List of the longest-lived United States Governors

This is a list of the 100 oldest United States governors. It is compiled from governors who have lived the longest, irrespective of their age while in office. It only includes state governors and omits any from territories or colonies. Several of the executives on this list were never elected to office as they were either appointed or served as acting governor. An addendum has been provided to show the 100 oldest that were elected. Albert Rosellini holds the record for the longest lifespan at 101 years, 262 days as of his death on October 10, 2011. The oldest living person is Raúl H. Castro at age and he will become the oldest ever if he is still alive on March 2, 2018. The living governor that is closest to entering this list is Brendan Byrne at age .

100 oldest governors

Rank	Governor	State	Served	Party	Date of birth	Date of death
1	Albert Rosellini	Washington	1957–1965	\|Democratic	January 21, 1910	October 10, 2011
2	Jimmie Davis	Louisiana	1944–1948, 1960–1964	\|Democratic	September 11, 1899	November 5, 2000
3	Nellie Tayloe Ross	Wyoming	1925–1927	\|Democratic	November 29, 1876	December 19, 1977
4	Strom Thurmond	South Carolina	1947–1951	\|Democratic	December 5, 1902	June 26, 2003
5	Roswell K. Colcord	Nevada	1891–1895	\|Republican	April 25, 1839	October 30, 1939
6	Alf Landon	Kansas	1933–1937	\|Republican	September 9, 1887	October 12, 1987

7	Charles Poletti	New York	1942	\|Democratic	July 2, 1903	August 8, 2002
8	Frank B. Morrison	Nebraska	1961–1967	\|Democratic	May 20, 1905	April 19, 2004
9	Theodore F. Green	Rhode Island	1933–1937	\|Democratic	October 2, 1867	May 19, 1966

10	Raúl H. Castro	Arizona	1975–1977	\|Democratic	June 12, 1916	Living
11	William H. Avery	Kansas	1965–1967	\|Republican	August 11, 1911	November 4, 2009

12	Fenimore Chatterton	Wyoming	1903–1905	\|Republican	July 21, 1860	May 9, 1958
13	J. Bracken Lee	Utah	1949–1957	\|Republican	January 7, 1899	October 20, 1996
14	Joseph W. Fifer	Illinois	1889–1893	\|Republican	October 28, 1840	August 6, 1938
15	Herbert B. Maw	Utah	1941–1949	\|Democratic	March 11, 1893	November 17, 1990
16	Nathaniel S. Berry	New Hampshire	1861–1863	\|Republican	September 1, 1796	April 27, 1894
17	Adelbert Ames	Mississippi	1868–1870, 1874–1876	\|Republican	October 31, 1835	April 12, 1933

18	Andrew W. Hockenhull	New Mexico	1933–1935	\|Democratic	January 16, 1877	June 20, 1974
19	John Anderson Jr.	Kansas	1961–1965	\|Republican	May 8, 1917	September 15, 2014
20	Henry S. Johnston	Oklahoma	1927–1929	\|Democratic	December 30, 1867	January 7, 1965
21	Clifford Hansen	Wyoming	1963–1967	\|Republican	October 16, 1912	October 20, 2009

22	Edgar Whitcomb	Indiana	1969–1973	\|Republican	November 6, 1917	Living
23	John E. Weeks	Vermont	1927–1931	\|Republican	June 14, 1853	September 10, 1949
24	Frederick Holbrook	Vermont	1861–1863	\|Republican	February 15, 1813	April 28, 1909
25	Patrick Lucey	Wisconsin	1971–1977	\|Democratic	March 21, 1918	May 10, 2014
26	William Scranton	Pennsylvania	1963–1967	\|Republican	July 19, 1917	July 28, 2013
27	Arthur A. Link	North Dakota	1973–1981	\|Democratic	May 24, 1914	June 1, 2010
28	Levi P. Morton	New York	1895–1896	\|Republican	May 16, 1824	May 16, 1920
29	Burton M. Cross	Maine	1952–1953, 1953–1955	\|Republican	November 15, 1902	October 22, 1998
30	Milward L. Simpson	Wyoming	1955–1959	\|Republican	November 12, 1897	June 10, 1993
31	Forrest C. Donnell	Missouri	1941–1945	\|Republican	August 20, 1884	March 3, 1980
32	Elmer L. Andersen	Minnesota	1961–1963	\|Republican	June 17, 1909	November 15, 2004
33	Horace Boies	Iowa	1890–1894	\|Democratic	December 7, 1827	April 4, 1923
34	George M. Leader	Pennsylvania	1955–1959	\|Democratic	January 17, 1918	May 9, 2013
35	Otis R. Bowen	Indiana	1973–1981	\|Republican	February 26, 1918	May 4, 2013

