| NAME | DOB/DOD | AGE @ DEATH | TERM | TIME IN OFFICE | NOTES | AGE @ START OF TERM | POST TERM | REPUBLICAN | DEMOCRAT | AMERICAN | PROGRESSIVE | ||
| 1 | JOHN McDOUGAL | 1818-1866 | 48 | 12/20/1849 - 01/09/1851 | 1 year | ELECTED | Also succeeded to Governor | 31 | 15 | X | |||
| 2 | DAVID C. BRODERICK | 1820-1859 | 39 | 01/09/1851 - 01/08/1852 | 1 year | ACTING | 31 | 7 | X | ||||
| 3 | SAMUEL PURDY | 1819-1882 | 63 | 01/08/1852 - 01/09/1856 | 4 years | ELECTED | 33 | 26 | X | ||||
| 4 | ROBERT M. ANDERSON | 1824-1878 | 54 | 01/09/1856 - 01/09/1858 | 2 years | ELECTED | 32 | 20 | X | ||||
| 5 | JOSEPH WALKUP | 1819-1873 | 54 | 01/08/1858 - 01/09/1860 | 2 years | ELECTED | 39 | 13 | X | ||||
| 6 | JOHN G. DOWNEY | 1827-1894 | 67 | 01/08/1860 - 01/20/1860 | 12 days | ELECTED | Also succeeded to Governor | 33 | 34 | X | |||
| 7 | ISAAC N. QUINN | 1795-1865 | 70 | 01/20/1860 - 01/07/1861 | 1 year | ACTING | 65 | 4 | X | ||||
| 8 | PABLO DE LA GUERRA | 1819-1874 | 55 | 01/07/1861 - 01/10/1862 | 1 year | ACTING | 42 | 12 | X | ||||
| 9 | JOHN F. CHELLIS | 1792-1883 | 91 | 01/10/1862 - 12/10/1863 | 2 years | APPOINTED | 70 | 20 | X | ||||
| 10 | TIM N. MACHIN | 1822-1905 | 83 | 12/10/1863 - 12/05/1867 | 4 years | ELECTED | 41 | 38 | X | ||||
| 11 | WILLIAM HOLDEN | 1824-1884 | 60 | 12/05/1867 - 12/08/1871 | 4 years | ELECTED | 43 | 13 | X | ||||
| 12 | ROMUALDO PACHECO | 1831-1899 | 68 | 12/08/1871 - 02/27/1875 | 3 years, 3 months | ELECTED | Also succeeded to Governor | 40 | 24 | X | |||
| 13 | WILLIAM IRWIN | 1827-1886 | 51 | 02/27/1875 - 12/09/1875 | 10 months | ACTING | 48 | 11 | X | ||||
| 14 | JAMES A. JOHNSON | 1829-1896 | 67 | 12/09/1875 - 01/08/1880 | 4 years | ELECTED | 46 | 16 | X | ||||
| 15 | JOHN MANSFIELD | 1822-1896 | 74 | 01/08/1880 - 01/10/1883 | 3 years | ELECTED | 60 | 13 | X | ||||
| 16 | JOHN DAGGETT | 1833-1919 | 76 | 01/10/1883 - 01/08/1887 | 4 years | ELECTED | 50 | 32 | X | ||||
| 17 | ROBERT WATERMAN | 1826-1891 | 65 | 01/08/1887 - 09/13/1887 | 9 months | ELECTED | Also succeeded to Governor | 61 | 4 | X | |||
| 18 | STEPHEN M. WHITE | 1853-1901 | 48 | 09/13/1887- 01/08/1891 | 3 years, 4 months | ACTING | 34 | 10 | X | ||||
| 19 | JOHN B. REDDICK | 1845-1895 | 50 | 01/08/1891 - 01/11/1895 | 4 years | ELECTED | 46 | 0 | X | ||||
| 20 | SPENCER G. MILLARD | 1856-1895 | 39 | 01/11/1895 - 10/25/1895 | 10 months | ELECTED | 39 | 0 | X | ||||
| 21 | WILLIAM T. JETER | 1850-1930 | 80 | 10/25/1895 - 01/03/1899 | 3 years, 3 months | APPOINTED | 45 | 31 | X | ||||
| 22 | JACOB H. NEFF | 1830-1909 | 79 | 01/03/1899 - 01/06/1903 | 4 years | ELECTED | 69 | 6 | X | ||||
| 23 | ALDEN ANDERSON | 1867-1944 | 77 | 01/06/1903 - 01/08/1907 | 4 years | ELECTED | 36 | 37 | X | ||||
| 24 | WARREN R. PORTER | 1861-1927 | 66 | 01/08/1907 - 01/03/1911 | 4 years | ELECTED | 46 | 16 | X | ||||
| 25 | ALBERT JOSEPH WALLACE | 1853-1939 | 86 | 01/03/1911 - 01/05/1915 | 4 years | ELECTED | 58 | 24 | X | ||||
