List of living former United States governors

This is a list of living former United States governors and acting governors.

Oldest living United States governor[edit]

Earliest serving living governors[edit]

George Nigh is the earliest serving governor still living. Kenneth M. Curtis is the longest retired governor still living having left office on January 2, 1975. Nigh and Curtis are also the last living governors to have assumed office in the 1960s.

Rank	Governor	Term began	Term ended	State/Territory	Party
1	George Nigh	January 6, 1963 January 3, 1979	January 14, 1963 January 12, 1987	Oklahoma	Democratic
2	Kenneth M. Curtis	January 5, 1967	January 2, 1975	Maine	Democratic
3	Jimmy Carter	January 12, 1971	January 14, 1975	Georgia	Democratic
4	Philip Noel	January 2, 1973	January 4, 1977	Rhode Island	Democratic
5	Thomas P. Salmon	January 6, 1973	January 6, 1977	Vermont	Democratic
6	Kit Bond	January 6, 1973 January 12, 1981	January 10, 1977 January 14, 1985	Missouri	Republican
7	George Ariyoshi	December 2, 1974	December 1, 1986	Hawaii	Democratic
8	Michael Dukakis	January 2, 1975 January 4, 1979	January 6, 1983 January 3, 1991	Massachusetts	Democratic
9	Jerry Brown	January 6, 1975 January 3, 2011	January 3, 1983 January 7, 2019	California	Democratic
10	David Boren	January 13, 1975	January 8, 1979	Oklahoma	Democratic
11	Jim Hunt	January 8, 1977 January 9, 1993	January 5, 1985 January 6, 2001	North Carolina	Democratic
12	Jay Rockefeller	January 17, 1977	January 14, 1985	West Virginia	Democratic
13	Martin J. Schreiber	July 6, 1977	January 3, 1979	Wisconsin	Democratic
N/A	Carlos S. Camacho	January 9, 1978	January 11, 1982	Northern Mariana Islands	Democratic
14	Bruce Babbitt	March 4, 1978	January 5, 1987	Arizona	Democratic
15	Robert List	January 1, 1979	January 3, 1983	Nevada	Republican
16	John W. Carlin	January 8, 1979	January 12, 1987	Kansas	Democratic
17	Bill Clinton	January 9, 1979 January 11, 1983	January 11, 1983 December 12, 1992	Arkansas	Democratic
18	Richard Riley	January 10, 1979	January 14, 1987	South Carolina	Democratic
19	Fob James	January 16, 1979 January 17, 1995	January 17, 1983 January 18, 1999	Alabama	Democratic Republican
20	Lamar Alexander	January 20, 1979	January 17, 1987	Tennessee	Republican
21	Allen I. Olson	January 6, 1981	January 1, 1985	North Dakota	Republican
22	Chuck Robb	January 16, 1982	January 11, 1986	Virginia	Democratic
23	Thomas Kean	January 19, 1982	January 16, 1990	New Jersey	Republican
24	Toney Anaya	January 1, 1983	January 1, 1987	New Mexico	Republican
24	James J. Blanchard	January 1, 1983	January 1, 1991	Michigan	Democratic
26	Richard Bryan	January 3, 1983	January 3, 1989	Nevada	Democratic
27	Bob Kerrey	January 6, 1983	January 9, 1987	Nebraska	Democratic
27	John H. Sununu	January 6, 1983	January 4, 1989	New Hampshire	Republican
29	Dick Celeste	January 10, 1983	January 14, 1991	Ohio	Democratic
30	Joe Frank Harris	January 11, 1983	January 14, 1991	Georgia	Democratic

Alabama[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Fob James	Democratic, Republican	September 15, 1934	1979–1983 1995–1999	90 years, 68 days	James was a Democrat in his first stint as Governor and a Republican in his second. James didn't run for re-election in 1982 and was defeated for re-election in 1998 by Don Siegelman.
List	Jim Folsom Jr.	Democratic	May 14, 1949	1993–1995	75 years, 192 days	Folsom became governor after H. Guy Hunt's resignation, and lost to Fob James in the 1994 governor's race.
List	Don Siegelman	Democratic	February 24, 1946	1999–2003	78 years, 272 days	Defeated for re-election by Bob Riley.
List	Bob Riley	Republican	October 3, 1944	2003–2011	80 years, 50 days	Term-limited.
List	Robert J. Bentley	Republican	February 3, 1943	2011–2017	81 years, 293 days	Bentley resigned in 2017 due to a sex scandal with his political aide Rebekah Mason.

