List of governors of Washington

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Governor of Washington
Seal of the Executive Department of Washington.svg
Seal of the governor
U.S. Department of the Interior, Columbia River Salmon Agreement Ceremonial Event, Washington DC on 23 February 2024 - 62 (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Jay Inslee
since January 16, 2013
Style
Status
Residence Washington Governor's Mansion
Term length Four years, no term limit
Inaugural holder Elisha P. Ferry
FormationNovember 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]

Contents

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.GovernorTerm in office [lower-alpha 1] Appointing President
1 20130214073638!Governor.Gen.Stevens cropped.jpg Isaac Stevens
(1818–1862)
[9]
March 17, 1853 [lower-alpha 2]

August 11, 1857
(resigned) [lower-alpha 3]
Franklin Pierce
2 LaFayette McMullen.jpg 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.jpg Richard D. Gholson
(1804–1862)
[22]
March 5, 1859 [lower-alpha 6]

February 14, 1861
(resigned) [lower-alpha 7]
James Buchanan
William H. Wallace.jpg William H. Wallace
(1811–1879)
[25]
April 9, 1861

July 8, 1861
(resigned before
taking office)
[lower-alpha 8]
Abraham Lincoln
4 William Pickering.jpg 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.jpg George Edward Cole
(1826–1906)
[32]
November 21, 1866 [lower-alpha 11]

March 4, 1867
(rejected by Senate) [lower-alpha 12]
Andrew Johnson
6 MFMoore.jpg 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.jpg Alvan Flanders
(1825–1894)
[41]
April 5, 1869 [lower-alpha 15]

March 14, 1870
(successor appointed)
Ulysses S. Grant
8 Edward Selig Salomon.jpg Edward S. Salomon
(1836–1913)
[43]
March 14, 1870 [lower-alpha 16]

April 26, 1872
(resigned) [lower-alpha 17]
Ulysses S. Grant
9 Elisha Peyre Ferry.jpg Elisha P. Ferry
(1825–1895)
[46]
April 26, 1872 [lower-alpha 18]

April 26, 1880
(successor appointed)
Ulysses S. Grant
10 William A Newell.jpg William A. Newell
(1817–1901)
[52]
April 26, 1880 [lower-alpha 19]

July 2, 1884
(successor appointed)
Rutherford B. Hayes
11 Watson C Squire.jpg Watson C. Squire
(1838–1926)
[55]
July 2, 1884 [lower-alpha 20]

April 9, 1887
(successor appointed)
Chester A. Arthur
12 Eugene Semple.jpg Eugene Semple
(1840–1908)
[58]
April 9, 1887 [lower-alpha 21]

March 23, 1889
(successor appointed)
Grover Cleveland
13 Miles C. Moore.jpg 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.GovernorTerm in officePartyElection Lt. Governor [lower-alpha 23]
1 Elisha Peyre Ferry.jpg   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 1890.jpg 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.jpg 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 Governor Henry McBride.jpg Henry McBride
(1856–1937)
[78] [79]
December 26, 1901 [80]

January 11, 1905
(lost nomination) [78]
Republican [71] Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor
Vacant
5 Governor Albert E. Mead.jpg 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 Goodlove Cosgrove.jpg Samuel G. Cosgrove
(1847–1909)
[84] [85]
January 27, 1909 [86]

March 28, 1909
(died in office)
Republican [71] 1908 Marion E. Hay
7 Governor Marion E. Hay.jpg Marion E. Hay
(1865–1933)
[87] [88]
March 28, 1909 [89]

January 15, 1913
(lost election)
Republican [71] Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor
Vacant
8 Governor Ernest Lister.jpg 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 LCCN2014716914.jpg 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 LCCN2014717860.tif 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 Governor of Washington. Washington, D.C., Dec. 9. A new informal picture of Governor Clarence D. Martin of Washington LCCN2016876722.jpg 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 Bernard Langlie (cropped).jpg Arthur B. Langlie
(1900–1966)
[102] [103]
January 15, 1941 [104]

January 10, 1945
(lost election)
Republican [71] 1940
13 Governor Monrad Charles Wallgren (cropped).jpg Monrad Wallgren
(1891–1961)
[105] [106]
January 10, 1945 [107]

January 12, 1949
(lost election)
Democratic [71] 1944
14 Arthur Bernard Langlie (cropped).jpg 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 D. Rosellini (cropped).jpg 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.jpg 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 (cropped).jpg Dixy Lee Ray
(1914–1994)
[115] [116]
January 12, 1977 [117]

January 14, 1981
(lost nomination) [lower-alpha 28]
Democratic [116] 1976
18 JohnDSpellman.jpg John Spellman
(1926–2018)
[118]
January 14, 1981 [119]

January 16, 1985
(lost election)
Republican [118] 1980
19 Booth Gardner.jpg 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 Michael E. Lowry.jpg Mike Lowry
(1939–2017)
[122]
January 13, 1993 [123]

January 15, 1997
(did not run)
Democratic [122] 1992
21 Gary Locke official portrait small.jpg Gary Locke
(b. 1950)
[124]
January 15, 1997 [125]

January 12, 2005
(did not run)
Democratic [124] 1996 Brad Owen
2000
22 ChristineGregoireOfficial (cropped).jpg Christine Gregoire
(b. 1947)
[126]
January 12, 2005 [127]

January 16, 2013
(did not run)
Democratic [126] 2004
2008
23 Jay Inslee official portrait (cropped 2).jpg Jay Inslee
(b. 1951)
[128]
January 16, 2013 [129]

Incumbent [lower-alpha 29]
Democratic [128] 2012
2016 Cyrus Habib
2020 Denny Heck

See also

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. 1 2 3 Represented the Republican Party
  25. Hartley lost the Republican nomination to John Arthur Gellatly.
  26. Martin lost the Democratic nomination to Clarence Dill.
  27. 1 2 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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