List of living former United States Governors

Oldest living United States governor

Earliest living serving governors

John Malcolm Patterson is the earliest serving governor still living, followed by Ernest Hollings. These two are the last governors that first began terms in the 1950s.

Rounding out the ten earliest serving governors that are still living are: 3. David P. Buckson, 4. George Nigh (first served 1963 in Acting Governor capacity), 5. Philip H. Hoff, 6. Daniel J. Evans, 7. Paul Laxalt, 8. Kenneth M. Curtis, 9.Albert Brewer, and 10.Robert D. Fulton.

Alabama

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
Alabama	Patterson, John MalcolmJohn Malcolm Patterson	Democratic	September 27, 1921	1959–1963	95 years, 71 days
Alabama	Brewer, AlbertAlbert Brewer	Democratic	October 26, 1928	1968–1971	88 years, 42 days	Brewer took over in 1968 upon the death of Lurleen Wallace, and then lost to George Wallace in the runoff primary two years later (see United States gubernatorial elections, 1970).
Alabama	Beasley, JereJere Beasley	Democratic	December 12, 1935	1972	80 years, 361 days	Beasley served as acting governor while then-Governor George Wallace recovered from an assassination attempt in 1972.
Alabama	James, FobFob James	Democratic, Republican	September 15, 1934	1979–1983, 1995–1999	82 years, 83 days
Alabama	Folsom, Jr., JimJim Folsom, Jr.	Democratic	May 14, 1949	1993–1995	67 years, 207 days	Folsom Jr. took over after H. Guy Hunt's resignation, and lost to Fob James in the 1994 governor's race (see United States gubernatorial elections, 1994).
Alabama	Siegelman, DonDon Siegelman	Democratic	February 24, 1946	1999–2003	70 years, 287 days
Alabama	Riley, BobBob Riley	Republican	October 3, 1944	2003–2011	72 years, 65 days

Alaska

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
Alaska	Miller, Keith HarveyKeith Harvey Miller	Republican	March 1, 1925	1969–1970	91 years, 281 days	Miller took over after the resignation of Wally Hickel in 1969, then lost to William A. Egan a year later (see United States gubernatorial elections, 1970).
Alaska	Sheffield, BillBill Sheffield	Democratic	June 26, 1928	1982–1986	88 years, 164 days
Alaska	Cowper, SteveSteve Cowper	Democratic	August 21, 1938	1986–1990	78 years, 108 days
Alaska	Knowles, TonyTony Knowles	Democratic	January 1, 1943	1994–2002	73 years, 341 days
Alaska	Murkowski, FrankFrank Murkowski	Republican	March 28, 1933	2002–2006	83 years, 254 days
Alaska	Palin, SarahSarah Palin	Republican	February 11, 1964	2006–2009	52 years, 300 days	Palin ultimately resigned in 2009 (see Alaska gubernatorial election, 2010).
Alaska	Parnell, SeanSean Parnell	Republican	November 19, 1962	2009-2014	54 years, 18 days

Arizona

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
Arizona	Babbitt, BruceBruce Babbitt	Democratic	June 27, 1938	1978–1987	78 years, 163 days	Babbitt became Governor upon the death of Wesley Bolin in 1978, then was elected to full terms in 1978 and 1982.
Arizona	Symington III, FifeFife Symington III	Republican	August 12, 1945	1991–1997	71 years, 117 days	Symington III resigned in 1997 after he was convicted on fraud charges. He was later pardoned by President Clinton.
Arizona	Hull, Jane DeeJane Dee Hull	Republican	August 8, 1935	1997–2003	81 years, 121 days	Hull first became governor in 1997 after Symington III's resignation, then was elected to a full term in 1998.
Arizona	Napolitano, JanetJanet Napolitano	Democratic	November 29, 1957	2003–2009	59 years, 8 days	Napolitano resigned in 2009 to be the Homeland Security Secretary.
Arizona	Brewer, JanJan Brewer	Republican	September 26, 1944	2009–2015	72 years, 72 days	Brewer first became governor in 2009 after Napolitano's resignation, then was elected to a full term in 2010.

