 | 1971–1975 | 93 years, 213 days | |
Lamar Alexander | Republican | July 3, 1940 | 1979–1987 | 80 years, 211 days | ||
Don Sundquist | Republican | March 15, 1936 | 1995–2003 | 84 years, 321 days | ||
Phil Bredesen | Democratic | November 21, 1943 | 2003–2011 | 77 years, 70 days | ||
Bill Haslam | Republican | August 23, 1958 | 2011–2019 | 62 years, 160 days |
Texas
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
List | George W. Bush | Republican | July 6, 1946 | 1995–2000 | 74 years, 208 days | Bush resigned in 2000 to take office as President of the United States in 2001. |
Rick Perry | Republican | March 4, 1950 | 2000−2015 | 70 years, 332 days | Perry took office after Bush's resignation and was elected to three full terms in 2002, 2006, and 2010. | |
U.S. Virgin Islands
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
List | Roy L. Schneider | Republican | May 13, 1939 | 1995–1999 | 81 years, 262 days | |
Charles Wesley Turnbull | Democratic | February 5, 1935 | 1999–2007 | 85 years, 360 days | ||
John de Jongh | Democratic | November 13, 1957 | 2007–2015 | 63 years, 78 days | ||
Kenneth Mapp | Independent | November 2, 1955 | 2015–2019 | 65 years, 89 days |
Utah
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
List | Mike Leavitt | Republican | February 11, 1951 | 1993–2003 | 69 years, 354 days | Leavitt resigned in 2003 to take office as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. |
Jon Huntsman Jr. | Republican | March 26, 1960 | 2005–2009 | 60 years, 310 days | Huntsman resigned in 2009 to take office as United States Ambassador to China. | |
Gary Herbert | Republican | May 7, 1947 | 2009–2021 | 73 years, 268 days |
Vermont
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
List | Thomas P. Salmon | Democratic | August 19, 1932 | 1973–1977 | 88 years, 164 days | |
Madeleine Kunin | Democratic | September 28, 1933 | 1985–1991 | 87 years, 124 days | ||
Howard Dean | Democratic | November 17, 1948 | 1991–2003 | 72 years, 74 days | Dean took office following the death of Richard A. Snelling in office and was elected to five full terms in 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, and 2000. | |
Jim Douglas | Republican | June 21, 1951 | 2003–2011 | 69 years, 223 days | ||
Peter Shumlin | Democratic | March 24, 1956 | 2011–2017 | 64 years, 312 days | ||
Virginia
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
List | Linwood Holton | Republican | September 21, 1923 | 1970–1974 | 97 years, 131 days | |
Chuck Robb | Democratic | June 26, 1939 | 1982–1986 | 81 years, 218 days | ||
Douglas Wilder | Democratic | January 17, 1931 | 1990–1994 | 90 years, 13 days | ||
George Allen | Republican | March 8, 1952 | 1994–1998 | 68 years, 328 days | ||
Jim Gilmore | Republican | October 6, 1949 | 1998–2002 | 71 years, 116 days | ||
Mark Warner | Democratic | December 15, 1954 | 2002–2006 | 66 years, 46 days | ||
Tim Kaine | Democratic | February 26, 1958 | 2006–2010 | 62 years, 339 days | ||
Bob McDonnell | Republican | June 15, 1954 | 2010–2014 | 66 years, 229 days | ||
Terry McAuliffe | Democratic | February 9, 1957 | 2014–2018 | 63 years, 356 days | ||
Washington
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
List | Daniel J. Evans | Republican | October 16, 1925 | 1965–1977 | 95 years, 106 days | |
Gary Locke | Democratic | January 21, 1950 | 1997–2005 | 71 years, 9 days | ||
Christine Gregoire | Democratic | March 24, 1947 | 2005–2013 | 73 years, 312 days | ||
West Virginia
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
List | Jay Rockefeller | Democratic | June 18, 1937 | 1977–1985 | 83 years, 226 days | |
Gaston Caperton | Democratic | February 21, 1940 | 1989–1997 | 80 years, 344 days | ||
Bob Wise | Democratic | January 6, 1948 | 2001–2005 | 73 years, 24 days | ||
Joe Manchin | Democratic | August 24, 1947 | 2005–2010 | 73 years, 159 days | Manchin resigned in 2010 to take seat in the United States Senate. | |
Earl Ray Tomblin | Democratic | March 15, 1952 | 2010–2017 | 68 years, 321 days | Tomblin became acting governor after Manchin's resignation and was elected governor to complete the remaining term in a special election in 2011 and to a full term in 2012. | |
Wisconsin
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
List | Martin J. Schreiber | Democratic | April 8, 1939 | 1977–1979 | 81 years, 297 days | Schreiber took office after Patrick Lucey resigned in 1977 to become United States Ambassador to Mexico. |
Tony Earl | Democratic | April 12, 1936 | 1983–1987 | 84 years, 293 days | ||
Tommy Thompson | Republican | November 19, 1941 | 1987–2001 | 79 years, 72 days | Thompson resigned in 2001 after being appointed United States Secretary of Health and Human Services by President George W. Bush. | |
Scott McCallum | Republican | May 2, 1950 | 2001–2003 | 70 years, 273 days | McCallum took office after Thompson's resignation. | |
Jim Doyle | Democratic | November 23, 1945 | 2003–2011 | 75 years, 68 days | ||
Scott Walker | Republican | November 2, 1967 | 2011–2019 | 53 years, 89 days | ||
Wyoming
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
List | Mike Sullivan | Democratic | September 22, 1939 | 1987–1995 | 81 years, 130 days | |
Jim Geringer | Republican | April 24, 1944 | 1995–2003 | 76 years, 281 days | ||
Dave Freudenthal | Democratic | October 12, 1950 | 2003–2011 | 70 years, 110 days | ||
Matt Mead | Republican | March 11, 1962 | 2011–2019 | 58 years, 325 days | ||
Other notes
In Minnesota, "Democratic-Farmer-Labor" is not a third party, but the Minnesota equivalent of the Democratic Party. In Minnesota, "Independent-Republican" was once used for the Minnesota equivalent of the Republican Party (see Republican Party of Minnesota).
In North Dakota, "Democratic-NPL" is not a third party, but the North Dakota equivalent of the Democratic Party. The full name for the party is the North Dakota Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party.
Third parties are linked only if they refer to specific third parties, and not just "independent" in general.
Puerto Rico operates under a different party system than the rest of the United States; however politicians of either party may affiliate also with the national Democratic or Republican parties.
See also
- List of United States governors
- List of living former members of the United States House of Representatives
- List of living former United States senators
- United States order of precedence