# List of first gentlemen in the United States

In the United States, the title of first gentleman may be accorded to a man who is married to the head of state of a state government, analogously to the unofficial use of first lady for the wife or hostess of a head of state, including the wife of the president of the United States. Doug Emhoff became the first second gentleman of the United States when his wife Kamala Harris became vice president in 2021.
The first man to formally serve as first gentleman was James E. Ferguson in 1925, a former governor of Texas who was forced from office due to corruption charges, and whose wife Miriam A. Ferguson later won the office. The first man to serve as first gentleman without having previously served as governor was Thomas Grasso in 1975, husband of Connecticut governor Ella T. Grasso. In 2019, Colorado governor Jared Polis' husband Marlon Reis (who at the time was his partner), became the first same-sex partner to receive the title of First Gentleman (in addition to being the first same-sex partner of a sitting governor).
Even though Arizona has had the most female governors of any U.S. state with five, only three of these governors were married to a first gentleman while in office. Six states have had more than one first gentleman: New Hampshire with four, Arizona and Kansas with three, and Connecticut, Michigan, and Oregon, all numbering two.

## First gentlemen by state

| State | First Gentleman | Started role | Governor |
| Alabama | George Wallace | 1967 | Lurleen Wallace |
| Alaska | Todd Palin | 2006 | Sarah Palin |
| Arizona | Terry Hull | 1997 | Jane Dee Hull |
| Arizona | John Brewer | 2009 | Jan Brewer |
| Arizona | Patrick Goodman* | 2023 | Katie Hobbs |
| Arkansas | Bryan Sanders$^*$ | 2023 | Sarah Huckabee Sanders |
| Colorado | Marlon Reis$^*$ | 2019 | Jared Polis |
| Connecticut | Thomas Grasso | 1975 | Ella T. Grasso |
| Connecticut | Lou Rell | 2004 | Jodi Rell |
| Delaware | Dana Long | 2025 | Bethany Hall-Long |
| Iowa | Kevin Reynolds$^*$ | 2017 | Kim Reynolds |
| Kansas | Spencer Finney Jr. | 1991 | Joan Finney |
| Kansas | K. Gary Sebelius | 2003 | Kathleen Sebelius |
| Kansas | Ted Daughety$^*$ | 2019 | Laura Kelly |
| Kentucky | Bill Collins | 1983 | Martha Layne Collins |
| Louisiana | Raymond Blanco | 2004 | Kathleen Blanco |
| Massachusetts | Chuck Hunt | 2001 | Jane Swift (acting) |
| Michigan | Daniel Mulhern | 2003 | Jennifer Granholm |
| Michigan | Marc Mallory$^*$ | 2019 | Gretchen Whitmer |
| Montana | Harry Martz | 2001 | Judy Martz |
| Nebraska | Bill Orr | 1987 | Kay A. Orr |
| New Hampshire | Albert L. Roy | 1982 | Vesta M. Roy (acting) |
| New Hampshire | Bill Shaheen | 1997 | Jeanne Shaheen |
| New Hampshire | Thomas Hassan | 2013 | Maggie Hassan |
| New Hampshire | Joseph Daley* | 2025 | Kelly Ayotte |
| New Jersey | John Whitman | 1994 | Christine Todd Whitman |
| New Mexico | Chuck Franco | 2011 | Susana Martinez |
| New Mexico | Manuel Cordova* | 2022 | Michelle Lujan Grisham |
| New York | William J. Hochul Jr.* | 2021 | Kathy Hochul |
| North Carolina | Bob Eaves | 2009 | Bev Perdue |
| Ohio | Jeff Hollister | 1998 | Nancy Hollister |
| Oklahoma | Wade Christensen | 2011 | Mary Fallin |
| Oregon | Frank L. Roberts | 1991 | Barbara Roberts |
| Oregon | Dan Little | 2015 | Kate Brown |
| Rhode Island | Andrew Moffit | 2015 | Gina Raimondo |
| South Carolina | Michael Haley | 2011 | Nikki Haley |
| South Dakota | Bryon Noem | 2019 | Kristi Noem |
| Texas | James E. Ferguson | 1925 | Miriam A. Ferguson |
| Utah | Myron Walker | 2003 | Olene Walker |
| Vermont | Arthur Kunin | 1985 | Madeleine Kunin |
| Washington | Michael Gregoire | 2005 | Christine Gregoire |
$^*$ Currently serving

## First gentlemen by U.S. territory

| Territory | First Gentleman | Started role | Governor/Mayor |
| Guam | Jeffrey Cook$^*$ | 2019 | Lou Leon Guerrero |
| Puerto Rico | Adolfo Krans Ramón Cantero Frau | 2001 2003 | Sila María Calderón |
| Puerto Rico | Jorge Díaz Reverón | 2019 | Wanda Vázquez Garced |
| Puerto Rico | José Yovin Vargas* | 2025 | Jenniffer González-Colón |
| District of Columbia | James R. Kelly | 1991 | Sharon Pratt Kelly |
$^*$ Currently serving