Arkansas

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
Arkansas	Pryor, DavidDavid Pryor	Democratic	August 29, 1934	1975–1979	82 years, 100 days
Arkansas	Clinton, BillBill Clinton	Democratic	August 19, 1946	1979–1981, 1983–1992	70 years, 110 days
Arkansas	Tucker, Jim GuyJim Guy Tucker	Democratic	June 12, 1943	1992–1996	73 years, 178 days	Tucker was convicted on fraud charges and resigned in 1996.
Arkansas	Huckabee, MikeMike Huckabee	Republican	August 24, 1955	1996–2007	61 years, 105 days	Huckabee served the rest of Tucker's unfinished term, then won full terms in 1998 and 2002.
Arkansas	Beebe, MikeMike Beebe	Democratic	December 28, 1946	2007–2015	69 years, 345 days

California

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
California	Deukmejian, GeorgeGeorge Deukmejian	Republican	June 6, 1928	1983–1991	88 years, 184 days
California	Wilson, PetePete Wilson	Republican	August 23, 1933	1991–1999	83 years, 106 days
California	Davis, GrayGray Davis	Democratic	December 26, 1942	1999–2003	73 years, 347 days	Recalled (see 2003 California gubernatorial recall election)
California	Schwarzenegger, ArnoldArnold Schwarzenegger	Republican	July 30, 1947	2003–2011	69 years, 130 days	Winner of the 2003 California gubernatorial recall election, then re-elected

Colorado

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
Colorado	Lamm, RichardRichard Lamm	Democratic	September 12, 1935	1975–1987	81 years, 86 days
Colorado	Romer, RoyRoy Romer	Democratic	October 31, 1928	1987–1999	88 years, 37 days
Colorado	Owens, BillBill Owens	Republican	October 22, 1950	1999–2007	66 years, 46 days
Colorado	Ritter, BillBill Ritter	Democratic	September 6, 1956	2007–2011	60 years, 92 days

Connecticut

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
Connecticut	Weicker, Jr., Lowell P.Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.	A Connecticut Party	May 16, 1931	1991–1995	85 years, 205 days
Connecticut	Rowland, John G.John G. Rowland	Republican	May 24, 1957	1995–2004	59 years, 197 days	Rowland resigned in 2004 while under indictment for conspiracy to commit fraud. He ultimately plead guilty and served 10 months in prison.
Connecticut	Rell, M. JodiM. Jodi Rell	Republican	June 16, 1946	2004–2011	70 years, 174 days	Rell served the rest of Rowland's term and was elected to a full term in office in 2006.

Delaware

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
Delaware	Buckson, David P.David P. Buckson	Republican	July 25, 1920	1960–1961	96 years, 135 days	Buckson served 3 weeks in office after J. Caleb Boggs resigned late in 1960 to take seat in the United States Senate.
Delaware	du Pont, IV, Pierre S.Pierre S. du Pont, IV	Republican	January 22, 1935	1977–1985	81 years, 320 days
Delaware	Castle, MichaelMichael Castle	Republican	July 2, 1939	1985–1992	77 years, 158 days	Castle resigned late in 1992 to take seat in the United States House of Representatives.
Delaware	Wolf, Dale E.Dale E. Wolf	Republican	September 6, 1924	1992–1993	92 years, 92 days	Wolf served 3 weeks in office after Castle's resignation.
Delaware	Carper, Thomas R.Thomas R. Carper	Democratic	January 23, 1947	1993–2001	69 years, 319 days	Carper resigned early in 2001 to take seat in the United States Senate.
Delaware	Minner, Ruth AnnRuth Ann Minner	Democratic	January 17, 1935	2001–2009	81 years, 325 days	Minner was already Governor-elect when she took office to serve the last two weeks of Carper's term following his resignation.

Florida

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
Florida	Graham, BobBob Graham	Democratic	November 9, 1936	1979–1987	80 years, 28 days	Graham resigned early in 1987 to take seat in the United States Senate.
Florida	Mixson, WayneWayne Mixson	Democratic	June 16, 1922	1987	94 years, 174 days	Mixson served 3 days in office following Graham's resignation.
Florida	Martinez, BobBob Martinez	Republican	December 25, 1934	1987–1991	81 years, 348 days
Florida	MacKay, BuddyBuddy MacKay	Democratic	March 22, 1933	1998–1999	83 years, 260 days	MacKay took office following the death of Lawton Chiles in office.
Florida	Bush, JebJeb Bush	Republican	February 11, 1953	1999–2007	63 years, 300 days
Florida	Crist, CharlieCharlie Crist	Republican	July 24, 1956	2007–2011	60 years, 136 days

Georgia

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
Georgia	Carter, JimmyJimmy Carter	Democratic	October 1, 1924	1971–1975	92 years, 67 days
Georgia	Harris, Joe FrankJoe Frank Harris	Democratic	February 16, 1936	1983–1991	80 years, 295 days
Georgia	Miller, ZellZell Miller	Democratic	February 24, 1932	1991–1999	84 years, 287 days
Georgia	Barnes, RoyRoy Barnes	Democratic	March 11, 1948	1999–2003	68 years, 271 days
Georgia	Perdue, SonnySonny Perdue	Republican	December 20, 1946	2003–2011	69 years, 353 days

