Sacramento, CA Past Governors of California Governor Young signing a bill, 1927 Inauguration of James Rolph, Governor of California, 1931 Governor Culbert L. Olson, circa 1939

List of California Governors

1. Peter Burnett (1849-1851)

2. John McDougal (1851-1852)

3. John Bigler (1852-1856)

4. J. Neely Johnson (1856-1858)

5. John Weller (1858-1860)

6. Milton Latham (Jan 9-14, 1860)

7. John Downey (1860-1862)

8. Leland Stanford (1862-1863)

9. Frederick Low (1863-1867)

10. Henry Haight (1867-1871)

11. Newton Booth (1871-1875)

12. Romualdo Pacheco (Feb - Dec 1875)

13. William Irwin (1875-1880)

14. George Perkins (1880-1883)

15. George Stoneman (1883-1887)

16. Washington Bartlett (1887-1887)

17. Robert Waterman (1887-1891)

18. Henry Harrison Markham (1891-1895)

19. James Budd (1895-1899)

20. Henry Gage (1899-1903)

21. George Pardee (1903-1907)

22. James Gillett (1907-1911)

23. Hiram Johnson (1911-1917)

24. William Stephens (1917-1923)

25. Friend Richardson (1923-1927)

26. C. C. Young (1927-1931)

27. James Rolph (1931-1934)

28. Frank Merriam (1934-1939)

29. Culbert Olson (1939-1943)

30. Earl Warren (1943-1953)

31. Goodwin Knight (1954-1959)

32. Edmund G. "Pat" Brown (1959-1967)

33. Ronald Reagan (1967-1975)

34. Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown (1975-1983)

35. George Deukmejian (1983-1991)

36. Pete Wilson (1991-1999)

37. Gray Davis (1999-2003)

38. Arnold Schwarzenegger (2003-2011)

39. Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown (2011-2019)

40. Gavin Newsom (2019-Present)

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