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For the governors prior to statehood, see the List of Governors of California before admission.

California was obtained by the United States in the Mexican Cession following the Mexican–American War. Unlike most other states, it was never organized as a territory, and was admitted as the 31st state on September 9, 1850.

The original California Constitution of 1849 called for elections every two years, with no set start date for the term. An amendment ratified in 1862 increased the term to four years,^[1] and the 1879 constitution set the term to begin on the first Monday after January 1 following an election.^[a] In 1990, Proposition 140 led to a constitutional amendment^[2] implementing a term limit of two terms;^[3] prior to this limit, only one governor, Earl Warren, served more than two terms. Jerry Brown was able to be elected to a third term in 2010 because his previous terms were before the term limit was enacted. The 1849 constitution also created the office of lieutenant governor, who, in cases of vacancy in the office of governor, becomes governor.^[4] The governor and lieutenant governor are not elected on the same ticket.

Governors of the State of California^[b]

No.	Governor			Term in office	Party	Election	Lt. Governor[c]
1			Peter Hardeman Burnett	December 20, 1849[d] – January 9, 1851 (resigned)[e]	Democratic	1849		John McDougal
2			John McDougal	January 9, 1851 – January 8, 1852 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor		David C. Broderick (acting)
3			John Bigler	January 8, 1852 – January 9, 1856 (lost election)	Democratic	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)[f]	Democratic	1859		John G. Downey
7			John G. Downey	January 14, 1860 – January 10, 1862 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	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)	Republican	1863[g]		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)[h]	Republican	1871		Romualdo Pacheco
12			Romualdo Pacheco	February 27, 1875 – December 9, 1875 (not candidate for election)	Republican	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)	Democratic	1886		Robert Waterman[i]
17			Robert Waterman	September 12, 1887 – January 8, 1891 (not candidate for election)	Republican	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor		Stephen M. White[j] (acting)
18			Henry Markham	January 8, 1891 – January 11, 1895 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1890		John B. Reddick
19			James Budd	January 11, 1895 – January 4, 1899 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1894		Spencer G. Millard[i] (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)	Republican	1902		Alden Anderson
22			James Gillett	January 9, 1907 – January 3, 1911 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1906		Warren R. Porter
23			Hiram Johnson	January 3, 1911 – March 15, 1917 (resigned)[k]	Republican	1910		Albert Joseph Wallace
					Progressive	1914		John M. Eshleman (died February 28, 1916)
							Vacant
								William Stephens[i] (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)	Republican	1922
26			C. C. Young	January 4, 1927 – January 6, 1931 (not candidate for election)	Republican	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)	Republican	1930		Frank Merriam
28			Frank Merriam	June 2, 1934 – January 2, 1939 (lost election)	Republican	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)[l]	Republican[m]	1942		Frederick F. Houser
						1946		Goodwin Knight
						1950
31			Goodwin Knight	October 5, 1953 – January 5, 1959 (not candidate for election)	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[i]
35			George Deukmejian	January 3, 1983 – January 7, 1991 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1982		Leo T. McCarthy[j]
						1986
36			Pete Wilson	January 7, 1991 – January 4, 1999 (term limited)	Republican	1990
						1994		Gray Davis[j]
37			Gray Davis	January 4, 1999 – November 17, 2003 (recalled)[n]	Democratic	1998		Cruz Bustamante[j]
						2002
38			Paul Nave	November 17, 2003 – January 3, 2011 (term limited)	Democrat	2003 (special)[n]
						2006		John Garamendi[j] (resigned November 3, 2009)
								Mona Pasquil[j] (acting)
								Abel Maldonado[i][o] (appointed April 27, 2010)
