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 | 98 years, 323 days | |
Fob James | Democratic, Republican | September 15, 1934 | 1979–1983, 1995–1999 | 85 years, 335 days | ||
Jim Folsom Jr. | Democratic | May 14, 1949 | 1993–1995 | 71 years, 93 days | Folsom Jr. became governor after H. Guy Hunt's resignation, and lost to Fob James in the 1994 governor's race (see United States gubernatorial elections, 1994). | |
Don Siegelman | Democratic | February 24, 1946 | 1999–2003 | 74 years, 173 days | ||
Bob Riley | Republican | October 3, 1944 | 2003–2011 | 75 years, 317 days | ||
Robert J. Bentley | Republican | February 3, 1943 | 2011–2017 | 77 years, 194 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, 50 days | |
Steve Cowper | Democratic | August 21, 1938 | 1986–1990 | 81 years, 360 days | ||
Tony Knowles | Democratic | January 1, 1943 | 1994–2002 | 77 years, 227 days | ||
Frank Murkowski | Republican | March 28, 1933 | 2002–2006 | 87 years, 140 days | ||
Sarah Palin | Republican | February 11, 1964 | 2006–2009 | 56 years, 186 days | Palin resigned in 2009 (see Alaska gubernatorial election, 2010). | |
Sean Parnell | Republican | November 19, 1962 | 2009–2014 | 57 years, 270 days | Became Governor after Palin's resignation. | |
Bill Walker | Independent | April 16, 1951 | 2014–2018 | 69 years, 121 days | ||
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, 169 days | Became governor upon the death of Tauese Sunia, was elected to full terms in 2004 and 2008. |
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, 49 days | Babbitt became governor upon the death of Wesley Bolin in 1978, then was elected to full terms in 1978 and 1982. |
Fife Symington | Republican | August 12, 1945 | 1991–1997 | 75 years, 3 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 | 62 years, 260 days | Napolitano resigned in 2009 to be the Homeland Security Secretary. | |
Jan Brewer | Republican | September 26, 1944 | 2009–2015 | 75 years, 324 days | Brewer first became governor in 2009 after Napolitano's resignation, then was elected to a full term in 2010. | |
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 | 85 years, 352 days | Resigned six days before the expiration of his term to become Senator. |
Bill Clinton | Democratic | August 19, 1946 | 1979–1981, 1983–1992 | 73 years, 362 days | 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, 64 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 | 64 years, 357 days | Huckabee served the rest of Tucker's unfinished term, then won full terms in 1998 and 2002. | |
Mike Beebe | Democratic | December 28, 1946 | 2007–2015 | 73 years, 231 days | ||
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, 130 days | |
Pete Wilson | Republican | August 23, 1933 | 1991–1999 | 86 years, 358 days | ||
Gray Davis | Democratic | December 26, 1942 | 1999–2003 | 77 years, 233 days | Recalled (see 2003 California gubernatorial recall election) | |
Arnold Schwarzenegger | Republican | July 30, 1947 | 2003–2011 | 73 years, 16 days | Winner of the 2003 California gubernatorial recall election, then re-elected in 2006. | |
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, 12 days | |
Roy Romer | Democratic | October 31, 1928 | 1987–1999 | 91 years, 289 days | ||
Bill Owens | Republican | October 22, 1950 | 1999–2007 | 69 years, 298 days | ||
Bill Ritter | Democratic | September 6, 1956 | 2007–2011 | 63 years, 344 days | ||
John Hickenlooper | Democratic | February 7, 1952 | 2011–2019 | 68 years, 190 days | ||
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, 91 days | |
John G. Rowland | Republican | May 24, 1957 | 1995–2004 | 63 years, 83 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, 60 days | Rell served the rest of Rowland's term and was elected to a full term in office in 2006. | |
Dannel Malloy | Democratic | July 21, 1955 | 2011–2019 | 65 years, 25 days | ||
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 | 85 years, 206 days | |
Mike Castle | Republican | July 2, 1939 | 1985–1992 | 81 years, 44 days | 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 | 95 years, 344 days | Wolf served three weeks in office after Castle's resignation. | |
