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 |