List of Lieutenant Governors of Michigan
List of lieutenant governors
Parties Democratic (18) Republican (43) Whig (3)

List of Lieutenant Governors of Michigan

Section Title: List of lieutenant governors
Table Section Text: Parties Democratic (18) Republican (43) Whig (3)

#	Lieutenant Governor	Term in office	Political Party	Governor(s)

1	Edward Mundy	1835–1840	Democratic	Stevens T. Mason (D)

2	James Wright Gordon	1840–1841	Whig	William Woodbridge (W)

3	Thomas J. Drake	1841–1842	Whig	James Wright Gordon (W)

4	Origen D. Richardson	1842–1846	Whig

5	William L. Greenly	1846–1847	Democratic

6	Charles P. Bush	1847–1848	Democratic

7	William M. Fenton	1848–1852	Democratic

8	Calvin Britain	1852–1853	Democratic

9	Andrew Parsons	1853	Democratic	Robert McClelland (D)

10	George Griswold	1853–1855	Democratic	Andres Parsons (D)

11	George Coe	1855–1859	Republican	Kinsley S. Bingham (R)

12	Edmund B. Fairfield	1859–1861	Republican	Moses Wisner (R)

13	James M. Birney	1861	Republican	Austin Blair (R)

14	Joseph R. Williams	1861	Republican	Austin Blair (R)

15	Henry T. Backus	1861–1863	Republican	Austin Blair (R)

16	Charles S. May	1863–1865	Republican	Austin Blair (R)

17	Ebenezer O. Grosvenor	1865–1867	Republican	Henry H. Crapo (R)

18	Dwight May	1867–1869	Republican	Henry H. Crapo (R)

19	Morgan Bates	1869–1873	Republican	Henry P. Baldwin (R)

20	Henry H. Holt	1873–1877	Republican

21	Alonzo Sessions	1877–1881	Republican	Charles Croswell (R)

22	Moreau S. Crosby	1881–1885	Republican	David Jerome (R) Josiah Begole (D)

23	Archibald Buttars	1885–1887	Republican	Russell A. Alger (R)

24	James H. MacDonald	1887–1889	Republican	Cyrus G. Luce (R)

25	William Ball	1889–1891	Republican	Cyrus G. Luce (R)

26	John Strong	1891–1893	Democratic	Edwin B. Winans (D)

27	J. Wight Giddings	1893–1895	Republican	John T. Rich (R)

28	Alfred Milnes	1895	Republican	John T. Rich (R)

29	Joseph R. McLaughlin	1895–1897	Republican	John T. Rich (R)

30	Thomas B. Dunstan	1897–1899	Republican	Hazen S. Pingree (R)

31	Orrin W. Robinson	1899–1903	Republican	Hazen S. Pingree (R) Aaron T. Bliss (R)

32	Alexander Maitland	1903–1907	Republican	Aaron T. Bliss (R) Fred M. Warner (R)

33	Patrick H. Kelley	1907–1911	Republican	Fred M. Warner (R)

34	John Q. Ross	1911–1915	Republican	Chase S. Osborn (R) Woodbridge N. Ferris (D)

35	Luren D. Dickinson	1915–1921	Republican	Woodbridge N. Ferris (D) Albert E. Sleeper (R)

36	Thomas Read	1921–1925	Republican	Alex Groesbeck (R)

37	George W. Welsh	1925–1927	Republican	Alex Groesbeck (R)

38	Luren D. Dickinson	1927–1933	Republican	Fred W. Green (R) Wilber M. Brucker (R)

39	Allen E. Stebbins	1933–1935	Democratic	William A. Comstock (D)

40	Thomas Read	1935–1937	Republican	Frank Fitzgerald (R)

41	Leo J. Nowicki	1937–1939	Democratic	Frank Murphy (D)

42	Luren D. Dickinson	1939	Republican	Frank Fitzgerald (R)

Office vacant 1939–1940

43	Matilda Dodge Wilson	1940–1941	Republican	Luren D. Dickinson (R)

44	Frank Murphy	1941–1943	Democratic	Murray Van Wagoner (D)

45	Eugene C. Keyes	1943–1945	Republican	Harry F. Kelly (R)

46	Vernon J. Brown	1945–1947	Republican	Harry F. Kelly (R)

47	Eugene C. Keyes	1947–1949	Republican	Kim Sigler (R)

48	John W. Connolly	1949–1951	Democratic	G. Mennen Williams (D)

49	William C. Vandenberg	1951–1953	Republican	G. Mennen Williams (D)

50	Clarence A. Reid	1953–1955	Republican	G. Mennen Williams (D)

51	Philip A. Hart	1955–1959	Democratic	G. Mennen Williams (D)

52	John B. Swainson	1959–1961	Democratic	G. Mennen Williams (D)

53	T. John Lesinski	1961–1965	Democratic	John B. Swainson (D) George W. Romney (R)

54	William G. Milliken	1965–1969	Republican	George W. Romney (R)

55	Thomas F. Schweigert	1970–1971	Republican	William G. Milliken (R)

56	James H. Brickley	1971–1975	Republican	William G. Milliken (R)

57	James Damman	1975–1979	Republican	William G. Milliken (R)

58	James H. Brickley	1979–1983	Republican	William G. Milliken (R)

59	Martha W. Griffiths	1983–1991	Democratic	James Blanchard (D)

60	Connie Binsfeld	1991–1999	Republican	John Engler (R)

61	Dick Posthumus	1999–2003	Republican	John Engler (R)

62	John D. Cherry, Jr.	2003–2011	Democratic	Jennifer Granholm (D)

63	Brian Calley	2011–2019	Republican	Rick Snyder (R)

64	Garlin Gilchrist	2019–present	Democratic	Gretchen Whitmer (D)

Sentence(s)

May was elected the 16th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan and served from 1863 to 1865.

final_sentence: May was elected the 16th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan and served from 1863 to 1865.