List of governors of Washington

Governor of Washington
Seal of the governor
Incumbent Jay Inslee since January 16, 2013
Style	Governor (informal) The Honorable (formal)
Status	Head of state Head of government
Residence	Washington Governor's Mansion
Term length	Four years, no term limit
Inaugural holder	Elisha P. Ferry
Formation	November 11, 1889
Deputy	Lieutenant Governor of Washington
Salary	$182,179 (2019) [1]
Website	governor.wa.gov

The governor of Washington is the head of government of Washington and commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. ^{[2] [3]} The officeholder has a duty to enforce state laws, ^[4] the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Washington Legislature and line-item veto power to cancel specific provisions in spending bills. ^[5] The Washington governor may also convene the legislature on "extraordinary occasions". ^[4]

Washington Territory had 14 territorial governors from its organization in 1853 until the formation of the state of Washington in 1889. Territorial governors were appointed by the president of the United States. Elisha P. Ferry had the longest term of eight years and went on to become the state's first governor. William H. Wallace was appointed governor but never took office due to being elected as the territory's congressional delegate. George Edward Cole was appointed governor and took office, but his appointment was never ratified by the U.S. Senate and he was replaced as governor after four months.

Twenty-two individuals have held the office of Governor of Washington since the state's admission to the Union, with Arthur B. Langlie serving non-consecutive terms. Populist Party candidate John Rankin Rogers is the only non-Democratic or Republican nominee to win office. The most recent governor to be from Eastern Washington was Clarence D. Martin, elected in 1932. ^[6] The current governor is Democrat Jay Inslee, who took office on January 16, 2013, and was reelected in 2016 and 2020; his term will expire on January 15, 2025, as Inslee announced on May 1, 2023, that he will not be seeking re-election to an unprecedented fourth term in 2024. ^[7] Washington has had the longest current streak of Democratic governors in the nation, with the last Republican to hold the office being John Spellman in 1985. ^[8]

With the re-election of Inslee in 2020, Langlie, Daniel J. Evans and Inslee are the only three Washington governors to be elected to three terms with 12 years respectively.

List of governors

Territory of Washington

Washington Territory was organized on March 2, 1853, from the northern half of Oregon Territory.

Governors of the Territory of Washington

No.	Governor		Term in office [lower-alpha 1]	Appointing President
1		Isaac Stevens (1818–1862) [9]	March 17, 1853 [lower-alpha 2] – August 11, 1857 (resigned) [lower-alpha 3]	Franklin Pierce
2		Fayette McMullen (1805–1880) [14]	May 13, 1857 [lower-alpha 4] – March 5, 1859 (successor appointed) [lower-alpha 5]	James Buchanan
3		Richard D. Gholson (1804–1862) [22]	March 5, 1859 [lower-alpha 6] – February 14, 1861 (resigned) [lower-alpha 7]	James Buchanan
—		William H. Wallace (1811–1879) [25]	April 9, 1861 – July 8, 1861 (resigned before taking office) [lower-alpha 8]	Abraham Lincoln
4		William Pickering (1798–1873) [28]	December 19, 1861 [lower-alpha 9] – November 21, 1866 (removed) [lower-alpha 10]	Abraham Lincoln
				Andrew Johnson
5		George Edward Cole (1826–1906) [32]	November 21, 1866 [lower-alpha 11] – March 4, 1867 (rejected by Senate) [lower-alpha 12]	Andrew Johnson
6		Marshall F. Moore (1829–1870) [35]	April 20, 1867 [lower-alpha 13] – April 5, 1869 (successor appointed) [lower-alpha 14]	Andrew Johnson
7		Alvan Flanders (1825–1894) [41]	April 5, 1869 [lower-alpha 15] – March 14, 1870 (successor appointed)	Ulysses S. Grant
8		Edward S. Salomon (1836–1913) [43]	March 14, 1870 [lower-alpha 16] – April 26, 1872 (resigned) [lower-alpha 17]	Ulysses S. Grant
9		Elisha P. Ferry (1825–1895) [46]	April 26, 1872 [lower-alpha 18] – April 26, 1880 (successor appointed)	Ulysses S. Grant
10		William A. Newell (1817–1901) [52]	April 26, 1880 [lower-alpha 19] – July 2, 1884 (successor appointed)	Rutherford B. Hayes
11		Watson C. Squire (1838–1926) [55]	July 2, 1884 [lower-alpha 20] – April 9, 1887 (successor appointed)	Chester A. Arthur
12		Eugene Semple (1840–1908) [58]	April 9, 1887 [lower-alpha 21] – March 23, 1889 (successor appointed)	Grover Cleveland
13		Miles Conway Moore (1845–1919) [61]	March 23, 1889 [lower-alpha 22] – November 18, 1889 (statehood)	Benjamin Harrison

State of Washington

Washington was admitted to the Union on November 11, 1889. The term for governor is four years, ^[2] commencing on the second Monday in the January following the election. ^[64] If the office of governor is vacant or the governor is unable to discharge their duties, the lieutenant governor assumes the duties of governor, though still officially retains the office of lieutenant governor. ^[65] If both the offices of governor and lieutenant governor are unable to fulfill their duties, the secretary of state is next in line, and then the treasurer. ^[66] There is no limit to the number of terms a governor may serve. ^[67] The office of lieutenant governor is not elected on the same ticket as the governor.