Alaska[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Steve Cowper	Democratic	August 21, 1938	1986–1990	86 years, 93 days	Retired.
List	Tony Knowles	Democratic	January 1, 1943	1994–2002	81 years, 326 days	Term-limited.
List	Frank Murkowski	Republican	March 28, 1933	2002–2006	91 years, 239 days	Defeated for renomination by Sarah Palin.
List	Sarah Palin	Republican	February 11, 1964	2006–2009	60 years, 285 days	Palin resigned in 2009 (see Alaska gubernatorial election, 2010).
List	Sean Parnell	Republican	November 19, 1962	2009–2014	62 years, 3 days	Became Governor after Sarah Palin's resignation. Lost re-election to Bill Walker.
List	Bill Walker	Independent	April 16, 1951	2014–2018	73 years, 220 days	Withdrew from re-election.

American Samoa[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Togiola Tulafono	Democratic	February 28, 1947	2003–2013	77 years, 268 days	Became governor upon the death of Tauese Sunia, was elected to full terms in 2004 and 2008. Retired.
List	Lolo Matalasi Moliga	Democratic	August 12, 1947	2013–2021	77 years, 102 days	Term-limited.

Arizona[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Bruce Babbitt	Democratic	June 27, 1938	1978–1987	86 years, 148 days	Babbitt became governor upon the death of Wesley Bolin in 1978, then was elected to full terms in 1978 and 1982. Retired.
List	Fife Symington	Republican	August 12, 1945	1991–1997	79 years, 102 days	Symington resigned in 1997 after he was convicted on fraud charges. He was later pardoned by President Bill Clinton.
List	Janet Napolitano	Democratic	November 29, 1957	2003–2009	66 years, 359 days	Napolitano resigned in 2009 after being appointed United States Secretary of Homeland Security in the cabinet of President Barack Obama.
List	Jan Brewer	Republican	September 26, 1944	2009–2015	80 years, 57 days	Brewer first became governor in 2009 after Janet Napolitano's resignation, then was elected to a full term in 2010. Term-limited.
List	Doug Ducey	Republican	April 9, 1964	2015–2023	60 years, 227 days	Term-limited.

Arkansas[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Bill Clinton	Democratic	August 19, 1946	1979–1981 1983–1992	78 years, 95 days	Lost re-election in 1980 to Frank D. White. Clinton resigned in 1992 to take office as President of the United States in 1993.
List	Jim Guy Tucker	Democratic	June 13, 1943	1992–1996	81 years, 163 days	Served the rest of Bill Clinton's unfinished term, then won election to a full term in 1994. Tucker was convicted on fraud charges and resigned in 1996.
List	Mike Huckabee	Republican	August 24, 1955	1996–2007	69 years, 90 days	Huckabee served the rest of Jim Guy Tucker's unfinished term, then elected to two full terms in 1998 and 2002. Term-limited.
List	Mike Beebe	Democratic	December 28, 1946	2007–2015	77 years, 330 days	Term-limited.
List	Asa Hutchinson	Republican	December 3, 1950	2015–2023	73 years, 355 days	Term-limited.

California[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Jerry Brown	Democratic	April 7, 1938	1975–1983 2011–2019	86 years, 229 days	Retired in 1982 to unsuccessfully run for Senator. Term-limited in 2018.
List	Pete Wilson	Republican	August 23, 1933	1991–1999	91 years, 91 days	Term-limited.
List	Gray Davis	Democratic	December 26, 1942	1999–2003	81 years, 332 days	Recalled (see 2003 California gubernatorial recall election).
List	Arnold Schwarzenegger	Republican	July 30, 1947	2003–2011	77 years, 115 days	Winner of the 2003 California gubernatorial recall election, then re-elected in 2006. Term-limited.

Colorado[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Roy Romer	Democratic	October 31, 1928	1987–1999	96 years, 22 days	Term-limited.
List	Bill Owens	Republican	October 22, 1950	1999–2007	74 years, 31 days	Term-limited.
List	Bill Ritter	Democratic	September 6, 1956	2007–2011	68 years, 77 days	Retired.
List	John Hickenlooper	Democratic	February 7, 1952	2011–2019	72 years, 289 days	Term-limited.

Connecticut[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	John G. Rowland	Republican	May 24, 1957	1995–2004	67 years, 182 days	Rowland resigned in 2004 while under indictment for conspiracy to commit fraud. He ultimately plead guilty and served 10 months in prison.
List	Dannel Malloy	Democratic	July 21, 1955	2011–2019	69 years, 124 days	Retired.

Delaware[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Mike Castle	Republican	July 2, 1939	1985–1992	85 years, 143 days	Term-limited. Castle resigned three weeks before the expiration of his second term to take seat in the United States House of Representatives.
List	Tom Carper	Democratic	January 23, 1947	1993–2001	77 years, 304 days	Term-limited. Carper resigned two weeks before the expiration of his second term to take seat in the United States Senate.
List	Jack Markell	Democratic	November 26, 1960	2009–2017	63 years, 362 days	Term-limited.

