Governor of California
Governor History41
Gavin NewsomDemocratic • Jan 2023 – Present
Gavin NewsomDemocratic • Jan 2019 – Jan 2023
Edmund G. Brown Jr.Democratic • Jan 2011 – Dec 2019
Arnold SchwarzeneggerRepublican • Jan 2003 – Dec 2011
Gray DavisDemocratic • Jan 1999 – Dec 2003
Pete WilsonRepublican • Jan 1991 – Dec 1999
George DeukmejianRepublican • Jan 1983 – Dec 1991
Edmund G. Brown Jr.Democratic • Jan 1975 – Dec 1983
Ronald Wilson ReaganDemocrat, Republican • Jan 1967 – Dec 1975
Edmund Gerald BrownDemocratic • Jan 1959 – Dec 1967
Goodwin Jess KnightRepublican • Jan 1953 – Dec 1959
Earl WarrenRepublican • Jan 1943 – Dec 1953
Culbert L. OlsonDemocratic • Jan 1939 – Dec 1943
Frank Finley MerriamRepublican • Jan 1934 – Dec 1939
James RolphRepublican • Jan 1931 – Dec 1934
Clement Calhoun YoungRepublican • Jan 1927 – Dec 1931
Friend William RichardsonRepublican • Jan 1923 – Dec 1927
William Dennison StephensRepublican • Jan 1917 – Dec 1923
Hiram Warren JohnsonRepublican, Progressive • Jan 1911 – Dec 1917
James Norris GillettRepublican • Jan 1907 – Dec 1911
George Cooper PardeeProgressive, Republican • Jan 1903 – Dec 1907
Henry Tifft GageRepublican • Jan 1899 – Dec 1903
James Herbert BuddDemocratic • Jan 1895 – Dec 1899
Henry Harrison MarkhamRepublican • Jan 1891 – Dec 1895
Washington BartlettDemocratic • Jan 1887 – Dec 1887
Robert Whitney WatermanRepublican • Jan 1887 – Dec 1891
George StonemanDemocratic • Jan 1883 – Dec 1887
George Clement PerkinsRepublican • Jan 1880 – Dec 1883
William IrwinDemocratic • Jan 1875 – Dec 1880
Romualdo PachecoRepublican • Jan 1875 – Dec 1875
Newton BoothRepublican • Jan 1871 – Dec 1875
Henry Huntly HaightRepublican, Democrat • Jan 1867 – Dec 1871
Frederick Ferdinand LowUnion • Jan 1863 – Dec 1867
Amasa Leland StanfordRepublican • Jan 1862 – Dec 1863
John G. DowneyDemocratic • Jan 1860 – Dec 1862
Milton Slocum LathamDemocratic • Jan 1860 – Dec 1860
John B. WellerDemocratic • Jan 1858 – Dec 1860
John Neely JohnsonAmerican (Know-Nothing) • Jan 1856 – Dec 1858
John BiglerDemocratic • Jan 1852 – Dec 1856
John McDougalIndependent Democrat • Jan 1851 – Dec 1852
Peter Hardeman BurnettIndependent Democrat • Jan 1849 – Dec 1851