Hawaii

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
Hawaii	Ariyoshi, GeorgeGeorge Ariyoshi	Democratic	March 12, 1926	1974–1986	90 years, 270 days
Hawaii	Waihee III, John D.John D. Waihee III	Democratic	May 19, 1946	1986–1994	70 years, 202 days
Hawaii	Cayetano, BenBen Cayetano	Democratic	November 14, 1939	1994–2002	77 years, 23 days
Hawaii	Lingle, LindaLinda Lingle	Republican	June 4, 1953	2002–2010	63 years, 186 days
Hawaii	Abercrombie, NeilNeil Abercrombie	Democratic	June 26, 1938	2010-2014	78 years, 164 days

Idaho

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
Idaho	Andrus, Cecil D.Cecil D. Andrus	Democratic	August 25, 1931	1971–1977, 1987–1995	85 years, 104 days	Andrus resigned in 1977 after being appointed United States Secretary of the Interior in the cabinet of President Jimmy Carter.
Idaho	Batt, PhilPhil Batt	Republican	March 4, 1927	1995–1999	89 years, 278 days
Idaho	Kempthorne, DirkDirk Kempthorne	Republican	October 29, 1951	1999–2006	65 years, 39 days	Kempthorne resigned in 2006 after being appointed United States Secretary of the Interior in the cabinet of President George W. Bush.
Idaho	Risch, JimJim Risch	Republican	May 3, 1943	2006–2007	73 years, 218 days	Risch served the remainder of Kempthorne's term following his resignation.

Illinois

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
Illinois	Thompson, James R.James R. Thompson	Republican	May 8, 1936	1977–1991	80 years, 213 days
Illinois	Edgar, JimJim Edgar	Republican	July 22, 1946	1991–1999	70 years, 138 days
Illinois	Ryan, GeorgeGeorge Ryan	Republican	February 24, 1934	1999–2003	82 years, 287 days
Illinois	Blagojevich, RodRod Blagojevich	Democratic	December 10, 1956	2003–2009	59 years, 363 days	Blagojevich was impeached and removed from office in 2009.
Illinois	Quinn, PatPat Quinn	Democratic	December 16, 1948	2009–2015	67 years, 357 days	Quinn took office following Blagojevich's removal from office and was elected to a full term in 2010. He lost a bid for a second full term in 2014.

Indiana

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
Indiana	Bayh, EvanEvan Bayh	Democratic	December 26, 1955	1989–1997	60 years, 347 days
Indiana	Kernan, Joe E.Joe E. Kernan	Democratic	April 8, 1946	2003–2005	70 years, 243 days	Kernan took office following the death of Frank O'Bannon in office.
Indiana	Daniels, MitchMitch Daniels	Republican	April 7, 1949	2005–2013	67 years, 244 days

Iowa

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
Iowa	Fulton, Robert D.Robert D. Fulton	Democratic	May 13, 1929	1969	87 years, 208 days	Fulton served two weeks in office after Harold Hughes resigned early in 1969 to take seat in the United States Senate.
Iowa	Ray, Robert D.Robert D. Ray	Republican	September 26, 1928	1969–1983	88 years, 72 days
Iowa	Vilsack, TomTom Vilsack	Democratic	December 13, 1950	1999–2007	65 years, 360 days
Iowa	Culver, ChetChet Culver	Democratic	January 25, 1966	2007–2011	50 years, 317 days

Kansas

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
Kansas	Carlin, John W.John W. Carlin	Democratic	August 3, 1940	1979–1987	76 years, 126 days
Kansas	Hayden, MikeMike Hayden	Republican	March 16, 1944	1987–1991	72 years, 266 days
Kansas	Graves, BillBill Graves	Republican	January 9, 1953	1995–2003	63 years, 333 days
Kansas	Sebelius, KathleenKathleen Sebelius	Democratic	May 15, 1948	2003–2009	68 years, 206 days	Sebelius resigned in 2009 after being appointed United States Secretary of Health and Human Services in the cabinet of President Barack Obama.
Kansas	Parkinson, MarkMark Parkinson	Democratic	June 24, 1957	2009–2011	59 years, 166 days	Parkinson served the remainder of Sebelius's term following her resignation.