Florida[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Bob Martinez	Republican	December 25, 1934	1987–1991	89 years, 333 days	Lost re-election to Lawton Chiles.
List	Buddy MacKay	Democratic	March 22, 1933	1998–1999	91 years, 245 days	MacKay took office following the death of Lawton Chiles in office, serving out the final 23 days of Chiles' term.
List	Jeb Bush	Republican	February 11, 1953	1999–2007	71 years, 285 days	Term-limited.
List	Charlie Crist	Democratic	July 24, 1956	2007–2011	68 years, 121 days	Retired to unsuccessfully run for U.S. Senator.
List	Rick Scott	Republican	December 1, 1952	2011–2019	71 years, 357 days	Term-limited.

Georgia[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Jimmy Carter	Democratic	October 1, 1924	1971–1975	100 years, 52 days	Term-limited.
List	Joe Frank Harris	Democratic	February 16, 1936	1983–1991	88 years, 280 days	Term-limited.
List	Roy Barnes	Democratic	March 11, 1948	1999–2003	76 years, 256 days	Lost re-election to Sonny Perdue.
List	Sonny Perdue	Republican	December 20, 1946	2003–2011	77 years, 338 days	Term-limited.
List	Nathan Deal	Republican	August 25, 1942	2011–2019	82 years, 89 days	Term-limited.

Guam[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Joseph Franklin Ada	Republican	December 3, 1943	1987–1995	80 years, 355 days	Term-limited.
List	Carl Gutierrez	Democratic	October 15, 1941	1995–2003	83 years, 38 days	Term-limited.
List	Felix Perez Camacho	Republican	October 30, 1957	2003–2011	67 years, 23 days	Term-limited.
List	Eddie Baza Calvo	Republican	August 29, 1961	2011–2019	63 years, 85 days	Term-limited.

Hawaii[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	George Ariyoshi	Democratic	March 12, 1926	1974–1986	98 years, 255 days	Term-limited.
List	John D. Waiheʻe III	Democratic	May 19, 1946	1986–1994	78 years, 187 days	Term-limited.
List	Ben Cayetano	Democratic	November 14, 1939	1994–2002	85 years, 8 days	Term-limited.
List	Linda Lingle	Republican	June 4, 1953	2002–2010	71 years, 171 days	Term-limited.
List	Neil Abercrombie	Democratic	June 26, 1938	2010–2014	86 years, 149 days	Lost renomination to David Ige.
List	David Ige	Democratic	January 15, 1957	2014–2022	67 years, 312 days	Term-limited.

Idaho[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Dirk Kempthorne	Republican	October 29, 1951	1999–2006	73 years, 24 days	Kempthorne resigned in 2006 after being appointed United States Secretary of the Interior in the cabinet of President George W. Bush.
List	Jim Risch	Republican	May 3, 1943	2006–2007	81 years, 203 days	Risch served the remainder of Dirk Kempthorne's term following his resignation. Did not seek full term.
List	Butch Otter	Republican	May 3, 1942	2007–2019	82 years, 203 days	Retired.

Illinois[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Jim Edgar	Republican	July 22, 1946	1991–1999	78 years, 123 days	Retired.
List	George Ryan	Republican	February 24, 1934	1999–2003	90 years, 272 days	Retired.
List	Rod Blagojevich	Democratic	December 10, 1956	2003–2009	67 years, 348 days	Blagojevich was impeached and removed from office in 2009.
List	Pat Quinn	Democratic	December 16, 1948	2009–2015	75 years, 342 days	Quinn took office following Rod Blagojevich's removal from office and was elected to a full term in 2010. He lost a bid for a second full term in 2014 to Bruce Rauner.
List	Bruce Rauner	Republican	February 18, 1956	2015–2019	68 years, 278 days	Lost re-election to J. B. Pritzker.

Indiana[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Evan Bayh	Democratic	December 26, 1955	1989–1997	68 years, 332 days	Term-limited.
List	Mitch Daniels	Republican	April 7, 1949	2005–2013	75 years, 229 days	Term-limited.
List	Mike Pence	Republican	June 7, 1959	2013–2017	65 years, 168 days	Withdrew from re-election after being chosen as nominee for Vice President.

Iowa[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Terry Branstad	Republican	November 17, 1946	1983–1999 2011–2017	78 years, 5 days	Retired in 1998. Branstad resigned in 2017 after being appointed United States Ambassador to China by President Donald Trump.
List	Tom Vilsack	Democratic	December 13, 1950	1999–2007	73 years, 345 days	Retired.
List	Chet Culver	Democratic	January 25, 1966	2007–2011	58 years, 302 days	Lost reelection to Terry Branstad.

