List of Governors of California

Table of contents

1 Spanish Governors of Alta California, 1804-1822 2 Mexican Governors of Alta California, 1822-1847 3 President of the California Republic, June-July 1846 4 American Military Governors of California, 1846-1849 5 Governor of the Territory of California, 1849-1850 6 Governors of the State of California, 1850-present 7 External links

Spanish Governors of Alta California, 1804-1822

• 1804-1814: José Joaquín de Arillaga
• 1814-1815: José Darío Argüllo (acting)
• 1815-1822: Pablo Vicente Solá

Mexican Governors of Alta California, 1822-1847

• 1822-1825: Luis Antonio Argüello
• 1825-1831: José Maria de Echeandía
• 1831-1832: Manuel Victoria
• 1832: Pio Pico
• 1832-1833: Augustín Zamorano and José Maria de Echeandía
• 1833-1835: José Figueroa
• 1835-1836: José Castro (acting)
• 1836: Nicolas Gutierrez (acting)
• 1836: Mariano Chico
• 1836: Nicolas Gutierrez (acting)
• 1836-1842: Juan B. Alvarado
• 1842-1845: Manuel Micheltoreno
• 1845-1846: Pio Pico
• 1846-1847: José María Flores (in opposition to the US in Los Angeles)
• 1847: Andrés Pico (in opposition to the U.S. in Los Angeles)

(see also Governor of Baja California for Baja California, which remains part of Mexico)

President of the California Republic, June-July 1846

• 1846: William Brown Ide (in Sonoma)

American Military Governors of California, 1846-1849

• 1846: John Drake Sloat
• 1846-1847: Robert Field Stockton
• 1847: John C. Fremont
• 1847: Stephen W. Kearny
• 1847-1849: Richard Barnes Mason (acting)
• 1849: Persifor Frazer Smith
• 1849: Bennett Riley

Governor of the Territory of California, 1849-1850

• 1849-1850: Peter Burnett (Democrat)

Governors of the State of California, 1850-present

• 1849-1851: Peter Burnett (Democrat)
• 1851-1852: John McDougall (Democrat)
• 1852-1856: John Bigler (Democrat)
• 1856-1858: J. Neeley Johnson (American)
• 1858-1860: John Weller (Democrat)
• 1860-1860: Milton Latham (Democrat)
• 1860-1862: John Downey (Democrat)
• 1862-1863: Leland Stanford (Republican)
• 1863-1867: Frederick Low (Unionist)
• 1867-1871: Henry Haight (Democrat)
• 1871-1875: Newton Booth (Republican)
• 1875-1875: Romualdo Pacheco (Republican, acting)
• 1875-1880: William Irwin (Democrat)
• 1880-1883: George Perkins (Republican)
• 1883-1887: George Stoneman (Democrat)
• 1887-1887: Washington Bartlett (Democrat)
• 1887-1891: Robert Waterman (Republican)
• 1891-1895: Henry Markham (Republican)
• 1895-1899: James Budd (Democrat)
• 1899-1903: Henry Gage (Republican)
• 1903-1907: George Pardee (Republican)
• 1907-1911: James Gillett (Republican)
• 1911-1918: Hiram W. Johnson (Republican)
• 1917-1923: William Stephens (Republican)
• 1923-1927: Friend Richardson (Republican)
• 1927-1931: C. C. Young (Republican)
• 1931-1934: James Rolph (Republican)
• 1934-1939: Frank Merriam (Republican)
• 1939-1943: Culburt Olson (Democrat)
• 1943-1953: Earl Warren (Republican)
• 1953-1959: Goodwin Knight (Republican)
• 1959-1967: Pat Brown (Democrat)
• 1967-1975: Ronald Reagan (Republican)
• 1975-1983: Jerry Brown (Democrat)
• 1983-1991: George Deukmejian (Republican)
• 1991-1999: Pete Wilson (Republican)
• 1999-present: Gray Davis (Democrat)

External links

• List of Governors of California when California Belonged to Mexico
• List of Governors of California