List of Lieutenant Governors of California

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Eleni Kounalakis, current Lieutenant Governor of California

The office of Lieutenant Governor ( lieutenant governor ) in the US state of California has existed since the state was founded in the year 1849. The respective incumbent is the first successor to the governor if the latter resigns, dies or is removed from his post. He also heads the State Senate as its President. Since governor and lieutenant governor are not elected jointly, they can both belong to different political parties, as was the case during the tenure of Republican governor Arnold Schwarzenegger between 2003 and 2009; his deputy was the Democrat John Garamendi .

Surname Term of office Political party
John McDougal 1849-1851 democrat
David Colbreth Broderick 1851-1852 democrat
Samuel Purdy 1852-1856 democrat
Robert Moon Anderson 1856-1858 American party
Joseph Walkup 1858-1860 democrat
John Gately Downey 1860 democrat
Isaac N. Quinn 1860-1861 democrat
Pablo de la Guerra 1861-1862 democrat
John F. Chellis 1862-1863 republican
Tim N. Machin 1863-1867 republican
William Holden 1867-1871 democrat
Romualdo Pacheco 1871-1875 republican
William Irwin 1875 democrat
James Augustus Johnson 1875-1880 democrat
John Mansfield 1880-1883 republican
John Daggett 1883-1887 democrat
Robert Whitney Waterman 1887 republican
Stephen Mallory White 1887-1891 democrat
John B. Reddick 1891-1895 republican
Spencer Gurdon Millard 1895 republican
William Thomas Jeter 1895-1899 democrat
Jacob H. Neff 1899-1903 republican
Alden Anderson 1903-1907 republican
Warren Reynolds Porter 1907-1911 republican
Albert Joseph Wallace 1911-1915 republican
John Morton Eshleman 1915-1916 Progressive
William Dennison Stephens 1916-1917 republican
Clement Calhoun Young 1919-1927 republican
Buron Rogers Fitts 1927-1928 republican
Herschel L. Carnahan 1928-1931 republican
Frank Finley Merriam 1931-1934 republican
George J. Hatfield 1935-1939 republican
Ellis Ellwood Patterson 1939-1943 democrat
Frederick Francis Houser 1943-1947 republican
Goodwin Jess Knight 1947-1953 republican
Harold Jay Powers 1953-1959 republican
Glenn Malcolm Anderson 1959-1967 democrat
Robert Hutchison Finch 1967-1969 republican
Edwin Reinecke 1969-1974 republican
John L. Harmer 1974-1975 republican
Mervyn Malcolm Dymally 1975-1979 democrat
Michael Curb 1979-1983 republican
Leo Tarcissus McCarthy 1983-1995 democrat
Joseph Graham Davis 1995-1999 democrat
Cruz Miguel Bustamante 1999-2007 democrat
John Raymond Garamendi 2007-2009 democrat
Abel O. Maldonado 2010-2011 republican
Gavin Christopher Newsom 2011-2019 democrat
Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis since 2019 democrat

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