List of Governors of California Totally Explained

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Party	Governors
Republican	22
Democratic	15
American	1

The following is a list of Governors of the State of California. The governor is the highest executive authority in California and commander-in-chief of the state militia, with the duty to enforce the laws of the state and the ability to veto bills passed by the legislature. The governor is also a member of the Regents of the University of California, the governing board of the University of California. Since becoming a state in 1850, 38 people have served as governor, all men, and there have been no non-consecutive terms.
According to the California Elections Code, elections are held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November (§1001). The original California Constitution of 1849 had two-year terms for governor, increased to four years in an amendment ratified September 3 1862. In 1990, the electorate adopted an amendment to Article 5, §2 implementing a term limit of two terms; prior to this limit, only one governor had been elected to more than two terms, Earl Warren. The term of office of a governor begins on the first Monday after January 1 after the election.
Many governors of California have been influential nationwide, in areas far-flung from politics. Leland Stanford founded Stanford University in 1891. Earl Warren, the longest-serving governor, won an election with the nominations of the three major parties - the only person ever to run essentially unopposed for governor of California. He later became Chief Justice of the United States. Ronald Reagan, who was president of the Screen Actors Guild and later President of the United States, and current governor Arnold Schwarzenegger both came to prominence through acting. Gray Davis was the first governor of California, and second governor in American history, to be recalled by voters.

Governors

California was obtained by the United States in the Mexican Cession following the Mexican-American War. It bypassed territoryhood and was admitted as a state on September 9 1850. For the Spanish, Mexican, Bear Flag, military and territorial governors of Alta California prior to statehood, see list of pre-statehood governors of California. There have been 38 governors, each one serving a single distinct term.

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1	Peter Hardeman Burnett	December 20 1849	January 9 1851	Democratic	John McDougall	½
2	John McDougall	January 9 1851	January 8 1852	Democratic	David C. Broderick	½
3	John Bigler	January 8 1852	January 9 1856	Democratic	Samuel Purdy	2
4	J. Neely Johnson	January 9 1856	January 8 1858	American	Robert M. Anderson	1
5	John B. Weller	January 8 1858	January 9 1860	Democratic	John Walkup	1
6	Milton Latham	January 9 1860	January 14 1860	Lecompton Democratic	John G. Downey	½
7	John G. Downey	January 14 1860	January 10 1862	Lecompton Democratic	Isaac N. Quinn
7	John G. Downey	January 14 1860	January 10 1862	Lecompton Democratic	8		Leland Stanford	January 10 1862	December 10 1863	Republican	John F. Chellis	1
9	Frederick Low	December 10 1863	December 5 1867	Unionist Republican	Tim N. Machin	1
10	Henry Huntly Haight	December 5 1867	December 8 1871	Democratic	William Holden	1
11	Newton Booth	December 8 1871	February 27 1875	Republican	Romualdo Pacheco	½
12	Romualdo Pacheco	February 27 1875	December 9 1875	Republican
17	Robert Waterman	September 12 1887	January 8 1891	Republican		½
20	Henry Gage	January 4 1899	January 6 1903	Republican	Jacob H. Neff	1
21	George Pardee	January 6 1903	January 9 1907	Republican	Alden Anderson	1
22	James Gillett	January 9 1907	January 3 1911	Republican	Warren R. Porter	1
23	Hiram Johnson	January 3 1911	March 15 1917	Republican, Progressive	A. J. Wallace	1½

					Clement C. Young
25	Friend Richardson	January 9 1923	January 4 1927	Republican	Clement C. Young	1
26	Clement C. Young	January 4 1927	January 6 1931	Republican	Buron Fitts	1
26	Clement C. Young	January 4 1927	January 6 1931	Republican	H. L. Carnahan	1	Frederick F. Houser	2½
Goodwin Jess Knight								2½
31	Goodwin Jess Knight	October 5 1953	January 5 1959	Republican	Harold J. Powers	1½	2
Edwin Reinecke
38	Arnold Schwarzenegger	November 17 2003	Incumbent	Republican		½
38	Arnold Schwarzenegger	November 17 2003	Incumbent	Republican	John Garamendi	½

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