NAME | DOB/DOD | AGE@ DEATH | TERM | G/LG | TIME IN OFFICE | NOTES | AGE @ START OF TERM | POST TERM | REPUBLICAN | DEMOCRAT | AMERICAN | INDEPENDENT | UNION | PROGRESSIVE | ||
1 | JOHN McDOUGAL | 1818-1866 | 48 | 12/20/1849 - 01/09/1851 | LG | 1 year | ELECTED | Also succeeded to Governor | 31 | 15 | X | |||||
2 | PETER HARDEMAN BURNETT | 1807-1895 | 88 | 12/21/1849 - 01/09/1851 | G | 1 year | ELECTED | Resigned | 42 | 44 | X | |||||
3 | JOHN BIGLER | 1805-1871 | 66 | 01/08/1852 - 01/09/1856 | G | 4 years | ELECTED | 47 | 15 | X | ||||||
4 | SAMUEL PURDY | 1819-1882 | 63 | 01/08/1852 - 01/09/1856 | LG | 4 years | ELECTED | 33 | 26 | X | ||||||
5 | J. NEELY JOHNSON | 1825-1872 | 47 | 01/09/1856 - 01/08/1858 | G | 2 years | ELECTED | 31 | 14 | X | ||||||
6 | ROBERT M. ANDERSON | 1824-1878 | 54 | 01/09/1856 - 01/09/1858 | LG | 2 years | ELECTED | 32 | 20 | X | ||||||
7 | JOHN B. WELLER | 1812-1875 | 63 | 01/08/1858 - 01/09/1860 | G | 2 years | ELECTED | 46 | 15 | X | ||||||
8 | JOSEPH WALKUP | 1819-1873 | 54 | 01/08/1858 - 01/09/1860 | LG | 2 years | ELECTED | 39 | 13 | X | ||||||
9 | MILTON LATHAM | 1827-1882 | 55 | 01/09/1860 - 01/14/1860 | G | 5 days | ELECTED | Resigned | 33 | 22 | X | |||||
10 | JOHN G. DOWNEY | 1827-1894 | 67 | 01/08/1860 - 01/20/1860 | LG | 12 days | ELECTED | Also succeeded to Governor | 33 | 34 | X | |||||
11 | LELAND STANFORD | 1824-1893 | 69 | 01/10/1862 - 12/10/1863 | G | 1 year, 11 months | ELECTED | 38 | 30 | X | ||||||
12 | FREDERICK LOW | 1828-1894 | 66 | 12/10/1863 - 12/05/1867 | G | 4 years | ELECTED | 35 | 27 | X | ||||||
13 | TIM N. MACHIN | 1822-1905 | 83 | 12/10/1863 - 12/05/1867 | LG | 4 years | ELECTED | 41 | 38 | X | ||||||
14 | HENRY HUNTLY HAIGHT | 1825-1878 | 53 | 12/05/1867 - 12/08/1871 | G | 4 years | ELECTED | 42 | 7 | X | ||||||
15 | WILLIAM HOLDEN | 1824-1884 | 60 | 12/05/1867 - 12/08/1871 | LG | 4 years | ELECTED | 43 | 13 | X | ||||||
16 | NEWTON BOOTH | 1825-1892 | 67 | 12/08/1871 - 02/27/1875 | G | 3 years, 2 months | ELECTED | Resigned | 46 | 17 | X | |||||
17 | ROMUALDO PACHECO | 1831-1899 | 68 | 12/08/1871 - 02/27/1875 | LG | 3 years, 3 months | ELECTED | Also succeeded to Governor | 40 | 24 | X | |||||
18 | WILLIAM IRWIN | 1827-1886 | 57 | 12/09/1875 - 01/08/1880 | G | 4 years, 1 month | ELECTED | 48 | 6 | X | ||||||
19 | JAMES A. JOHNSON | 1829-1896 | 67 | 12/09/1875 - 01/08/1880 | LG | 4 years | ELECTED | 46 | 16 | X | ||||||
20 | JOHN MANSFIELD | 1822-1896 | 74 | 01/08/1880 - 01/10/1883 | LG | 3 years | ELECTED | 60 | 13 | X | ||||||
21 | GEORGE CLEMENT PERKINS | 1839-1923 | 84 | 01/08/1880 - 01/10/1883 | G | 3 years | ELECTED | 41 | 40 | X | ||||||
22 | GEORGE STONEMAN | 1822-1894 | 72 | 01/10/1883 - 01/08/1887 | G | 4 years | ELECTED | 61 | 7 | X | ||||||
23 | JOHN DAGGETT | 1833-1919 | 76 | 01/10/1883 - 01/08/1887 | LG | 4 years | ELECTED | 50 | 32 | X | ||||||
