List of California Governors

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 Guiterrez[?] (acting)
• 1836: Mariano Chico[?]
• 1836: Nicolas Guiterrez (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: 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 (http://www.santacruzpl.org/history/gov/govmx.shtml)
• List of Governors of California (http://www.infospect.com/Governors.htm)