Kansas[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	John W. Carlin	Democratic	August 3, 1940	1979–1987	84 years, 111 days	Term-limited.
List	Mike Hayden	Republican	March 16, 1944	1987–1991	80 years, 251 days	Lost reelection to Joan Finney.
List	Bill Graves	Republican	January 9, 1953	1995–2003	71 years, 318 days	Term-limited.
List	Kathleen Sebelius	Democratic	May 15, 1948	2003–2009	76 years, 191 days	Sebelius resigned in 2009 after being appointed United States Secretary of Health and Human Services in the cabinet of President Barack Obama.
List	Mark Parkinson	Democratic	June 24, 1957	2009–2011	67 years, 151 days	Parkinson served the remainder of Kathleen Sebelius' term following her resignation. Did not seek full term.
List	Sam Brownback	Republican	September 12, 1956	2011–2018	68 years, 71 days	Brownback resigned in 2018 after being appointed United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom.
List	Jeff Colyer	Republican	June 3, 1960	2018–2019	64 years, 172 days	Colyer served the remainder of Sam Brownback's term following his resignation. Lost nomination for full term.

Kentucky[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Martha Layne Collins	Democratic	December 7, 1936	1983–1987	87 years, 351 days	Term limited.
List	Paul E. Patton	Democratic	May 26, 1937	1995–2003	87 years, 180 days	Term limited.
List	Ernie Fletcher	Republican	November 12, 1952	2003–2007	72 years, 10 days	Lost reelection to Steve Beshear.
List	Steve Beshear	Democratic	September 21, 1944	2007–2015	80 years, 62 days	Term limited.
List	Matt Bevin	Republican	January 9, 1967	2015–2019	57 years, 318 days	Lost reelection to Andy Beshear.

Louisiana[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Bobby Jindal	Republican	June 10, 1971	2008–2016	53 years, 165 days	Term-limited.
List	John Bel Edwards	Democratic	September 16, 1966	2016–2024	58 years, 67 days	Term-limited.

Maine[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Kenneth M. Curtis	Democratic	February 8, 1931	1967–1975	93 years, 288 days	Term limited.
List	John R. McKernan Jr.	Republican	May 20, 1948	1987–1995	76 years, 186 days	Term limited.
List	Angus King	Independent	March 31, 1944	1995–2003	80 years, 236 days	Term limited.
List	John Baldacci	Democratic	January 30, 1955	2003–2011	69 years, 297 days	Term limited.
List	Paul LePage	Republican	October 9, 1948	2011–2019	76 years, 44 days	Term limited.

Maryland[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Parris Glendening	Democratic	June 11, 1942	1995–2003	82 years, 164 days	Term-limited.
List	Bob Ehrlich	Republican	November 25, 1957	2003–2007	66 years, 363 days	Lost re-election to Martin O'Malley.
List	Martin O'Malley	Democratic	January 18, 1963	2007–2015	61 years, 309 days	Term-limited.
List	Larry Hogan	Republican	May 25, 1956	2015–2023	68 years, 181 days	Term-limited.

Massachusetts[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Michael Dukakis	Democratic	November 3, 1933	1975–1979 1983–1991	91 years, 19 days	Lost renomination to Edward J. King in 1978. Retired in 1990.
List	Bill Weld	Republican	July 31, 1945	1991–1997	79 years, 114 days	Weld resigned in 1997 after being nominated to serve as United States Ambassador to Mexico by President Bill Clinton, but was not confirmed by the Senate.
List	Jane Swift	Republican	February 24, 1965	2001–2003	59 years, 272 days	Swift served as acting governor after Paul Cellucci resigned after being nominated and confirmed as United States Ambassador to Canada. Did not seek full term.
List	Mitt Romney	Republican	March 12, 1947	2003–2007	77 years, 255 days	Retired.
List	Deval Patrick	Democratic	July 31, 1956	2007–2015	68 years, 114 days	Retired.
List	Charlie Baker	Republican	November 13, 1956	2015–2023	68 years, 9 days	Retired.

Michigan[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	James J. Blanchard	Democratic	August 8, 1942	1983–1991	82 years, 106 days	Lost re-election to John Engler.
List	John Engler	Republican	October 12, 1948	1991–2003	76 years, 41 days	Term-limited.
List	Jennifer Granholm	Democratic	February 5, 1959	2003–2011	65 years, 291 days	Term-limited.
List	Rick Snyder	Republican	August 19, 1958	2011–2019	66 years, 95 days	Term-limited.

Minnesota[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Arne Carlson	Independent-Republican, Republican	September 24, 1934	1991–1999	90 years, 59 days	Retired.
List	Jesse Ventura	Reform, Independence	July 15, 1951	1999–2003	73 years, 130 days	Retired.
List	Tim Pawlenty	Republican	November 27, 1960	2003–2011	63 years, 361 days	Retired.
List	Mark Dayton	Democratic–Farmer–Labor	January 26, 1947	2011–2019	77 years, 301 days	Retired.

Mississippi[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Ray Mabus	Democratic	October 11, 1948	1988–1992	76 years, 42 days	Lost re-election to Kirk Fordice.
List	Ronnie Musgrove	Democratic	July 29, 1956	2000–2004	68 years, 116 days	Lost re-election to Haley Barbour.
List	Haley Barbour	Republican	October 22, 1947	2004–2012	77 years, 31 days	Term-limited.
List	Phil Bryant	Republican	December 9, 1954	2012–2020	69 years, 349 days	Term-limited.