24 | WASHINGTON BARTLETT | 1824-1887 | 63 | 01/08/1887 - 09/12/1887 | G | 9 months | ELECTED | Died in office | 63 | 0 | X | |||||
25 | ROBERT WATERMAN | 1826-1891 | 65 | 01/08/1887 - 09/13/1887 | LG | 9 months | ELECTED | Also succeeded to Governor | 61 | 4 | X | |||||
26 | HENRY MARKHAM | 1840-1923 | 83 | 01/08/1891 - 01/11/1895 | G | 4 years | ELECTED | 51 | 28 | X | ||||||
27 | JOHN B. REDDICK | 1845-1895 | 50 | 01/08/1891 - 01/11/1895 | LG | 4 years | ELECTED | 46 | 0 | X | ||||||
28 | JAMES BUDD | 1851-1908 | 57 | 01/11/1895 - 01/04/1899 | G | 4 years | ELECTED | 44 | 9 | X | ||||||
29 | SPENCER G. MILLARD | 1856-1895 | 39 | 01/11/1895 - 10/25/1895 | LG | 10 months | ELECTED | 39 | 0 | X | ||||||
30 | HENRY TIFFT GAGE | 1852-1924 | 72 | 01/04/1899 - 01/07/1903 | G | 4 years | ELECTED | 47 | 21 | X | ||||||
31 | ALDEN ANDERSON | 1867-1944 | 77 | 01/06/1903 - 01/08/1907 | LG | 4 years | ELECTED | 36 | 37 | X | ||||||
32 | JACOB H. NEFF | 1830-1909 | 79 | 01/03/1899 - 01/06/1903 | LG | 4 years | ELECTED | 69 | 6 | X | ||||||
33 | GEORGE PARDEE | 1857-1941 | 84 | 01/07/1903 - 01/09/1907 | G | 4 years | ELECTED | 46 | 34 | X | ||||||
34 | WARREN R. PORTER | 1861-1927 | 66 | 01/08/1907 - 01/03/1911 | LG | 4 years | ELECTED | 46 | 16 | X | ||||||
35 | JAMES GILLETT | 1860-1937 | 77 | 01/09/1907 - 01/03/1911 | G | 4 years | ELECTED | 47 | 26 | X | ||||||
36 | HIRAM JOHNSON | 1866-1945 | 79 | 01/03/1911 - 03/15/1917 | G | 6 years, 2 months | ELECTED | Resigned | 45 | 28 | X | |||||
37 | ALBERT JOSEPH WALLACE | 1853-1939 | 86 | 01/03/1911 - 01/05/1915 | LG | 4 years | ELECTED | 58 | 24 | X | ||||||
38 | JOHN MORTON ESHLEMAN | 1876-1916 | 40 | 01/05/1915 - 02/28/1916 | LG | 1 year, 1 month | ELECTED | 38 | 0 | X | ||||||
39 | WILLIAM STEPHENS | 1859-1944 | 85 | 03/15/1917 - 01/09/1923 | G | 5 years, 9 months | SUCCEEDED/ELECTED | 58 | 21 | X | ||||||
40 | C.C. YOUNG | 1869-1947 | 78 | 01/07/1919 - 01/04/1927 | LG | 8 years | ELECTED | Also elected as Governor | 50 | 20 | X | |||||
41 | FRIEND RICHARDSON | 1865-1943 | 78 | 01/09/1923 - 01/04/1927 | G | 4 years | ELECTED | 58 | 16 | X | ||||||
42 | BURON FITTS | 1895-1973 | 78 | 01/04/1927 - 11/30/1928 | LG | 22 months | ELECTED | 32 | 45 | X | ||||||
43 | JAMES ROLPH | 1869-1934 | 65 | 01/06/1931 - 06/02/1934 | G | 3 years, 5 months | ELECTED | Died in office | 62 | 0 | X | |||||
44 | FRANK MERRIAM | 1865-1955 | 90 | 01/05/1931 - 06/02/1934 | LG | 3 years, 6 months | ELECTED | Also succeeded to & elected as Governor | 66 | 21 | X | |||||
45 | GEORGE J. HATFIELD | 1887-1953 | 66 | 01/08/1935 - 01/02/1939 | LG | 4 years | ELECTED | 48 | 14 | X | ||||||
46 | CULBERT OLSON | 1876-1962 | 84 | 01/02/1939 - 01/04/1943 | G | 4 years | ELECTED | 63 | 19 | X | ||||||
47 | ELLIS E. PATTERSON | 1897-1985 | 88 | 01/02/1939 - 01/04/1943 | LG | 4 years | ELECTED | 42 | 42 | X | ||||||
