List of living former United States governors

Last updated September 08, 2021

This is a list of living former United States governors and acting governors.

Oldest living United States governor

Earliest serving living governors

George Nigh is the earliest serving governor still living. Robert D. Fulton is the longest retired governor still living having left office on January 16, 1969. Fulton is also the last living governor to have left office during the 1960s.

Rank	Governor	Term began	Term ended	State	Party
1	George Nigh	January 6, 1963 January 3, 1979	January 14, 1963 January 12, 1987	Oklahoma	Democratic
2	Daniel J. Evans	January 11, 1965	January 12, 1977	Washington	Republican
3	Kenneth M. Curtis	January 5, 1967	January 2, 1975	Maine	Democratic
4	Robert D. Fulton	January 1, 1969	January 16, 1969	Iowa	Democratic
5	Frank Farrar	January 7, 1969	January 5, 1971	South Dakota	Republican
6	Linwood Holton	January 17, 1970	January 12, 1974	Virginia	Republican
7	Jimmy Carter	January 12, 1971	January 14, 1975	Georgia	Democratic
8	Winfield Dunn	January 16, 1971	January 18, 1975	Tennessee	Republican
9	Philip Noel	January 2, 1973	January 4, 1977	Rhode Island	Democratic
10	Thomas P. Salmon	January 6, 1973	January 6, 1977	Vermont	Democratic

Alabama

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Fob James	Democratic, Republican	September 15, 1934	1979–1983, 1995–1999	86 years, 358 days	James was a Democrat in his first stint as Governor and a Republican in his second. James didn't run for re-election in 1982 and was defeated for re-election in 1998 by Don Siegelman.
	Jim Folsom Jr.	Democratic	May 14, 1949	1993–1995	72 years, 117 days	Folsom Jr. became governor after H. Guy Hunt's resignation, and lost to Fob James in the 1994 governor's race.
	Don Siegelman	Democratic	February 24, 1946	1999–2003	75 years, 196 days	Defeated for re-election by Bob Riley.
	Bob Riley	Republican	October 3, 1944	2003–2011	76 years, 340 days	Term-limited
	Robert J. Bentley	Republican	February 3, 1943	2011–2017	78 years, 217 days	Bentley resigned in 2017 due to a sex scandal with his political aide Rebekah Mason.

Alaska

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Bill Sheffield	Democratic	June 26, 1928	1982–1986	93 years, 74 days	Defeated for renomination by Steve Cowper.
	Steve Cowper	Democratic	August 21, 1938	1986–1990	83 years, 18 days	Retired
	Tony Knowles	Democratic	January 1, 1943	1994–2002	78 years, 250 days	Term-limited
	Frank Murkowski	Republican	March 28, 1933	2002–2006	88 years, 164 days	Defeated for renomination by Sarah Palin.
	Sarah Palin	Republican	February 11, 1964	2006–2009	57 years, 209 days	Palin resigned in 2009 (see Alaska gubernatorial election, 2010).
	Sean Parnell	Republican	November 19, 1962	2009–2014	58 years, 293 days	Became Governor after Palin's resignation. Lost re-election to Bill Walker.
	Bill Walker	Independent	April 16, 1951	2014–2018	70 years, 145 days	Withdrew from re-election.

American Samoa

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Togiola Tulafono	Democratic	February 28, 1947	2003–2013	74 years, 192 days	Became governor upon the death of Tauese Sunia, was elected to full terms in 2004 and 2008. Retired.
	Lolo Matalasi Moliga	Democratic	August 12, 1947	2013–2021	74 years, 27 days	Term-limited

Arizona

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Bruce Babbitt	Democratic	June 27, 1938	1978–1987	83 years, 73 days	Babbitt became governor upon the death of Wesley Bolin in 1978, then was elected to full terms in 1978 and 1982. Retired.
	Fife Symington	Republican	August 12, 1945	1991–1997	76 years, 27 days	Symington resigned in 1997 after he was convicted on fraud charges. He was later pardoned by President Clinton.
	Janet Napolitano	Democratic	November 29, 1957	2003–2009	63 years, 283 days	Napolitano resigned in 2009 after being appointed United States Secretary of Homeland Security in the cabinet of President Barack Obama.
	Jan Brewer	Republican	September 26, 1944	2009–2015	76 years, 347 days	Brewer first became governor in 2009 after Napolitano's resignation, then was elected to a full term in 2010. Term-limited.