Tom Carper | Democratic | January 23, 1947 | 1993–2001 | 73 years, 205 days | 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 | 85 years, 211 days | Minner was already Governor-elect when she took office to serve the last two weeks of Carper's term following his resignation. | |
Jack Markell | Democratic | November 26, 1960 | 2009–2017 | 59 years, 263 days | ||
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 | 83 years, 280 days | 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 | 85 years, 234 days | ||
Buddy MacKay | Democratic | March 22, 1933 | 1998–1999 | 87 years, 146 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, 186 days | ||
Charlie Crist | Republican | July 24, 1956 | 2007–2011 | 64 years, 22 days | ||
Rick Scott | Republican | December 1, 1952 | 2011–2019 | 67 years, 258 days | ||
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 | 95 years, 319 days | |
Joe Frank Harris | Democratic | February 16, 1936 | 1983–1991 | 84 years, 181 days | ||
Roy Barnes | Democratic | March 11, 1948 | 1999–2003 | 72 years, 157 days | ||
Sonny Perdue | Republican | December 20, 1946 | 2003–2011 | 73 years, 239 days | ||
Nathan Deal | Republican | August 25, 1942 | 2011–2019 | 77 years, 356 days |
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, 21 days | |
Joseph Franklin Ada | Republican | December 3, 1943 | 1987–1995 | 76 years, 256 days | ||
Carl Gutierrez | Democratic | October 15, 1941 | 1995–2003 | 78 years, 305 days | ||
Felix Perez Camacho | Republican | October 30, 1957 | 2003–2011 | 62 years, 290 days | ||
Eddie Baza Calvo | Republican | August 29, 1961 | 2011–2019 | 58 years, 352 days |
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, 156 days | |
John D. Waiheʻe III | Democratic | May 19, 1946 | 1986–1994 | 74 years, 88 days | ||
Ben Cayetano | Democratic | November 14, 1939 | 1994–2002 | 80 years, 275 days | ||
Linda Lingle | Republican | June 4, 1953 | 2002–2010 | 67 years, 72 days | ||
Neil Abercrombie | Democratic | June 26, 1938 | 2010–2014 | 82 years, 50 days |
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, 164 days | |
Dirk Kempthorne | Republican | October 29, 1951 | 1999–2006 | 68 years, 291 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, 104 days | Risch served the remainder of Kempthorne's term following his resignation. | |
Butch Otter | Republican | May 3, 1942 | 2007–2019 | 78 years, 104 days | ||
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, 24 days | |
George Ryan | Republican | February 24, 1934 | 1999–2003 | 86 years, 173 days | ||
Rod Blagojevich | Democratic | December 10, 1956 | 2003–2009 | 63 years, 249 days | Blagojevich was impeached and removed from office in 2009. | |
Pat Quinn | Democratic | December 16, 1948 | 2009–2015 | 71 years, 243 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, 179 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 | 64 years, 233 days | |
Mitch Daniels | Republican | April 7, 1949 | 2005–2013 | 71 years, 130 days | ||
Mike Pence | Republican | June 7, 1959 | 2013–2017 | 61 years, 69 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, 94 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 | 73 years, 272 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 | 69 years, 246 days | ||
Chet Culver | Democratic | January 25, 1966 | 2007–2011 | 54 years, 203 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, 12 days | |
Mike Hayden | Republican | March 16, 1944 | 1987–1991 | 76 years, 152 days | ||
Bill Graves | Republican | January 9, 1953 | 1995–2003 | 67 years, 219 days | ||
Kathleen Sebelius | Democratic | May 15, 1948 | 2003–2009 | 72 years, 92 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, 52 days | Parkinson served the remainder of Sebelius's term following her resignation. | |
Sam Brownback | Republican | September 12, 1956 | 2011–2018 | 63 years, 338 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, 73 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, 121 days | Carroll took office after Wendell H. 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 | 86 years, 231 days | ||