Missouri[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Kit Bond	Republican	March 6, 1939	1973–1977 1981–1985	85 years, 261 days	Lost re-election to Joseph P. Teasdale in 1977. Retired in 1984.
List	John Ashcroft	Republican	May 9, 1942	1985–1993	82 years, 197 days	Term-limited.
List	Roger B. Wilson	Democratic	October 10, 1948	2000–2001	76 years, 43 days	Wilson took office following the death of Mel Carnahan in office.
List	Bob Holden	Democratic	August 24, 1949	2001–2005	75 years, 90 days	Lost renomination.
List	Matt Blunt	Republican	November 20, 1970	2005–2009	54 years, 2 days	Term-limited.
List	Jay Nixon	Democratic	February 13, 1956	2009–2017	68 years, 283 days	Term-limited.
List	Eric Greitens	Republican	April 10, 1974	2017–2018	50 years, 226 days	Resigned.

Montana[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Marc Racicot	Republican	July 24, 1948	1993–2001	76 years, 121 days	Term-limited.
List	Brian Schweitzer	Democratic	September 4, 1955	2005–2013	69 years, 79 days	Term-limited.
List	Steve Bullock	Democratic	April 11, 1966	2013–2021	58 years, 225 days	Term-limited.

Nebraska[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Bob Kerrey	Democratic	August 27, 1943	1983–1987	81 years, 87 days
List	Kay A. Orr	Republican	January 2, 1939	1987–1991	85 years, 325 days
List	Ben Nelson	Democratic	May 17, 1941	1991–1999	83 years, 189 days	Term-limited.
List	Mike Johanns	Republican	June 18, 1950	1999–2005	74 years, 157 days	Johanns resigned in 2005 after being appointed United States Secretary of Agriculture in the cabinet of President George W. Bush.
List	Dave Heineman	Republican	May 12, 1948	2005–2015	76 years, 194 days	Heineman took office after Mike Johanns' resignation and was elected to two full terms in 2006 and 2010.
List	Pete Ricketts	Republican	August 19, 1964	2015–2023	60 years, 95 days	Term-limited.

Nevada[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Robert List	Republican	September 1, 1936	1979–1983	88 years, 82 days
List	Richard Bryan	Democratic	July 16, 1937	1983–1989	87 years, 129 days	Bryan resigned in 1989 to take seat in the United States Senate.
List	Bob Miller	Democratic	March 30, 1945	1989–1999	79 years, 237 days	Miller took office after Richard Bryan's resignation and was elected to two full terms in 1990 and 1994. Term-limited.
List	Jim Gibbons	Republican	December 16, 1944	2007–2011	79 years, 342 days
List	Brian Sandoval	Republican	August 5, 1963	2011–2019	61 years, 109 days	Term-limited.
List	Steve Sisolak	Democratic	December 26, 1953	2019–2023	70 years, 332 days	Lost reelection to Joe Lombardo.

New Hampshire[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	John H. Sununu	Republican	July 2, 1939	1983–1989	85 years, 143 days	Withdrew from re-election after being chosen as White House Chief of Staff.
List	Judd Gregg	Republican	February 14, 1947	1989–1993	77 years, 282 days	Gregg resigned five days before the expiration of his second term to take seat in the United States Senate.
List	Ralph D. Hough	Republican	May 21, 1943	1993	81 years, 185 days	Hough served as acting governor after Judd Gregg's resignation.
List	Jeanne Shaheen	Democratic	January 28, 1947	1997–2003	77 years, 299 days
List	Craig Benson	Republican	October 8, 1954	2003–2005	70 years, 45 days
List	John Lynch	Democratic	November 25, 1952	2005–2013	71 years, 363 days
List	Maggie Hassan	Democratic	February 27, 1958	2013–2017	66 years, 269 days	Hassan resigned two days before the expiration of her second term to take seat in the United States Senate.
List	Chuck Morse	Republican	November 16, 1960	2017	64 years, 6 days	Morse served as acting governor after Maggie Hassan's resignation.

