No. |
Governor |
Term in office |
Party |
Election |
Lt. Governor[lower-alpha 2] |
1 |
|
|
Peter Hardeman Burnett (1807–1895) [6][7] |
December 20, 1849[8][lower-alpha 3] – January 9, 1851 (resigned)[lower-alpha 4] |
Nonpartisan[lower-alpha 5] |
1849 |
|
John McDougal |
2 |
|
John McDougal (1818–1866) [11][12] |
January 9, 1851[13] – January 8, 1852 (did not run) |
Nonpartisan[lower-alpha 6] |
Succeeded from lieutenant governor |
|
David C. Broderick[lower-alpha 7] (acting) |
3 |
|
|
John Bigler (1805–1871) [15][16] |
January 8, 1852[17] – January 9, 1856 (lost election) |
Democratic |
1851 |
Samuel Purdy |
1853 |
4 |
|
|
J. Neely Johnson (1825–1872) [20][21] |
January 9, 1856[22] – January 8, 1858 (did not run) |
American |
1855 |
|
Robert M. Anderson |
5 |
|
|
John B. Weller (1812–1875) [25][26] |
January 8, 1858[27] – January 9, 1860 (did not run) |
Democratic |
1857 |
|
Joseph Walkup |
6 |
|
|
|
Milton S. Latham (1827–1882) [29][30] |
January 9, 1860[31] – January 14, 1860 (resigned)[lower-alpha 8] |
Lecompton Democratic |
1859 |
John G. Downey |
7 |
|
John G. Downey (1827–1894) [33][34] |
January 14, 1860[35] – January 10, 1862 (did not run) |
Lecompton Democratic |
Succeeded from lieutenant governor |
Isaac N. Quinn (acting) (term ended January 7, 1861) |
Pablo de la Guerra (acting) |
8 |
|
|
Leland Stanford (1824–1893) [38][39] |
January 10, 1862[40] – December 10, 1863 (did not run)[lower-alpha 9] |
Republican |
1861 |
|
John F. Chellis |
9 |
|
|
Frederick Low (1828–1894) [43][44] |
December 10, 1863[45] – December 5, 1867 (did not run) |
Union |
1863[lower-alpha 10] |
|
Tim N. Machin |
10 |
|
|
Henry Huntly Haight (1825–1878) [47][48] |
December 5, 1867[49] – December 8, 1871 (lost election) |
Democratic |
1867 |
|
William Holden |
11 |
|
|
Newton Booth (1825–1892) [51][52] |
December 8, 1871[53] – February 27, 1875 (resigned)[lower-alpha 11] |
Republican |
1871 |
|
Romualdo Pacheco |
12 |
|
Romualdo Pacheco (1831–1899) [55][56] |
February 27, 1875[57] – December 9, 1875 (did not run) |
Republican |
Succeeded from lieutenant governor |
|
William Irwin[lower-alpha 7] (acting) |
13 |
|
|
William Irwin (1827–1886) [59][60] |
December 9, 1875[61] – January 8, 1880 (did not run) |
Democratic |
1875 |
James A. Johnson |
14 |
|
|
George C. Perkins (1839–1923) [63][64] |
January 8, 1880[65] – January 10, 1883 (did not run) |
Republican |
1879 |
|
John Mansfield |
15 |
|
|
George Stoneman (1822–1894) [67][68] |
January 10, 1883[69] – January 8, 1887 (did not run)[70] |
Democratic |
1882 |
|
John Daggett |
16 |
|
Washington Bartlett (1824–1887) [72][73] |
January 8, 1887[74] – September 12, 1887 (died in office) |
Democratic |
1886 |
|
Robert Waterman[lower-alpha 12] |
17 |
|
|
Robert Waterman (1826–1891) [76][77] |
September 12, 1887[78] – January 8, 1891 (did not run) |
Republican |
Succeeded from lieutenant governor |
|
Stephen M. White[lower-alpha 7] (acting) |
18 |
|
Henry Markham (1840–1923) [80][81] |
January 8, 1891[82] – January 11, 1895 (did not run) |
Republican |
1890 |
|
John B. Reddick |
19 |
|
|
James Budd (1851–1908) [84][85] |
January 11, 1895[86] – January 4, 1899 (did not run) |
Democratic |
1894 |
Spencer G. Millard[lower-alpha 12] (died October 24, 1895) |
Vacant |
|
William T. Jeter (appointed October 26, 1895) |
20 |
|
|
Henry T. Gage (1852–1924) [88][89] |
January 4, 1899[90] – January 7, 1903 (lost nomination) |
Republican |
1898 |
|
Jacob H. Neff |
21 |
|
George Pardee (1857–1941) [92][93] |
January 7, 1903[94] – January 9, 1907 (lost nomination) |
Republican |
1902 |
Alden Anderson |
22 |
|
James Gillett (1860–1937) [96][97] |
January 9, 1907[98] – January 3, 1911 (did not run) |
