List of current United States governors by age
Appearance
The following is a list of current United States governors by age. This list includes the 50 state governors, the five territorial governors, as well as the mayor of Washington, D.C. in office as of February 28, 2025.
State governors
[edit]State | Governor | Date of birth | Date of inauguration | Age at inauguration | Time in office | Current age | Party | |
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Alabama | Kay Ivey | October 15, 1944 | April 10, 2017 | 72 years, 177 days | 7 years, 324 days | 80 years, 136 days | Republican | |
Alaska | Mike Dunleavy | May 5, 1961 | December 3, 2018 | 57 years, 212 days | 6 years, 87 days | 63 years, 299 days | Republican | |
Arizona | Katie Hobbs | December 28, 1969 | January 2, 2023 | 53 years, 5 days | 2 years, 57 days | 55 years, 62 days | Democratic | |
Arkansas | Sarah Huckabee Sanders | August 13, 1982 | January 10, 2023 | 40 years, 150 days | 2 years, 49 days | 42 years, 199 days | Republican | |
California | Gavin Newsom | October 10, 1967 | January 7, 2019 | 51 years, 89 days | 6 years, 52 days | 57 years, 141 days | Democratic | |
Colorado | Jared Polis | May 12, 1975 | January 8, 2019 | 43 years, 241 days | 6 years, 51 days | 49 years, 292 days | Democratic | |
Connecticut | Ned Lamont | January 3, 1954 | January 9, 2019 | 65 years, 6 days | 6 years, 50 days | 71 years, 56 days | Democratic | |
Delaware | Matt Meyer | September 29, 1971 | January 21, 2025 | 53 years, 114 days | 38 days | 53 years, 152 days | Democratic | |
Florida | Ron DeSantis | September 14, 1978 | January 8, 2019 | 40 years, 116 days | 6 years, 51 days | 46 years, 167 days | Republican | |
Georgia | Brian Kemp | November 2, 1963 | January 14, 2019 | 55 years, 73 days | 6 years, 45 days | 61 years, 118 days | Republican | |
Hawaii | Josh Green | February 11, 1970 | December 5, 2022 | 52 years, 297 days | 2 years, 85 days | 55 years, 17 days | Democratic | |
Idaho | Brad Little | February 15, 1954 | January 7, 2019 | 64 years, 326 days | 6 years, 53 days | 71 years, 13 days | Republican | |
Illinois | J. B. Pritzker | January 19, 1965 | January 14, 2019 | 53 years, 360 days | 6 years, 45 days | 60 years, 40 days | Democratic | |
Indiana | Mike Braun | March 24, 1954 | January 13, 2025 | 70 years, 295 days | 46 days | 70 years, 341 days | Republican | |
Iowa | Kim Reynolds | August 4, 1959 | May 24, 2017 | 57 years, 293 days | 7 years, 280 days | 65 years, 208 days | Republican | |
Kansas | Laura Kelly | January 24, 1950 | January 14, 2019 | 68 years, 355 days | 6 years, 45 days | 75 years, 35 days | Democratic | |
Kentucky | Andy Beshear | November 29, 1977 | December 10, 2019 | 42 years, 11 days | 5 years, 80 days | 47 years, 91 days | Democratic | |
Louisiana | Jeff Landry | December 23, 1970 | January 8, 2024 | 53 years, 16 days | 1 year, 51 days | 54 years, 67 days | Republican | |
Maine | Janet Mills | December 30, 1947 | January 2, 2019 | 71 years, 3 days | 6 years, 57 days | 77 years, 60 days | Democratic | |
Maryland | Wes Moore | October 15, 1978 | January 18, 2023 | 44 years, 95 days | 2 years, 41 days | 46 years, 136 days | Democratic | |
Massachusetts | Maura Healey | February 8, 1971 | January 5, 2023 | 51 years, 331 days | 2 years, 54 days | 54 years, 20 days | Democratic | |
Michigan | Gretchen Whitmer | August 23, 1971 | January 1, 2019 | 47 years, 131 days | 6 years, 58 days | 53 years, 189 days | Democratic | |
Minnesota | Tim Walz | April 6, 1964 | January 7, 2019 | 54 years, 276 days | 6 years, 52 days | 60 years, 328 days | Democratic–Farmer–Labor[a] | |
Mississippi | Tate Reeves | June 5, 1974 | January 14, 2020 | 45 years, 223 days | 5 years, 45 days | 50 years, 268 days | Republican | |
Missouri | Mike Kehoe | January 17, 1962 | January 13, 2025 | 62 years, 362 days | 46 days | 63 years, 42 days | Republican | |