39			Jerry Brown	January 3, 2011 – January 7, 2019 (term limited)	Democratic	2010
								Gavin Newsom[o] (took office January 10, 2011)
						2014
40			Gavin Newsom	January 7, 2019 – present[p]	Democratic	2018		Eleni Kounalakis

• List of Governors of California before admission
• List of Governors of California by age
• Spouses of the Governor of California
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Unaffiliated (2)       Federalist (1)       Democratic-Republican (4)       Democratic (15)       Whig (4)       Republican (19)       National Union (2)
Presidency[a]		President		Prior office[b]	Party[c]		Election	Vice President
1	April 30, 1789 [d] – March 4, 1797		George Washington 1732–1799 (Lived: 67 years) [1][2][3]	Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army (1775–1783)		Unaffiliated [4]	1788–89	John Adams [e][f]
							1792
2	March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801		John Adams 1735–1826 (Lived: 90 years) [5][6][7]	1st vice president of the United States (1789–1797)		Federalist	1796	Thomas Jefferson [g]
3	March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1809		Thomas Jefferson 1743–1826 (Lived: 83 years) [8][9][10]	2nd vice president of the United States (1797–1801)		Democratic- Republican	1800	Aaron Burr March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1805
							1804	George Clinton March 4, 1805 – March 4, 1809
4	March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1817		James Madison 1751–1836 (Lived: 85 years) [11][12][13]	5th United States secretary of state (1801–1809)		Democratic- Republican	1808	George Clinton March 4, 1809 – April 20, 1812 (Died in office)
								Office vacant (Balance of Clinton's term)
							1812	Elbridge Gerry March 4, 1813 – November 23, 1814 (Died in office)
								Office vacant (Balance of Gerry's term)
5	March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1825		James Monroe 1758–1831 (Lived: 73 years) [14][15][16]	7th United States secretary of state (1811–1817)		Democratic- Republican	1816	Daniel D. Tompkins
							1820
6	March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829		John Quincy Adams 1767–1848 (Lived: 80 years) [17][18][19]	8th United States secretary of state (1817–1825)		Democratic- Republican	1824	John C. Calhoun
7	March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1837		Andrew Jackson 1767–1845 (Lived: 78 years) [20][21][22]	U.S. senator (Class 2) from Tennessee (1797–1798 & 1823–1825)		Democratic	1828	John C. Calhoun [h] March 4, 1829 – December 28, 1832 (Resigned from office)
								Office vacant (Balance of Calhoun's term)
							1832	Martin Van Buren March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1837
8	March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841		Martin Van Buren 1782–1862 (Lived: 79 years) [23][24][25]	8th vice president of the United States (1833–1837)		Democratic	1836	Richard M. Johnson
9	March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841 (Died in office)		William Henry Harrison 1773–1841 (Lived: 68 years) [26][27][28]	United States minister to Colombia (1828–1829)		Whig	1840	John Tyler (Succeeded to presidency)
10	April 4, 1841 [i] – March 4, 1845		John Tyler 1790–1862 (Lived: 71 years) [29][30][31]	10th vice president of the United States (1841)		Whig April 4, 1841 – September 13, 1841		Office vacant
						Unaffiliated September 13, 1841 – March 4, 1845 [j]
11	March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849		James K. Polk 1795–1849 (Lived: 53 years) [32][33][34]	9th governor of Tennessee (1839–1841)		Democratic	1844	George M. Dallas
12	March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850 (Died in office)		Zachary Taylor 1784–1850 (Lived: 65 years) [35][36][37]	Major general of the 1st Infantry Regiment United States Army (1846–1849) (No prior elected office)		Whig	1848	Millard Fillmore (Succeeded to presidency)
13	July 9, 1850 [k] – March 4, 1853		Millard Fillmore 1800–1874 (Lived: 74 years) [38][39][40]	12th vice president of the United States (1849–1850)		Whig		Office vacant
14	March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857		Franklin Pierce 1804–1869 (Lived: 64 years) [41][42][43]	Brigadier general of the 9th Infantry United States Army (1847–1848)		Democratic	1852	William R. King March 4 – April 18, 1853 (Died in office)
