List of governors of Washington
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The Governor of Washington is the leader of the Executive branch of the State of Washington's government. Jay Inslee is currently serving as governor.
| Governor of Washington | |
|---|---|
| Style | The Honorable |
| Residence | Washington Governor's Mansion |
| Term length | Four years |
| Inaugural holder | Elisha P. Ferry |
| Formation | November 11, 1889 |
| Deputy | Brad Owen |
| Salary | $166,891 (2010)[1] |
| Website | www.governor.wa.gov |
Governors change
Governors of the Territory of Washington change
| Governor | Took office[a] | Left office | Appointed by | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Isaac Stevens | December 3, 1853[2] | August 11, 1857[3] | Franklin Pierce | ||
 | LaFayette McMullen | September 10, 1857[4] | July 1858[5] | James Buchanan | ||
 | Richard D. Gholson | July 15, 1859[6] | February 14, 1861[7] | James Buchanan | [b] | |
 | William H. Wallace | Appointed April 9, 1861[9] | — | Abraham Lincoln | [c] | |
 | William Pickering | June 1862[11] | January 8, 1867[12] | Abraham Lincoln | [d] | |
 | George E. Cole | January 8, 1867[12] | March 4, 1867[12] | Andrew Johnson | [d] | |
 | Marshall F. Moore | August 26, 1867[14] | 1869 | Andrew Johnson | ||
 | Alvan Flanders | April 5, 1869[15] | March 14, 1870[16] | Ulysses S. Grant | ||
 | Edward Selig Salomon | Appointed March 4, 1870[17] | April 1872[17] | Ulysses S. Grant | ||
 | Elisha Peyre Ferry | Appointed April 26, 1872[18] | November 1, 1880[19] | Ulysses S. Grant | [e] | |
 | William Augustus Newell | November 1, 1880[19] | 1884 | Rutherford B. Hayes | ||
 | Watson Carvasso Squire | Appointed July 2, 1884[18] | April 1887[21] | Chester A. Arthur | [e] | |
 | Eugene Semple | Appointed April 9, 1887[22] | 1889 | Grover Cleveland | [e] | |
 | Miles Conway Moore | April 9, 1889[23] | November 11, 1889 | Benjamin Harrison | ||
Governors of the State of Washington change
Washington became a state on November 11, 1889. The term for governor is four years,.[24] It begins on the second Monday in the January after the election.[25]
- Parties
Democratic (11) Populist (1) Republican (12)
(above numbering includes one governor twice)[f]
| # | Governor | Took office | Left office | Party | Lt. Governor | Terms[g] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Elisha Peyre Ferry August 9, 1825 – October 14, 1895 (Aged 70) | November 11, 1889 | January 9, 1893 | Republican | Charles E. Laughton | 1 | ||
| 2 |  | John McGraw October 4, 1850 – June 23, 1910 (Aged 59) | January 9, 1893 | January 11, 1897 | Republican | F. H. Luce | 1 | ||
| 3 |  | John Rankin Rogers September 4, 1838 – December 26, 1901 (Aged 63) | January 11, 1897 | December 26, 1901 | Populist | Thurston Daniels | 1 1⁄2[h][i] | ||
| Democratic | Henry McBride | ||||||||
| 4 |  | Henry McBride February 7, 1856- October 7, 1937 (Aged 81) | December 26, 1901 | January 9, 1905 | Republican | Vacant | 1⁄2[j] | ||
| 5 |  | Albert Edward Mead December 14, 1861 – March 19, 1913 (Aged 51) | January 9, 1905 | January 27, 1909 | Republican | Charles E. Coon | 1 | ||