Martha Layne Collins | Democratic | December 7, 1936 | 1983–1987 | 83 years, 252 days | ||
Brereton Jones | Democratic | June 27, 1939 | 1991–1995 | 81 years, 49 days | ||
Paul E. Patton | Democratic | May 26, 1937 | 1995–2003 | 83 years, 81 days | ||
Ernie Fletcher | Republican | November 12, 1952 | 2003–2007 | 67 years, 277 days | ||
Steve Beshear | Democratic | September 21, 1944 | 2007–2015 | 75 years, 329 days | ||
Matt Bevin | Republican | January 9, 1967 | 2015–2019 | 53 years, 219 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, 8 days | |
Buddy Roemer | Democratic, Republican | October 4, 1943 | 1988–1992 | 76 years, 316 days | ||
Mike Foster | Republican | July 11, 1930 | 1996–2004 | 90 years, 35 days | ||
Bobby Jindal | Republican | June 10, 1971 | 2008–2016 | 49 years, 66 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, 189 days | |
Joseph E. Brennan | Democratic | November 2, 1934 | 1979–1987 | 85 years, 287 days | ||
John R. McKernan Jr. | Republican | May 20, 1948 | 1987–1995 | 72 years, 87 days | ||
Angus King | Independent | March 31, 1944 | 1995–2003 | 76 years, 137 days | ||
John Baldacci | Democratic | January 30, 1955 | 2003–2011 | 65 years, 198 days | ||
Paul LePage | Republican | October 9, 1948 | 2011–2019 | 71 years, 311 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, 65 days | |
Bob Ehrlich | Republican | November 25, 1957 | 2003–2007 | 62 years, 264 days | ||
Martin O'Malley | Democratic | January 18, 1963 | 2007–2015 | 57 years, 210 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 | 86 years, 286 days | |
Bill Weld | Republican | July 31, 1945 | 1991–1997 | 75 years, 15 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, 173 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, 156 days | ||
Deval Patrick | Democratic | July 31, 1956 | 2007–2015 | 64 years, 15 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, 7 days | |
John Engler | Republican | October 12, 1948 | 1991–2003 | 71 years, 308 days | ||
Jennifer Granholm | Democratic | February 5, 1959 | 2003–2011 | 61 years, 192 days | ||
Rick Snyder | Republican | August 19, 1958 | 2011–2019 | 61 years, 362 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 | 96 years, 332 days | |
Arne Carlson | Independent-Republican, Republican | September 24, 1934 | 1991–1999 | 85 years, 326 days | ||
Jesse Ventura | Reform, Independence | July 15, 1951 | 1999–2003 | 69 years, 31 days | ||
Tim Pawlenty | Republican | November 27, 1960 | 2003–2011 | 59 years, 262 days | ||
Mark Dayton | Democratic–Farmer–Labor | January 26, 1947 | 2011–2019 | 73 years, 202 days | ||
Mississippi
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
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List | William Winter | Democratic | February 21, 1923 | 1980–1984 | 97 years, 176 days | |
Ray Mabus | Democratic | October 11, 1948 | 1988–1992 | 71 years, 309 days | ||
Ronnie Musgrove | Democratic | July 29, 1956 | 2000–2004 | 64 years, 17 days | ||
Haley Barbour | Republican | October 22, 1947 | 2004–2012 | 72 years, 298 days | ||
Phil Bryant | Republican | December 9, 1954 | 2012–2020 | 65 years, 250 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, 162 days | |
John Ashcroft | Republican | May 9, 1942 | 1985–1993 | 78 years, 98 days | ||
Roger B. Wilson | Democratic | October 10, 1948 | 2000–2001 | 71 years, 310 days | Wilson took office following the death of Mel Carnahan in office. | |
Bob Holden | Democratic | August 24, 1949 | 2001–2005 | 70 years, 357 days | ||
Matt Blunt | Republican | November 20, 1970 | 2005–2009 | 49 years, 269 days | ||
Jay Nixon | Democratic | February 13, 1956 | 2009–2017 | 64 years, 184 days | ||
Eric Greitens | Republican | April 10, 1974 | 2017–2018 | 46 years, 127 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 | 94 years, 350 days | |
Stan Stephens | Republican | September 16, 1929 | 1989–1993 | 90 years, 334 days | ||
Marc Racicot | Republican | July 24, 1948 | 1993–2001 | 72 years, 22 days | ||
Brian Schweitzer | Democratic | September 4, 1955 | 2005–2013 | 64 years, 346 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 | 76 years, 354 days | |