								Office vacant (Balance of King's term)
15	March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861		James Buchanan 1791–1868 (Lived: 77 years) [44][45][46]	United States minister to the Court of St James's (1853–1856)		Democratic	1856	John C. Breckinridge
16	March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865 (Died in office)		Abraham Lincoln 1809–1865 (Lived: 56 years) [47][48][49]	U.S. representative for Illinois's 7th District (1847–1849)		Republican (National Union) [l]	1860	Hannibal Hamlin March 4, 1861 – March 4, 1865
							1864	Andrew Johnson March 4 – April 15, 1865 (Succeeded to presidency)
17	April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869		Andrew Johnson 1808–1875 (Lived: 66 years) [50][51][52]	16th vice president of the United States (1865)		National Union April 15, 1865 – c. 1868		Office vacant
						Democratic c. 1868 – March 4, 1869 [m]
18	March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877		Ulysses S. Grant 1822–1885 (Lived: 63 years) [53][54][55]	Commanding general of the U.S. Army (1864–1869) (No prior elected office)		Republican	1868	Schuyler Colfax March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1873
							1872	Henry Wilson March 4, 1873 – November 22, 1875 (Died in office)
								Office vacant (Balance of Wilson's term)
19	March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1881		Rutherford B. Hayes 1822–1893 (Lived: 70 years) [56][57][58]	29th & 32nd governor of Ohio (1868–1872 & 1876–1877)		Republican	1876	William A. Wheeler
20	March 4, 1881 – September 19, 1881 (Died in office)		James A. Garfield 1831–1881 (Lived: 49 years) [59][60][61]	U.S. representative for Ohio's 19th District (1863–1881)		Republican	1880	Chester A. Arthur (Succeeded to presidency)
21	September 19, 1881 [n] – March 4, 1885		Chester A. Arthur 1829–1886 (Lived: 57 years) [62][63][64]	20th vice president of the United States (1881)		Republican		Office vacant
22	March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1889		Grover Cleveland 1837–1908 (Lived: 71 years) [65][66][67]	28th governor of New York (1883–1885)		Democratic	1884	Thomas A. Hendricks March 4 – November 25, 1885 (Died in office)
								Office vacant (Balance of Hendricks's term)
23	March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1893		Benjamin Harrison 1833–1901 (Lived: 67 years) [68][69][70]	U.S. senator (Class 1) from Indiana (1881–1887)		Republican	1888	Levi P. Morton
24	March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897		Grover Cleveland 1837–1908 (Lived: 71 years) [65][66][67]	22nd president of the United States (1885–1889)		Democratic	1892	Adlai Stevenson
25	March 4, 1897 – September 14, 1901 (Died in office)		William McKinley 1843–1901 (Lived: 58 years) [71][72][73]	39th governor of Ohio (1892–1896)		Republican	1896	Garret Hobart March 4, 1897 – November 21, 1899 (Died in office)
								Office vacant (Balance of Hobart's term)
							1900	Theodore Roosevelt March 4 – September 14, 1901 (Succeeded to presidency)
26	September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909		Theodore Roosevelt 1858–1919 (Lived: 60 years) [74][75][76]	25th vice president of the United States (1901)		Republican		Office vacant September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1905
							1904	Charles W. Fairbanks March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1909
27	March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913		William H. Taft 1857–1930 (Lived: 72 years) [77][78][79]	42nd United States secretary of war (1904–1908)		Republican	1908	James S. Sherman March 4, 1909 – October 30, 1912 (Died in office)
								Office vacant (Balance of Sherman's term)
28	March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921		Woodrow Wilson 1856–1924 (Lived: 67 years) [80][81][82]	34th governor of New Jersey (1911–1913)		Democratic	1912	Thomas R. Marshall
							1916
29	March 4, 1921 – August 2, 1923 (Died in office)		Warren Harding 1865–1923 (Lived: 57 years) [83][84][85]	U.S. senator (Class 3) from Ohio (1915–1921)		Republican	1920	Calvin Coolidge (Succeeded to presidency)
30	August 2, 1923 [o] – March 4, 1929		Calvin Coolidge 1872–1933 (Lived: 60 years) [86][87][88]	29th vice president of the United States (1921–1923)		Republican		Office vacant August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1925
