List of Governors of Arizona

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Governor of Arizona
Arizona-StateSeal.svg
Doug Ducey by Gage Skidmore 13.jpg
Incumbent
Doug Ducey
since January 5, 2015
Style The Honorable
Status
Residence No official residence
Term length Four years, can succeed self once; eligible again after 4-year respite [1]
Constituting instrument Arizona Constitution, article V [2]
Inaugural holder George W. P. Hunt
FormationFebruary 14, 1912
DeputyNone
Salary$95,000 (2013) [3]
Website www.azgovernor.gov

The Governor of Arizona is the head of government and head of state of the U.S. state of Arizona. [4] In his role as head of government, the governor is the head of the executive branch of the Arizona state government and is charged with enforcing state laws. [4] The governor has the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Arizona State Legislature [5] ; to convene the legislature [4] ; and to grant pardons [6] , except in cases of impeachment. The governor is also the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. [7]

The head of government is either the highest or second highest official in the executive branch of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, who often presides over a cabinet, a group of ministers or secretaries who lead executive departments. "Head of government" is often differentiated from "head of state", as they may be separate positions, individuals, or roles depending on the country.

A head of state is the public persona who officially represents the national unity and legitimacy of a sovereign state. Depending on the country's form of government and separation of powers, the head of state may be a ceremonial figurehead or concurrently the head of government. In a parliamentary system the head of state is the de jure leader of the nation, and there is a separate de facto leader, often with the title of prime minister. In contrast, a semi-presidential system has both heads of state and government as the leaders de facto of the nation.

U.S. state constituent political entity of the United States

In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are currently 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory and shares its sovereignty with the federal government. Due to this shared sovereignty, Americans are citizens both of the federal republic and of the state in which they reside. State citizenship and residency are flexible, and no government approval is required to move between states, except for persons restricted by certain types of court orders. Four states use the term commonwealth rather than state in their full official names.

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Twenty-two people have served as governor over 26 distinct terms. All of the repeat governors were in the state's earliest years, when George W. P. Hunt and Thomas Edward Campbell alternated as governor for 17 years and, after a two-year gap, Hunt served another term. One governor, Evan Mecham, was successfully impeached, and one, Fife Symington III, resigned upon being convicted of a felony. The longest-serving governor was Hunt, who was elected seven times and served just under fourteen years. The longest single stint was that of Bruce Babbitt, who was elected to two four-year terms after succeeding to the office following the death of his predecessor, Wesley Bolin, serving nearly nine years total. Bolin had the shortest tenure, dying less than five months after succeeding as governor. Four governors were actually born in Arizona: Campbell, Sidney Preston Osborn, Rose Mofford, and Babbitt. Arizona has had four female governors, the most in the United States, and is also the only state where female governors have served consecutively. [8] Because of a string of deaths in office, resignations, and an impeachment, Arizona has not had a governor whose term began and ended because of "normal" election circumstances since Jack Williams was in office, from 1967 to 1975.

George W. P. Hunt American politician

George Wylie Paul Hunt was an American politician and businessman. He was the first governor of Arizona, serving a total of seven terms, along with President of the convention that wrote Arizona's constitution. In addition, Hunt served in both houses of the Arizona Territorial Legislature and was posted as U.S. Minister to Siam.

Thomas Edward Campbell American politician

Thomas Edward Campbell was the second governor of the state of Arizona, United States. He is the first Republican and first native-born governor elected after Arizona achieved statehood in 1912.

Evan Mecham American politician and businessman

Evan Mecham was an American businessman and the 17th governor of Arizona, serving from January 5, 1987, until his impeachment conviction on April 4, 1988. A decorated veteran of World War II, Mecham was a successful automotive dealership owner and occasional newspaper publisher. Periodic runs for political office earned him a reputation as a perennial candidate along with the nickname of "The Harold Stassen of Arizona" before he was elected governor, under the Republican banner. As governor, Mecham was plagued by controversy and became the first U.S. governor to simultaneously face removal from office through impeachment, a scheduled recall election, and a felony indictment. He was the first Arizona governor to be impeached.

The current Governor is Republican Doug Ducey, who took office on January 5, 2015.

Doug Ducey American businessman and politician

Douglas Anthony Ducey is an American businessman and politician who is the 23rd governor of Arizona. A Republican, he was sworn in as governor on January 5, 2015. He was the state's treasurer from 2011 to 2015.

