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American (Know-Nothing)

J. Neeley Johnson
4th Governor (1856-1858)


Democrat

John Bigler
3rd Governor (1852-1856)

John Weller
5th Governor (1858-1860)

Henry Haight
10th Governor (1867-1871)

William Irwin
13th Governor (1875-1880)

George Stoneman
15th Governor (1883-1887)

Washington Bartlett
16th Governor (1887-1887)

James Budd
19th Governor (1895-1899)

Culburt Olson
29th Governor (1939-1943)

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

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

Gray Davis
37th Governor (1999-2003)


Independent Democrat

Peter Burnett
1st Governor (1849-1851)

John McDougall
2nd Governor (1851-1852)


Lecompton Democrat

Milton Latham
6th Governor (1860-1860)

John Downey
7th Governor (1860-1862)


Republican

Leland Stanford
8th Governor (1862-1863)

Newton Booth
11th Governor (1871-1875)

Romualdo Pacheco
12th Governor (1875-1875)

George Perkins
14th Governor (1880-1883)

Robert Waterman
17th Governor (1887-1891)

Henry Markham
18th Governor (1891-1895)

Henry Gage
20th Governor (1899-1903)

George Pardee
21st Governor (1903-1907)

James Gillett
22nd Governor (1907-1911)

Hiram Johnson
23rd Governor (1911-1917)

William Stephens
24th Governor (1917-1923)

Friend Richardson
25th Governor (1923-1927)

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

James Rolph
27th Governor (1931-1934)

Frank Merriam
28th Governor (1934-1939)

Earl Warren
30th Governor (1943-1953)

Goodwin Knight
31st Governor (1953-1959)

Ronald Reagan
33rd Governor (1967-1975)

George Deukmejian
35th Governor (1983-1991)

Pete Wilson
36th Governor (1991-1999)

Arnold Schwarzenegger
38th Governor (2003- )


Unionist

Frederick Low
9th Governor (1863-1867)