Montana | Greg Gianforte | April 17, 1961 | January 4, 2021 | 59 years, 262 days | 4 years, 55 days | 63 years, 317 days | Republican | |
Nebraska | Jim Pillen | December 31, 1955 | January 5, 2023 | 67 years, 5 days | 2 years, 54 days | 69 years, 59 days | Republican | |
Nevada | Joe Lombardo | November 8, 1962 | January 2, 2023 | 60 years, 55 days | 2 years, 57 days | 62 years, 112 days | Republican | |
New Hampshire | Kelly Ayotte | June 27, 1968 | January 8, 2025 | 56 years, 195 days | 51 days | 56 years, 246 days | Republican | |
New Jersey | Phil Murphy | August 16, 1957 | January 16, 2018 | 60 years, 153 days | 7 years, 43 days | 67 years, 196 days | Democratic | |
New Mexico | Michelle Lujan Grisham | October 24, 1959 | January 1, 2019 | 59 years, 69 days | 6 years, 58 days | 65 years, 127 days | Democratic | |
New York | Kathy Hochul | August 27, 1958 | August 24, 2021 | 62 years, 362 days | 3 years, 188 days | 66 years, 185 days | Democratic | |
North Carolina | Josh Stein | September 13, 1966 | January 1, 2025 | 58 years, 110 days | 58 days | 58 years, 168 days | Democratic | |
North Dakota | Kelly Armstrong | October 8, 1976 | December 15, 2024 | 48 years, 68 days | 75 days | 48 years, 143 days | Republican | |
Ohio | Mike DeWine | January 5, 1947 | January 14, 2019 | 72 years, 9 days | 6 years, 45 days | 78 years, 54 days | Republican | |
Oklahoma | Kevin Stitt | December 28, 1972 | January 14, 2019 | 46 years, 17 days | 6 years, 45 days | 52 years, 62 days | Republican | |
Oregon | Tina Kotek | September 30, 1966 | January 9, 2023 | 56 years, 101 days | 2 years, 50 days | 58 years, 151 days | Democratic | |
Pennsylvania | Josh Shapiro | June 20, 1973 | January 17, 2023 | 49 years, 211 days | 2 years, 42 days | 51 years, 253 days | Democratic | |
Rhode Island | Dan McKee | June 16, 1951 | March 2, 2021 | 69 years, 259 days | 3 years, 363 days | 73 years, 257 days | Democratic | |
South Carolina | Henry McMaster | May 27, 1947 | January 24, 2017 | 69 years, 242 days | 8 years, 35 days | 77 years, 277 days | Republican | |
South Dakota | Larry Rhoden | February 5, 1959 | January 25, 2025 | 65 years, 355 days | 34 days | 66 years, 23 days | Republican | |
Tennessee | Bill Lee | October 9, 1959 | January 19, 2019 | 59 years, 102 days | 6 years, 40 days | 65 years, 142 days | Republican | |
Texas | Greg Abbott | November 13, 1957 | January 20, 2015 | 57 years, 68 days | 10 years, 39 days | 67 years, 107 days | Republican | |
Utah | Spencer Cox | July 11, 1975 | January 4, 2021 | 45 years, 177 days | 4 years, 55 days | 49 years, 232 days | Republican | |
Vermont | Phil Scott | August 4, 1958 | January 5, 2017 | 58 years, 154 days | 8 years, 54 days | 66 years, 208 days | Republican | |
Virginia | Glenn Youngkin | December 9, 1966 | January 15, 2022 | 55 years, 37 days | 3 years, 44 days | 58 years, 81 days | Republican | |
Washington | Bob Ferguson | February 23, 1965 | January 15, 2025 | 59 years, 327 days | 44 days | 60 years, 5 days | Democratic | |
West Virginia | Patrick Morrisey | December 21, 1967 | January 13, 2025 | 57 years, 23 days | 46 days | 57 years, 69 days | Republican | |
Wisconsin | Tony Evers | November 5, 1951 | January 7, 2019 | 67 years, 63 days | 6 years, 52 days | 73 years, 115 days | Democratic | |
Wyoming | Mark Gordon | March 14, 1957 | January 7, 2019 | 61 years, 299 days | 6 years, 52 days | 67 years, 351 days | Republican |
Territorial governors
[edit]Territory | Governor | Date of birth | Date of inauguration | Age at inauguration | Time in office | Current age | Party | |
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American Samoa | Pula Nikolao Pula | December 31, 1955 | January 3, 2025 | 69 years, 3 days | 56 days | 69 years, 59 days | Republican | |
Guam | Lou Leon Guerrero | November 8, 1950 | January 7, 2019 | 68 years, 60 days | 6 years, 52 days | 74 years, 112 days | Democratic | |
Northern Mariana Islands | Arnold Palacios | August 22, 1955[2] | January 9, 2023 | 67 years, 140 days | 2 years, 50 days | 69 years, 190 days | Republican | |