New Jersey[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Thomas Kean	Republican	April 21, 1935	1982–1990	89 years, 215 days
List	Christine Todd Whitman	Republican	September 26, 1946	1994–2001	78 years, 57 days	Resigned to become Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
List	Donald DiFrancesco	Republican	November 20, 1944	2001–2002	80 years, 2 days	Became acting governor after Christine Todd Whitman's resignation as President of the New Jersey Senate. Later retroactively considered an official Governor.
List	John Farmer Jr.	Republican	June 24, 1957	2002	67 years, 151 days	Acting governor as Attorney General after DiFrancesco's term as Senate President ended.
List	John O. Bennett	Republican	August 6, 1948	2002	76 years, 108 days	Acting governor. In early 2002, the state Senate was evenly split between Republicans and Democrats. The compromise to pick a senate president – and therefore, an acting governor – was to have John O. Bennett, a Republican, act as governor from 1:30 p.m. January 8 to 12:01 a.m. January 12, and Democrat Richard Codey would then act from 12:01 a.m. January 12 to noon on January 15, at which point the elected governor Jim McGreevey took office.
List	Richard Codey	Democratic	November 27, 1946	2002 2004–2006	77 years, 361 days	Acting governor in 2002. Succeeded to office after Jim McGreevey's resignation.
List	Jim McGreevey	Democratic	August 6, 1957	2002–2004	67 years, 108 days	Resigned.
List	Jon Corzine	Democratic	January 1, 1947	2006–2010	77 years, 326 days	Lost re-election to Chris Christie.
List	Chris Christie	Republican	September 6, 1962	2010–2018	62 years, 77 days	Term-limited.

New Mexico[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Toney Anaya	Democratic	April 29, 1941	1983–1987	83 years, 207 days
List	Garrey Carruthers	Republican	August 29, 1939	1987–1991	85 years, 85 days
List	Gary Johnson	Republican	January 1, 1953	1995–2003	71 years, 326 days	Term-limited.
List	Susana Martinez	Republican	July 14, 1959	2011–2019	65 years, 131 days	Term-limited.

New York[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	George Pataki	Republican	June 24, 1945	1995–2006	79 years, 151 days	Retired.
List	Eliot Spitzer	Democratic	June 10, 1959	2007–2008	65 years, 165 days	Resigned.
List	David Paterson	Democratic	May 20, 1954	2008–2010	70 years, 186 days	Succeeded upon Eliot Spitzer's resignation. Withdrew from election for full term.
List	Andrew Cuomo	Democratic	December 6, 1957	2010–2021	66 years, 352 days	Resigned.

North Carolina[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Jim Hunt	Democratic	May 16, 1937	1977–1985 1993–2001	87 years, 190 days	Term-limited.
List	James G. Martin	Republican	December 11, 1935	1985–1993	88 years, 347 days	Term-limited.
List	Mike Easley	Democratic	March 23, 1950	2001–2009	74 years, 244 days	Term-limited.
List	Bev Perdue	Democratic	January 14, 1947	2009–2013	77 years, 313 days	Retired.
List	Pat McCrory	Republican	October 17, 1956	2013–2017	68 years, 36 days	Lost re-election to Roy Cooper.

North Dakota[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Allen I. Olson	Republican	November 5, 1938	1981–1985	86 years, 17 days	Lost re-election to George A. Sinner.
List	Ed Schafer	Republican	August 8, 1946	1992–2000	78 years, 106 days
List	John Hoeven	Republican	March 13, 1957	2000–2010	67 years, 254 days	Hoeven resigned in 2010 to take seat in the United States Senate.
List	Jack Dalrymple	Republican	October 16, 1948	2010–2016	76 years, 37 days	Dalrymple took office after John Hoeven's resignation and was elected to a full term in 2012.

Northern Mariana Islands[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Carlos S. Camacho	Democratic	February 27, 1937	1978–1982	87 years, 269 days
List	Juan Babauta	Republican	September 7, 1953	2002–2006	71 years, 76 days
List	Benigno Fitial	Republican, Covenant	November 27, 1945	2006–2013	78 years, 361 days	Resigned pending likely impeachment.
List	Ralph Torres	Republican	August 6, 1979	2015–2023	45 years, 108 days	Become governor upon the death of Eloy Inos in 2015, and was elected to a full term in 2018.

Ohio[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Dick Celeste	Democratic	November 11, 1937	1983–1991	87 years, 11 days	Term-limited.
List	Nancy Hollister	Republican	May 22, 1949	1998–1999	75 years, 184 days	Hollister took office after George Voinovich resigned to take seat in the United States Senate.
List	Bob Taft	Republican	January 8, 1942	1999–2007	82 years, 319 days	Term-limited.
List	Ted Strickland	Democratic	August 4, 1941	2007–2011	83 years, 110 days	Lost re-election to John Kasich.
List	John Kasich	Republican	May 13, 1952	2011–2019	72 years, 193 days	Term-limited.

Oklahoma[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	George Nigh	Democratic	June 9, 1927	1963 1979–1987	97 years, 166 days	First served in 1963 after J. Howard Edmondson resigned to take seat in the United States Senate. Term limited in 1986.
List	David Boren	Democratic	April 21, 1941	1975–1979	83 years, 215 days
List	David Walters	Democratic	November 20, 1951	1991–1995	73 years, 2 days
List	Frank Keating	Republican	February 10, 1944	1995–2003	80 years, 286 days	Term-limited.
List	Brad Henry	Democratic	July 10, 1963	2003–2011	61 years, 135 days	Term-limited.
List	Mary Fallin	Republican	December 9, 1954	2011–2019	69 years, 349 days	Term-limited.