Governors of the State of Washington

No.	Governor			Term in office	Party	Election	Lt. Governor [lower-alpha 23]
1			Elisha P. Ferry (1825–1895) [68] [69]	November 18, 1889 [70] – January 11, 1893 (did not run) [68]	Republican [71]	1889		Charles E. Laughton
2			John McGraw (1850–1910) [72] [73]	January 11, 1893 [74] – January 13, 1897 (did not run)	Republican [71]	1892		F. H. Luce
3			John Rankin Rogers (1838–1901) [75] [76]	January 13, 1897 [77] – December 26, 1901 (died in office)	Populist [75]	1896		Thurston Daniels
					Democratic [75]	1900		Henry McBride [lower-alpha 24]
4			Henry McBride (1856–1937) [78] [79]	December 26, 1901 [80] – January 11, 1905 (lost nomination) [78]	Republican [71]	Succeeded from lieutenant governor	Vacant
5			Albert E. Mead (1861–1913) [81] [82]	January 11, 1905 [83] – January 27, 1909 (lost nomination) [81]	Republican [71]	1904		Charles E. Coon
6			Samuel G. Cosgrove (1847–1909) [84] [85]	January 27, 1909 [86] – March 28, 1909 (died in office)	Republican [71]	1908		Marion E. Hay
7			Marion E. Hay (1865–1933) [87] [88]	March 28, 1909 [89] – January 15, 1913 (lost election)	Republican [71]	Succeeded from lieutenant governor	Vacant
8			Ernest Lister (1870–1919) [90] [91]	January 15, 1913 [92] – June 14, 1919 (died in office)	Democratic [71]	1912		Louis F. Hart [lower-alpha 24]
						1916
9			Louis F. Hart (1862–1929) [93] [94]	June 14, 1919 [95] – January 14, 1925 (did not run) [93]	Republican [71]	Succeeded from lieutenant governor	Vacant
						1920		William J. Coyle
10			Roland H. Hartley (1864–1952) [96] [97]	January 14, 1925 [98] – January 11, 1933 (lost nomination) [lower-alpha 25]	Republican [71]	1924		W. Lon Johnson
						1928		John Arthur Gellatly
11			Clarence D. Martin (1886–1955) [99] [100]	January 11, 1933 [101] – January 15, 1941 (lost nomination) [lower-alpha 26]	Democratic [71]	1932		Victor Aloysius Meyers [lower-alpha 27]
						1936
12			Arthur B. Langlie (1900–1966) [102] [103]	January 15, 1941 [104] – January 10, 1945 (lost election)	Republican [71]	1940
13			Monrad Wallgren (1891–1961) [105] [106]	January 10, 1945 [107] – January 12, 1949 (lost election)	Democratic [71]	1944
14			Arthur B. Langlie (1900–1966) [102] [103]	January 12, 1949 [108] – January 16, 1957 (did not run) [102]	Republican [71]	1948
						1952		Emmett T. Anderson
15			Albert Rosellini (1910–2011) [109] [110]	January 16, 1957 [111] – January 13, 1965 (lost election)	Democratic [71]	1956		John Cherberg [lower-alpha 27]
						1960
16			Daniel J. Evans (1925–2024) [112] [113]	January 13, 1965 [114] – January 12, 1977 (did not run) [112]	Republican [71]	1964
						1968
						1972
17			Dixy Lee Ray (1914–1994) [115] [116]	January 12, 1977 [117] – January 14, 1981 (lost nomination) [lower-alpha 28]	Democratic [116]	1976
18			John Spellman (1926–2018) [118]	January 14, 1981 [119] – January 16, 1985 (lost election)	Republican [118]	1980
19			Booth Gardner (1936–2013) [120]	January 16, 1985 [121] – January 13, 1993 (did not run)	Democratic [120]	1984
						1988		Joel Pritchard [lower-alpha 24]
20			Mike Lowry (1939–2017) [122]	January 13, 1993 [123] – January 15, 1997 (did not run)	Democratic [122]	1992
21			Gary Locke (b. 1950) [124]	January 15, 1997 [125] – January 12, 2005 (did not run)	Democratic [124]	1996		Brad Owen
						2000
22			Christine Gregoire (b. 1947) [126]	January 12, 2005 [127] – January 16, 2013 (did not run)	Democratic [126]	2004
						2008
23			Jay Inslee (b. 1951) [128]	January 16, 2013 [129] – Incumbent [lower-alpha 29]	Democratic [128]	2012
						2016		Cyrus Habib
						2020		Denny Heck