Arkansas

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	David Pryor	Democratic	August 29, 1934	1975–1979	87 years, 10 days	Retired to run for Senator. Resigned six days before the expiration of his term to become Senator.
	Bill Clinton	Democratic	August 19, 1946	1979–1981, 1983–1992	75 years, 20 days	Lost re-election in 1980 to Frank D. White. Clinton resigned in 1992 to take office as President of the United States in 1993.
	Jim Guy Tucker	Democratic	June 13, 1943	1992–1996	78 years, 88 days	Served the rest of Clinton's unfinished term, then won election to a full term in 1994. Tucker was convicted on fraud charges and resigned in 1996.
	Mike Huckabee	Republican	August 24, 1955	1996–2007	66 years, 15 days	Huckabee served the rest of Tucker's unfinished term, then won full terms in 1998 and 2002. Term-limited.
	Mike Beebe	Democratic	December 28, 1946	2007–2015	74 years, 254 days	Term-limited

California

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Jerry Brown	Democratic	April 7, 1938	1975–1983, 2011–2019	83 years, 154 days	Retired in 1982 to unsuccessfully run for Senator. Term-limited in 2018.
	Pete Wilson	Republican	August 23, 1933	1991–1999	88 years, 16 days	Term-limited
	Gray Davis	Democratic	December 26, 1942	1999–2003	78 years, 256 days	Recalled (see 2003 California gubernatorial recall election)
	Arnold Schwarzenegger	Republican	July 30, 1947	2003–2011	74 years, 40 days	Winner of the 2003 California gubernatorial recall election, then re-elected in 2006. Term-limited.

Colorado

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Roy Romer	Democratic	October 31, 1928	1987–1999	92 years, 312 days	Term-limited
	Bill Owens	Republican	October 22, 1950	1999–2007	70 years, 321 days	Term-limited
	Bill Ritter	Democratic	September 6, 1956	2007–2011	65 years, 2 days	Retired
	John Hickenlooper	Democratic	February 7, 1952	2011–2019	69 years, 213 days	Term-limited

Connecticut

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Lowell Weicker	A Connecticut Party	May 16, 1931	1991–1995	90 years, 115 days	Retired
	John G. Rowland	Republican	May 24, 1957	1995–2004	64 years, 107 days	Rowland resigned in 2004 while under indictment for conspiracy to commit fraud. He ultimately plead guilty and served 10 months in prison.
	Jodi Rell	Republican	June 16, 1946	2004–2011	75 years, 84 days	Rell served the rest of Rowland's term and was elected to a full term in office in 2006. Retired.
	Dannel Malloy	Democratic	July 21, 1955	2011–2019	66 years, 49 days	Retired

Delaware

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Mike Castle	Republican	July 2, 1939	1985–1992	82 years, 68 days	Term-limited. Castle resigned three weeks before the expiration of his second term to take seat in the United States House of Representatives.
	Tom Carper	Democratic	January 23, 1947	1993–2001	74 years, 228 days	Term-limited. Carper resigned two weeks before the expiration of his second term to take seat in the United States Senate.
	Ruth Ann Minner	Democratic	January 17, 1935	2001–2009	86 years, 234 days	Minner was already Governor-elect when she took office to serve the last two weeks of Carper's term following his resignation. Term-limited.
	Jack Markell	Democratic	November 26, 1960	2009–2017	60 years, 286 days	Term-limited

Florida

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Bob Graham	Democratic	November 9, 1936	1979–1987	84 years, 303 days	Term-limited. Graham resigned three days before the expiration of his second term to take seat in the United States Senate.
	Bob Martinez	Republican	December 25, 1934	1987–1991	86 years, 257 days	Lost re-election to Lawton Chiles.
	Buddy MacKay	Democratic	March 22, 1933	1998–1999	88 years, 170 days	MacKay took office following the death of Lawton Chiles in office, serving out the final 23 days of Chiles' term.
	Jeb Bush	Republican	February 11, 1953	1999–2007	68 years, 209 days	Term-limited
	Charlie Crist	Republican	July 24, 1956	2007–2011	65 years, 46 days	Retired to unsuccessfully run for Senator.
	Rick Scott	Republican	December 1, 1952	2011–2019	68 years, 281 days	Term-limited

Georgia

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Jimmy Carter	Democratic	October 1, 1924	1971–1975	96 years, 342 days	Term-limited
	Joe Frank Harris	Democratic	February 16, 1936	1983–1991	85 years, 204 days	Term-limited
	Roy Barnes	Democratic	March 11, 1948	1999–2003	73 years, 181 days	Lost re-election to Sonny Perdue.
	Sonny Perdue	Republican	December 20, 1946	2003–2011	74 years, 262 days	Term-limited
	Nathan Deal	Republican	August 25, 1942	2011–2019	79 years, 14 days	Term-limited