48 | EARL WARREN | 1891-1974 | 83 | 01/04/1943 - 10/05/1953 | G | 10 years, 9 months | ELECTED | Resigned | 52 | 21 | X | |||||
49 | FREDERICK F. HOUSER | 1904-1989 | 85 | 01/04/1943 - 01/06/1947 | LG | 4 years | ELECTED | 39 | 42 | X | ||||||
50 | GOODWIN KNIGHT | 1896-1970 | 74 | 01/06/1947 - 10/05/1953 | LG | 6 years, 10 months | ELECTED | Also succeeded to & elected as Governor | 51 | 17 | X | |||||
51 | HAROLD J. POWERS | 1900-1996 | 96 | 10/05/1953 - 01/05/1959 | LG | 5 years, 3 months | ELECTED | 53 | 37 | X | ||||||
52 | PAT BROWN | 1905-1996 | 91 | 01/05/1959 - 01/02/1967 | G | 8 years | ELECTED | 54 | 29 | X | ||||||
53 | GLEN M. ANDERSON | 1913-1994 | 81 | 01/05/1959 - 01/02/1967 | LG | 8 years | ELECTED | 46 | 27 | X | ||||||
54 | RONALD REAGAN | 1911-2004 | 93 | 01/02/1967 - 01/06/1975 | G | 8 years | ELECTED | 56 | 29 | X | ||||||
55 | ROBERT FINCH | 1925-1995 | 70 | 01/02/1967 - 01/08/1969 | LG | 2 years | ELECTED | 42 | 26 | X | ||||||
56 | EDWIN REINECKE | 1924-2016 | 92 | 01/08/1969 - 10/02/1974 | LG | 5 years, 9 months | APPPOINTED/ELECTED | Resigned | 45 | 42 | X | |||||
57 | MERVYN M. DYMALLY | 1926-2012 | 86 | 01/06/1975 - 01/08/1979 | LG | 4 years | ELECTED | 49 | 33 | X | ||||||
58 | MIKE CURB | 1944- | 78+ | 01/08/1979 - 01/03/1983 | LG | 4 years | ELECTED | Also served over 8 months as Acting Governor | 33 | 40+ | X | |||||
59 | GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN | 1928-2018 | 90 | 01/03/1983 - 01/07/1991 | G | 8 years | ELECTED | 55 | 27 | X | ||||||
60 | PETE WILSON | 1933- | 90+ | 01/07/1991 - 01/04/1999 | G | 8 years | ELECTED | 58 | 24+ | X | ||||||
61 | ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER | 1947- | 76+ | 11/17/2003 - 01/03/2011 | G | 7 years, 2 months | ELECTED | 56 | 12+ | X | ||||||
62 | JERRY BROWN | 1938- | 85+ | 01/06/1975
- 01/03/1983 01/03/2011 - 01/07/2019 |
G | 16 years | ELECTED | 37 73 |
4+ | X | ||||||
63 | LEO T. McCARTHY | 1930-2007 | 77 | 01/03/1983 - 01/03/1995 | LG | 12 years | ELECTED | 53 | 12 | X | ||||||
64 | GAVIN NEWSOM | 1967- | 56+ | 01/07/2019 - Present | G | 4+ years | ELECTED | 56 | 0 | X | ||||||
65 | GRAY DAVIS | 1942- | 80+ | 01/03/1995 - 01/04/1999 | LG | 4 years | ELECTED | Also elected as Governor | 53 | 24+ | X | |||||
66 | CRUZ BUSTAMANTE | 1953- | 70+ | 01/04/1999 - 01/07/2007 | LG | 8 years | ELECTED | 46 | 16+ | X | ||||||
67 | JOHN GARAMENDI | 1945- | 78+ | 01/07/2007 - 11/03/2009 | LG | 2 years, 10 months | ELECTED | 62 | 14+ | X | ||||||
68 | ELENI KOUNALAKIS | 1966- | 57+ | 01/07/2019 - | LG | 4 years + | ELECTED | 53 | 0 | X | ||||||
68 Elected | ||||||||||||||||
35 Republican | ||||||||||||||||
27 Democrat | ||||||||||||||||
2 American | ||||||||||||||||
1 Union | ||||||||||||||||
1 Progressive | ||||||||||||||||
46 served at least 4 years | ||||||||||||||||
24 Republican | ||||||||||||||||
20 Democrat | ||||||||||||||||
1 Union | ||||||||||||||||
1 Progressive |