View a list of California governors since 1849
Governor Peter Hardeman Burnett
Term: 1849 - 1851
Party: Independent Democrat
Governor John McDougal
Term: 1851 - 1852
Party: Independent Democrat
Governor John Bigler
Term: 1852 - 1856
Party: Democratic
Governor John Neely Johnson
Term: 1856 - 1858
Party: American (Know-Nothing)
Governor John B. Weller
Term: 1858 - 1860
Party: Democratic
Governor Milton Slocum Latham
Term: 1860 - 1860
Party: Democratic
Governor John G. Downey
Term: 1860 - 1862
Party: Democratic
Governor Amasa Leland Stanford
Term: 1862 - 1863
Party: Republican
Governor Frederick Ferdinand Low
Term: 1863 - 1867
Party: Union
Governor Henry Huntly Haight
Term: 1867 - 1871
Party: Republican, Democratic
Governor Newton Booth
Term: 1871 - 1875
Party: Republican
Governor Romualdo Pacheco
Term: 1875 - 1875
Party: Republican
Governor William Irwin
Term: 1875 - 1880
Party: Democratic
Governor George Clement Perkins
Term: 1880 - 1883
Party: Republican
Governor George Stoneman
Term: 1883 - 1887
Party: Democratic
Governor Washington Bartlett
Term: 1887 - 1887
Party: Democratic
Governor Robert Whitney Waterman
Term: 1887 - 1891
Party: Republican
Governor Henry Harrison Markham
Term: 1891 - 1895
Party: Republican
Governor James Herbert Budd
Term: 1895 - 1899
Party: Democratic
Governor Henry Tifft Gage
Term: 1899 - 1903
Party: Republican
Governor George Cooper Pardee
Term: 1903 - 1907
Party: Progressive, Republican
Governor James Norris Gillett
Term: 1907 - 1911
Party: Republican
Governor Hiram Warren Johnson
Term: 1911 - 1917
Party: Republican, Progressive
Governor William Dennison Stephens
Term: 1917 - 1923
Party: Republican
Governor Friend William Richardson
Term: 1923 - 1927
Party: Republican
Governor Clement Calhoun Young
Term: 1927 - 1931
Party: Republican
Governor James Rolph
Term: 1931 - 1934
Party: Republican
Governor Frank Finley Merriam
Term: 1934 - 1939
Party: Republican
Governor Culbert L. Olson
Term: 1939 - 1943
Party: Democratic
Governor Earl Warren
Term: 1943 - 1953
Party: Republican
Governor Goodwin Jess Knight
Term: 1953 - 1959
Party: Republican
Governor Edmund G. "Pat" Brown
Term: 1959 - 1967
Party: Democratic
Governor Ronald Reagan
Term: 1967 - 1975
Party: Democrat, Republican
Governor Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown Jr.
Term: 1975 - 1983
Party: Democratic
Governor George Deukmejian
Term: 1983 - 1991
Party: Republican
Governor Pete Wilson
Term: 1991 - 1999
Party: Republican
Governor Gray Davis
Term: 1999 - 2003
Party: Democratic
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
Term: 2003 - 2011
Party: Republican
Governor Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown Jr.
Term: 2011 - 2019
Party: Democratic
Governor Gavin Newsom
Term: 2019 - Present
Party: Democratic
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