Guam

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Paul McDonald Calvo	Republican	July 25, 1934	1979–1983	87 years, 45 days	Lost re-election to Ricardo Bordallo
	Joseph Franklin Ada	Republican	December 3, 1943	1987–1995	77 years, 279 days	Term-limited
	Carl Gutierrez	Democratic	October 15, 1941	1995–2003	79 years, 328 days	Term-limited
	Felix Perez Camacho	Republican	October 30, 1957	2003–2011	63 years, 313 days	Term-limited
	Eddie Baza Calvo	Republican	August 29, 1961	2011–2019	60 years, 10 days	Term-limited

Hawaii

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	George Ariyoshi	Democratic	March 12, 1926	1974–1986	95 years, 180 days	Term-limited
	John D. Waiheʻe III	Democratic	May 19, 1946	1986–1994	75 years, 112 days	Term-limited
	Ben Cayetano	Democratic	November 14, 1939	1994–2002	81 years, 298 days	Term-limited
	Linda Lingle	Republican	June 4, 1953	2002–2010	68 years, 96 days	Term-limited
	Neil Abercrombie	Democratic	June 26, 1938	2010–2014	83 years, 74 days	Lost renomination to David Ige

Idaho

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Phil Batt	Republican	March 4, 1927	1995–1999	94 years, 188 days	Retired
	Dirk Kempthorne	Republican	October 29, 1951	1999–2006	69 years, 314 days	Kempthorne resigned in 2006 after being appointed United States Secretary of the Interior in the cabinet of President George W. Bush.
	Jim Risch	Republican	May 3, 1943	2006–2007	78 years, 128 days	Risch served the remainder of Kempthorne's term following his resignation. Did not seek full term.
	Butch Otter	Republican	May 3, 1942	2007–2019	79 years, 128 days	Retired

Illinois

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Jim Edgar	Republican	July 22, 1946	1991–1999	75 years, 48 days	Retired
	George Ryan	Republican	February 24, 1934	1999–2003	87 years, 196 days	Retired
	Rod Blagojevich	Democratic	December 10, 1956	2003–2009	64 years, 272 days	Blagojevich was impeached and removed from office in 2009.
	Pat Quinn	Democratic	December 16, 1948	2009–2015	72 years, 266 days	Quinn took office following Blagojevich's removal from office and was elected to a full term in 2010. He lost a bid for a second full term in 2014 to Bruce Rauner.
	Bruce Rauner	Republican	February 18, 1956	2015–2019	65 years, 202 days	Lost re-election to J. B. Pritzker.

Indiana

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Evan Bayh	Democratic	December 26, 1955	1989–1997	65 years, 256 days	Term-limited
	Mitch Daniels	Republican	April 7, 1949	2005–2013	72 years, 154 days	Term-limited
	Mike Pence	Republican	June 7, 1959	2013–2017	62 years, 93 days	Withdrew from re-election after being chosen as nominee for Vice President

Iowa

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Robert D. Fulton	Democratic	May 13, 1929	1969	92 years, 118 days	Fulton served two weeks in office after Harold Hughes resigned before the expiration of his term to take seat in the United States Senate.
	Terry Branstad	Republican	November 17, 1946	1983–1999, 2011–2017	74 years, 295 days	Retired in 1998. Branstad resigned in 2017 after being appointed United States Ambassador to China by President Donald Trump.
	Tom Vilsack	Democratic	December 13, 1950	1999–2007	70 years, 269 days	Retired.
	Chet Culver	Democratic	January 25, 1966	2007–2011	55 years, 226 days	Lost reelection to Terry Branstad.

Kansas

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	John W. Carlin	Democratic	August 3, 1940	1979–1987	81 years, 36 days	Term-limited.
	Mike Hayden	Republican	March 16, 1944	1987–1991	77 years, 176 days	Lost reelection to Joan Finney.
	Bill Graves	Republican	January 9, 1953	1995–2003	68 years, 242 days	Term-limited.
	Kathleen Sebelius	Democratic	May 15, 1948	2003–2009	73 years, 116 days	Sebelius resigned in 2009 after being appointed United States Secretary of Health and Human Services in the cabinet of President Barack Obama.
	Mark Parkinson	Democratic	June 24, 1957	2009–2011	64 years, 76 days	Parkinson served the remainder of Sebelius's term following her resignation. Did not seek full term.
	Sam Brownback	Republican	September 12, 1956	2011–2018	64 years, 361 days	Brownback resigned in 2018 after being appointed United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom.
	Jeff Colyer	Republican	June 3, 1960	2018–2019	61 years, 97 days	Colyer served the remainder of Brownback's term following his resignation. Lost nomination for full term.