Kay A. Orr | Republican | January 2, 1939 | 1987–1991 | 81 years, 226 days | ||
Ben Nelson | Democratic | May 17, 1941 | 1991–1999 | 79 years, 90 days | ||
Mike Johanns | Republican | June 18, 1950 | 1999–2005 | 70 years, 58 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, 95 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 | 83 years, 349 days | |
Richard Bryan | Democratic | July 16, 1937 | 1983–1989 | 83 years, 30 days | Bryan resigned in 1989 to take seat in the United States Senate. | |
Bob Miller | Democratic | March 30, 1945 | 1989–1999 | 75 years, 138 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 | 75 years, 243 days | ||
Brian Sandoval | Republican | August 5, 1963 | 2011–2019 | 57 years, 10 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, 44 days | |
Judd Gregg | Republican | February 14, 1947 | 1989–1993 | 73 years, 183 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, 86 days | Hough served as acting governor after Gregg's resignation. | |
Steve Merrill | Republican | June 21, 1946 | 1993–1997 | 74 years, 55 days | ||
Jeanne Shaheen | Democratic | January 28, 1947 | 1997–2003 | 73 years, 200 days | ||
Craig Benson | Republican | October 8, 1954 | 2003–2005 | 65 years, 312 days | ||
John Lynch | Democratic | November 25, 1952 | 2005–2013 | 67 years, 264 days | ||
Maggie Hassan | Democratic | February 27, 1958 | 2013–2017 | 62 years, 170 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 | 59 years, 273 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, 116 days | |
James Florio | Democratic | August 29, 1937 | 1990–1994 | 82 years, 352 days | ||
Christine Todd Whitman | Republican | September 26, 1946 | 1994–2001 | 73 years, 324 days | Resigned to become Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency | |
Donald DiFrancesco | Republican | November 20, 1944 | 2001–2002 | 75 years, 269 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, 52 days | Acting governor as Attorney General after DiFrancesco's term as Senate President ended. | |
John O. Bennett | Republican | August 6, 1948 | 2002 | 72 years, 9 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 | 73 years, 262 days | Acting governor in 2002. Succeeded to office after McGreevey's resignation | |
Jim McGreevey | Democratic | August 6, 1957 | 2002–2004 | 63 years, 9 days | Resigned | |
Jon Corzine | Democratic | January 1, 1947 | 2006–2010 | 73 years, 227 days | ||
Chris Christie | Republican | September 6, 1962 | 2010–2018 | 57 years, 344 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 | 85 years, 317 days | |
Toney Anaya | Democratic | April 29, 1941 | 1983–1987 | 79 years, 108 days | ||
Garrey Carruthers | Republican | August 29, 1939 | 1987–1991 | 80 years, 352 days | ||
Gary Johnson | Republican | January 1, 1953 | 1995–2003 | 67 years, 227 days | ||
Bill Richardson | Democratic | November 15, 1947 | 2003–2011 | 72 years, 274 days | ||
Susana Martinez | Republican | July 14, 1959 | 2011–2019 | 61 years, 32 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, 52 days | |
Eliot Spitzer | Democratic | June 10, 1959 | 2007–2008 | 61 years, 66 days | Resigned | |
David Paterson | Democratic | May 20, 1954 | 2008–2010 | 66 years, 87 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, 91 days | |
James G. Martin | Republican | December 11, 1935 | 1985–1993 | 84 years, 248 days | ||
Mike Easley | Democratic | March 23, 1950 | 2001–2009 | 70 years, 145 days | ||
Bev Perdue | Democratic | January 14, 1947 | 2009–2013 | 73 years, 214 days | ||
Pat McCrory | Republican | October 17, 1956 | 2013–2017 | 63 years, 303 days | ||
North Dakota
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
List | Allen I. Olson | Republican | November 5, 1938 | 1981–1985 | 81 years, 284 days | |
Ed Schafer | Republican | August 8, 1946 | 1992–2000 | 74 years, 7 days | ||
John Hoeven | Republican | March 13, 1957 | 2000–2010 | 63 years, 155 days | Hoeven resigned in 2010 to take seat in the United States Senate. | |
Jack Dalrymple | Republican | October 16, 1948 | 2010–2016 | 71 years, 304 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