36	Dwight W. Burney	Nebraska	1960–1961	\|Republican	January 7, 1892	March 10, 1987

37	Tim M. Babcock	Montana	1962–1969	\|Republican	October 27, 1919	Living
38	Elbert N. Carvel	Delaware	1949–1953, 1961–1965	\|Democratic	February 9, 1910	February 6, 2005
39	Paul Fannin	Arizona	1959–1965	\|Republican	January 29, 1907	January 13, 2002
40	Martin F. Ansel	South Carolina	1907–1911	\|Democratic	December 12, 1850	August 23, 1945
41	W. Averell Harriman	New York	1955–1958	\|Democratic	November 15, 1891	July 26, 1986

42	Marvin Mandel	Maryland	1969–1979	\|Democratic	April 19, 1920	Living
43	Frank Lausche	Ohio	1945–1947, 1949–1957	\|Democratic	November 14, 1895	April 21, 1990
44	Russell W. Peterson	Delaware	1969–1973	\|Republican	October 3, 1916	February 21, 2011
45	Frank Carlson	Kansas	1947–1950	\|Republican	January 23, 1893	May 30, 1987

46	David P. Buckson	Delaware	1960–1961	\|Republican	July 25, 1920	Living

47	William Marvin	Florida	1865	Provisional	April 14, 1808	July 19, 1902

48	Joshua Hall	Maine	1830	\|Democratic	October 22, 1768	December 25, 1862
49	Bill Clements	Texas	1979–1983, 1987–1991	\|Republican	April 13, 1917	May 29, 2011
50	Harold Stassen	Minnesota	1939–1943	\|Republican	April 13, 1907	March 4, 2001
51	Calvin L. Rampton	Utah	1965–1977	\|Democratic	November 6, 1913	September 16, 2007
52	Alonzo Garcelon	Maine	1879–1880	\|Democratic	May 6, 1813	December 8, 1906
53	William L. Guy	North Dakota	1961–1973	\|Democratic	September 30, 1919	April 26, 2013

54	Charles W. Snow	Connecticut	1946–1947	\|Democratic	April 6, 1884	September 28, 1977
55	Robert Stafford	Vermont	1959–1961	\|Republican	August 8, 1913	December 23, 2006
56	John O. Pastore	Rhode Island	1945–1950	\|Democratic	March 17, 1907	July 15, 2000
57	Ronald Reagan	California	1967–1975	\|Republican	February 6, 1911	June 5, 2004
58	Hulett C. Smith	West Virginia	1965–1969	\|Democratic	October 21, 1918	January 15, 2012
59	Joseph B. Johnson	Vermont	1955–1959	\|Republican	August 29, 1893	October 25, 1986

60	John M. Patterson	Alabama	1959–1963	\|Democratic	September 27, 1921	Living
61	Raymond E. Baldwin	Connecticut	1939–1941, 1943–1946	\|Republican	August 31, 1893	October 4, 1986
62	Billy Adams	Colorado	1927–1933	\|Democratic	February 15, 1861	February 4, 1954
63	Happy Chandler	Kentucky	1935–1939, 1955–1959	\|Democratic	July 14, 1898	June 15, 1991
64	John G. Townsend Jr.	Delaware	1917–1921	\|Republican	May 31, 1871	April 10, 1964

65	Ernest Hollings	South Carolina	1959–1963	\|Democratic	January 1, 1922	Living
66	Walter M. Pierce	Oregon	1923–1927	\|Democratic	May 30, 1861	March 27, 1954

67	William G. Milliken	Michigan	1969–1983	\|Republican	March 26, 1922	Living
68	Percival P. Baxter	Maine	1921–1925	\|Republican	November 22, 1876	June 12, 1969
69	John W. Bricker	Ohio	1939–1945	\|Republican	September 6, 1893	March 22, 1986
70	John J. Gilligan	Ohio	1971–1975	\|Democratic	March 22, 1921	August 26, 2013
71	Henry S. Caulfield	Missouri	1929–1933	\|Republican	December 9, 1873	May 11, 1966

72	Rose Mofford	Arizona	1988–1991	\|Democratic	June 10, 1922	Living
73	Samuel R. Van Sant	Minnesota	1901–1905	\|Republican	May 11, 1844	October 3, 1936