Kentucky

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Julian Carroll	Democratic	April 16, 1931	1974–1979	90 years, 145 days	Carroll took office after Wendell Ford resigned in 1974 to take seat in the United States Senate and was elected to a full term in 1975. Term limited.
	John Y. Brown Jr.	Democratic	December 28, 1933	1979–1983	87 years, 254 days	Term limited.
	Martha Layne Collins	Democratic	December 7, 1936	1983–1987	84 years, 275 days	Term limited.
	Brereton Jones	Democratic	June 27, 1939	1991–1995	82 years, 73 days	Term limited.
	Paul E. Patton	Democratic	May 26, 1937	1995–2003	84 years, 105 days	Term limited.
	Ernie Fletcher	Republican	November 12, 1952	2003–2007	68 years, 300 days	Lost reelection to Steve Beshear.
	Steve Beshear	Democratic	September 21, 1944	2007–2015	76 years, 352 days	Term limited.
	Matt Bevin	Republican	January 9, 1967	2015–2019	54 years, 242 days	Lost reelection to Andy Beshear.

Louisiana

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Bobby Jindal	Republican	June 10, 1971	2008–2016	50 years, 90 days	Term-limited.

Maine

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Kenneth M. Curtis	Democratic	February 8, 1931	1967–1975	90 years, 212 days	Term limited.
	Joseph E. Brennan	Democratic	November 2, 1934	1979–1987	86 years, 310 days	Term limited.
	John R. McKernan Jr.	Republican	May 20, 1948	1987–1995	73 years, 111 days	Term limited.
	Angus King	Independent	March 31, 1944	1995–2003	77 years, 161 days	Term limited.
	John Baldacci	Democratic	January 30, 1955	2003–2011	66 years, 221 days	Term limited.
	Paul LePage	Republican	October 9, 1948	2011–2019	72 years, 334 days	Term limited.

Maryland

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Parris Glendening	Democratic	June 11, 1942	1995–2003	79 years, 89 days	Term-limited.
	Bob Ehrlich	Republican	November 25, 1957	2003–2007	63 years, 287 days	Lost reelection to Martin O'Malley.
	Martin O'Malley	Democratic	January 18, 1963	2007–2015	58 years, 233 days	Term-limited.

Massachusetts

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Michael Dukakis	Democratic	November 3, 1933	1975–1979, 1983–1991	87 years, 309 days	Lost renomination to Edward J. King in 1978. Retired in 1990.
	Bill Weld	Republican	July 31, 1945	1991–1997	76 years, 39 days	Weld resigned in 1997 after being nominated to serve as United States Ambassador to Mexico by President Bill Clinton, but was not confirmed by the Senate.
	Jane Swift	Republican	February 24, 1965	2001–2003	56 years, 196 days	Swift served as acting governor after Paul Cellucci resigned after being nominated and confirmed as United States Ambassador to Canada. Did not seek full term.
	Mitt Romney	Republican	March 12, 1947	2003–2007	74 years, 180 days	Retired.
	Deval Patrick	Democratic	July 31, 1956	2007–2015	65 years, 39 days	Retired.

Michigan

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	James Blanchard	Democratic	August 8, 1942	1983–1991	79 years, 31 days	Lost reelection to John Engler.
	John Engler	Republican	October 12, 1948	1991–2003	72 years, 331 days	Term-limited.
	Jennifer Granholm	Democratic	February 5, 1959	2003–2011	62 years, 215 days	Term-limited.
	Rick Snyder	Republican	August 19, 1958	2011–2019	63 years, 20 days	Term-limited.

Minnesota

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)
List	Al Quie	Independent-Republican	September 18, 1923	1979–1983	97 years, 355 days
	Arne Carlson	Independent-Republican, Republican	September 24, 1934	1991–1999	86 years, 349 days
	Jesse Ventura	Reform, Independence	July 15, 1951	1999–2003	70 years, 55 days
	Tim Pawlenty	Republican	November 27, 1960	2003–2011	60 years, 285 days
	Mark Dayton	Democratic–Farmer–Labor	January 26, 1947	2011–2019	74 years, 225 days

Mississippi

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)
List	Ray Mabus	Democratic	October 11, 1948	1988–1992	72 years, 332 days
	Ronnie Musgrove	Democratic	July 29, 1956	2000–2004	65 years, 41 days
	Haley Barbour	Republican	October 22, 1947	2004–2012	73 years, 321 days
	Phil Bryant	Republican	December 9, 1954	2012–2020	66 years, 273 days