Kentucky

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
Kentucky	Carroll, JulianJulian Carroll	Democratic	April 16, 1931	1974–1979	85 years, 235 days	Carroll took office after Wendell H. Ford resigned in 1974 to take seat in the United States Senate and was elected to a full term in 1975.
Kentucky	Brown, Jr., John Y.John Y. Brown, Jr.	Democratic	December 28, 1933	1979–1983	82 years, 345 days
Kentucky	Collins, Martha LayneMartha Layne Collins	Democratic	December 7, 1936	1983–1987	80 years, 0 days
Kentucky	Jones, BreretonBrereton Jones	Democratic	June 27, 1939	1991–1995	77 years, 163 days
Kentucky	Patton, Paul E.Paul E. Patton	Democratic	May 26, 1937	1995–2003	79 years, 195 days
Kentucky	Fletcher, ErnieErnie Fletcher	Republican	November 12, 1952	2003–2007	64 years, 25 days
Kentucky	Beshear, SteveSteve Beshear	Democratic	September 21, 1944	2007–2015	72 years, 77 days

Louisiana

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
Louisiana	Edwards, EdwinEdwin Edwards	Democratic	August 7, 1927	1972–1980, 1984–1988, 1992–1996	89 years, 122 days
Louisiana	Roemer, BuddyBuddy Roemer	Democratic, Republican	October 4, 1943	1988–1992	73 years, 64 days
Louisiana	Foster, Jr., Murphy J.Murphy J. Foster, Jr.	Republican	July 11, 1930	1996–2004	86 years, 149 days
Louisiana	Blanco, KathleenKathleen Blanco	Democratic	December 15, 1942	2004–2008	73 years, 358 days
Louisiana	Jindal, BobbyBobby Jindal	Republican	June 10, 1971	2008–2016	45 years, 180 days

Maine

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
Maine	Curtis, Kenneth M.Kenneth M. Curtis	Democratic	February 8, 1931	1967–1975	85 years, 303 days
Maine	Brennan, Joseph E.Joseph E. Brennan	Democratic	November 2, 1934	1979–1987	82 years, 35 days
Maine	McKernan, Jr., John R.John R. McKernan, Jr.	Republican	May 20, 1948	1987–1995	68 years, 201 days
Maine	King, AngusAngus King	Independent	March 31, 1944	1995–2003	72 years, 251 days
Maine	Baldacci, JohnJohn Baldacci	Democratic	January 30, 1955	2003–2011	61 years, 312 days

Maryland

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
Maryland	Hughes, HarryHarry Hughes	Democratic	November 13, 1926	1979–1987	90 years, 24 days
Maryland	Glendening, ParrisParris Glendening	Democratic	June 11, 1942	1995–2003	74 years, 179 days
Maryland	Ehrlich, RobertRobert Ehrlich	Republican	November 25, 1957	2003–2007	59 years, 12 days
Maryland	O'Malley, MartinMartin O'Malley	Democratic	January 18, 1963	2007–2015	53 years, 324 days

Massachusetts

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
Massachusetts	Dukakis, MichaelMichael Dukakis	Democratic	November 3, 1933	1975–1979, 1983–1991	83 years, 34 days
Massachusetts	Weld, William F.William F. Weld	Republican	July 31, 1945	1991–1997	71 years, 129 days	Weld resigned in 1997 after being nominated to serve as United States Ambassador to Mexico by President Bill Clinton, but was not confirmed by the Senate.
Massachusetts	Swift, JaneJane Swift	Republican	February 24, 1965	2001–2003	51 years, 287 days	Swift served as acting governor after Paul Cellucci resigned after being nominated and confirmed as United States Ambassador to Canada.
Massachusetts	Romney, MittMitt Romney	Republican	March 12, 1947	2003–2007	69 years, 270 days
Massachusetts	Patrick, DevalDeval Patrick	Democratic	July 31, 1956	2007–2015	60 years, 129 days

Michigan

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
Michigan	Milliken, WilliamWilliam Milliken	Republican	March 26, 1922	1969-1983	94 years, 256 days	Milliken took office after George W. Romney resigned in 1969 to become United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the cabinet of President Richard Nixon and was elected to three full terms in 1970, 1974, and 1978.
Michigan	Blanchard, JamesJames Blanchard	Democratic	August 8, 1942	1983-1991	74 years, 121 days
Michigan	Engler, JohnJohn Engler	Republican	October 12, 1948	1991-2003	68 years, 56 days
Michigan	Granholm, JenniferJennifer Granholm	Democratic	February 5, 1959	2003-2011	57 years, 306 days

