A list of governors from the state of California.[1][2]
Spanish Military Governors of California Nueva
| Name |
Years
|
| Gaspar de Portola
|
1769-1770
|
| Pedro Fages
|
1770-1774
|
| Fernando Rivera y Moncada
|
1774-1777
|
Spanish Governors of Las Californias
| Name |
Years
|
| Felipe de Neve
|
1777-1782
|
| Pedro Fages
|
1782-1791
|
| Jose Antonio Romeu
|
1791-1792
|
| Jose Joaquin de Arrillaga
|
1792-1794, 1800-1804
|
| Diego de Borica
|
1794-1800
|
| Pere d'Alberni i Teixidor
|
1800
|
Spanish Governors of Alta California
| Name |
Years
|
| Jose Joaquin de Arillaga
|
1804-1814
|
| Jose Dario Arguello
|
1814-1815
|
| Pablo Vicente de Sola
|
1815-1822
|
Mexican Governors of Alta California
| Name |
Years
|
| Luis Antonio Arguello
|
1822-1825
|
| Jose Maria de Echeandia
|
1825-1831
|
| Manuel Victoria
|
1831-1832
|
| Pio Pico
|
1832, 1845-1846
|
| Agustin V. Zamorano
|
1832-1833 (North)
|
| Jose Maria de Echeandia
|
1832-1833 (South)
|
| Jose Figueroa
|
1833-1835
|
| Jose Castro
|
1835
|
| Nicolas Gutierrez
|
1836
|
| Mariano Chico
|
1836
|
| Juan Bautista Alvarado
|
1836-1837, 1838-1842
|
| Carlos Antonio Carillo
|
1837-1838
|
| Manuel Micheltorina
|
1842-1845
|
| Jose Maria Flores[3]
|
1846-1847
|
| Andres Pico[4]
|
1847
|
President of the Republic of California
| Name |
Years
|
| William B. Ide
|
1846
|
United States Military Governors of California
| Name |
Years
|
| John Drake Sloat
|
1846
|
| Robert Field Stockton
|
1846-1847
|
| John C. Fremont
|
1847
|
| Stephen W. Kearny
|
1847
|
| Richard Barnes Mason
|
1847-1849
|
| Persifor Frazer Smith
|
1849
|
| Bennett C. Riley
|
1849
|
State Governors of California
| Name |
Party |
Years
|
| Peter Burnett
|
Independent Democrat
|
1849-1851
|
| John McDougall
|
Independent Democrat
|
1851-1852
|
| John Bigler
|
Democrat
|
1852-1856
|
| J. Neeley Johnson
|
Know Nothing
|
1856-1858
|
| John Weller
|
Democrat
|
1858-1860
|
| Milton Latham
|
Lecompton Democrat
|
1860
|
| John Downey
|
Lecompton Democrat
|
1860-1862
|
| Leland Stanford
|
Republican
|
1862-1863
|
| Frederick Low
|
Unionist
|
1863-1867
|
| Henry Haight
|
Democrat
|
1867-1871
|
| Newton Booth
|
Republican
|
1871-1875
|
| Romualdo Pacheco
|
Republican
|
1875
|
| William Irwin
|
Democrat
|
1875-1880
|
| George Perkins
|
Republican
|
1880-1883
|
| George Stoneman
|
Democrat
|
1883-1887
|
| Washington Bartlett
|
Democrat
|
1887
|
| Robert Waterman
|
Republican
|
1887-1891
|
| Henry Markham
|
Republican
|
1891-1895
|
| James Budd
|
Democrat
|
1895-1899
|
| Henry Gage
|
Republican
|
1899-1903
|
| George Pardee
|
Republican
|
1903-1907
|
| James Gillett
|
Republican
|
1907-1911
|
| Hiram Johnson
|
Republican
|
1911-1917
|
| William Stevens
|
Republican
|
1917-1923
|
| Friend Richardson
|
Republican
|
1923-1927
|
| C. C. Young
|
Republican
|
1927-1931
|
| James Rolph
|
Republican
|
1931-1934
|
| Frank Merriam
|
Republican
|
1934-1939
|
| Culbert Olson
|
Democrat
|
1939-1943
|
| Earl Warren
|
Republican
|
1943-1953
|
| Goodwin Knight
|
Republican
|
1953-1959
|
| Edmund G. "Pat" Brown
|
Democrat
|
1959-1967
|
| Ronald Reagan
|
Republican
|
1967-1975
|
| Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown, Jr.
|
Democrat
|
1975-1983
|
| George Deukmejian
|
Republican
|
1983-1991
|
| Pete Wilson
|
Republican
|
1991-1999
|
| Gray Davis
|
Democrat
|
1999-2003
|
| Arnold Schwarzenegger
|
Republican
|
2003-2011
|
| Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown, Jr.
|
Republican
|
2011-present
|
See also
Notes