Missouri

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Kit Bond	Republican	March 6, 1939	1973–1977, 1981–1985	82 years, 186 days
	John Ashcroft	Republican	May 9, 1942	1985–1993	79 years, 122 days
	Roger B. Wilson	Democratic	October 10, 1948	2000–2001	72 years, 333 days	Wilson took office following the death of Mel Carnahan in office.
	Bob Holden	Democratic	August 24, 1949	2001–2005	72 years, 15 days
	Matt Blunt	Republican	November 20, 1970	2005–2009	50 years, 292 days
	Jay Nixon	Democratic	February 13, 1956	2009–2017	65 years, 207 days
	Eric Greitens	Republican	April 10, 1974	2017–2018	47 years, 151 days	Resigned

Montana

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)
List	Ted Schwinden	Democratic	August 31, 1925	1981–1989	96 years, 8 days
	Marc Racicot	Republican	July 24, 1948	1993–2001	73 years, 46 days
	Brian Schweitzer	Democratic	September 4, 1955	2005–2013	66 years, 4 days
	Steve Bullock	Democratic	April 11, 1966	2013–2021	55 years, 150 days

Nebraska

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Bob Kerrey	Democratic	August 27, 1943	1983–1987	78 years, 12 days
	Kay A. Orr	Republican	January 2, 1939	1987–1991	82 years, 249 days
	Ben Nelson	Democratic	May 17, 1941	1991–1999	80 years, 114 days
	Mike Johanns	Republican	June 18, 1950	1999–2005	71 years, 82 days	Johanns resigned in 2005 after being appointed United States Secretary of Agriculture in the cabinet of President George W. Bush.
	Dave Heineman	Republican	May 12, 1948	2005–2015	73 years, 119 days	Heineman took office after Johanns' resignation and was elected to two full terms in 2006 and 2010.

Nevada

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Robert List	Republican	September 1, 1936	1979–1983	85 years, 7 days
	Richard Bryan	Democratic	July 16, 1937	1983–1989	84 years, 54 days	Bryan resigned in 1989 to take seat in the United States Senate.
	Bob Miller	Democratic	March 30, 1945	1989–1999	76 years, 162 days	Miller took office after Bryan's resignation and was elected to two full terms in 1990 and 1994. Term-limited.
	Jim Gibbons	Republican	December 16, 1944	2007–2011	76 years, 266 days
	Brian Sandoval	Republican	August 5, 1963	2011–2019	58 years, 34 days	Term-limited

New Hampshire

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	John H. Sununu	Republican	July 2, 1939	1983–1989	82 years, 68 days	Withdrew from re-election after being chosen as White House Chief of Staff.
	Judd Gregg	Republican	February 14, 1947	1989–1993	74 years, 206 days	Gregg resigned five days before the expiration of his second term to take seat in the United States Senate.
	Ralph D. Hough	Republican	May 21, 1943	1993	78 years, 110 days	Hough served as acting governor after Gregg's resignation.
	Jeanne Shaheen	Democratic	January 28, 1947	1997–2003	74 years, 223 days
	Craig Benson	Republican	October 8, 1954	2003–2005	66 years, 335 days
	John Lynch	Democratic	November 25, 1952	2005–2013	68 years, 287 days
	Maggie Hassan	Democratic	February 27, 1958	2013–2017	63 years, 193 days	Hassan resigned two days before the expiration of her second term to take seat in the United States Senate.
	Chuck Morse	Republican	November 16, 1960	2017	60 years, 296 days	Morse served as acting governor after Hassan's resignation.

New Jersey

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Thomas Kean	Republican	April 21, 1935	1982–1990	86 years, 140 days
	James Florio	Democratic	August 29, 1937	1990–1994	84 years, 10 days
	Christine Todd Whitman	Republican	September 26, 1946	1994–2001	74 years, 347 days	Resigned to become Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
	Donald DiFrancesco	Republican	November 20, 1944	2001–2002	76 years, 292 days	Became acting governor after Whitman's resignation as President of the New Jersey Senate. Later retroactively considered an official Governor.
	John Farmer Jr.	Republican	June 24, 1957	2002	64 years, 76 days	Acting governor as Attorney General after DiFrancesco's term as Senate President ended.
	John O. Bennett	Republican	August 6, 1948	2002	73 years, 33 days	Acting governor. In early 2002, the state Senate was evenly split between Republicans and Democrats. The compromise to pick a senate president – and therefore, an acting governor – was to have John Bennett, a Republican, act as governor from 1:30 p.m. January 8 to 12:01 a.m. January 12, and Democrat Richard Codey would then act from 12:01 a.m. January 12 to noon on January 15, at which point the elected governor Jim McGreevey took office.
	Richard Codey	Democratic	November 27, 1946	2002, 2004–2006	74 years, 285 days	Acting governor in 2002. Succeeded to office after McGreevey's resignation
	Jim McGreevey	Democratic	August 6, 1957	2002–2004	64 years, 33 days	Resigned
	Jon Corzine	Democratic	January 1, 1947	2006–2010	74 years, 250 days
	Chris Christie	Republican	September 6, 1962	2010–2018	59 years, 2 days