Minnesota

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
Minnesota	Quie, AlAl Quie	Independent-Republican	September 18, 1923	1979–1983	93 years, 80 days
Minnesota	Carlson, ArneArne Carlson	Independent-Republican, Republican	September 24, 1934	1991–1999	82 years, 74 days
Minnesota	Ventura, JesseJesse Ventura	Reform, Independence	July 15, 1951	1999–2003	65 years, 145 days
Minnesota	Pawlenty, TimTim Pawlenty	Republican	November 27, 1960	2003–2011	56 years, 10 days

Mississippi

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
Mississippi	Winter, WilliamWilliam Winter	Democratic	February 21, 1923	1980–1984	93 years, 290 days
Mississippi	Mabus, RayRay Mabus	Democratic	October 11, 1948	1988–1992	68 years, 57 days
Mississippi	Musgrove, RonnieRonnie Musgrove	Democratic	July 29, 1956	2000–2004	60 years, 131 days
Mississippi	Barbour, HaleyHaley Barbour	Republican	October 22, 1947	2004–2012	69 years, 46 days

Missouri

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
Missouri	Bond, KitKit Bond	Republican	March 6, 1939	1973–1977, 1981–1985	77 years, 276 days
Missouri	Ashcroft, JohnJohn Ashcroft	Republican	May 9, 1942	1985–1993	74 years, 212 days
Missouri	Wilson, Roger B.Roger B. Wilson	Democratic	October 10, 1948	2000–2001	68 years, 58 days	Wilson took office following the death of Mel Carnahan in office.
Missouri	Holden, BobBob Holden	Democratic	August 24, 1949	2001–2005	67 years, 105 days
Missouri	Blunt, MattMatt Blunt	Republican	November 20, 1970	2005–2009	46 years, 17 days

Montana

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
Montana	Schwinden, TedTed Schwinden	Democratic	August 31, 1925	1981–1989	91 years, 98 days
Montana	Stephens, StanStan Stephens	Republican	September 16, 1929	1989–1993	87 years, 82 days
Montana	Racicot, MarcMarc Racicot	Republican	July 24, 1948	1993–2001	68 years, 136 days
Montana	Martz, JudyJudy Martz	Republican	July 28, 1943	2001–2005	73 years, 132 days
Montana	Schweitzer, BrianBrian Schweitzer	Democratic	September 4, 1955	2005–2013	61 years, 94 days

Nebraska

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
Nebraska	Thone, CharlesCharles Thone	Republican	January 4, 1924	1979–1983	92 years, 338 days
Nebraska	Kerrey, BobBob Kerrey	Democratic	August 27, 1943	1983–1987	73 years, 102 days
Nebraska	Orr, Kay A.Kay A. Orr	Republican	January 2, 1939	1987–1991	77 years, 340 days
Nebraska	Nelson, BenBen Nelson	Democratic	May 17, 1941	1991–1999	75 years, 204 days
Nebraska	Johanns, MikeMike Johanns	Republican	June 18, 1950	1999–2005	66 years, 172 days	Johanns resigned in 2006 after being appointed United States Secretary of Agriculture in the cabinet of President George W. Bush.
Nebraska	Heineman, DaveDave Heineman	Republican	May 12, 1948	2005–2015	68 years, 209 days	Heineman took office after Johanns' resignation and was elected to two full terms in 2006 and 2010.

Nevada

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
Nevada	Laxalt, PaulPaul Laxalt	Republican	August 2, 1922	1967–1971	94 years, 127 days
Nevada	List, RobertRobert List	Republican	September 1, 1936	1979–1983	80 years, 97 days
Nevada	Bryan, RichardRichard Bryan	Democratic	July 16, 1937	1983–1989	79 years, 144 days	Bryan resigned in 1989 to take seat in the United States Senate.
Nevada	Miller, BobBob Miller	Democratic	March 30, 1945	1989–1999	71 years, 252 days	Miller took office after Bryan's resignation and was elected to two full terms in 1990 and 1994.
Nevada	Gibbons, JimJim Gibbons	Republican	December 16, 1944	2007–2011	71 years, 357 days

New Hampshire

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
New Hampshire	Sununu, John H.John H. Sununu	Republican	July 2, 1939	1983–1989	77 years, 158 days
New Hampshire	Gregg, JuddJudd Gregg	Republican	February 14, 1947	1989–1993	69 years, 297 days
New Hampshire	Merrill, SteveSteve Merrill	Republican	June 21, 1946	1993–1997	70 years, 169 days
New Hampshire	Shaheen, JeanneJeanne Shaheen	Democratic	January 28, 1947	1997–2003	69 years, 314 days
New Hampshire	Benson, CraigCraig Benson	Republican	October 8, 1954	2003–2005	62 years, 60 days
New Hampshire	Lynch, JohnJohn Lynch	Democratic	November 25, 1952	2005–2013	64 years, 12 days

