List of current United States governors by age

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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 May 1, 2024.

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State governors

StateGovernorDate of birthDate of
inauguration
Age at
inauguration
Time in officeCurrent
age
Party
Alabama Kay Ivey October 15, 1944April 10, 201772 years, 177 days7 years, 21 days79 years, 199 daysRepublican
Alaska Mike Dunleavy May 5, 1961December 3, 201857 years, 212 days5 years, 150 days62 years, 362 daysRepublican
Arizona Katie Hobbs December 28, 1969January 2, 202353 years, 5 days1 year, 120 days54 years, 125 daysDemocratic
Arkansas Sarah Huckabee Sanders August 13, 1982January 10, 202340 years, 150 days1 year, 112 days41 years, 262 daysRepublican
California Gavin Newsom October 10, 1967January 7, 201951 years, 89 days5 years, 115 days56 years, 204 daysDemocratic
Colorado Jared Polis May 12, 1975January 8, 201943 years, 241 days5 years, 114 days48 years, 355 daysDemocratic
Connecticut Ned Lamont January 3, 1954January 9, 201965 years, 6 days5 years, 113 days70 years, 119 daysDemocratic
Delaware John Carney May 20, 1956January 17, 201760 years, 242 days7 years, 105 days67 years, 347 daysDemocratic
Florida Ron DeSantis September 14, 1978January 8, 201940 years, 116 days5 years, 114 days45 years, 230 daysRepublican
Georgia Brian Kemp November 2, 1963January 14, 201955 years, 73 days5 years, 108 days60 years, 181 daysRepublican
Hawaii Josh Green February 11, 1970December 5, 202252 years, 297 days1 year, 148 days54 years, 80 daysDemocratic
Idaho Brad Little February 15, 1954January 7, 201964 years, 326 days5 years, 116 days70 years, 76 daysRepublican
Illinois J. B. Pritzker January 19, 1965January 14, 201953 years, 360 days5 years, 108 days59 years, 103 daysDemocratic
Indiana Eric Holcomb May 2, 1968January 9, 201748 years, 252 days7 years, 113 days55 years, 365 daysRepublican
Iowa Kim Reynolds August 4, 1959May 24, 201757 years, 293 days6 years, 343 days64 years, 271 daysRepublican
Kansas Laura Kelly January 24, 1950January 14, 201968 years, 355 days5 years, 108 days74 years, 98 daysDemocratic
Kentucky Andy Beshear November 29, 1977December 10, 201942 years, 11 days4 years, 143 days46 years, 154 daysDemocratic
Louisiana Jeff Landry December 23, 1970January 8, 202453 years, 16 days114 days53 years, 130 daysRepublican
Maine Janet Mills December 30, 1947January 2, 201971 years, 3 days5 years, 120 days76 years, 123 daysDemocratic
Maryland Wes Moore October 15, 1978January 18, 202344 years, 95 days1 year, 104 days45 years, 199 daysDemocratic
Massachusetts Maura Healey February 8, 1971January 5, 202351 years, 331 days1 year, 117 days53 years, 83 daysDemocratic
Michigan Gretchen Whitmer August 23, 1971January 1, 201947 years, 131 days5 years, 121 days52 years, 252 daysDemocratic
Minnesota Tim Walz April 6, 1964January 7, 201954 years, 276 days5 years, 115 days60 years, 25 daysDemocratic (DFL)
Mississippi Tate Reeves June 5, 1974January 14, 202045 years, 223 days4 years, 108 days49 years, 331 daysRepublican
Missouri Mike Parson September 17, 1955June 1, 201862 years, 257 days5 years, 335 days68 years, 227 daysRepublican
Montana Greg Gianforte April 17, 1961January 4, 202159 years, 262 days3 years, 118 days63 years, 14 daysRepublican
Nebraska Jim Pillen December 31, 1955January 5, 202367 years, 5 days1 year, 117 days68 years, 122 daysRepublican
Nevada Joe Lombardo November 8, 1962January 2, 202360 years, 55 days1 year, 120 days61 years, 175 daysRepublican
New Hampshire Chris Sununu November 5, 1974January 5, 201742 years, 61 days7 years, 117 days49 years, 178 daysRepublican