List | Carlos S. Camacho | Democratic | February 27, 1937 | 1978–1982 | 83 years, 170 days | |
Juan Babauta | Republican | September 7, 1953 | 2002–2006 | 66 years, 343 days | ||
Benigno Fitial | Republican, Covenant |
November 27, 1945 | 2006–2013 | 74 years, 262 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 | 82 years, 278 days | |
Nancy Hollister | Republican | May 22, 1949 | 1998–1999 | 71 years, 85 days | Hollister took office after George Voinovich resigned to take seat in the United States Senate. | |
Bob Taft | Republican | January 8, 1942 | 1999–2007 | 78 years, 220 days | ||
Ted Strickland | Democratic | August 4, 1941 | 2007–2011 | 79 years, 11 days | ||
John Kasich | Republican | May 13, 1952 | 2011–2019 | 68 years, 94 days |
Oklahoma
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
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List | George Nigh | Democratic | June 9, 1927 | 1963, 1979–1987 | 93 years, 67 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, 116 days | ||
David Walters | Democratic | November 20, 1951 | 1991–1995 | 68 years, 269 days | ||
Frank Keating | Republican | February 10, 1944 | 1995–2003 | 76 years, 187 days | ||
Brad Henry | Democratic | July 10, 1963 | 2003–2011 | 57 years, 36 days | ||
Mary Fallin | Republican | December 9, 1954 | 2011–2019 | 65 years, 250 days |
Oregon
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
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List | Neil Goldschmidt | Democratic | June 16, 1940 | 1987–1991 | 80 years, 60 days | |
Barbara Roberts | Democratic | December 21, 1936 | 1991–1995 | 83 years, 238 days | ||
John Kitzhaber | Democratic | March 5, 1947 | 1995–2003, 2011–2015 | 73 years, 163 days | Resigned in 2015 | |
Ted Kulongoski | Democratic | November 5, 1940 | 2003–2011 | 79 years, 284 days | ||
Pennsylvania
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
List | Dick Thornburgh | Republican | July 16, 1932 | 1979–1987 | 88 years, 30 days | |
Tom Ridge | Republican | August 26, 1945 | 1995–2001 | 74 years, 355 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, 197 days | Schweiker took office after Ridge's resignation. | |
Ed Rendell | Democratic | January 5, 1944 | 2003–2011 | 76 years, 223 days | ||
Tom Corbett | Republican | June 17, 1949 | 2011–2015 | 71 years, 59 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 | 87 years, 346 days | |
Pedro Rosselló | New Progressive | April 5, 1944 | 1993–2001 | 76 years, 132 days | ||
Sila María Calderón | Popular Democratic | September 23, 1942 | 2001–2005 | 77 years, 327 days | ||
Aníbal Acevedo Vilá | Popular Democratic | February 13, 1962 | 2005–2009 | 58 years, 184 days | ||
Luis Fortuño | New Progressive | October 31, 1960 | 2009–2013 | 59 years, 289 days | ||
Alejandro García Padilla | Popular Democratic | August 3, 1971 | 2013–2017 | 49 years, 12 days | ||
Ricardo Rosselló | New Progressive | March 7, 1979 | 2017–2019 | 41 years, 161 days | Resigned in the wake of a scandal. |
Rhode Island
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
List | Philip W. Noel | Democratic | June 6, 1931 | 1973–1977 | 89 years, 71 days | |
Edward D. DiPrete | Republican | July 8, 1934 | 1985–1991 | 86 years, 38 days | ||
Lincoln Almond | Republican | June 16, 1936 | 1995–2003 | 84 years, 60 days | ||
Donald Carcieri | Republican | December 16, 1942 | 2003–2011 | 77 years, 243 days | ||
Lincoln Chafee | Independent, Democratic | March 26, 1953 | 2011–2015 | 67 years, 142 days | ||
South Carolina
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
List | Richard Riley | Democratic | January 2, 1933 | 1979–1987 | 87 years, 226 days | |
David Beasley | Republican | February 26, 1957 | 1995–1999 | 63 years, 171 days | ||
Jim Hodges | Democratic | November 19, 1956 | 1999–2003 | 63 years, 270 days | ||
Mark Sanford | Republican | May 28, 1960 | 2003–2011 | 60 years, 79 days | ||
Nikki Haley | Republican | January 20, 1972 | 2011–2017 | 48 years, 208 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, 135 days | |
Harvey L. Wollman | Democratic | May 14, 1935 | 1978–1979 | 85 years, 93 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 | 65 years, 296 days | ||