Oregon[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Barbara Roberts	Democratic	December 21, 1936	1991–1995	87 years, 337 days	Retired.
List	John Kitzhaber	Democratic	March 5, 1947	1995–2003 2011–2015	77 years, 262 days	Term-limited in 2002. Resigned in 2015.
List	Ted Kulongoski	Democratic	November 5, 1940	2003–2011	84 years, 17 days	Term-limited.
List	Kate Brown	Democratic	June 21, 1960	2015–2023	64 years, 154 days	Became governor following the resignation of John Kitzhaber in 2015, and was elected governor to complete the remaining term in a special election in 2016 and to a full term in 2018. Term-limited.

Pennsylvania[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Tom Ridge	Republican	August 26, 1945	1995–2001	79 years, 88 days	Ridge resigned in 2001 after being appointed Homeland Security Advisor to President George W. Bush.
List	Mark Schweiker	Republican	January 31, 1953	2001–2003	71 years, 296 days	Schweiker took office after Tom Ridge's resignation. Did not seek full term.
List	Ed Rendell	Democratic	January 5, 1944	2003–2011	80 years, 322 days	Term-limited.
List	Tom Corbett	Republican	June 17, 1949	2011–2015	75 years, 158 days	Lost reelection to Tom Wolf.
List	Tom Wolf	Democratic	November 17, 1948	2015–2023	76 years, 5 days	Term-limited.

Puerto Rico[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Pedro Rosselló	New Progressive	April 5, 1944	1993–2001	80 years, 231 days
List	Sila María Calderón	Popular Democratic	September 23, 1942	2001–2005	82 years, 60 days
List	Aníbal Acevedo Vilá	Popular Democratic	February 13, 1962	2005–2009	62 years, 283 days
List	Luis Fortuño	New Progressive	October 31, 1960	2009–2013	64 years, 22 days
List	Alejandro García Padilla	Popular Democratic	August 3, 1971	2013–2017	53 years, 111 days
List	Ricardo Rosselló	New Progressive	March 7, 1979	2017–2019	45 years, 260 days	Resigned in the wake of Telegramgate.
List	Wanda Vázquez Garced	New Progressive	July 9, 1960	2019–2021	64 years, 136 days

Rhode Island[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Philip Noel	Democratic	June 6, 1931	1973–1977	93 years, 169 days
List	Edward D. DiPrete	Republican	July 8, 1934	1985–1991	90 years, 137 days
List	Donald Carcieri	Republican	December 16, 1942	2003–2011	81 years, 342 days
List	Lincoln Chafee	Independent Democratic	March 26, 1953	2011–2015	71 years, 241 days	Chafee joined the Democrats while in office.
List	Gina Raimondo	Democratic	May 17, 1971	2015–2021	53 years, 189 days	Raimondo resigned in 2021 after being appointed United States Secretary of Commerce in the cabinet of President Joe Biden.

South Carolina[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Richard Riley	Democratic	January 2, 1933	1979–1987	91 years, 325 days
List	David Beasley	Republican	February 26, 1957	1995–1999	67 years, 270 days
List	Jim Hodges	Democratic	November 19, 1956	1999–2003	68 years, 3 days
List	Mark Sanford	Republican	May 28, 1960	2003–2011	64 years, 178 days
List	Nikki Haley	Republican	January 20, 1972	2011–2017	52 years, 307 days	Haley resigned in 2017 to take office as United States Ambassador to the United Nations.

South Dakota[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Mike Rounds	Republican	October 24, 1954	2003–2011	70 years, 29 days	Term-limited.
List	Dennis Daugaard	Republican	June 11, 1953	2011–2019	71 years, 164 days	Term-limited.

Tennessee[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Lamar Alexander	Republican	July 3, 1940	1979–1987	84 years, 142 days	Term-limited.
List	Phil Bredesen	Democratic	November 21, 1943	2003–2011	81 years, 1 day	Term-limited.
List	Bill Haslam	Republican	August 23, 1958	2011–2019	66 years, 91 days	Term-limited.

Texas[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	George W. Bush	Republican	July 6, 1946	1995–2000	78 years, 139 days	Bush resigned in 2000 to take office as President of the United States in 2001.
List	Rick Perry	Republican	March 4, 1950	2000−2015	74 years, 263 days	Perry took office after George W. Bush's resignation and was elected to three full terms in 2002, 2006, and 2010. Retired.

