List of California governors
This list includes all of the governors of the US state of California . The incumbents prior to the incorporation of the state can be found on the list of governors of Upper California .
list
number | Surname | Term of office | Political party |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Peter Hardeman Burnett | December 20, 1849 - January 9, 1851 |
democrat |
2 | John McDougal | January 9, 1851 - January 8, 1852 |
democrat |
3 | John Bigler | January 8, 1852 - January 9, 1856 |
democrat |
4th | John Neely Johnson | January 9, 1856 - January 8, 1858 |
Know-nothing party |
5 | John B. Weller | January 8, 1858 - January 9, 1860 |
democrat |
6th | Milton Slocum Latham | January 9, 1860 - January 14, 1860 |
democrat |
7th | John Gately Downey | January 14, 1860 - January 10, 1862 |
democrat |
8th | Leland Stanford | January 10, 1862 - December 10, 1863 |
republican |
9 | Frederick Ferdinand Low | December 10, 1863 - December 5, 1867 |
unionist |
10 | Henry Huntly Haight | December 5, 1867 - December 8, 1871 |
democrat |
11 | Newton Booth | December 8, 1871 - February 27, 1875 |
republican |
12 | Romualdo Pacheco | February 27, 1875 - December 9, 1875 |
republican |
13 | William Irwin | December 9, 1875 - January 8, 1880 |
democrat |
14th | George Clement Perkins | January 8, 1880 - January 10, 1883 |
republican |
15th | George Stoneman | January 10, 1883 - January 8, 1887 |
democrat |
16 | Washington Montgomery Bartlett | January 8, 1887 - September 12, 1887 |
democrat |
17th | Robert Whitney Waterman | September 12, 1887 - January 8, 1891 |
republican |
18th | Henry Harrison Markham | January 8, 1891 - January 11, 1895 |
republican |
19th | James Herbert Budd | January 11, 1895 - January 4, 1899 |
democrat |
20th | Henry meets Gage | January 4, 1899 - January 6, 1903 |
republican |
21st | George Cooper Pardee | January 6, 1903 - January 9, 1907 |
republican |
22nd | James Norris Gillett | January 9, 1907 - January 3, 1911 |
republican |
23 | Hiram Warren Johnson | January 3, 1911 - March 15, 1917 |
republican |
24 | William Dennison Stephens | March 15, 1917 - January 9, 1923 |
republican |
25th | Friend William Richardson | January 9, 1923 - January 4, 1927 |
republican |
26th | Clement Calhoun Young | January 4, 1927 - January 6, 1931 |
republican |
27 | James Rolph Jr. | January 6, 1931 - June 2, 1934 |
republican |
28 | Frank Finley Merriam | June 2, 1934 - January 2, 1939 |
republican |
29 | Culbert Levy Olson | January 2, 1939 - January 4, 1943 |
democrat |
30th | Earl Warren | January 4, 1943 - October 5, 1953 |
republican |
31 | Goodwin Jess Knight | October 5, 1953 - January 5, 1959 |
republican |
32 | Edmund Gerald Brown Sr. | Jan. 5, 1959 - January 2, 1967 |
democrat |
33 | Ronald Wilson Reagan | Jan. 2, 1967 - January 6, 1975 |
republican |
34 | Edmund Brown Jr. | January 6, 1975 - January 3, 1983 |
democrat |
35 | Courken George Deukmejian | January 3, 1983 - January 7, 1991 |
republican |
36 | Peter Barton Wilson | January 7, 1991 - January 4, 1999 |
republican |
37 | Joseph Graham Davis | January 4, 1999 - November 17, 2003 |
democrat |
38 | Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger | November 17, 2003 - January 3, 2011 |
republican |
39 | Edmund Brown Jr. | January 3, 2011 - January 7, 2019 |
democrat |
40 | Gavin Newsom | since January 7, 2019 | democrat |