This list provides comprehensive information about governors of California, including their terms in office, party affiliations, and the elections they won. The list is available in various file formats such as MS Excel, CSV, PDF, and a compressed file containing all formats.
S.No.,Governor,Term of Office,Party,Election1,"Peter Hardeman Burnett(18071895)","December 21, 1849January 9, 1851(resigned)",Nonpartisan,18492,"John McDougal(18181866)","January 9, 1851January 8, 1852(did not run)",Nonpartisan,"Succeeded fromlieutenantgovernor"3,"John Bigler(18051871)","January 8, 1852January 9, 1856(lost election)",Democratic,"18511853"4,"J. Neely Johnson(18251872)","January 9, 1856January 8, 1858(did not run)",American,18555,"John B. Weller(18121875)","January 8, 1858January 9, 1860(did not run)",Democratic,18576,"Milton Latham(18271882)","January 9, 1860January 14, 1860(resigned)",Democratic,18597,"John G. Downey(18271894)","January 14, 1860January 10, 1862(did not run)",Democratic,"Succeeded fromlieutenantgovernor"8,"Leland Stanford(18241893)","January 10, 1862December 10, 1863(did not run)",Republican,18619,"Frederick Low(18281894)","December 10, 1863December 5, 1867(did not run)",Union,186310,"Henry Huntly Haight(18251878)","December 5, 1867December 8, 1871(lost election)",Democratic,186711,"Newton Booth(18251892)","December 8, 1871February 27, 1875(resigned)",Republican,187112,"Romualdo Pacheco(18311899)","February 27, 1875December 9, 1875(did not run)",Republican,"Succeeded fromlieutenantgovernor"13,"William Irwin(18271886)","December 9, 1875January 8, 1880(did not run)",Democratic,187514,"George Clement Perkins(18391923)","January 8, 1880January 10, 1883(did not run)",Republican,187915,"George Stoneman(18221894)","January 10, 1883January 8, 1887(did not run)",Democratic,188216,"Washington Bartlett(18241887)","January 8, 1887September 12, 1887(died in office)",Democratic,188617,"Robert Waterman(18261891)","September 12, 1887January 8, 1891(did not run)",Republican,"Succeeded fromlieutenantgovernor"18,"Henry Markham(18401923)","January 8, 1891January 11, 1895(did not run)",Republican,189019,"James Budd(18511908)","January 11, 1895January 4, 1899(did not run)",Democratic,189420,"Henry Tifft Gage(18521924)","January 4, 1899January 7, 1903(lost nomination)",Republican,189821,"George Pardee(18571941)","January 7, 1903January 9, 1907(lost nomination)",Republican,190222,"James Gillett(18601937)","January 9, 1907January 3, 1911(did not run)",Republican,190623,"Hiram Johnson(18661945)","January 3, 1911March 15, 1917(resigned)","RepublicanProgressive","19101914"24,"William Stephens(18591944)","March 15, 1917January 9, 1923(lost nomination)",Republican,"Succeeded fromlieutenantgovernor1918"25,"Friend Richardson(18651943)","January 9, 1923January 4, 1927(lost nomination)",Republican,192226,"C. C. Young(18691947)","January 4, 1927January 6, 1931(lost nomination)",Republican,192627,"James Rolph(18691934)","January 6, 1931June 2, 1934(died in office)",Republican,193028,"Frank Merriam(18651955)","June 2, 1934January 2, 1939(lost election)",Republican,"Succeeded fromlieutenantgovernor1934"29,"Culbert Olson(18761962)","January 2, 1939January 4, 1943(lost election)",Democratic,193830,"Earl Warren(18911974)","January 4, 1943October 5, 1953(resigned)",Republican,"194219461950"31,"Goodwin Knight(18961970)","October 5, 1953January 5, 1959(did not run)",Republican,"Succeeded fromlieutenantgovernor1954"32,"Pat Brown(19051996)","January 5, 1959January 2, 1967(lost election)",Democratic,"19581962"33,"Ronald Reagan(19112004)","January 2, 1967January 6, 1975(did not run)",Republican,"19661970"34,"Jerry Brown(b. 1938)","January 6, 1975January 3, 1983(did not run)",Democratic,"19741978"35,"George Deukmejian(19282018)","January 3, 1983January 7, 1991(did not run)",Republican,"19821986"36,"Pete Wilson(b. 1933)","January 7, 1991January 4, 1999(term-limited)",Republican,"19901994"37,"Gray Davis(b. 1942)","January 4, 1999November 17, 2003(recalled)",Democratic,"19982002"38,"Arnold Schwarzenegger(b. 1947)","November 17, 2003January 3, 2011(term-limited)",Republican,"2003(special)2006"39,"Jerry Brown(b. 1938)","January 3, 2011January 7, 2019(term-limited)",Democratic,"20102014"40,"Gavin Newsom(b. 1967)","January 7, 2019Incumbent",Democratic,"20182021 (special)2022",,,,https://www.downloadexcelfiles.com/,,,,