List of Governors of California
Governors
California was obtained by the United States in the Mexican Cession following the Mexican–American War. Unlike most other states, it was never organized as a territory, and was admitted as the 31st state on September 9, 1850.

List of Governors of California

Section Title: Governors
Table Section Text: California was obtained by the United States in the Mexican Cession following the Mexican–American War. Unlike most other states, it was never organized as a territory, and was admitted as the 31st state on September 9, 1850.

No.	Governor	Term in office	Party	Election	Lt. Governor

1	-	Peter Hardeman Burnett	December 20, 1849 – January 9, 1851 (resigned)	Democratic	1849	John McDougal

2	-	John McDougal	January 9, 1851 – January 8, 1852 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	David C. Broderick (acting)

3	-	John Bigler	January 8, 1852 – January 9, 1856 (lost election)	Democratic	1851	Samuel Purdy

1853

4	-	J. Neely Johnson	January 9, 1856 – January 8, 1858 (not candidate for election)	American	1855	Robert M. Anderson

5	-	John B. Weller	January 8, 1858 – January 9, 1860 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1857	Joseph Walkup

6	-	Milton Latham	January 9, 1860 – January 14, 1860 (resigned)	Democratic	1859	John G. Downey

7	-	John G. Downey	January 14, 1860 – January 10, 1862 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	Isaac N. Quinn (acting) (term ended January 7, 1861)

Pablo de la Guerra (acting)

8	-	Leland Stanford	January 10, 1862 – December 10, 1863 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1861	John F. Chellis

9	-	Frederick Low	December 10, 1863 – December 5, 1867 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1863	Tim N. Machin

10	-	Henry Huntly Haight	December 5, 1867 – December 8, 1871 (lost election)	Democratic	1867	William Holden

11	-	Newton Booth	December 8, 1871 – February 27, 1875 (resigned)	Republican	1871	Romualdo Pacheco

12	-	Romualdo Pacheco	February 27, 1875 – December 9, 1875 (not candidate for election)	Republican	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	William Irwin (acting)

13	-	William Irwin	December 9, 1875 – January 8, 1880 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1875	James A. Johnson

14	-	George Clement Perkins	January 8, 1880 – January 10, 1883 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1879	John Mansfield

15	-	George Stoneman	January 10, 1883 – January 8, 1887 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1882	John Daggett

16	-	Washington Bartlett	January 8, 1887 – September 12, 1887 (died in office)	Democratic	1886	Robert Waterman

17	-	Robert Waterman	September 12, 1887 – January 8, 1891 (not candidate for election)	Republican	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	Stephen M. White (acting)

18	-	Henry Markham	January 8, 1891 – January 11, 1895 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1890	John B. Reddick

19	-	James Budd	January 11, 1895 – January 4, 1899 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1894	Spencer G. Millard (died October 24, 1895)

William T. Jeter

20	-	Henry Gage	January 4, 1899 – January 7, 1903 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1898	Jacob H. Neff

21	-	George Pardee	January 7, 1903 – January 9, 1907 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1902	Alden Anderson

22	-	James Gillett	January 9, 1907 – January 3, 1911 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1906	Warren R. Porter

23	-	Hiram Johnson	January 3, 1911 – March 15, 1917 (resigned)	Republican	1910	Albert Joseph Wallace

Progressive	1914	John M. Eshleman (died February 28, 1916)

Vacant

William Stephens (took office July 22, 1916)

24	-	William Stephens	March 15, 1917 – January 8, 1923 (not candidate for election)	Republican	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	Vacant

1918	C. C. Young

25	-	Friend Richardson	January 8, 1923 – January 4, 1927 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1922

26	-	C. C. Young	January 4, 1927 – January 6, 1931 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1926	Buron Fitts (resigned November 30, 1928)

Vacant

Herschel L. Carnahan (appointed December 4, 1928)

27	-	James Rolph	January 6, 1931 – June 2, 1934 (died in office)	Republican	1930	Frank Merriam

28	-	Frank Merriam	June 2, 1934 – January 2, 1939 (lost election)	Republican	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	Vacant

1934	George J. Hatfield

29	-	Culbert Olson	January 2, 1939 – January 4, 1943 (lost election)	Democratic	1938	Ellis E. Patterson

30	-	Earl Warren	January 4, 1943 – October 5, 1953 (resigned)	Republican	1942	Frederick F. Houser

1946	Goodwin Knight

1950

31	-	Goodwin Knight	October 5, 1953 – January 5, 1959 (not candidate for election)	Republican	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	Harold J. Powers

1954

32	-	Pat Brown	January 5, 1959 – January 2, 1967 (lost election)	Democratic	1958	Glenn M. Anderson

1962

33	Ronald Reagan with cowboy hat 12-0071M original.tif	Ronald Reagan	January 2, 1967 – January 6, 1975 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1966	Robert Finch (resigned January 8, 1969)

Edwin Reinecke (resigned October 2, 1974)

1970

John L. Harmer

34	-	Jerry Brown	January 6, 1975 – January 3, 1983 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1974	Mervyn M. Dymally

1978	Michael Curb

35	-	George Deukmejian	January 3, 1983 – January 7, 1991 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1982	Leo T. McCarthy

1986

36	Pete Wilson meeting with Les Aspin, Feb 3, 1993 - cropped to Wilson.JPEG	Pete Wilson	January 7, 1991 – January 4, 1999 (term limited)	Republican	1990

1994	Gray Davis

37	-	Gray Davis	January 4, 1999 – November 17, 2003 (recalled)	Democratic	1998	Cruz Bustamante

2002

38	-	Arnold Schwarzenegger	November 17, 2003 – January 3, 2011 (term limited)	Republican	2003 (special)

2006	John Garamendi (resigned November 3, 2009)

Mona Pasquil (acting)

Abel Maldonado (appointed April 27, 2010)

39	-	Jerry Brown	January 3, 2011 – January 7, 2019 (term limited)	Democratic	2010

Gavin Newsom (took office January 10, 2011)

2014

40	-	Gavin Newsom	January 7, 2019 – present	Democratic	2018	Eleni Kounalakis

Sentence(s)

Pardee was the 21st Governor of California, serving from January 7, 1903 to January 9, 1907.
Pardee is the 21st Governor of California, holding office from January 7, 1903 to January 9, 1907.
As the 21st Governor of California, George Pardee held the office from January 7, 1903, to January 9, 1907.

final_sentence: Pardee was the 21st Governor of California, serving from January 7, 1903 to January 9, 1907.
final_sentence: Pardee is the 21st Governor of California, holding office from January 7, 1903 to January 9, 1907.
final_sentence: As the 21st Governor of California, George Pardee held the office from January 7, 1903, to January 9, 1907.