74	Wayne Mixson	Florida	1987	\|Democratic	June 16, 1922	Living
75	Moody Currier	New Hampshire	1885–1887	\|Republican	April 22, 1806	August 23, 1898
76	Flem D. Sampson	Kentucky	1927–1931	\|Republican	January 23, 1875	May 25, 1967
77	Hugh Carey	New York	1975–1982	\|Democratic	April 11, 1919	August 7, 2011
78	Leo Hoegh	Iowa	1955–1957	\|Republican	March 30, 1908	July 15, 2000

79	Paul Laxalt	Nevada	1967–1971	\| Republican	August 2, 1922	Living

80	Dan Walker	Illinois	1973–1977	\|Democratic	August 6, 1922	Living
81	George Aiken	Vermont	1937–1941	\|Republican	August 20, 1892	November 19, 1984
82	Daniel W. Turner	Iowa	1931–1933	\|Republican	March 17, 1877	April 15, 1969
83	Charles C. Moore	Idaho	1923–1927	\|Republican	February 26, 1866	March 19, 1958
84	Donald S. Russell	South Carolina	1963–1965	\|Democratic	February 22, 1906	February 22, 1998
85	Benjamin S. Paulen	Kansas	1925–1929	\|Republican	July 14, 1869	July 11, 1961
86	Paul Dillingham	Vermont	1865–1867	\|Republican	August 10, 1799	July 26, 1891
87	Nels H. Smith	Wyoming	1939–1943	\|Republican	August 27, 1884	July 5, 1976
88	John H. Reed	Maine	1959–1967	\|Republican	January 5, 1921	October 31, 2012
89	Frederick B. Fancher	North Dakota	1899-1901	\|Republican	April 2, 1852	January 10, 1944
90	Alpheus Felch	Michigan	1846–1847	\|Democratic	September 28, 1804	June 13, 1896

91	William Winter	Mississippi	1980-1984	\| Democratic	February 21, 1923	Living
92	Edward F. Arn	Kansas	1951–1955	\|Republican	May 19, 1906	January 22, 1998
93	Preston Smith	Texas	1969–1973	\|Democratic	March 8, 1912	October 18, 2003

94	Arch A. Moore Jr.	West Virginia	1969–1977, 1985–1989	\| Republican	April 16, 1923	Living
95	Bruce Sundlun	Rhode Island	1991–1995	\|Democratic	January 19, 1920	July 21, 2011
96	William Plumer	New Hampshire	1812–1813, 1816–1819	\|Democratic-Republican	June 25, 1759	December 22, 1850
97	Jim Rhodes	Ohio	1963–1971, 1975–1983	\|Republican	September 13, 1909	March 4, 2001
98	Victor G. Atiyeh	Oregon	1979–1987	\| Republican	February 20, 1923	July 20, 2014
99	William H. McMaster	South Dakota	1921–1925	\|Republican	May 10, 1877	September 14, 1968

100	John D. Vanderhoof	Colorado	1973–1975	\|Republican	May 27, 1922	September 19, 2013

Addendum

Rank	Governor	State	Served	Party	Date of birth	Date of death
101	Sid McMath	Arkansas	\| 1949-1953	\|Democratic	June 14, 1912	October 4, 2003
102	Augustus O. Stanley	Kentucky	1915–1919	\|Democratic	May 21, 1867	August 12, 1958
103	Dennis J. Roberts	Rhode Island	1951–1959	\|Democratic	April 8, 1903	June 30, 1994
104	Robert D. Blue	Iowa	1945–1949	\|Republican	September 24, 1898	December 13, 1989
105	Joseph Johnson	Virginia	1852–1856	\|Democratic	December 19, 1785	February 27, 1877

106	James M. Wells	Louisiana	1865–1867	\|Republican	January 8, 1808	February 28, 1899

107	Al Quie	Minnesota	1979–1983	\| Republican	September 18, 1923	Living

108	A. Linwood Holton Jr.	Virginia	1970–1974	\| Republican	September 21, 1923	Living
109	William J. Bulow	South Dakota	1927–1931	\|Democratic	January 13, 1869	February 26, 1960

110	Jacob Stout	Delaware	1820–1821	\|Federalist	1764	November, 1855
111	William W. Barron	West Virginia	1961–1965	\|Democratic	December 8, 1911	November 12, 2002

112	Charles Thone	Nebraska	1979–1983	\|Republican	January 4, 1924	Living
113	Pat Brown	California	1959–1967	\|Democratic	April 21, 1905	February 16, 1996

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