New Jersey

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
New Jersey	Byrne, BrendanBrendan Byrne	Democratic	April 1, 1924	1974–1982	92 years, 250 days
New Jersey	Kean, ThomasThomas Kean	Republican	April 21, 1935	1982–1990	81 years, 230 days
New Jersey	Florio, JamesJames Florio	Democratic	August 29, 1937	1990–1994	79 years, 100 days
New Jersey	Whitman, Christine ToddChristine Todd Whitman	Republican	September 26, 1946	1994–2001	70 years, 72 days
New Jersey	DiFrancesco, DonaldDonald DiFrancesco	Republican	November 20, 1944	2001–2002	72 years, 17 days
New Jersey	Farmer, Jr., JohnJohn Farmer, Jr.	Republican	June 24, 1957	2002	59 years, 166 days	Acting governor
New Jersey	Bennett, John O.John O. Bennett	Republican	August 6, 1948	2002	68 years, 123 days	Acting governor
New Jersey	Codey, RichardRichard Codey	Democratic	November 27, 1946	2002, 2004–2006	70 years, 10 days	Acting governor in 2002
New Jersey	McGreevey, JimJim McGreevey	Democratic	August 6, 1957	2002–2004	59 years, 123 days
New Jersey	Corzine, JonJon Corzine	Democratic	January 1, 1947	2006–2010	69 years, 341 days

New Mexico

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
New Mexico	Apodaca, JerryJerry Apodaca	Democratic	October 3, 1934	1975–1979	82 years, 65 days
New Mexico	Anaya, ToneyToney Anaya	Democratic	April 29, 1941	1983–1987	75 years, 222 days
New Mexico	Carruthers, GarreyGarrey Carruthers	Republican	August 29, 1939	1987–1991	77 years, 100 days
New Mexico	Johnson, GaryGary Johnson	Republican	January 1, 1953	1995–2003	63 years, 341 days
New Mexico	Richardson, BillBill Richardson	Democratic	November 15, 1947	2003–2011	69 years, 22 days

New York

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
New York	Pataki, GeorgeGeorge Pataki	Republican	June 24, 1945	1995–2006	71 years, 166 days
New York	Spitzer, EliotEliot Spitzer	Democratic	June 10, 1959	2007–2008	57 years, 180 days
New York	Paterson, DavidDavid Paterson	Democratic	May 20, 1954	2008–2010	62 years, 201 days

North Carolina

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
North Carolina	Martin, James G.James G. Martin	Republican	December 11, 1935	1985–1993	80 years, 362 days
North Carolina	Hunt, JimJim Hunt	Democratic	May 16, 1937	1977–1985,1993–2001	79 years, 205 days
North Carolina	Easley, MikeMike Easley	Democratic	March 23, 1950	2001–2009	66 years, 259 days
North Carolina	Perdue, BeverlyBeverly Perdue	Democratic	January 14, 1947	2009–2013	69 years, 328 days

North Dakota

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
North Dakota	Olson, Allen I.Allen I. Olson	Republican	November 5, 1938	1981–1985	78 years, 32 days
North Dakota	Sinner, GeorgeGeorge Sinner	Democratic-NPL	May 19, 1928	1985–1992	88 years, 202 days
North Dakota	Schafer, EdEd Schafer	Republican	August 8, 1946	1992–2000	70 years, 121 days
North Dakota	Hoeven, JohnJohn Hoeven	Republican	March 13, 1957	2000–2010	59 years, 269 days

Ohio

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
Ohio	Celeste, DickDick Celeste	Democratic	November 11, 1937	1983–1991	79 years, 26 days
Ohio	Hollister, NancyNancy Hollister	Republican	May 22, 1949	1998–1999	67 years, 199 days
Ohio	Taft, BobBob Taft	Republican	January 8, 1942	1999–2007	74 years, 334 days
Ohio	Strickland, TedTed Strickland	Democratic	August 4, 1941	2007–2011	75 years, 125 days

Oklahoma

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
Oklahoma	Nigh, GeorgeGeorge Nigh	Democratic	June 9, 1927	1963, 1979–1987	89 years, 181 days
Oklahoma	Boren, David L.David L. Boren	Democratic	April 21, 1941	1975–1979	75 years, 230 days
Oklahoma	Walters, DavidDavid Walters	Democratic	November 20, 1951	1991–1995	65 years, 17 days
Oklahoma	Keating, FrankFrank Keating	Republican	February 10, 1944	1995–2003	72 years, 301 days
Oklahoma	Henry, BradBrad Henry	Democratic	July 10, 1963	2003–2011	53 years, 150 days