New Mexico

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)
List	Jerry Apodaca	Democratic	October 3, 1934	1975–1979	86 years, 340 days
	Toney Anaya	Democratic	April 29, 1941	1983–1987	80 years, 132 days
	Garrey Carruthers	Republican	August 29, 1939	1987–1991	82 years, 10 days
	Gary Johnson	Republican	January 1, 1953	1995–2003	68 years, 250 days
	Bill Richardson	Democratic	November 15, 1947	2003–2011	73 years, 297 days
	Susana Martinez	Republican	July 14, 1959	2011–2019	62 years, 56 days

New York

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	George Pataki	Republican	June 24, 1945	1995–2006	76 years, 76 days	Retired
	Eliot Spitzer	Democratic	June 10, 1959	2007–2008	62 years, 90 days	Resigned
	David Paterson	Democratic	May 20, 1954	2008–2010	67 years, 111 days	Succeeded upon Spitzer's resignation. Withdrew from election for full term.
	Andrew Cuomo	Democratic	December 6, 1957	2010–2021	63 years, 276 days	Resigned

North Carolina

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Jim Hunt	Democratic	May 16, 1937	1977–1985, 1993–2001	84 years, 115 days	Term-limited.
	James G. Martin	Republican	December 11, 1935	1985–1993	85 years, 271 days	Term-limited.
	Mike Easley	Democratic	March 23, 1950	2001–2009	71 years, 169 days	Term-limited.
	Bev Perdue	Democratic	January 14, 1947	2009–2013	74 years, 237 days	Retired.
	Pat McCrory	Republican	October 17, 1956	2013–2017	64 years, 326 days	Lost reelection to Roy Cooper.

North Dakota

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Allen I. Olson	Republican	November 5, 1938	1981–1985	82 years, 307 days
	Ed Schafer	Republican	August 8, 1946	1992–2000	75 years, 31 days
	John Hoeven	Republican	March 13, 1957	2000–2010	64 years, 179 days	Hoeven resigned in 2010 to take seat in the United States Senate.
	Jack Dalrymple	Republican	October 16, 1948	2010–2016	72 years, 327 days	Dalrymple took office after Hoeven's resignation and was elected to a full term in 2012.

Northern Mariana Islands

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Carlos S. Camacho	Democratic	February 27, 1937	1978–1982	84 years, 193 days
	Juan Babauta	Republican	September 7, 1953	2002–2006	68 years, 1 day
	Benigno Fitial	Republican, Covenant	November 27, 1945	2006–2013	75 years, 285 days	Resigned pending likely impeachment.

Ohio

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Dick Celeste	Democratic	November 11, 1937	1983–1991	83 years, 301 days
	Nancy Hollister	Republican	May 22, 1949	1998–1999	72 years, 109 days	Hollister took office after George Voinovich resigned to take seat in the United States Senate.
	Bob Taft	Republican	January 8, 1942	1999–2007	79 years, 243 days
	Ted Strickland	Democratic	August 4, 1941	2007–2011	80 years, 35 days
	John Kasich	Republican	May 13, 1952	2011–2019	69 years, 118 days

Oklahoma

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	George Nigh	Democratic	June 9, 1927	1963, 1979–1987	94 years, 91 days	First served in 1963 after J. Howard Edmondson resigned to take seat in the United States Senate.
	David Boren	Democratic	April 21, 1941	1975–1979	80 years, 140 days
	David Walters	Democratic	November 20, 1951	1991–1995	69 years, 292 days
	Frank Keating	Republican	February 10, 1944	1995–2003	77 years, 210 days
	Brad Henry	Democratic	July 10, 1963	2003–2011	58 years, 60 days
	Mary Fallin	Republican	December 9, 1954	2011–2019	66 years, 273 days

Oregon

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Neil Goldschmidt	Democratic	June 16, 1940	1987–1991	81 years, 84 days	Retired.
	Barbara Roberts	Democratic	December 21, 1936	1991–1995	84 years, 261 days	Retired.
	John Kitzhaber	Democratic	March 5, 1947	1995–2003, 2011–2015	74 years, 187 days	Term-limited in 2002. Resigned in 2015.
	Ted Kulongoski	Democratic	November 5, 1940	2003–2011	80 years, 307 days	Term-limited.