| 6 |  | Samuel G. Cosgrove April 10, 1847 – March 28, 1909 (Aged 61) | January 27, 1909 | March 28, 1909 | Republican | Marion E. Hay | 1⁄2[i] | ||
| 7 |  | Marion E. Hay December 9, 1865 – November 21, 1933 (Aged 67) | March 28, 1909 | January 11, 1913 | Republican | Vacant | 1⁄2[j] | ||
| 8 |  | Ernest Lister June 15, 1870 – June 14, 1919 (Aged 48) | January 11, 1913 | February 13, 1919 | Democratic | Louis Folwell Hart[k] | 1 1⁄2[l] | ||
| 9 |  | Louis Folwell Hart January 4, 1862 – December 4, 1929 (Aged 67) | February 13, 1919 | January 12, 1925 | Republican | Vacant | 1 1⁄2[m] | ||
| William J. Coyle | |||||||||
| 10 |  | Roland H. Hartley June 26, 1864 – September 21, 1952 (Aged 88) | January 12, 1925 | January 9, 1933 | Republican | W. Lon Johnson | 2 | ||
| John Arthur Gellatly | |||||||||
| 11 |  | Clarence D. Martin June 29, 1886 – August 11, 1955 (Aged 69) | January 9, 1933 | January 13, 1941 | Democratic | Victor A. Meyers | 2 | ||
| 12 | .jpg) | Arthur B. Langlie July 25, 1900 – July 24, 1966 (Aged 65) | January 13, 1941 | January 8, 1945 | Republican | Victor A. Meyers[n] | 1 | ||
| 13 |  | Monrad C. Wallgren April 17, 1891 – September 18, 1961 (Aged 70) | January 8, 1945 | January 12, 1949 | Democratic | Victor A. Meyers | 1 | ||
| 14 | | Arthur B. Langlie July 25, 1900 – July 24, 1966 (Aged 65) | January 12, 1949 | January 14, 1957 | Republican | Victor A. Meyers[n] | 2 | ||
| Emmett T. Anderson | |||||||||
| 15 | .jpg) | Albert Rosellini January 21, 1910 – October 10, 2011 (Aged 101) | January 14, 1957 | January 11, 1965 | Democratic | John A. Cherberg | 2 | ||
| 16 |  | Daniel J. Evans October 16, 1925 | January 11, 1965 | January 12, 1977 | Republican | John A. Cherberg[n] | 3 | ||
| 17 | .jpg) | Dixy Lee Ray September 3, 1914 – January 2, 1994 (Aged 79) | January 12, 1977 | January 14, 1981 | Democratic | John A. Cherberg | 1 | ||
| 18 |  | John Spellman December 29, 1926 – January 15, 2018 (Aged 91) | January 14, 1981 | January 16, 1985 | Republican | John A. Cherberg[n] | 1 | ||
| 19 |  | Booth Gardner August 21, 1936 – March 15, 2013 (Aged 76) | January 16, 1985 | January 13, 1993 | Democratic | John A. Cherberg | 2 | ||
| Joel Pritchard[k] | |||||||||
| 20 |  | Mike Lowry March 8, 1939 – May 1, 2017 (Aged 78) | January 13, 1993 | January 15, 1997 | Democratic | Joel Pritchard[k] | 1 | ||
| 21 |  | Gary Locke January 21, 1950 | January 15, 1997 | January 12, 2005 | Democratic | Brad Owen | 2 | ||
| 22 | .jpg) | Christine Gregoire March 24, 1947 | January 12, 2005 | January 16, 2013 | Democratic | Brad Owen | 2 | ||
| 23 | .jpg) | Jay Inslee February 9, 1951 | January 16, 2013 | Incumbent | Democratic | Brad Owen | 2[o] | ||
| Cyrus Habib | |||||||||
Notes change
- ↑ Due to the long distance between Washington D.C. and Washington Territory, and the slow speed of communications and travel of the day, weeks or months could go by between the appointment of a governor and the governor actually taking office. The actual dates governors took office are sometimes vague; the ones in this list are cited mostly with contemporary news coverage, but other resources and almanacs give slightly different dates.