| 26 | JOHN MORTON ESHLEMAN | 1876-1916 | 40 | 01/05/1915 - 02/28/1916 | 1 year, 1 month | ELECTED | 38 | 0 | X | ||||
| 27 | WILLIAM STEPHENS | 1859-1944 | 85 | 07/22/1916 - 03/15/1917 | 8 months | APPOINTED | Also succeeded to & elected as Governor | 57 | 27 | X | |||
| 28 | C.C. YOUNG | 1869-1947 | 78 | 01/07/1919 - 01/04/1927 | 8 years | ELECTED | Also elected as Governor | 50 | 20 | X | |||
| 29 | BURON FITTS | 1895-1973 | 78 | 01/04/1927 - 11/30/1928 | 22 months | ELECTED | 32 | 45 | X | ||||
| 30 | HERSCHEL L. CARNAHAN | 1879-1941 | 62 | 12/04/1928 - 01/06/1931 | 2 years | APPOINTED | 49 | 10 | X | ||||
| 31 | FRANK MERRIAM | 1865-1955 | 90 | 01/05/1931 - 06/02/1934 | 3 years, 6 months | ELECTED | Also succeeded to & elected as Governor | 66 | 21 | X | |||
| 32 | GEORGE J. HATFIELD | 1887-1953 | 66 | 01/08/1935 - 01/02/1939 | 4 years | ELECTED | 48 | 14 | X | ||||
| 33 | ELLIS E. PATTERSON | 1897-1985 | 88 | 01/02/1939 - 01/04/1943 | 4 years | ELECTED | 42 | 42 | X | ||||
| 34 | FREDERICK F. HOUSER | 1904-1989 | 85 | 01/04/1943 - 01/06/1947 | 4 years | ELECTED | 39 | 42 | X | ||||
| 35 | GOODWIN KNIGHT | 1896-1970 | 74 | 01/06/1947 - 10/05/1953 | 6 years, 10 months | ELECTED | Also succeeded to & elected as Governor | 51 | 17 | X | |||
| 36 | HAROLD J. POWERS | 1900-1996 | 96 | 10/05/1953 - 01/05/1959 | 5 years, 3 months | ELECTED | 53 | 37 | X | ||||
| 37 | GLEN M. ANDERSON | 1913-1994 | 81 | 01/05/1959 - 01/02/1967 | 8 years | ELECTED | 46 | 27 | X | ||||
| 38 | ROBERT FINCH | 1925-1995 | 70 | 01/02/1967 - 01/08/1969 | 2 years | ELECTED | 42 | 26 | X | ||||
| 39 | EDWIN REINECKE | 1924-2016 | 92 | 01/08/1969 - 10/02/1974 | 5 years, 9 months | APPPOINTED/ELECTED | Resigned | 45 | 42 | X | |||
| 40 | JOHN L. HARMER | 1934-2019 | 85 | 10/02/1974 - 01/06/1975 | 3 months | APPOINTED | 40 | 44 | X | ||||
| 41 | MERVYN M. DYMALLY | 1926-2012 | 86 | 01/06/1975 - 01/08/1979 | 4 years | ELECTED | 49 | 33 | X | ||||
| 42 | MIKE CURB | 1944- | 78+ | 01/08/1979 - 01/03/1983 | 4 years | ELECTED | Also served over 8 months as Acting Governor | 33 | 40+ | X | |||
| 43 | LEO T. McCARTHY | 1930-2007 | 77 | 01/03/1983 - 01/03/1995 | 12 years | ELECTED | 53 | 12 | X | ||||
| 44 | GRAY DAVIS | 1942- | 80+ | 01/03/1995 - 01/04/1999 | 4 years | ELECTED | Also elected as Governor | 53 | 24+ | X | |||
| 45 | CRUZ BUSTAMANTE | 1953- | 70+ | 01/04/1999 - 01/07/2007 | 8 years | ELECTED | 46 | 16+ | X | ||||
| 46 | JOHN GARAMENDI | 1945- | 78+ | 01/07/2007 - 11/03/2009 | 2 years, 10 months | ELECTED | 62 | 14+ | X | ||||
| 47 | MONA PASQUIL | 1962- | 56+ | 11/03/2009 - 04/27/2010 | 6 months | ACTING | 47 | 13+ | X | ||||
| 48 | ABEL MALDONADO | 1967- | 56+ | 04/27/2010 - 01/0/2011 | 9 months | APPOINTED | 43 | 12+ | X | ||||
| 49 | GAVIN NEWSOM | 1967- | 56+ | 01/10/2011 - 01/07/2019 | 8 years | ELECTED | Also elected as Governor | 44 | 0 | X | |||
| 50 | ELENI KOUNALAKIS | 1966- | 57+ | 01/07/2019 - | 4 years + | ELECTED | 53 | 0 | X |