NAME DOB/DOD AGE @ DEATH TERM TIME IN OFFICE   NOTES AGE @ START OF TERM POST TERM REPUBLICAN DEMOCRAT AMERICAN INDEPENDENT UNION PROGRESSIVE
                               
1 PETER HARDEMAN BURNETT 1807-1895 88 12/21/1849 - 01/09/1851 1 year ELECTED Resigned 42 44       X    
2 JOHN McDOUGAL 1818-1866 48 01/09/1851 - 01/08/1852 1 year SUCCEEDED   33 14   X        
3 JOHN BIGLER 1805-1871 66 01/08/1852 - 01/09/1856 4 years ELECTED   47 15   X        
4 J. NEELY JOHNSON 1825-1872 47 01/09/1856 - 01/08/1858 2 years ELECTED   31 14     X      
5 JOHN B. WELLER 1812-1875 63 01/08/1858 - 01/09/1860 2 years ELECTED   46 15   X        
6 MILTON LATHAM 1827-1882 55 01/09/1860 - 01/14/1860 5 days ELECTED Resigned 33 22   X        
7 JOHN G. DOWNEY 1827-1894 67 01/14/1860 - 01/10/1862 2 years SUCCEEDED   33 32   X        
8 LELAND STANFORD 1824-1893 69 01/10/1862 - 12/10/1863 1 year, 11 months ELECTED   38 30 X          
9 FREDERICK LOW 1828-1894 66 12/10/1863 - 12/05/1867 4 years ELECTED   35 27         X  
10 HENRY HUNTLY HAIGHT 1825-1878 53 12/05/1867 - 12/08/1871 4 years ELECTED   42 7   X        
11 NEWTON BOOTH 1825-1892 67 12/08/1871 - 02/27/1875 3 years, 2 months ELECTED Resigned 46 17 X          
12 ROMUALDO PACHECO 1831-1899 68 02/27/1875 - 12/09/1875 10 months SUCCEEDED   44 24 X          
13 WILLIAM IRWIN 1827-1886 57 12/09/1875 - 01/08/1880 4 years, 1 month ELECTED   48 6   X        
14 GEORGE CLEMENT PERKINS 1839-1923 84 01/08/1880 - 01/10/1883 3 years  ELECTED   41 40 X          
15 GEORGE STONEMAN 1822-1894 72 01/10/1883 - 01/08/1887 4 years ELECTED   61 7   X        
16 WASHINGTON BARTLETT 1824-1887 63 01/08/1887 - 09/12/1887 9 months ELECTED Died in office 63 0   X        
17 ROBERT WATERMAN 1826-1891 65 09/12/1887 - 01/08/1891 3 years, 4 months SUCCEEDED   61 0 X          
18 HENRY MARKHAM 1840-1923 83 01/08/1891 - 01/11/1895 4 years ELECTED   51 28 X          
19 JAMES BUDD 1851-1908 57 01/11/1895 - 01/04/1899 4 years ELECTED   44 9   X        
20 HENRY TIFFT GAGE 1852-1924 72 01/04/1899 - 01/07/1903 4 years ELECTED   47 21 X          
21 GEORGE PARDEE 1857-1941 84 01/07/1903 - 01/09/1907 4 years ELECTED   46 34 X          
22 JAMES GILLETT 1860-1937 77 01/09/1907 - 01/03/1911 4 years ELECTED   47 26 X          
23 HIRAM JOHNSON 1866-1945 79 01/03/1911 - 03/15/1917 6 years, 2 months ELECTED Resigned 45 28           X
24 WILLIAM STEPHENS 1859-1944 85 03/15/1917 - 01/09/1923 5 years, 9 months SUCCEEDED/ELECTED   58 21 X          
25 FRIEND RICHARDSON 1865-1943 78 01/09/1923 - 01/04/1927 4 years ELECTED   58 16 X          
26 C.C. YOUNG 1869-1947 78 01/04/1927 - 01/06/1931 4 years ELECTED   58 16 X          
27 JAMES ROLPH 1869-1934 65 01/06/1931 - 06/02/1934 3 years, 5 months ELECTED Died in office 62 0 X          
28 FRANK MERRIAM 1865-1955 90 06/02/1934 - 01/02/1939 4 years, 7 months SUCCEEDED/ELECTED   69 16 X          
29 CULBERT OLSON 1876-1962 84 01/02/1939 - 01/04/1943 4 years ELECTED   63 19   X        
30 EARL WARREN 1891-1974 83 01/04/1943 - 10/05/1953 10 years, 9 months ELECTED Resigned 52 21 X          
31 GOODWIN KNIGHT 1896-1970 74 10/05/1953 - 01/05/1959 5 years, 3 months SUCCEEDED/ELECTED   57 11 X          
32 PAT BROWN 1905-1996 91 01/05/1959 - 01/02/1967 8 years ELECTED   54 29   X        
33 RONALD REAGAN 1911-2004 93 01/02/1967 - 01/06/1975 8 years ELECTED   56 29 X          
34 MIKE CURB 1944- 78+ 01/08/1979 - 01/03/1983 8 months + ACTING/CONFIRMED Confirmed by Supreme Court December 1979 34 40+ X          
35 GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN 1928-2018 90 01/03/1983 - 01/07/1991 8 years ELECTED   55 27 X          
36 PETE WILSON 1933- 90+ 01/07/1991 - 01/04/1999 8 years ELECTED   58 24+ X          
37 GRAY DAVIS 1942- 81+ 01/04/1999 - 11/17/2003 4 years, 10 months ELECTED Recalled 57 20+   X        
38 ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER 1947- 76+ 11/17/2003 - 01/03/2011 7 years, 2 months ELECTED   56 12+ X          
39 JERRY BROWN 1938- 85+ 01/06/1975 - 01/03/1983
01/03/2011 - 01/07/2019
16 years ELECTED   37
73
4+   X        
40 GAVIN NEWSOM 1967- 56+ 01/07/2019 - Present 4+ years ELECTED   56 0   X        
 
35 Elected
   18 Republican
   13 Democrat
   1 American
   1 Independent
   1 Union
   1 Progressive
26  Served at least 4 years
   14 Republican
   10 Democrat
   1 Union
   1 Progressive