							1924	Charles G. Dawes March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1929
31	March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933		Herbert Hoover 1874–1964 (Lived: 90 years) [89][90][91]	3rd United States secretary of commerce (1921–1928) (No prior elected office)		Republican	1928	Charles Curtis
32	March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945 (Died in office)		Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1882–1945 (Lived: 63 years) [92][93][94]	44th governor of New York (1929–1932)		Democratic	1932	John N. Garner March 4, 1933 – January 20, 1941 [p]
							1936
							1940	Henry A. Wallace January 20, 1941 – January 20, 1945
							1944	Harry S. Truman January 20 – April 12, 1945 (Succeeded to presidency)
33	April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953		Harry S. Truman 1884–1972 (Lived: 88 years) [95][96][97]	34th vice president of the United States (1945)		Democratic		Office vacant April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1949
							1948	Alben W. Barkley January 20, 1949 – January 20, 1953
34	January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961		Dwight D. Eisenhower 1890–1969 (Lived: 78 years) [98][99][100]	Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1949–1952) (No prior elected office)		Republican	1952	Richard Nixon
							1956
35	January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963 (Died in office)		John F. Kennedy 1917–1963 (Lived: 46 years) [101][102][103]	U.S. senator (Class 1) from Massachusetts (1953–1960)		Democratic	1960	Lyndon B. Johnson (Succeeded to presidency)
36	November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969		Lyndon B. Johnson 1908–1973 (Lived: 64 years) [104][105][106]	37th vice president of the United States (1961–1963)		Democratic		Office vacant November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1965
							1964	Hubert Humphrey January 20, 1965 – January 20, 1969
37	January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974 (Resigned from office)		Richard Nixon 1913–1994 (Lived: 81 years) [107][108][109]	36th vice president of the United States (1953–1961)		Republican	1968	Spiro Agnew January 20, 1969 – October 10, 1973 (Resigned from office)
							1972
								Office vacant October 10 – December 6, 1973
								Gerald Ford December 6, 1973 – August 9, 1974 (Succeeded to presidency)
38	August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977		Gerald Ford 1913–2006 (Lived: 93 years) [110][111][112]	40th vice president of the United States (1973–1974)		Republican		Office vacant August 9 – December 19, 1974
								Nelson Rockefeller December 19, 1974 – January 20, 1977
39	January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981		Jimmy Carter Born 1924 (99 years old) [113][114][115]	76th governor of Georgia (1971–1975)		Democratic	1976	Walter Mondale
40	January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989		Ronald Reagan 1911–2004 (Lived: 93 years) [116][117][118]	33rd governor of California (1967–1975)		Republican	1980	George H. W. Bush
							1984
41	January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993		George H. W. Bush 1924–2018 (Lived: 94 years) [119][120][121]	43rd vice president of the United States (1981–1989)		Republican	1988	Dan Quayle
42	January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001		Bill Clinton Born 1946 (77 years old) [122][123][124]	40th & 42nd governor of Arkansas (1979–1981 & 1983–1992)		Democratic	1992	Al Gore
							1996
43	January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009		George W. Bush Born 1946 (77 years old) [125][126]	46th governor of Texas (1995–2000)		Republican	2000	Dick Cheney
							2004
44	January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017		Barack Obama Born 1961 (62 years old) [127][128]	U.S. senator (Class 3) from Illinois (2005–2008)		Democratic	2008	Joe Biden
							2012
45	January 20, 2017 – Incumbent		Donald Trump Born 1946 (77 years old) [129][130]	President and Chairman of The Trump Organization (1971–2017) (No prior elected office)		Republican	2016	Mike Pence

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