U.S. Virgin Islands[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	John de Jongh	Democratic	November 13, 1957	2007–2015	67 years, 9 days
List	Kenneth Mapp	Independent	November 2, 1955	2015–2019	69 years, 20 days

Utah[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Mike Leavitt	Republican	February 11, 1951	1993–2003	73 years, 285 days	Leavitt resigned in 2003 to take office as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
List	Jon Huntsman Jr.	Republican	March 26, 1960	2005–2009	64 years, 241 days	Huntsman resigned in 2009 to take office as United States Ambassador to China.
List	Gary Herbert	Republican	May 7, 1947	2009–2021	77 years, 199 days	Retired.

Vermont[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Thomas P. Salmon	Democratic	August 19, 1932	1973–1977	92 years, 95 days	Retired.
List	Madeleine Kunin	Democratic	September 28, 1933	1985–1991	91 years, 55 days	Retired.
List	Howard Dean	Democratic	November 17, 1948	1991–2003	76 years, 5 days	Dean took office following the death of Richard A. Snelling in office and was elected to five full terms in 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, and 2000. Retired.
List	Jim Douglas	Republican	June 21, 1951	2003–2011	73 years, 154 days	Retired.
List	Peter Shumlin	Democratic	March 24, 1956	2011–2017	68 years, 243 days	Retired.

Virginia[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Chuck Robb	Democratic	June 26, 1939	1982–1986	85 years, 149 days	Term-limited.
List	Douglas Wilder	Democratic	January 17, 1931	1990–1994	93 years, 310 days	Term-limited.
List	George Allen	Republican	March 8, 1952	1994–1998	72 years, 259 days	Term-limited.
List	Jim Gilmore	Republican	October 6, 1949	1998–2002	75 years, 47 days	Term-limited.
List	Mark Warner	Democratic	December 15, 1954	2002–2006	69 years, 343 days	Term-limited.
List	Tim Kaine	Democratic	February 26, 1958	2006–2010	66 years, 270 days	Term-limited.
List	Bob McDonnell	Republican	June 15, 1954	2010–2014	70 years, 160 days	Term-limited.
List	Terry McAuliffe	Democratic	February 9, 1957	2014–2018	67 years, 287 days	Term-limited.
List	Ralph Northam	Democratic	September 13, 1959	2018–2022	65 years, 70 days	Term-limited.

Washington[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Gary Locke	Democratic	January 21, 1950	1997–2005	74 years, 306 days	Retired.
List	Christine Gregoire	Democratic	March 24, 1947	2005–2013	77 years, 243 days	Retired.

West Virginia[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Jay Rockefeller	Democratic	June 18, 1937	1977–1985	87 years, 157 days	Term-limited.
List	Gaston Caperton	Democratic	February 21, 1940	1989–1997	84 years, 275 days	Term-limited.
List	Bob Wise	Democratic	January 6, 1948	2001–2005	76 years, 321 days
List	Joe Manchin	Democratic	August 24, 1947	2005–2010	77 years, 90 days	Manchin resigned in 2010 to take seat in the United States Senate.
List	Earl Ray Tomblin	Democratic	March 15, 1952	2010–2017	72 years, 252 days	Tomblin became acting governor after Joe Manchin's resignation and was elected governor to complete the remaining term in a special election in 2011 and to a full term in 2012.

Wisconsin[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Martin J. Schreiber	Democratic	April 8, 1939	1977–1979	85 years, 228 days	Schreiber took office after Patrick Lucey resigned in 1977 to become United States Ambassador to Mexico.
List	Tommy Thompson	Republican	November 19, 1941	1987–2001	83 years, 3 days	Thompson resigned in 2001 after being appointed United States Secretary of Health and Human Services by President George W. Bush.
List	Scott McCallum	Republican	May 2, 1950	2001–2003	74 years, 204 days	McCallum took office after Tommy Thompson's resignation.
List	Jim Doyle	Democratic	November 23, 1945	2003–2011	78 years, 365 days
List	Scott Walker	Republican	November 2, 1967	2011–2019	57 years, 20 days

Wyoming[edit]

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Mike Sullivan	Democratic	September 22, 1939	1987–1995	85 years, 61 days	Term-limited.
List	Jim Geringer	Republican	April 24, 1944	1995–2003	80 years, 212 days	Term-limited.
List	Dave Freudenthal	Democratic	October 12, 1950	2003–2011	74 years, 41 days	Term-limited.
List	Matt Mead	Republican	March 11, 1962	2011–2019	62 years, 256 days	Term-limited.

Other notes[edit]

In Minnesota, "Democratic-Farmer-Labor" is not a third party, but the Minnesota equivalent of the Democratic Party. In Minnesota, "Independent-Republican" was once used for the Minnesota equivalent of the Republican Party (see Republican Party of Minnesota).

In North Dakota, "Democratic-NPL" is not a third party, but the North Dakota equivalent of the Democratic Party. The full name for the party is the North Dakota Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party.

Third parties are linked only if they refer to specific third parties, and not just "independent" in general.

Puerto Rico operates under a different party system than the rest of the United States; however politicians of either party may affiliate also with the national Democratic or Republican parties.