Oregon

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
Oregon	Goldschmidt, NeilNeil Goldschmidt	Democratic	June 16, 1940	1987–1991	76 years, 174 days
Oregon	Roberts, BarbaraBarbara Roberts	Democratic	December 21, 1936	1991–1995	79 years, 352 days
Oregon	Kitzhaber, JohnJohn Kitzhaber	Democratic	March 5, 1947	1995–2003, 2011–2015	69 years, 277 days
Oregon	Kulongoski, TedTed Kulongoski	Democratic	November 5, 1940	2003–2011	76 years, 32 days

Pennsylvania

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
Pennsylvania	Thornburgh, DickDick Thornburgh	Republican	July 16, 1932	1979–1987	84 years, 144 days
Pennsylvania	Ridge, TomTom Ridge	Republican	August 26, 1945	1995–2001	71 years, 103 days
Pennsylvania	Schweiker, Mark S.Mark S. Schweiker	Republican	January 31, 1953	2001–2003	63 years, 311 days
Pennsylvania	Rendell, EdEd Rendell	Democratic	January 5, 1944	2003–2011	72 years, 337 days
Pennsylvania	Corbett, TomTom Corbett	Republican	June 17, 1949	2011-2015	67 years, 173 days

Rhode Island

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
Rhode Island	Noel, Philip W.Philip W. Noel	Democratic	June 5, 1931	1973–1977	85 years, 185 days
Rhode Island	DiPrete, Edward D.Edward D. DiPrete	Republican	July 8, 1934	1985–1991	82 years, 152 days
Rhode Island	Almond, Lincoln C.Lincoln C. Almond	Republican	June 16, 1936	1995–2003	80 years, 174 days
Rhode Island	Carcieri, DonaldDonald Carcieri	Republican	December 16, 1942	2003–2011	73 years, 357 days
Rhode Island	Chafee, LincolnLincoln Chafee	Democratic	March 26, 1953	2011–2015	63 years, 256 days

South Carolina

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
South Carolina	Hollings, ErnestErnest Hollings	Democratic	January 1, 1922	1959–1963	94 years, 341 days
South Carolina	Riley, RichardRichard Riley	Democratic	January 2, 1933	1979–1987	83 years, 340 days
South Carolina	Beasley, DavidDavid Beasley	Republican	February 26, 1957	1995–1999	59 years, 285 days
South Carolina	Hodges, JimJim Hodges	Democratic	November 19, 1956	1999–2003	60 years, 18 days
South Carolina	Sanford, MarkMark Sanford	Republican	May 28, 1960	2003–2011	56 years, 193 days

South Dakota

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
South Dakota	Farrar, FrankFrank Farrar	Republican	April 2, 1929	1969–1971	87 years, 249 days
South Dakota	Wollman, Harvey L.Harvey L. Wollman	Democratic	May 14, 1935	1978–1979	81 years, 207 days
South Dakota	Rounds, MikeMike Rounds	Republican	October 24, 1954	2003–2011	62 years, 44 days

Tennessee

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
Tennessee	Dunn, WinfieldWinfield Dunn	Republican	July 1, 1927	1971–1975	89 years, 159 days
Tennessee	Alexander, LamarLamar Alexander	Republican	July 3, 1940	1979–1987	76 years, 157 days
Tennessee	Sundquist, DonDon Sundquist	Republican	March 15, 1936	1995–2003	80 years, 267 days
Tennessee	Bredesen, PhilPhil Bredesen	Democratic	November 21, 1943	2003–2011	73 years, 16 days

Texas

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
Texas	White, MarkMark White	Democratic	March 17, 1940	1983–1987	76 years, 265 days
Texas	Bush, George W.George W. Bush	Republican	July 6, 1946	1995–2000	70 years, 154 days
Texas	Perry, RickRick Perry	Republican	March 4, 1950	2000−2015	66 years, 278 days

Utah

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
Utah	Leavitt, MikeMike Leavitt	Republican	February 11, 1951	1993–2003	65 years, 300 days
Utah	Huntsman, Jr., JonJon Huntsman, Jr.	Republican	March 26, 1960	2005–2009	56 years, 256 days

Vermont

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
Vermont	Hoff, Philip H.Philip H. Hoff	Democratic	June 29, 1924	1963–1969	92 years, 161 days
Vermont	Salmon, Thomas P.Thomas P. Salmon	Democratic	August 19, 1932	1973–1977	84 years, 110 days
Vermont	Kunin, Madeleine M.Madeleine M. Kunin	Democratic	September 28, 1933	1985–1991	83 years, 70 days
Vermont	Dean, HowardHoward Dean	Democratic	November 17, 1948	1991–2003	68 years, 20 days
Vermont	Douglas, JimJim Douglas	Republican	June 21, 1951	2003–2011	65 years, 169 days