Governors

Confederate Arizona

Dr. Lewis S. Owings, provisional governor of the Arizona Territory (from 1860 to 1861) and 2nd Confederate governor of Arizona Territory. LewisOwings.jpg
Dr. Lewis S. Owings, provisional governor of the Arizona Territory (from 1860 to 1861) and 2nd Confederate governor of Arizona Territory.
Lieut. Col. John R. Baylor, first Confederate territorial governor from 1861 to 1862. Lieutenant Colonel John Baylor.gif
Lieut. Col. John R. Baylor, first Confederate territorial governor from 1861 to 1862.

In Tucson between April 2 and April 5, 1860, a convention of settlers from the southern half of the New Mexico Territory drafted a provisional constitution for "Arizona Territory," three years before the United States would create such a territory. This proposed territory consisted of the part of New Mexico Territory south of 33° 40' N. On April 2, [9] they elected a governor, Dr. Lewis S. Owings. The provisional territory was to exist until such time as an official territory was created, but that proposal was rejected by the U.S. Congress at the time. [10]

Tucson, Arizona City in Arizona, United States

Tucson is a city and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States, and home to the University of Arizona. The 2010 United States Census put the population at 520,116, while the 2015 estimated population of the entire Tucson metropolitan statistical area (MSA) was 980,263. The Tucson MSA forms part of the larger Tucson-Nogales combined statistical area (CSA), with a total population of 1,010,025 as of the 2010 Census. Tucson is the second-largest populated city in Arizona behind Phoenix, both of which anchor the Arizona Sun Corridor. The city is 108 miles (174 km) southeast of Phoenix and 60 mi (97 km) north of the U.S.–Mexico border. Tucson is the 33rd largest city and the 58th largest metropolitan area in the United States (2014).

New Mexico Territory territory of the United States of America, 1850-1912

The Territory of New Mexico was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from September 9, 1850, until January 6, 1912, when the remaining extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of New Mexico, making it the longest-lived organized incorporated territory of the United States, lasting approximately 62 years.

Lewis S. Owings American politician

Dr. Lewis S. Owings was an American politician, physician, and businessman from Tennessee who served as the 2nd Governor of Arizona Territory (Confederate), in exile, from 1862 to 1865. He had previously served as provisional governor of Arizona Territory from 1860 to 1861.

On March 16, 1861, soon before the American Civil War broke out, a convention in Mesilla voted that the provisional territory should secede from the Union and join the Confederacy. [11] Dr. Lewis S. Owings remained on as the provisional governor of the territory.

American Civil War Civil war in the United States from 1861 to 1865

The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865, between the North and the South. The most studied and written about episode in U.S. history, the Civil War began primarily as a result of the long-standing controversy over the enslavement of black people. War broke out in April 1861 when secessionist forces attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina shortly after Abraham Lincoln had been inaugurated as the President of the United States. The loyalists of the Union in the North proclaimed support for the Constitution. They faced secessionists of the Confederate States in the South, who advocated for states' rights to uphold slavery.

Mesilla, New Mexico Place in New Mexico, United States

Mesilla is a town in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 2,196 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Las Cruces Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Confederate States of America (de facto) federal republic in North America from 1861 to 1865

The Confederate States of America, commonly referred to as the Confederacy, was an unrecognized country in North America that existed from 1861 to 1865. The Confederacy was originally formed by seven secessionist slave-holding states—South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas—in the Lower South region of the United States, whose economy was heavily dependent upon agriculture, particularly cotton, and a plantation system that relied upon the labor of African-American slaves.

The Confederacy took ownership of the territory on August 1, 1861, when forces led by Lieutenant Colonel John R. Baylor won decisive control of the territory, and Baylor proclaimed himself governor. [12] The Arizona Territory (Confederate) was formally organized on January 18, 1862. [13] On March 20, 1862, Baylor issued an order to kill all the adult Apache and take their children into slavery. [12] When Confederate President Jefferson Davis learned of this order, he strongly disapproved and demanded an explanation. Baylor wrote a letter December 29, 1862, to justify his decision, and after this was received, Davis relieved Baylor of his post and commission, calling his letter an "avowal of an infamous crime." [14] By that time, the Confederate government of Arizona Territory was in exile in San Antonio, Texas, as the territory had been effectively lost to Union forces in July 1862; [15] no new governor was appointed.

John R. Baylor Confederate Army officer and politician

John R. Baylor was an American politician and a senior officer of the Confederate States Army. He was removed as the 1st Governor of the Arizona Territory by then Confederate President Jefferson Davis, who disapproved of his genocidal plans for the Apaches.