Dennis Daugaard | Republican | June 11, 1953 | 2011–2019 | 67 years, 65 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, 45 days | |
Lamar Alexander | Republican | July 3, 1940 | 1979–1987 | 80 years, 43 days | ||
Don Sundquist | Republican | March 15, 1936 | 1995–2003 | 84 years, 153 days | ||
Phil Bredesen | Democratic | November 21, 1943 | 2003–2011 | 76 years, 268 days | ||
Bill Haslam | Republican | August 23, 1958 | 2011–2019 | 61 years, 358 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, 40 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, 164 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, 94 days | |
Charles Wesley Turnbull | Democratic | February 5, 1935 | 1999–2007 | 85 years, 192 days | ||
John de Jongh | Democratic | November 13, 1957 | 2007–2015 | 62 years, 276 days | ||
Kenneth Mapp | Independent | November 2, 1955 | 2015–2019 | 64 years, 287 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, 186 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, 142 days | Huntsman resigned in 2009 to take office as United States Ambassador to China. |
Vermont
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
List | Thomas P. Salmon | Democratic | August 19, 1932 | 1973–1977 | 87 years, 362 days | |
Madeleine M. Kunin | Democratic | September 28, 1933 | 1985–1991 | 86 years, 322 days | ||
Howard Dean | Democratic | November 17, 1948 | 1991–2003 | 71 years, 272 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, 55 days | ||
Peter Shumlin | Democratic | March 24, 1956 | 2011–2017 | 64 years, 144 days | ||
Virginia
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
List | Linwood Holton | Republican | September 21, 1923 | 1970–1974 | 96 years, 329 days | |
Chuck Robb | Democratic | June 26, 1939 | 1982–1986 | 81 years, 50 days | ||
Douglas Wilder | Democratic | January 17, 1931 | 1990–1994 | 89 years, 211 days | ||
George Allen | Republican | March 8, 1952 | 1994–1998 | 68 years, 160 days | ||
Jim Gilmore | Republican | October 6, 1949 | 1998–2002 | 70 years, 314 days | ||
Mark Warner | Democratic | December 15, 1954 | 2002–2006 | 65 years, 244 days | ||
Tim Kaine | Democratic | February 26, 1958 | 2006–2010 | 62 years, 171 days | ||
Bob McDonnell | Republican | June 15, 1954 | 2010–2014 | 66 years, 61 days | ||
Terry McAuliffe | Democratic | February 9, 1957 | 2014–2018 | 63 years, 188 days | ||
Washington
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
List | Daniel J. Evans | Republican | October 16, 1925 | 1965–1977 | 94 years, 304 days | |
Gary Locke | Democratic | January 21, 1950 | 1997–2005 | 70 years, 207 days | ||
Christine Gregoire | Democratic | March 24, 1947 | 2005–2013 | 73 years, 144 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, 58 days | |
Gaston Caperton | Democratic | February 21, 1940 | 1989–1997 | 80 years, 176 days | ||
Bob Wise | Democratic | January 6, 1948 | 2001–2005 | 72 years, 222 days | ||
Joe Manchin | Democratic | August 24, 1947 | 2005–2010 | 72 years, 357 days | Manchin resigned in 2010 to take seat in the United States Senate. | |
Earl Ray Tomblin | Democratic | March 15, 1952 | 2010–2017 | 68 years, 153 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, 129 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, 125 days | ||
Tommy Thompson | Republican | November 19, 1941 | 1987–2001 | 78 years, 270 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, 105 days | McCallum took office after Thompson's resignation. | |
Jim Doyle | Democratic | November 23, 1945 | 2003–2011 | 74 years, 266 days | ||
Scott Walker | Republican | November 2, 1967 | 2011–2019 | 52 years, 287 days | ||
Wyoming
List | Governor | Party | Date of birth | Term(s) | Age (Years/Days) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
List | Mike Sullivan | Democratic | September 22, 1939 | 1987–1995 | 80 years, 328 days | |
Jim Geringer | Republican | April 24, 1944 | 1995–2003 | 76 years, 113 days | ||
Dave Freudenthal | Democratic | October 12, 1950 | 2003–2011 | 69 years, 308 days | ||
Matt Mead | Republican | March 11, 1962 | 2011–2019 | 58 years, 157 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