Pennsylvania

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Tom Ridge	Republican	August 26, 1945	1995–2001	76 years, 13 days	Ridge resigned in 2001 after being appointed Homeland Security Advisor to President George W. Bush.
	Mark Schweiker	Republican	January 31, 1953	2001–2003	68 years, 220 days	Schweiker took office after Ridge's resignation. Did not seek full term.
	Ed Rendell	Democratic	January 5, 1944	2003–2011	77 years, 246 days	Term-limited.
	Tom Corbett	Republican	June 17, 1949	2011–2015	72 years, 83 days	Lost reelection to Tom Wolf.

Puerto Rico

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Pedro Rosselló	New Progressive	April 5, 1944	1993–2001	77 years, 156 days
	Sila María Calderón	Popular Democratic	September 23, 1942	2001–2005	78 years, 350 days
	Aníbal Acevedo Vilá	Popular Democratic	February 13, 1962	2005–2009	59 years, 207 days
	Luis Fortuño	New Progressive	October 31, 1960	2009–2013	60 years, 312 days
	Alejandro García Padilla	Popular Democratic	August 3, 1971	2013–2017	50 years, 36 days
	Ricardo Rosselló	New Progressive	March 7, 1979	2017–2019	42 years, 185 days	Resigned in the wake of a scandal.
	Wanda Vázquez Garced	New Progressive	July 9, 1960	2019–2021	61 years, 61 days

Rhode Island

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Philip Noel	Democratic	June 6, 1931	1973–1977	90 years, 95 days
	Edward D. DiPrete	Republican	July 8, 1934	1985–1991	87 years, 62 days
	Lincoln Almond	Republican	June 16, 1936	1995–2003	85 years, 84 days
	Donald Carcieri	Republican	December 16, 1942	2003–2011	78 years, 266 days
	Lincoln Chafee	Independent, Democratic	March 26, 1953	2011–2015	68 years, 166 days	Chafee joined the Democrats while in office.
	Gina Raimondo	Democratic	May 17, 1971	2015–2021	50 years, 114 days	Raimondo resigned in 2021 after being appointed the United States Secretary of Commerce in the cabinet of President Joe Biden.

South Carolina

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Richard Riley	Democratic	January 2, 1933	1979–1987	88 years, 249 days
	David Beasley	Republican	February 26, 1957	1995–1999	64 years, 194 days
	Jim Hodges	Democratic	November 19, 1956	1999–2003	64 years, 293 days
	Mark Sanford	Republican	May 28, 1960	2003–2011	61 years, 103 days
	Nikki Haley	Republican	January 20, 1972	2011–2017	49 years, 231 days	Haley resigned in 2017 to take office as United States Ambassador to the United Nations.

South Dakota

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Frank Farrar	Republican	April 2, 1929	1969–1971	92 years, 159 days
	Harvey L. Wollman	Democratic	May 14, 1935	1978–1979	86 years, 117 days	Wollman took office after Richard F. Kneip resigned in 1978 to become United States Ambassador to Singapore.
	Mike Rounds	Republican	October 24, 1954	2003–2011	66 years, 319 days
	Dennis Daugaard	Republican	June 11, 1953	2011–2019	68 years, 89 days

Tennessee

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Winfield Dunn	Republican	July 1, 1927	1971–1975	94 years, 69 days	Term limited.
	Lamar Alexander	Republican	July 3, 1940	1979–1987	81 years, 67 days	Term limited.
	Don Sundquist	Republican	March 15, 1936	1995–2003	85 years, 177 days	Term limited.
	Phil Bredesen	Democratic	November 21, 1943	2003–2011	77 years, 291 days	Term limited.
	Bill Haslam	Republican	August 23, 1958	2011–2019	63 years, 16 days	Term limited.

Texas

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	George W. Bush	Republican	July 6, 1946	1995–2000	75 years, 64 days	Bush resigned in 2000 to take office as President of the United States in 2001.
	Rick Perry	Republican	March 4, 1950	2000−2015	71 years, 188 days	Perry took office after Bush's resignation and was elected to three full terms in 2002, 2006, and 2010. Retired.

U.S. Virgin Islands

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)
List	Roy L. Schneider	Republican	May 13, 1939	1995–1999	82 years, 118 days
	Charles Wesley Turnbull	Democratic	February 5, 1935	1999–2007	86 years, 215 days
	John de Jongh	Democratic	November 13, 1957	2007–2015	63 years, 299 days
	Kenneth Mapp	Independent	November 2, 1955	2015–2019	65 years, 310 days

Utah

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Mike Leavitt	Republican	February 11, 1951	1993–2003	70 years, 209 days	Leavitt resigned in 2003 to take office as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
	Jon Huntsman Jr.	Republican	March 26, 1960	2005–2009	61 years, 166 days	Huntsman resigned in 2009 to take office as United States Ambassador to China.
	Gary Herbert	Republican	May 7, 1947	2009–2021	74 years, 124 days	Retired.

