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This is a list of governors of the US state of California.
No. | Governor | Term in office | Party | Election | Lt. Governor[lower-alpha 2] | |||
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1 | Peter Hardeman Burnett | December 20, 1849[lower-alpha 3] – January 9, 1851 (resigned)[lower-alpha 4] |
Democratic | 1849 | John McDougal | |||
2 | John McDougal | January 9, 1851 – January 8, 1852 (not candidate for election) |
Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor |
David C. Broderick (acting) | ||||
3 | John Bigler | January 8, 1852 – January 9, 1856 (lost election) |
1851 | Samuel Purdy | ||||
1853 | ||||||||
4 | J. Neely Johnson | January 9, 1856 – January 8, 1858 (not candidate for election) |
American | 1855 | Robert M. Anderson | |||
5 | John B. Weller | January 8, 1858 – January 9, 1860 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic | 1857 | Joseph Walkup | |||
6 | Milton Latham | January 9, 1860 – January 14, 1860 (resigned)[lower-alpha 5] |
1859 | John G. Downey | ||||
7 | John G. Downey | January 14, 1860 – January 10, 1862 (not candidate for election) |
Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor |
Isaac N. Quinn (acting) (term ended January 7, 1861) | ||||
Pablo de la Guerra (acting) | ||||||||
8 | Leland Stanford | January 10, 1862 – December 10, 1863 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1861 | John F. Chellis | |||
9 | Frederick Low | December 10, 1863 – December 5, 1867 (not candidate for election) |
1863[lower-alpha 6] | Tim N. Machin | ||||
10 | Henry Huntly Haight | December 5, 1867 – December 8, 1871 (lost election) |
Democratic | 1867 | William Holden | |||
11 | Newton Booth | December 8, 1871 – February 27, 1875 (resigned)[lower-alpha 7] |
Republican | 1871 | Romualdo Pacheco | |||
12 | Romualdo Pacheco | February 27, 1875 – December 9, 1875 (not candidate for election) |
Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor |
William Irwin (acting) | ||||
13 | William Irwin | December 9, 1875 – January 8, 1880 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic | 1875 | James A. Johnson | |||
14 | George Clement Perkins | January 8, 1880 – January 10, 1883 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1879 | John Mansfield | |||
15 | George Stoneman | January 10, 1883 – January 8, 1887 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic | 1882 | John Daggett | |||
16 | Washington Bartlett | January 8, 1887 – September 12, 1887 (died in office) |
1886 | Robert Waterman[lower-alpha 8] | ||||
17 | Robert Waterman | September 12, 1887 – January 8, 1891 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor |
Stephen M. White[lower-alpha 9] (acting) | |||
18 | Henry Markham | January 8, 1891 – January 11, 1895 (not candidate for election) |
1890 | John B. Reddick | ||||
19 | James Budd | January 11, 1895 – January 4, 1899 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic | 1894 | Spencer G. Millard[lower-alpha 8] (died October 24, 1895) | |||
William T. Jeter | ||||||||
20 | Henry Gage | January 4, 1899 – January 7, 1903 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1898 | Jacob H. Neff | |||
21 | George Pardee | January 7, 1903 – January 9, 1907 (not candidate for election) |
1902 | Alden Anderson | ||||
22 | James Gillett | January 9, 1907 – January 3, 1911 (not candidate for election) |
1906 | Warren R. Porter | ||||
23 | Hiram Johnson | January 3, 1911 – March 15, 1917 (resigned)[lower-alpha 10] |
Republican | 1910 | Albert Joseph Wallace | |||
Progressive | 1914 | John M. Eshleman (died February 28, 1916) | ||||||
Vacant | ||||||||
William Stephens[lower-alpha 8] (took office July 22, 1916) | ||||||||
24 | William Stephens | March 15, 1917 – January 8, 1923 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor |
Vacant | |||
1918 | C. C. Young | |||||||
25 | Friend Richardson | January 8, 1923 – January 4, 1927 (not candidate for election) |
1922 | |||||
26 | C. C. Young | January 4, 1927 – January 6, 1931 (lost renomination)[lower-alpha 11] |
1926 | Buron Fitts (resigned November 30, 1928) | ||||
Vacant | ||||||||
Herschel L. Carnahan (appointed December 4, 1928) | ||||||||
27 | James Rolph | January 6, 1931 – June 2, 1934 (died in office) |
1930 | Frank Merriam | ||||
28 | Frank Merriam | June 2, 1934 – January 2, 1939 (lost election) |
Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor |
Vacant | ||||
1934 | George J. Hatfield | |||||||
29 | Culbert Olson | January 2, 1939 – January 4, 1943 (lost election) |
Democratic | 1938 | Ellis E. Patterson | |||
30 | Earl Warren | January 4, 1943 – October 5, 1953 (resigned)[lower-alpha 12] |
Republican[lower-alpha 13] | 1942 | Frederick F. Houser | |||
1946 | Goodwin Knight | |||||||
1950 | ||||||||
31 | Goodwin Knight | October 5, 1953 – January 5, 1959 (not candidate for election)[lower-alpha 14] |
Republican | Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor |
Harold J. Powers | |||
1954 | ||||||||
32 | Pat Brown | January 5, 1959 – January 2, 1967 (lost election) |
Democratic | 1958 | Glenn M. Anderson | |||
1962 | ||||||||
33 | Ronald Reagan | January 2, 1967 – January 6, 1975 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1966 | Robert Finch (resigned January 8, 1969) | |||
Edwin Reinecke (resigned October 2, 1974) | ||||||||
1970 | ||||||||
John L. Harmer | ||||||||
34 | Jerry Brown | January 6, 1975 – January 3, 1983 (not candidate for election) |
Democratic | 1974 | Mervyn M. Dymally | |||
1978 | Michael Curb[lower-alpha 8] | |||||||
35 | George Deukmejian | January 3, 1983 – January 7, 1991 (not candidate for election) |
Republican | 1982 | Leo T. McCarthy[lower-alpha 9] | |||
1986 | ||||||||
36 | Pete Wilson | January 7, 1991 – January 4, 1999 (term limited) |
1990 | |||||
1994 | Gray Davis[lower-alpha 9] | |||||||
37 | Gray Davis | January 4, 1999 – November 17, 2003 (recalled)[lower-alpha 15] |
Democratic | 1998 | Cruz Bustamante[lower-alpha 9] | |||
2002 | ||||||||
38 | Arnold Schwarzenegger | November 17, 2003 – January 3, 2011 (term limited) |
Republican | 2003 (special)[lower-alpha 15] | ||||
2006 | John Garamendi[lower-alpha 9] (resigned November 3, 2009) | |||||||
Mona Pasquil[lower-alpha 9] (acting) | ||||||||
Abel Maldonado[lower-alpha 8][lower-alpha 16] (appointed April 27, 2010) | ||||||||
39 | Jerry Brown | January 3, 2011 – January 7, 2019 (term limited) |
Democratic | 2010 | ||||
Gavin Newsom[lower-alpha 16] (took office January 10, 2011) | ||||||||
2014 | ||||||||
40 | Gavin Newsom | January 7, 2019 – present[lower-alpha 17] |
2018 | Eleni Kounalakis |
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