List of the oldest 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 includes only state governors and omits any from territories or colonies. Albert Rosellini has held the record for the longest lifespan at 101 years, 262 days since his death on October 10, 2011. The oldest living person is Raúl H. Castro at age and he will break the record if he is still alive on March 2, 2018. The living governor that is closest to entering this list is William Milliken at age .
Rank |
Governor |
State |
Served |
Party |
Date of birth |
Date of death |
Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
William H. Avery |
Kansas |
1965–1967 |
|Republican |
August 11, 1911 |
November 4, 2009 |
|
11 |
Fenimore Chatterton |
Wyoming |
1903–1905 |
|Republican |
July 21, 1860 |
May 9, 1958 |
|
12 |
J. Bracken Lee |
Utah |
1949–1957 |
|Republican |
January 7, 1899 |
October 20, 1996 |
|
13 |
Joseph W. Fifer |
Illinois |
1889–1893 |
|Republican |
October 28, 1840 |
August 6, 1938 |
|
14 |
Herbert B. Maw |
Utah |
1941–1949 |
|Democratic |
March 11, 1893 |
November 17, 1990 |
|
15 |
Nathaniel S. Berry |
New Hampshire |
1861–1863 |
|Republican |
September 1, 1796 |
April 27, 1894 |
|
16 |
Adelbert Ames |
Mississippi |
1868–1870, 1874–1876 |
|Republican |
October 31, 1835 |
April 12, 1933 |
|
17 |
Andrew W. Hockenhull |
New Mexico |
1933–1935 |
|Democratic |
January 16, 1877 |
June 20, 1974 |
|
18 |
Henry S. Johnston |
Oklahoma |
1927–1929 |
|Democratic |
December 30, 1867 |
January 7, 1965 |
|
19 |
Clifford Hansen |
Wyoming |
1963–1967 |
|Republican |
October 16, 1912 |
October 20, 2009 |
|
20 |
Raúl H. Castro |
Arizona |
1975–1977 |
|Democratic |
June 12, 1916 |
Living |
|
21 |
John E. Weeks |
Vermont |
1927–1931 |
|Republican |
June 14, 1853 |
September 10, 1949 |
|
22 |
Frederick Holbrook |
Vermont |
1861–1863 |
|Republican |
February 15, 1813 |
April 28, 1909 |
|
23 |
Arthur A. Link |
North Dakota |
1973–1981 |
|Democratic |
May 24, 1914 |
June 1, 2010 |
|
24 |
Levi P. Morton |
New York |
1895–1896 |
|Republican |
May 16, 1824 |
May 16, 1920 |
|
25 |
Burton M. Cross |
Maine |
1952–1953, 1953–1955 |
|Republican |
November 15, 1902 |
October 22, 1998 |
|
26 |
John Anderson Jr. |
Kansas |
1961–1965 |
|Republican |
May 8, 1917 |
Living |
|
27 |
Milward L. Simpson |
Wyoming |
1955–1959 |
|Republican |
November 12, 1897 |
June 10, 1993 |
|
28 |
William Scranton |
Pennsylvania |
1963–1967 |
|Republican |
July 19, 1917 |
Living |
|
29 |
Forrest C. Donnell |
Missouri |
1941–1945 |
|Republican |
August 20, 1884 |
March 3, 1980 |
|
30 |
Elmer L. Andersen |
Minnesota |
1961–1963 |
|Republican |
June 17, 1909 |
November 15, 2004 |
|
31 |
Horace Boies |
Iowa |
1890–1894 |
|Democratic |
December 7, 1827 |
April 4, 1923 |
|
32 |
Edgar Whitcomb |
Indiana |
1969–1973 |
|Republican |
November 6, 1917 |
Living |
|
33 |
Dwight W. Burney |
Nebraska |
1960–1961 |
|Republican |
January 7, 1892 |
March 10, 1987 |
|
34 |
George M. Leader |
Pennsylvania |
1955–1959 |
|Democratic |
January 17, 1918 |
Living |
|
35 |
Elbert N. Carvel |
Delaware |
1949–1953, 1961–1965 |
|Democratic |
February 9, 1910 |
February 6, 2005 |
|
36 |
Paul Fannin |
Arizona |
1959–1965 |
|Republican |
January 29, 1907 |
January 13, 2002 |
|
37 |
Otis R. Bowen |
Indiana |
