This list contains the 50 governors of states in the United States who have served for the longest years consecutively or otherwise. Territorial and colonial governors are not included. [1]
# | Governor | State | Party | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
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1 | Terry Branstad [2] | Iowa | Republican | January 14, 1983 | January 15, 1999 | 8,169 days |
January 14, 2011 | May 24, 2017 | |||||
2 | George Clinton | New York | Democratic-Republican | July 30, 1777 | June 30, 1795 | 7,641 days |
July 1, 1801 | June 30, 1804 | |||||
3 | George Wallace | Alabama | Democratic | January 14, 1963 | January 16, 1967 | 5,848 days |
January 18, 1971 | January 15, 1979 | |||||
January 17, 1983 | January 19, 1987 | |||||
4 | Jerry Brown | California | Democratic | January 6, 1975 | January 3, 1983 | 5,847 days |
January 3, 2011 | January 7, 2019 | |||||
5 | Bill Janklow | South Dakota | Republican | January 1, 1979 | January 6, 1987 | 5,845 days |
January 7, 1995 | January 3, 2003 | |||||
6 | Jim Rhodes | Ohio | Republican | January 14, 1963 | January 11, 1971 | 5,840 days |
January 13, 1975 | January 10, 1983 | |||||
Jim Hunt | North Carolina | Democratic | January 8, 1977 | January 5, 1985 | 5,840 days | |
January 9, 1993 | January 6, 2001 | |||||
8 | Edwin Edwards | Louisiana | Democratic | May 9, 1972 | March 10, 1980 | 5,784 days |
March 12, 1984 | March 14, 1988 | |||||
January 13, 1992 | January 8, 1996 | |||||
9 | Arthur Fenner | Rhode Island | Country | May 5, 1790 | October 15, 1805 | 5,642 days |
10 | Albert Ritchie | Maryland | Democratic | January 14, 1920 | January 9, 1935 | 5,475 days |
11 | Nelson Rockefeller | New York | Republican | January 1, 1959 | December 18, 1973 | 5,466 days |
12 | Rick Perry | Texas | Republican | December 21, 2000 | January 20, 2015 | 5,144 days |
13 | Tommy Thompson | Wisconsin | Republican | January 5, 1987 | February 1, 2001 | 5,142 days |
14 | Cecil Andrus | Idaho | Democratic | January 4, 1971 | January 23, 1977 | 5,132 days |
January 5, 1987 | January 2, 1995 | |||||
15 | John Taylor Gilman | New Hampshire | Federalist | June 5, 1794 | June 6, 1805 | 5,119 days |
June 3, 1813 | June 6, 1816 | |||||
16 | James R. Thompson | Illinois | Republican | January 10, 1977 | January 14, 1991 | 5,118 days |
17 | Robert D. Ray | Iowa | Republican | January 16, 1969 | January 14, 1983 | 5,112 days |
18 | George W. P. Hunt | Arizona | Democratic | February 14, 1912 | January 1, 1917 | 5,108 days |
December 25, 1917 | January 6, 1919 | |||||
January 1, 1923 | January 27, 1929 | |||||
January 5, 1931 | January 2, 1933 | |||||
19 | William Milliken | Michigan | Republican | January 22, 1969 | January 1, 1983 | 5,093 days |
20 | William Livingston | New Jersey | Federalist | August 31, 1776 | July 25, 1790 | 5,076 days |
21 | James Fenner | Rhode Island | Democratic-Republican, Law and Order | May 6, 1807 | May 1, 1811 | 4,749 days |
May 5, 1824 | May 4, 1831 | |||||
May 2, 1843 | May 6, 1845 | |||||
22 | Isaac Halstead Williamson | New Jersey | Democratic-Republican | February 6, 1817 | October 30, 1829 | 4,650 days |
23 | John Kitzhaber | Oregon | Democratic | January 9, 1995 | January 13, 2003 | 4,428 days |
January 10, 2011 | February 18, 2015 | |||||
24 | William Carroll | Tennessee | Democratic-Republican, Democratic | October 1, 1821 | October 1, 1827 | 4,395 days |
October 1, 1829 | October 12, 1835 | |||||
25 | Arch A. Moore Jr. | West Virginia | Republican | January 13, 1969 | January 17, 1977 | 4,391 days |
January 14, 1985 | January 16, 1989 | |||||
26 | Butch Otter | Idaho | Republican | January 1, 2007 | January 7, 2019 | 4,390 days |
27 | Bruce King | New Mexico | Democratic | January 1, 1971 | January 1, 1975 | 4,386 days |
January 1, 1979 | January 1, 1983 | |||||
January 1, 1991 | January 1, 1995 | |||||
28 | Daniel J. Evans | Washington | Republican | January 11, 1965 | January 12, 1977 | 4,385 days |
29 | G. Mennen Williams | Michigan | Democratic | January 1, 1949 | January 1, 1961 | 4,384 days |
Michael Dukakis | Massachusetts | Democratic | January 2, 1975 | January 4, 1979 | 4,384 days | |
January 6, 1983 | January 3, 1991 | |||||
John Engler | Michigan | Republican | January 1, 1991 | January 1, 2003 | 4,384 days | |
32 | Thomas E. Dewey | New York | Republican | January 1, 1943 | December 31, 1954 | 4,383 days |
Robert E. Smylie | Idaho | Republican | January 3, 1955 | January 2, 1967 | 4,383 days | |
Orval Faubus | Arkansas | Democratic | January 11, 1955 | January 10, 1967 | 4,383 days | |
John A. Burns | Hawaii | Democratic | December 3, 1962 | December 2, 1974 | 4,383 days | |
Cal Rampton | Utah | Democratic | January 4, 1965 | January 3, 1977 | 4,383 days | |
George Ariyoshi | Hawaii | Democratic | December 2, 1974 | December 1, 1986 | 4,383 days | |
Edgar Herschler | Wyoming | Democratic | January 6, 1975 | January 5, 1987 | 4,383 days | |
Richard Lamm | Colorado | Democratic | January 14, 1975 | January 13, 1987 | 4,383 days | |
Mario Cuomo | New York | Democratic | January 1, 1983 | December 31, 1994 | 4,383 days | |
Roy Romer | Colorado | Democratic | January 13, 1987 | January 12, 1999 | 4,383 days | |
George Pataki | New York | Republican | January 1, 1995 | December 31, 2006 | 4,383 days | |
43 | Arthur B. Langlie | Washington | Republican | January 13, 1941 | January 8, 1945 | 4,382 days |
January 12, 1949 | January 14, 1957 | |||||
William L. Guy | North Dakota | Democratic–Nonpartisan League | January 4, 1961 | January 2, 1973 | 4,382 days | |
45 | Bill Clinton | Arkansas | Democratic | January 9, 1979 | January 19, 1981 | 4,366 days |
January 11, 1983 | December 12, 1992 | |||||
46 | William A. Egan | Alaska | Democratic | January 3, 1959 | December 5, 1966 | 4,324 days |
December 7, 1970 | December 2, 1974 | |||||
47 | John Marshall Stone | Mississippi | Democratic | March 29, 1876 | January 2, 1882 | 4,305 days |
January 13, 1890 | January 20, 1896 | |||||
48 | Jonathan Trumbull Jr. | Connecticut | Federalist | December 1, 1797 | August 7, 1809 | 4,267 days |
49 | John Sevier | Tennessee | Democratic-Republican | March 30, 1796 | September 23, 1801 | 4,193 days |
September 23, 1803 | September 20, 1809 | |||||
50 | Howard Dean | Vermont | Democratic | August 13, 1991 | January 8, 2003 | 4,167 days |
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