Confederate Arizona organized incorporated Confederate territory in present day southern New Mexico and Arizona

Confederate Arizona, commonly referred to as Arizona Territory, and officially the Territory of Arizona, was a territory claimed by the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, between 1861 and 1865. Delegates to secession conventions had voted in March 1861 to secede from the New Mexico Territory and the United States, and seek to join the Confederacy. It consisted of the portion of the New Mexico Territory south of the 34th parallel, including parts of the modern states of New Mexico and Arizona. Its capital was Mesilla along the southern border. The Confederate territory overlapped the Arizona Territory later established by the Union government in 1863.

The Apache are a group of culturally related Native American tribes in the Southwestern United States, which include the Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Salinero, Plains and Western Apache. Distant cousins of the Apache are the Navajo, with which they share the Southern Athabaskan languages. There are Apache communities in Oklahoma, Texas, and reservations in Arizona and New Mexico. Apache people have moved throughout the United States and elsewhere, including urban centers. The Apache Nations are politically autonomous, speak several different languages and have distinct cultures.

Governors of the Territory of Arizona

Arizona Territory was formed on February 24, 1863 from New Mexico Territory, remaining a territory for 49 years. [16]

Governors of the Territory of Arizona
No.GovernorTerm in office [lower-alpha 1] Appointing President
— John Addison Gurley.jpg John A. Gurley — [lower-alpha 2] Abraham Lincoln
1 John Noble Goodwin.jpg John Noble Goodwin December 29, 1863 [17] [18]
–
March 4, 1865 [lower-alpha 3]
2 Richard Cunningham McCormick - Brady-Handy.jpg Richard Cunningham McCormick July 9, 1866 [19]
–
March 4, 1869 [lower-alpha 3] 		Andrew Johnson
3 Anson P. K. Safford.jpg Anson P. K. Safford July 9, 1869 [20]
–
April 5, 1877		 Ulysses S. Grant
4 John Philo Hoyt.jpg John Philo Hoyt May 30, 1877 [21]
–
June 12, 1878		 Rutherford B. Hayes
5 John Charles Fremont crop.jpg John C. Frémont October 6, 1878 [22] [lower-alpha 4]
–
October 11, 1881 [23] [lower-alpha 5]
6 Frederick Augustus Tritle.png Frederick Augustus Tritle March 8, 1882 [23] [24]
–
October 7, 1885 [25] [lower-alpha 6] 		Chester A. Arthur
7 C. Meyer Zulick (Arizona Governor).jpg C. Meyer Zulick November 2, 1885 [26]
–
March 28, 1889		 Grover Cleveland
8 Lewis Wolfley (Arizona Governor).jpg Lewis Wolfley April 8, 1889 [27]
–
August 20, 1890 [28] [lower-alpha 7] 		Benjamin Harrison
9 John Nichol Irwin - oval.jpg John N. Irwin January 21, 1891 [30]
–
April 20, 1892 [31] [lower-alpha 8]
10 N. O. Murphy.jpg Oakes Murphy May 11, 1892 [33] [34]
–
April 5, 1893
11 LC hughes.jpg L. C. Hughes April 12, 1893 [35]
–
April 1, 1896 [36] [lower-alpha 9] 		Grover Cleveland
12 BJFranklin.jpg Benjamin Joseph Franklin April 18, 1896 [38]
–
July 29, 1897 [39]
13 MyronMcCord.png Myron H. McCord July 29, 1897 [40] [41]
–
August 1, 1898 [42] [lower-alpha 10] 		William McKinley
14 N. O. Murphy.jpg Oakes Murphy August 1, 1898 [44] [45]
–
June 30, 1902 [46] [lower-alpha 11]
15 Alexander Brodie.jpg Alexander Oswald Brodie July 1, 1902 [48] [49]
–
February 14, 1905 [50] [lower-alpha 12] 		Theodore Roosevelt
16 Joseph Henry Kibbey-left profile.jpg Joseph Henry Kibbey March 7, 1905 [50] [51]
–
May 1, 1909
17 Governor R E Sloan.jpg Richard Elihu Sloan May 1, 1909 [52] [53]
–
February 14, 1912		 William Howard Taft

Governors of the State of Arizona

The state of Arizona was admitted to the Union on February 14, 1912, the last of the contiguous states to be admitted.

The state constitution of 1912 called for the election of a governor every two years. [54] The term was increased to four years by a 1968 amendment. [55] [56] The constitution originally included no term limit, [57] but an amendment passed in 1992 allows governors to succeed themselves only once; [54] before this, four governors were elected more than twice in a row. Gubernatorial terms begin on the first Monday in the January following the election. [54] Governors who have served the two term limit can run again after four years out of office.