1973–1981 |
|Republican |
February 26, 1918 |
Living |
|
38 |
Patrick Lucey |
Wisconsin |
1971–1977 |
|Democratic |
March 21, 1918 |
Living |
|
39 |
Martin F. Ansel |
South Carolina |
1907–1911 |
|Democratic |
December 12, 1850 |
August 23, 1945 |
|
40 |
W. Averell Harriman |
New York |
1955–1958 |
|Democratic |
November 15, 1891 |
July 26, 1986 |
|
41 |
Frank Lausche |
Ohio |
1945–1947, 1949–1957 |
|Democratic |
November 14, 1895 |
April 21, 1990 |
|
42 |
Russell W. Peterson |
Delaware |
1969–1973 |
|Republican |
October 3, 1916 |
February 21, 2011 |
|
43 |
Frank Carlson |
Kansas |
1947–1950 |
|Republican |
January 23, 1893 |
May 30, 1987 |
|
44 |
William Marvin |
Florida |
1865 |
Provisional |
April 14, 1808 |
July 19, 1902 |
|
45 |
Joshua Hall |
Maine |
1830 |
|Democratic |
October 22, 1768 |
December 25, 1862 |
|
46 |
Bill Clements |
Texas |
1979–1983, 1987–1991 |
|Republican |
April 13, 1917 |
May 29, 2011 |
|
47 |
Harold Stassen |
Minnesota |
1939–1943 |
|Republican |
April 13, 1907 |
March 4, 2001 |
|
48 |
Calvin L. Rampton |
Utah |
1965–1977 |
|Democratic |
November 6, 1913 |
September 16, 2007 |
|
49 |
Alonzo Garcelon |
Maine |
1879–1880 |
|Democratic |
May 6, 1813 |
December 8, 1906 |
|
50 |
Charles W. Snow |
Connecticut |
1946–1947 |
|Democratic |
April 6, 1884 |
September 28, 1977 |
|
51 |
Robert Stafford |
Vermont |
1959–1961 |
|Republican |
August 8, 1913 |
December 23, 2006 |
|
52 |
William L. Guy |
North Dakota |
1961–1973 |
|Democratic |
September 30, 1919 |
Living |
|
53 |
John O. Pastore |
Rhode Island |
1945–1950 |
|Democratic |
March 17, 1907 |
July 15, 2000 |
|
Ronald Reagan |
California |
1967–1975 |
|Republican |
February 6, 1911 |
June 5, 2004 |
||
55 |
Tim M. Babcock |
Montana |
1962–1969 |
|Republican |
October 27, 1919 |
Living |
|
56 |
Hulett C. Smith |
West Virginia |
1965–1969 |
|Democratic |
October 21, 1918 |
January 15, 2012 |
|
57 |
Joseph B. Johnson |
Vermont |
1955–1959 |
|Republican |
August 29, 1893 |
October 25, 1986 |
|
58 |
Raymond E. Baldwin |
Connecticut |
1939–1941, 1943–1946 |
|Republican |
August 31, 1893 |
October 4, 1986 |
|
59 |
Billy Adams |
Colorado |
1927–1933 |
|Democratic |
February 15, 1861 |
February 4, 1954 |
|
60 |
Happy Chandler |
Kentucky |
1935–1939, 1955–1959 |
|Democratic |
July 14, 1898 |
June 15, 1991 |
|
61 |
John G. Townsend Jr. |
Delaware |
1917–1921 |
|Republican |
May 31, 1871 |
April 10, 1964 |
|
62 |
Walter M. Pierce |
Oregon |
1923–1927 |
|Democratic |
May 30, 1861 |
March 27, 1954 |
|
63 |
Marvin Mandel |
Maryland |
1969–1979 |
|Democratic |
April 19, 1920 |
Living |
|
64 |
Percival P. Baxter |
Maine |
1921–1925 |
|Republican |
November 22, 1876 |
June 12, 1969 |
|
65 |
John W. Bricker |
Ohio |
1939–1945 |
|Republican |
September 6, 1893 |
March 22, 1986 |
|
66 |
David P. Buckson |
Delaware |
1960–1961 |
|Republican |
July 25, 1920 |
Living |
|
67 |
Henry S. Caulfield |
Missouri |
1929–1933 |
|Republican |
December 9, 1873 |
May 11, 1966 |
|
68 |
Samuel R. Van Sant |
Minnesota |
1901–1905 |
|Republican |
May 11, 1844 |
October 3, 1936 |
|
69 |
Moody Currier |
New Hampshire |
1885–1887 |
|Republican |
April 22, 1806 |
August 23, 1898 |
|
70 |
Flem D. Sampson |
Kentucky |
1927–1931 |
|Republican |
January 23, 1875 |
May 25, 1967 |
|
71 |