Republican |
1906 |
Warren R. Porter |
23 |
|
Hiram Johnson (1866–1945) [100][101] |
January 3, 1911[102] – March 15, 1917 (resigned)[lower-alpha 13] |
Republican |
1910 |
Albert Joseph Wallace |
|
Progressive |
1914 |
|
John M. Eshleman (died February 28, 1916) |
Vacant |
|
William Stephens[lower-alpha 12] (took office July 22, 1916) |
24 |
|
|
William Stephens (1859–1944) [104][105] |
March 15, 1917[106] – January 9, 1923 (lost nomination) |
Republican |
Succeeded from lieutenant governor |
Vacant |
1918 |
|
C. C. Young |
25 |
|
Friend Richardson (1865–1943) [108][109] |
January 9, 1923[110] – January 4, 1927 (lost nomination)[111] |
Republican |
1922 |
26 |
|
C. C. Young (1869–1947) [113][114] |
January 4, 1927[115] – January 6, 1931 (lost nomination)[116] |
Republican |
1926 |
Buron Fitts (resigned November 30, 1928) |
Vacant |
|
Herschel L. Carnahan (appointed December 4, 1928) |
27 |
|
James Rolph (1869–1934) [118][119] |
January 6, 1931[120] – June 2, 1934 (died in office) |
Republican |
1930 |
Frank Merriam |
28 |
|
Frank Merriam (1865–1955) [122][123] |
June 2, 1934[124] – January 2, 1939 (lost election) |
Republican |
Succeeded from lieutenant governor |
Vacant |
1934 |
|
George J. Hatfield |
29 |
|
|
Culbert Olson (1876–1962) [126][127] |
January 2, 1939[128] – January 4, 1943 (lost election) |
Democratic |
1938 |
|
Ellis E. Patterson |
30 |
|
|
Earl Warren (1891–1974) [130][131] |
January 4, 1943[132] – October 4, 1953 (resigned)[lower-alpha 14] |
Republican[lower-alpha 15] |
1942 |
|
Frederick F. Houser |
1946 |
Goodwin Knight |
1950 |
31 |
|
Goodwin Knight (1896–1970) [136][137] |
October 5, 1953[138] – January 5, 1959 (did not run)[lower-alpha 16] |
Republican |
Succeeded from lieutenant governor |
Harold J. Powers |
1954 |
32 |
|
|
Pat Brown (1905–1996) [140][141] |
January 5, 1959[142] – January 2, 1967 (lost election) |
Democratic |
1958 |
|
Glenn M. Anderson |
1962 |
33 |
|
|
Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) [144][145] |
January 2, 1967[146] – January 6, 1975 (did not run) |
Republican |
1966 |
|
Robert Finch (resigned January 8, 1969) |
Edwin Reinecke (resigned October 2, 1974) |
1970 |
John L. Harmer |
34 |
|
|
Jerry Brown (b. 1938) [148][149] |
January 6, 1975[150] – January 3, 1983 (did not run) |
Democratic |
1974 |
|
Mervyn M. Dymally |
1978 |
|
Michael Curb[lower-alpha 12] |
35 |
|
|
George Deukmejian (1928–2018) [151][152] |
January 3, 1983[153] – January 7, 1991 (did not run) |
Republican[152] |
1982 |
|
Leo T. McCarthy[lower-alpha 7] |
1986 |
36 |
|
Pete Wilson (b. 1933) [154][155] |
January 7, 1991[156] – January 4, 1999 (term-limited)[lower-alpha 17] |
Republican[155] |
1990 |
1994 |
Gray Davis[lower-alpha 7] |
37 |
|
|
Gray Davis (b. 1942) [158][159] |
January 4, 1999[160] – November 17, 2003 (recalled)[lower-alpha 18] |
Democratic[159] |
1998 |
Cruz Bustamante[lower-alpha 7] |
2002 |
38 |
|
|
Arnold Schwarzenegger (b. 1947) [162][161] |
November 17, 2003[163] – January 3, 2011 (term-limited)[lower-alpha 17] |
Republican[161] |
2003 (recall)[lower-alpha 18] |
2006 |
John Garamendi[lower-alpha 7] (resigned November 3, 2009) |
Mona Pasquil[lower-alpha 7] (acting) |
|
Abel Maldonado[lower-alpha 12][lower-alpha 19] (appointed April 27, 2010) |
39 |
|
|
Jerry Brown (b. 1938) [148][164] |
January 3, 2011[165] – January 7, 2019 (term-limited)[lower-alpha 17] |
Democratic[164] |
2010 |
|
Gavin Newsom[lower-alpha 19] (took office January 10, 2011) |
2014 |
40 |
|
Gavin Newsom (b. 1967) [167][168] |
January 7, 2019[169] – Incumbent[lower-alpha 20] |
Democratic[168] |
2018 |
Eleni Kounalakis |
2021 (recall)[lower-alpha 21] |
2022 |