Arizona is one of seven states which does not have a lieutenant governor; instead, in the event of a vacancy in the office of governor, the Secretary of State, if elected, succeeds to the office. If the secretary of state was appointed, rather than elected, or is otherwise ineligible to hold the office of governor, the first elected and eligible person in the line of succession assumes the office. The state constitution specifies the line of succession to be the Secretary of State, Attorney General, State Treasurer and Superintendent of Public Instruction, in that order. [58] If the governor is out of the state or impeached, the next elected officer in the line of succession becomes acting governor until the governor returns or is cleared. [58] To date, the line of succession has gone beyond the secretary of state only once, when Bruce Babbitt, as attorney general, became governor upon the death of Wesley Bolin; the secretary of state at the time, Rose Mofford, was an appointee to replace Bolin, [59] who himself had succeeded to the office due to the resignation of his predecessor, Raúl Héctor Castro. Mofford would later succeed Evan Mecham as acting governor when he was impeached by the House of Representatives, and as governor when he was convicted by the Senate.

Governors of the State of Arizona [lower-alpha 13]
No. [lower-alpha 14] GovernorTerm in officePartyElection
1 George WP Hunt.jpg   George W. P. Hunt February 14, 1912 [61]
–
January 1, 1917
(lost election) [lower-alpha 15] 		Democratic 1911
1914
2 Thomas E Campbell 2.jpg Thomas Edward Campbell January 1, 1917
–
December 25, 1917
(removed from office)		 Republican 1916 [lower-alpha 15]
1 George WP Hunt.jpg George W. P. Hunt December 25, 1917
–
January 6, 1919
(not candidate for election)		 Democratic
2 Thomas E Campbell 2.jpg Thomas Edward Campbell January 6, 1919
–
January 1, 1923
(lost election) [66] 		Republican 1918
1920
1 George WP Hunt.jpg George W. P. Hunt January 1, 1923
–
January 7, 1929
(lost election) [67] 		Democratic 1922
1924
1926
3 John Calhoun Phillips (Arizona Governor).jpg John Calhoun Phillips January 7, 1929
–
January 5, 1931
(lost election)		 Republican 1928
1 George WP Hunt.jpg George W. P. Hunt January 5, 1931
–
January 2, 1933
(not candidate for election)		 Democratic 1930
4 Benjamin Baker Moeur (Arizona Governor).jpg Benjamin Baker Moeur January 2, 1933
–
January 4, 1937
(lost election)		 Democratic 1932
1934
5 Rawghlie Clement Stanford.jpg Rawghlie Clement Stanford January 4, 1937
–
January 2, 1939
(not candidate for election)		 Democratic 1936
6 Robert Taylor Jones.jpg Robert Taylor Jones January 2, 1939
–
January 6, 1941
(not candidate for election)		 Democratic 1938
7 Sidney Preston Osborn.jpg Sidney Preston Osborn January 6, 1941
–
May 25, 1948
(died in office)		 Democratic 1940
1942
1944
1946
8 Dan E. Garvey (Arizona Governor).jpg Dan Edward Garvey May 25, 1948
–
January 1, 1951
(not candidate for election)		 Democratic Succeeded from
Secretary of State
1948
9 John Howard Pyle (Arizona governor).jpg John Howard Pyle January 1, 1951
–
January 3, 1955
(lost election)		 Republican 1950
1952
10 Mcfarland ernest.jpg Ernest McFarland January 3, 1955
–
January 5, 1959
(not candidate for election)		 Democratic 1954
1956
11 Paul Fannin.jpg Paul Fannin January 5, 1959
–
January 4, 1965
(not candidate for election)		 Republican 1958
1960
1962
12 Samuel Pearson Goddard, Jr.jpg Samuel Pearson Goddard Jr. January 4, 1965
–
January 2, 1967
(lost election) [68] 		Democratic 1964
13 Jack Williams (Arizona politician) (cropped).jpg Jack Williams January 2, 1967
–
January 6, 1975
(not candidate for election)		 Republican 1966
1968
1970 [lower-alpha 16]
14 Raul Hector Castro.jpg Raúl Héctor Castro January 6, 1975
–
October 20, 1977
(resigned) [lower-alpha 17] 		Democratic 1974
15 Wesley Bolin.jpg Wesley Bolin October 20, 1977
–
March 4, 1978
(died in office)		 Democratic Succeeded from
Secretary of State
16 Bruce babbitt.jpg Bruce Babbitt March 4, 1978
–
January 5, 1987 [lower-alpha 18]
(not candidate for election)		 Democratic Succeeded from
Attorney General [lower-alpha 19]
1978
1982
17 Evan Mecham.jpg Evan Mecham January 5, 1987 [lower-alpha 18]
–
April 4, 1988
(impeached and removed) [lower-alpha 20] 		Republican 1986
18 Rose Mofford 2012.jpg Rose Mofford April 4, 1988
–
March 6, 1991 [lower-alpha 21]
(not candidate for election)		 Democratic Succeeded from
Secretary of State
19 Fife Symington by Gage Skidmore.jpg Fife Symington March 6, 1991 [lower-alpha 21]
–
September 5, 1997
(resigned) [lower-alpha 22] 		Republican 1990–1991 [lower-alpha 21]
1994
20 Jane Dee Hull 2001 cropped.jpg Jane Dee Hull September 5, 1997
–
January 6, 2003
(term limited)		 Republican Succeeded from
Secretary of State
1998
21 Portrait Napolitano hires crop.JPG Janet Napolitano January 6, 2003
–
January 21, 2009
(resigned) [lower-alpha 23] 		Democratic 2002
2006
22 Jan Brewer by Gage Skidmore 5.jpg Jan Brewer January 21, 2009
–
January 5, 2015
(term limited) [77] 		Republican Succeeded from
Secretary of State
2010
23 Doug Ducey by Gage Skidmore 13.jpg Doug Ducey January 5, 2015
–
present [lower-alpha 24] 		Republican 2014
2018