Hugh Carey |
New York |
1975–1982 |
|Democratic |
April 11, 1919 |
August 7, 2011 |
|
72 |
Leo Hoegh |
Iowa |
1955–1957 |
|Republican |
March 30, 1908 |
July 15, 2000 |
|
73 |
George Aiken |
Vermont |
1937–1941 |
|Republican |
August 20, 1892 |
November 19, 1984 |
|
74 |
Daniel W. Turner |
Iowa |
1931–1933 |
|Republican |
March 17, 1877 |
April 15, 1969 |
|
75 |
Charles C. Moore |
Idaho |
1923–1927 |
|Republican |
February 26, 1866 |
March 19, 1958 |
|
76 |
Donald S. Russell |
South Carolina |
1963–1965 |
|Democratic |
February 22, 1906 |
February 22, 1998 |
|
77 |
Benjamin S. Paulen |
Kansas |
1925–1929 |
|Republican |
July 14, 1869 |
July 11, 1961 |
|
78 |
Paul Dillingham |
Vermont |
1865–1867 |
|Republican |
August 10, 1799 |
July 26, 1891 |
|
79 |
John J. Gilligan |
Ohio |
1971–1975 |
|Democratic |
March 22, 1921 |
Living |
|
80 |
Nels H. Smith |
Wyoming |
1939–1943 |
|Republican |
August 27, 1884 |
July 5, 1976 |
|
81 |
John H. Reed |
Maine |
1959–1967 |
|Republican |
January 5, 1921 |
October 31, 2012 |
|
82 |
Frederick B. Fancher |
North Dakota |
1899–1901 |
|Republican |
April 2, 1852 |
January 10, 1944 |
|
83 |
Alpheus Felch |
Michigan |
1846–1847 |
|Democratic |
September 28, 1804 |
June 13, 1896 |
|
84 |
Edward F. Arn |
Kansas |
1951–1955 |
|Republican |
May 19, 1906 |
January 22, 1998 |
|
85 |
Preston Smith |
Texas |
1969–1973 |
|Democratic |
March 8, 1912 |
October 18, 2003 |
|
86 |
Bruce Sundlun |
Rhode Island |
1991–1995 |
|Democratic |
January 19, 1920 |
July 21, 2011 |
|
87 |
William Plumer |
New Hampshire |
1812–1813, 1816–1819 |
|Democratic-Republican |
June 25, 1759 |
December 22, 1850 |
|
88 |
Jim Rhodes |
Ohio |
1963–1971, 1975–1983 |
|Republican |
September 13, 1909 |
March 4, 2001 |
|
89 |
John M. Patterson |
Alabama |
1959–1963 |
|Democratic |
September 27, 1921 |
Living |
|
90 |
William H. McMaster |
South Dakota |
1921–1925 |
|Republican |
May 10, 1877 |
September 14, 1968 |
|
91 |
Sid McMath |
Arkansas |
1949–1953 |
|Democratic |
June 14, 1912 |
October 4, 2003 |
|
92 |
Augustus O. Stanley |
Kentucky |
1915–1919 |
|Democratic |
May 21, 1867 |
August 12, 1958 |
|
Dennis J. Roberts |
Rhode Island |
1951–1959 |
|Democratic |
April 8, 1903 |
June 30, 1994 |
||
94 |
Robert D. Blue |
Iowa |
1945–1949 |
|Republican |
September 24, 1898 |
December 13, 1989 |
|
95 |
Joseph Johnson |
Virginia |
1852–1856 |
|Democratic |
December 19, 1785 |
February 27, 1877 |
|
96 |
James M. Wells |
Louisiana |
1865–1867 |
|Republican |
January 8, 1808 |
February 28, 1899 |
|
97 |
William J. Bulow |
South Dakota |
1927–1931 |
|Democratic |
January 13, 1869 |
February 26, 1960 |
|
98 |
Ernest Hollings |
South Carolina |
1959–1963 |
|Democratic |
January 1, 1922 |
Living |
|
99 |
Jacob Stout |
Delaware |
1820–1821 |
|Federalist |
1764 |
November, 1855 |
|
100 |
William W. Barron |
West Virginia |
1961–1965 |
|Democratic |
December 8, 1911 |
November 12, 2002 |
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See also
- Oldest living United States governor
- Earliest serving United States governor
- List of the oldest United States Senators
- List of the oldest members of the United States House of Representatives
External links
- Bio Search from the National Governors Association
- The Political Graveyard