List of Lieutenant Governors 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 |
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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 |
See also
- List of California governors
- List of United States Senators from California
- List of members of the US House of Representatives from California