See also

• List of Washington state legislatures
• Gubernatorial lines of succession in the United States#Washington

Notes

1. The range given is from the date the governor was confirmed by the Senate, or appointed by the President during a Senate recess, to the date the governor's successor was confirmed, unless noted.
2. Stevens was nominated ^[10] and confirmed by the Senate ^[11] on March 17, 1853, and arrived in Olympia on November 25. ^[12]
3. Stevens resigned, having been elected to the United States House of Representatives, ^{[9] [13]} and his successor already appointed.
4. James Patton Anderson was nominated on March 12, 1857, ^[15] and confirmed by the Senate on March 13, ^[16] but declined. ^[17] McMullen was appointed on May 13, 1857, during a Senate recess; ^[14] nominated on December 22, 1857; ^[18] and confirmed by the Senate on January 18, 1858. ^[19] He took office on September 10, 1857. ^[20]
5. McMullen left the territory in July 1858, without a formal resignation; the nomination of his successor only notes that the office is vacant. ^[21] Territorial Secretary Charles H. Mason acted as governor until his successor arrived. ^[14]
6. Gholson was nominated ^[21] and confirmed by the Senate ^[23] on March 5, 1859, and he arrived in the territory on July 10. ^[24]
7. Gholson left the territory in May 1860 on a leave of absence to move his wife from Texas to Kentucky, and never returned; he formally resigned on February 14, 1861, saying "I am unwilling for even a day to hold office under a (so-called) 'Republican' President." ^[22] Territorial Secretary Henry McGill acted as governor until his successor arrived. ^[22]
8. Wallace was appointed on April 9, 1861, during a Senate recess; ^[25] nominated on July 10; ^[26] and confirmed by the Senate on July 16. ^[27] However, even though he was a resident of the territory, he never took office; he instead took a seat in the United States House of Representatives that he was elected to on July 8. ^[25] Territorial Secretary L. Jay S. Turney acted as governor until his successor arrived. ^[25]
9. Pickering was nominated on December 5, 1861; ^[29] confirmed by the Senate on December 19; ^[30] and arrived in the territory in June 1862. ^[28] He was reconfirmed by the Senate on January 6, 1866. ^[31]
10. President Johnson removed Pickering because he had publicly criticized Reconstruction era policies. Territorial Secretary Elwood Evans acted as governor until his successor arrived.
11. Cole was appointed on November 21, 1866, during a Senate recess; ^[32] nominated on December 14; ^[33] but was rejected by the Senate on March 1, 1867. ^[34]
12. Cole's nomination was rejected by the Senate on March 1, 1867, ^[34] and he left office on March 4. ^[32] Territorial Secretary Elwood Evans acted as governor until his successor arrived. ^[32]
13. Charles E. De Long was nominated on April 15, 1867, ^[36] but was rejected by the Senate on April 17. ^[37] Moore was then nominated on April 19, ^[38] and confirmed by the Senate on April 20. ^[39]
14. McMullin says Moore resigned due to ill health, ^[35] but the nomination of his successor specifies he was being removed. ^[40]
15. Flanders was nominated on April 3, 1869, ^[40] and confirmed by the Senate on April 5. ^[42]
16. Salomon was nominated on January 10, 1870, ^[44] and confirmed by the Senate on March 14. ^[45]
17. Salomon's resignation was requested due to "financial maneuvering and excessive absences". ^[43]
18. James F. Legate was nominated on January 11, 1872, ^[47] but was withdrawn on April 9. ^[48] Ferry was then nominated on April 24, ^[49] and confirmed by the Senate on April 26. ^[50] He was reconfirmed by the Senate on May 2, 1876. ^[51]
19. Newell was nominated on April 9, 1880, for a term to begin April 26; ^[53] and was confirmed by the Senate on April 21. ^[54]
20. Squire was nominated on July 1, 1884, ^[56] and confirmed by the Senate on July 2. ^[57]
21. Semple was appointed on April 9, 1887, during a Senate recess; ^[58] nominated on January 4, 1888; ^[59] and confirmed by the Senate on January 16. ^[60]
22. Moore was nominated on March 21, 1889, ^[62] and confirmed by the Senate on March 23. ^[63]
23. Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
24. Represented the Republican Party
25. Hartley lost the Republican nomination to John Arthur Gellatly.
26. Martin lost the Democratic nomination to Clarence Dill.
27. Represented the Democratic Party
28. Ray lost the Democratic nomination to Jim McDermott.
29. Inslee's third term expires on January 15, 2025.

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External links

• Office of the Governor of Washington