Virginia

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
Virginia	Holton, Jr., A. LinwoodA. Linwood Holton, Jr.	Republican	September 21, 1923	1970–1974	93 years, 77 days
Virginia	Robb, ChuckChuck Robb	Democratic	June 26, 1939	1982–1986	77 years, 164 days
Virginia	Baliles, Gerald L.Gerald L. Baliles	Democratic	July 8, 1940	1986–1990	76 years, 152 days
Virginia	Wilder, DouglasDouglas Wilder	Democratic	January 17, 1931	1990–1994	85 years, 325 days
Virginia	Allen, GeorgeGeorge Allen	Republican	March 8, 1952	1994–1998	64 years, 274 days
Virginia	Gilmore, JimJim Gilmore	Republican	October 6, 1949	1998–2002	67 years, 62 days
Virginia	Warner, MarkMark Warner	Democratic	December 15, 1954	2002–2006	61 years, 358 days
Virginia	Kaine, TimTim Kaine	Democratic	February 26, 1958	2006–2010	58 years, 285 days
Virginia	McDonnell, BobBob McDonnell	Republican	June 15, 1954	2010–2014	62 years, 175 days

Washington

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
Washington	Evans, Daniel J.Daniel J. Evans	Republican	October 16, 1925	1965–1977	91 years, 52 days
Washington	Spellman, JohnJohn Spellman	Republican	December 29, 1926	1981–1985	89 years, 344 days
Washington	Lowry, MikeMike Lowry	Democratic	March 8, 1939	1993–1997	77 years, 274 days
Washington	Locke, GaryGary Locke	Democratic	January 21, 1950	1997–2005	66 years, 321 days
Washington	Gregoire, ChristineChristine Gregoire	Democratic	March 24, 1947	2005–2013	69 years, 258 days

West Virginia

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
West Virginia	Rockefeller, JayJay Rockefeller	Democratic	June 18, 1937	1977–1985	79 years, 172 days
West Virginia	Caperton, GastonGaston Caperton	Democratic	February 21, 1940	1989–1997	76 years, 290 days
West Virginia	Wise, BobBob Wise	Democratic	January 6, 1948	2001–2005	68 years, 336 days
West Virginia	Manchin, JoeJoe Manchin	Democratic	August 24, 1947	2005–2010	69 years, 105 days

Wisconsin

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
Wisconsin	Schreiber, Martin J.Martin J. Schreiber	Democratic	April 8, 1939	1977–1979	77 years, 243 days
Wisconsin	Earl, TonyTony Earl	Democratic	April 12, 1936	1983–1987	80 years, 239 days
Wisconsin	Thompson, TommyTommy Thompson	Republican	November 19, 1941	1987–2001	75 years, 18 days
Wisconsin	McCallum, ScottScott McCallum	Republican	May 2, 1950	2001–2003	66 years, 219 days
Wisconsin	Doyle, JimJim Doyle	Democratic	November 23, 1945	2003–2011	71 years, 14 days

Wyoming

State	Governor	Party	Date of birth	Term(s)	Age (Years/Days)	Notes
Wyoming	Sullivan, MikeMike Sullivan	Democratic	September 22, 1939	1987–1995	77 years, 76 days
Wyoming	Geringer, JimJim Geringer	Republican	April 24, 1944	1995–2003	72 years, 227 days
Wyoming	Freudenthal, DaveDave Freudenthal	Democratic	October 12, 1950	2003–2011	66 years, 56 days

Other Notes and Current Governors with Past Term(s)

Current Governor	State	Past Term(s)
Jerry Brown	California	1975-1983
Terry Branstad	Iowa	1983-1999

In Minnesota, "Democratic-Farmer-Labor" is not a third party, but the Minnesota equivalent of the Democratic Party. In Minnesota, "Independent-Republican" was once used for the Minnesota equivalent of the Republican Party (see Republican Party of Minnesota).

In North Dakota, "Democratic-NPL" is not a third party, but the North Dakota equivalent of the Democratic Party. The full name for the party is the North Dakota Democratic-Nonpartisan League Party.

Third parties are linked only if they refer to specific third parties, and not just "independent" in general.

See also

• List of current United States Senators by age
• List of former United States Senators
• Classes of United States Senators
• Seniority in the United States Senate
• List of living former members of the United States House of Representatives
• List of living former United States Senators

References