New Jersey Phil Murphy August 16, 1957January 16, 201860 years, 153 days6 years, 106 days66 years, 259 daysDemocratic
New Mexico Michelle Lujan Grisham October 24, 1959January 1, 201959 years, 69 days5 years, 121 days64 years, 190 daysDemocratic
New York Kathy Hochul August 27, 1958August 24, 202162 years, 362 days2 years, 251 days65 years, 248 daysDemocratic
North Carolina Roy Cooper June 13, 1957January 1, 201759 years, 202 days7 years, 121 days66 years, 323 daysDemocratic
North Dakota Doug Burgum August 1, 1956December 15, 201660 years, 136 days7 years, 138 days67 years, 274 daysRepublican
Ohio Mike DeWine January 5, 1947January 14, 201972 years, 9 days5 years, 108 days77 years, 117 daysRepublican
Oklahoma Kevin Stitt December 28, 1972January 14, 201946 years, 17 days5 years, 108 days51 years, 125 daysRepublican
Oregon Tina Kotek September 30, 1966January 9, 202356 years, 101 days1 year, 113 days57 years, 214 daysDemocratic
Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro June 20, 1973January 17, 202349 years, 211 days1 year, 105 days50 years, 316 daysDemocratic
Rhode Island Dan McKee June 16, 1951March 2, 202169 years, 259 days3 years, 60 days72 years, 320 daysDemocratic
South Carolina Henry McMaster May 27, 1947January 24, 201769 years, 242 days7 years, 98 days76 years, 340 daysRepublican
South Dakota Kristi Noem November 30, 1971January 5, 201947 years, 36 days5 years, 117 days52 years, 153 daysRepublican
Tennessee Bill Lee October 9, 1959January 19, 201959 years, 102 days5 years, 103 days64 years, 205 daysRepublican
Texas Greg Abbott November 13, 1957January 20, 201557 years, 68 days9 years, 102 days66 years, 170 daysRepublican
Utah Spencer Cox July 11, 1975January 4, 202145 years, 177 days3 years, 118 days48 years, 295 daysRepublican
Vermont Phil Scott August 4, 1958January 5, 201758 years, 154 days7 years, 117 days65 years, 271 daysRepublican
Virginia Glenn Youngkin December 9, 1966January 15, 202255 years, 37 days2 years, 107 days57 years, 144 daysRepublican
Washington Jay Inslee February 9, 1951January 16, 201361 years, 342 days11 years, 106 days73 years, 82 daysDemocratic
West Virginia Jim Justice April 27, 1951January 16, 201765 years, 264 days7 years, 106 days73 years, 4 daysRepublican
Wisconsin Tony Evers November 5, 1951January 7, 201967 years, 63 days5 years, 115 days72 years, 178 daysDemocratic
Wyoming Mark Gordon March 14, 1957January 7, 201961 years, 299 days5 years, 115 days67 years, 48 daysRepublican

Territorial governors

TerritoryGovernorDate of birthDate of inaugurationAge at inaugurationTime in officeCurrent
age
Party
American Samoa Lemanu Peleti Mauga January 3, 1960 [1] January 3, 202161 years, 0 days3 years, 119 days Democratic
Guam Lou Leon Guerrero November 8, 1950January 7, 201968 years, 60 days5 years, 115 days73 years, 175 daysDemocratic
Northern Mariana Islands Arnold Palacios August 22, 1955 [2] January 9, 202367 years, 140 days1 year, 113 days68 years, 253 daysIndependent
Puerto Rico Pedro Pierluisi April 26, 1959January 2, 202161 years, 251 days3 years, 120 days65 years, 5 days New Progressive, Democratic
United States Virgin Islands Albert Bryan February 21, 1968January 7, 201950 years, 320 days5 years, 115 days56 years, 70 daysDemocratic

Mayors of federal districts

DistrictMayorDate of birthDate of inaugurationAge at inaugurationTime in officeCurrent ageParty
Columbia Muriel Bowser August 2, 1972January 2, 201542 years, 153 days9 years, 120 days51 years, 273 days Democratic

Demographics of state governors

Note: The following information for currently serving state governors is correct as of 2021.

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