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The range given is from the date the governor took the oath of office in Arizona, to the date the governor left office. Due to the distance from Washington, D.C., to Arizona, many governors were appointed and confirmed months before being able to exercise power in the territory.
  2. ↑ Gurley died on August 19, 1863, prior to taking office as governor.
  3. 1 2 Resigned to take an elected seat as delegate to the United States House of Representatives.
  4. ↑ It is unknown when Frémont took the oath of office; Goff states that he and his family arrived in Prescott on the afternoon of October 6, 1878.
  5. ↑ Resigned; Frémont spent little time in the territory; and the Secretary of the Territory asked him to resume his duties or resign, and he chose resignation. [23]
  6. ↑ Resigned after Grover Cleveland was elected, so that the Democrat could appoint a Democrat as governor. [25]
  7. ↑ Resigned due to a disagreement with the federal government on arid land policy. [29]
  8. ↑ Resigned to handle family business out of state. [32]
  9. ↑ Hughes had abolished many territorial offices, and unhappy officials successfully petitioned President Cleveland to remove him. [37]
  10. ↑ Resigned to serve in the Spanish–American War. [43]
  11. ↑ Asked by President Theodore Roosevelt to resign for opposing the Newlands Reclamation Act. [47]
  12. ↑ Resigned to accept appointment as assistant chief of the records and pension bureau at the United States Department of War. [50]
  13. ↑ Data is sourced from the National Governors Association, unless supplemental references are required.
  14. ↑ The governor's website labeled Doug Ducey as the 23rd governor; [60] based on this, each governor is numbered only once, regardless of how many distinct terms they served. Repeat terms are listed with the governor's original number in italics.
  15. 1 2 Initial results showed that Campbell had won by 30 votes, but Hunt challenged the results, claiming that several precincts had experienced fraudulent voting. [62] The Arizona Supreme Court named Campbell governor on January 27, 1917, and forced Hunt to surrender his office. [63] Hunt continued fighting in court, and on December 22, 1917, was declared the winner of the election by 43 votes. [64] Campbell vacated the office three days later. [65]
  16. ↑ First term under a constitutional amendment which lengthened terms to four years. [55]
  17. ↑ Castro resigned to take post as United States Ambassador to Argentina. [69]
  18. 1 2 While the constitutional date for when Mecham succeeded Babbitt is January 5, 1987, sources are split between saying the inauguration happened on January 5 [70] or January 6. [71]
  19. ↑ The secretary of state at the time of Bolin's death had been appointed, [59] not elected, and thus not in the line of succession according to the Arizona constitution. [58] Therefore, state attorney general, Babbitt became governor. [72]
  20. ↑ Mecham was impeached and removed from office on charges of obstruction of justice and misuse of government funds, [71] though he was later acquitted. [73]
  21. 1 2 3 Arizona adopted runoff voting after Evan Mecham won with only 43% of the vote in 1986. The 1990 election was very close, and a runoff was held on February 26, 1991, which Symington won, and he was inaugurated on March 6, 1991. [76]
  22. ↑ Symington resigned after being convicted of bank fraud; the conviction was later overturned and he was pardoned by President Bill Clinton. [74] [75]
  23. ↑ Napolitano resigned to be United States Secretary of Homeland Security. [8]
  24. ↑ Ducey's second term began on January 7, 2019, and will expire on January 2, 2023.

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