- ↑ Received a leave of absence in May 1860 to move his wife from Texas to Kentucky. He never returned to Washington Territory.[7][8]
- ↑ Appointed as governor, but did not take office as he was elected as a delegate from Washington Territory.[10]
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 President Johnson removed Governor Pickering in November 1866. Governor Cole arrived on January 8, 1867 after being appointed governor. Governor Pickering would not relinquish power until the U.S. Senate approved of Governor Cole's nomination on the basis that President Johnson was being impeached. However, the state's legislature looked to Governor Cole as the real governor. The U.S. Senate eventually failed to ratify his nomination.[13]
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Was a resident of Washington Territory at the time of appointment. This could have cut down on the time between appointment and taking office.[20]
- ↑ The official numbering includes ten Democrats, 12 Republicans, and John Rogers, who served as both a Democrat and a Populist. Rogers' term is counted as both Populist and Democratic.
- ↑ The fractional terms of some governors are not to be understood absolutely literally; rather, they are meant to show single terms during which multiple governors served, due to resignations, deaths and the like.
- ↑ Rogers was elected as a Populist for his first term and a Democrat for his second.[26]
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Died in office.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Represented the Republican Party.
- ↑ Lister became ill during his second term, relinquished his office to the Lieutenant Governor, and died a few months later.[27]
- ↑ As lieutenant governor, Hart filled the unexpired term after Lister relinquished his office due to ill health.[27]
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 Represented the Democratic Party.
- ↑ Inslee's second term expires in January 2021.
References change
- ↑ "2009-10 Salary Schedule, Adopted May 19, 2009" (PDF). Washington Citizens’ Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2010. Retrieved July 3, 2010.
- ↑ "Glorious News for Washington! Arrival of Governor Stevens" (PDF). Washington Pioneer. Olympia. December 3, 1853. Retrieved July 2, 2010.
- ↑ "Letter from Gov. Stevens" (PDF). Pioneer and Democrat. Olympia. August 14, 1857. Retrieved July 2, 2010.
- ↑ "Arrival of Governor McMullen" (PDF). Pioneer and Democrat. Olympia. September 11, 1857. Retrieved July 2, 2010.
- ↑ Bancroft, Hubert Howe (1890). History of Washington, Idaho, and Montana: 1845–1889, Volume 31. Washington State Library. p. 209. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
- ↑ "Sworn In" (PDF). Pioneer and Democrat. Olympia. Retrieved July 2, 2010.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 McMullin and Walker p. 314
- ↑ "Granted Leave of Absence" (PDF). Pioneer and Democrat. Olympia. May 18, 1860. Retrieved July 2, 2010.
- ↑ McMullin and Walker p. 315
- ↑ "Wallace, William". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives and Historian of the United States Senate. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
- ↑ "Our New Governor" (PDF). Puget Sound Herald. June 12, 1862. Retrieved July 2, 2010.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 "Gubernatorial War!" (PDF). Puget Sound Weekly. January 14, 1867. Retrieved July 2, 2010.
- ↑ McMullin and Walker pp. 317–318
- ↑ "Arrival of General Moore" (PDF). The Vancouver Register. August 31, 1867. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
- ↑ "Flanders, Alvan". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives and Historian of the United States Senate. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
- ↑ McMullin and Walker p. 320
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 McMullin and Walker p. 321
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 McMullin and Walker p. 322
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 "Governor Ferry's Retirement" (PDF). Puget Sound Mail. October 31, 1880. Retrieved July 2, 2010.
- ↑ McMullin and Walker pp. 322–328.
- ↑ McMullin and Walker p. 325
- ↑ McMullin and Walker p. 326
- ↑ Snowden, Clinton (1911). History of Washington: the rise and progress of an American state. New York: Century History Company. p. 153. Retrieved July 3, 2010.
- ↑ WA Const. art. III, § 2
- ↑ WA Const. art. III, § 4
- ↑ "John Rankin Rogers". Washington State University Libraries. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 "Change of Governor in Washington". The Christian Science Monitor. February 14, 1919. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved January 21, 2011.
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