Puerto Rico | Jennifer González-Colón | August 5, 1976 | January 2, 2025 | 48 years, 150 days | 57 days | 48 years, 207 days | New Progressive | |
U.S. Virgin Islands | Albert Bryan | February 21, 1968 | January 7, 2019 | 50 years, 320 days | 6 years, 52 days | 57 years, 7 days | Democratic |
Federal district mayor
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The District of Columbia is a federal district that elects a mayor that has similar powers to those of a state or territorial governor.[3] The cities of Washington and Georgetown within the district elected their own mayors until 1871, when their governments were consolidated into a reorganized District of Columbia by a Congressional act.[4] The district's chief executive from 1871 to 1874 was a governor appointed by the president of the United States; the office was replaced by a board of commissioners with three members appointed by the president—two residents and a representative from the United States Army Corps of Engineers.[4][5] The Board of Commissioners was originally a temporary body but was made permanent in 1878 with one member selected to serve as the Board President, in effect the city's chief executive.[6] The system was replaced in 1967 by a single mayor–commissioner and home rule in the District of Columbia was fully restored in 1975 under a reorganized government led by an elected mayor.[7]
District | Mayor | Date of birth | Date of inauguration | Age at inauguration | Time in office | Current age | Party | |
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District of Columbia | Muriel Bowser | August 2, 1972 | January 2, 2015 | 42 years, 153 days | 10 years, 57 days | 52 years, 210 days | Democratic |
Demographics of state governors
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Note: The following information for currently serving state governors is correct as of 2021.
- Statistics (not counting territorial governors):
- The median age is 68 years, 76 days.
- The median age at inauguration is 64 years, 25 days.
- The median term length is 10 years, 251 days.
- The average age among Republicans is 68 years, 101 days.
- The average age among Democrats is 69 years, 2 days.
- Age Ranges:
- 10 governors are in their 70s;
- 21 governors are in their 60s;
- 12 governors are in their 50s; and
- 7 governors are in their 40s.
- Political Party:
- 28 Republicans (56%)
- 22 Democrats (44%)
- Sex:
- 41 Males (82%)
- 9 Females (18%)
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party is affiliated with the national Democratic Party.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Erlandson, Henry (January 25, 2020). "Why is Minnesota's Democratic Party called the DFL?". Star Tribune. Minneapolis. Archived from the original on January 30, 2024. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- ^ "Arnold Palacios". National Governors Association. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
- ^ Nirappil, Fenit (June 21, 2017). "Can a change of titles make DC seem more stately? Ask Gov. Bowser". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on December 17, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
- ^ a b Governing the District of Columbia: Overview and Timeline (Report). Congressional Research Service. January 29, 2024. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
- ^ Davis, Henry E. (December 29, 1899). "The Political Development of the District of Columbia". Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 1: 215. JSTOR 24526084.
- ^ Frommer, Frederic (June 21, 2022). "D.C. elected its own mayors in the 1800s — until Congress stepped in". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on March 24, 2023. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
- ^ Martin, Douglas (October 28, 2003). "Walter Washington, 88, Former Mayor of Washington, Dies". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 27, 2024.