Vermont

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Thomas P. Salmon	Democratic	August 19, 1932	1973–1977	89 years, 20 days	Retired.
	Madeleine Kunin	Democratic	September 28, 1933	1985–1991	87 years, 345 days	Retired.
	Howard Dean	Democratic	November 17, 1948	1991–2003	72 years, 295 days	Dean took office following the death of Richard A. Snelling in office and was elected to five full terms in 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, and 2000. Retired.
	Jim Douglas	Republican	June 21, 1951	2003–2011	70 years, 79 days	Retired.
	Peter Shumlin	Democratic	March 24, 1956	2011–2017	65 years, 168 days	Retired.

Virginia

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Linwood Holton	Republican	September 21, 1923	1970–1974	97 years, 352 days	Term limited.
	Chuck Robb	Democratic	June 26, 1939	1982–1986	82 years, 74 days	Term limited.
	Douglas Wilder	Democratic	January 17, 1931	1990–1994	90 years, 234 days	Term limited.
	George Allen	Republican	March 8, 1952	1994–1998	69 years, 184 days	Term limited.
	Jim Gilmore	Republican	October 6, 1949	1998–2002	71 years, 337 days	Term limited.
	Mark Warner	Democratic	December 15, 1954	2002–2006	66 years, 267 days	Term limited.
	Tim Kaine	Democratic	February 26, 1958	2006–2010	63 years, 194 days	Term limited.
	Bob McDonnell	Republican	June 15, 1954	2010–2014	67 years, 85 days	Term limited.
	Terry McAuliffe	Democratic	February 9, 1957	2014–2018	64 years, 211 days	Term limited.

Washington

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)
List	Daniel J. Evans	Republican	October 16, 1925	1965–1977	95 years, 327 days
	Gary Locke	Democratic	January 21, 1950	1997–2005	71 years, 230 days
	Christine Gregoire	Democratic	March 24, 1947	2005–2013	74 years, 168 days

West Virginia

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Jay Rockefeller	Democratic	June 18, 1937	1977–1985	84 years, 82 days
	Gaston Caperton	Democratic	February 21, 1940	1989–1997	81 years, 199 days
	Bob Wise	Democratic	January 6, 1948	2001–2005	73 years, 245 days
	Joe Manchin	Democratic	August 24, 1947	2005–2010	74 years, 15 days	Manchin resigned in 2010 to take seat in the United States Senate.
	Earl Ray Tomblin	Democratic	March 15, 1952	2010–2017	69 years, 177 days	Tomblin became acting governor after Manchin's resignation and was elected governor to complete the remaining term in a special election in 2011 and to a full term in 2012.

Wisconsin

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Martin J. Schreiber	Democratic	April 8, 1939	1977–1979	82 years, 153 days	Schreiber took office after Patrick Lucey resigned in 1977 to become United States Ambassador to Mexico.
	Tony Earl	Democratic	April 12, 1936	1983–1987	85 years, 149 days
	Tommy Thompson	Republican	November 19, 1941	1987–2001	79 years, 293 days	Thompson resigned in 2001 after being appointed United States Secretary of Health and Human Services by President George W. Bush.
	Scott McCallum	Republican	May 2, 1950	2001–2003	71 years, 129 days	McCallum took office after Thompson's resignation.
	Jim Doyle	Democratic	November 23, 1945	2003–2011	75 years, 289 days
	Scott Walker	Republican	November 2, 1967	2011–2019	53 years, 310 days

Wyoming

List	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
List	Mike Sullivan	Democratic	September 22, 1939	1987–1995	81 years, 351 days	Term limited.
	Jim Geringer	Republican	April 24, 1944	1995–2003	77 years, 137 days	Term limited.
	Dave Freudenthal	Democratic	October 12, 1950	2003–2011	70 years, 331 days	Term limited.
	Matt Mead	Republican	March 11, 1962	2011–2019	59 years, 181 days	Term limited.

Other notes

In Minnesota, "Democratic-Farmer-Labor" is not a third party, but the Minnesota equivalent of the Democratic Party. In Minnesota, "Independent-Republican" was once used for the Minnesota equivalent of the Republican Party (see Republican Party of Minnesota).

In North Dakota, "Democratic-NPL" is not a third party, but the North Dakota equivalent of the Democratic Party. The full name for the party is the North Dakota Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party.

Third parties are linked only if they refer to specific third parties, and not just "independent" in general.

Puerto Rico operates under a different party system than the rest of the United States; however politicians of either party may affiliate also with the national Democratic or Republican parties.