List of oldest living United States governors

The following are lists of the politicians who were or are the longest living and oldest still-living governors of each U.S. state. The current oldest living U.S. state governor is Roy Romer, aged 97 years, 256 days, Governor of Colorado from 1987 to 1999. Albert Rosellini (1910–2011), the Governor of Washington from 1957 to 1965, lived the longest lifespan of any governor, having died at the age of 101 years, 262 days.

Territorial governors are included in italics.

Longest living U.S. governors

Start date	End date	Governor	State	Birth date	Gubernatorial term(s)	Party
October 28, 1786	March 29, 1789	Thomas Collins	Delaware	1732	1786–1789	No party
March 29, 1789	April 17, 1790	Benjamin Franklin	Pennsylvania	January 17, 1706	1785–1788	No party
April 17, 1790	July 25, 1790	William Livingston	New Jersey	November 30, 1723	1776–1790	Federalist
July 25, 1790	May 19, 1795	Josiah Bartlett	New Hampshire	November 21, 1729	1790–1794	Democratic-Republican
May 19, 1795	October 2, 1803	Samuel Adams	Massachusetts	September 27, 1722	1794–1797	Democratic-Republican
October 2, 1803	February 3, 1813	Samuel Ashe	North Carolina	March 24, 1725	1795–1798	Democratic-Republican
February 3, 1813	August 17, 1816	Samuel Johnston	North Carolina	December 15, 1733	1787–1789	Federalist
August 17, 1816	June 24, 1817	Thomas McKean	Pennsylvania	March 19, 1734	1799–1808	Democratic-Republican
June 24, 1817	September 18, 1819	John Langdon	New Hampshire	June 26, 1741	1785–1786, 1788–1789, 1805–1809, 1810–1812,	Democratic-Republican
September 18, 1819	March 19, 1829	John Tayler	New York	July 4, 1742	1817	Democratic-Republican
March 19, 1829	May 17, 1829	John Jay	New York	December 12, 1745	1795–1801	Federalist
May 17, 1829	June 10, 1832	Joseph Hiester	Pennsylvania	November 18, 1752	1820–1823	Democratic-Republican
June 10, 1832	September 24, 1834	Jonas Galusha	Vermont	February 11, 1753	1809–1813, 1815–1820	Democratic-Republican
September 24, 1834	December 11, 1838	Isaac Tichenor	Vermont	February 8, 1754	1797–1807, 1808–1809	Federalist
December 11, 1838	April 7, 1844	Morgan Lewis	New York	October 16, 1754	1804–1807	Democratic-Republican
April 7, 1844	December 22, 1850	William Plumer	New Hampshire	June 25, 1759	1812–1813, 1816–1819	Democratic-Republican
December 22, 1850	December 25, 1862	Joshua Hall	Maine	October 22, 1768	1830	Democratic
December 25, 1862	October 16, 1869	Joseph Ritner	Pennsylvania	March 25, 1780	1835–1839	Anti-Masonic
October 16, 1869	February 3, 1870	Allen Trimble	Ohio	November 24, 1783	1822, 1826–1830	National Republican
February 3, 1870	October 10, 1870	Mordecai Bartley	Ohio	December 16, 1783	1844–1846	Whig
October 10, 1870	November 1, 1874	Enos T. Throop	New York	August 21, 1784	1829–1832	Democratic
November 1, 1874	February 27, 1877	Joseph Johnson	Virginia	December 19, 1785	1852–1856	Democratic
February 27, 1877	December 18, 1885	Hiland Hall	Vermont	July 20, 1795	1858–1860	Republican
December 18, 1885	April 27, 1894	Nathaniel S. Berry	New Hampshire	September 1, 1796	1861–1863	Republican
April 27, 1894	June 13, 1896	Alpheus Felch	Michigan	September 28, 1804	1846–1847	Democratic
June 13, 1896	August 23, 1898	Moody Currier	New Hampshire	April 22, 1806	1885–1887	Republican
August 23, 1898	February 28, 1899	James Madison Wells	Louisiana	January 8, 1808	1865–1867	Republican
February 28, 1899	July 9, 1902	William Marvin	Florida	April 14, 1808	1865	Democratic
July 9, 1902	April 28, 1909	Frederick Holbrook	Vermont	February 15, 1813	1861–1863	Republican
April 28, 1909	February 3, 1912	Frederick Robie	Maine	August 12, 1822	1885–1887	Republican
February 3, 1912	June 4, 1912	Royal C. Taft	Rhode Island	February 14, 1823	1888–1889	Republican
June 4, 1912	January 8, 1914	Simon Bolivar Buckner	Kentucky	April 1, 1823	1887–1891	Democratic
January 8, 1914	May 16, 1920	Levi P. Morton	New York	May 16, 1824	1895–1896	Republican
May 16, 1920	April 4, 1923	Horace Boies	Iowa	December 7, 1827	1890–1894	Democratic
April 4, 1923	April 3, 1924	Ebenezer J. Ormsbee	Vermont	June 8, 1834	1886–1888	Republican
April 3, 1924	January 28, 1925	Augustus O. Bourn	Rhode Island	October 1, 1834	1883–1885	Republican
January 28, 1925	April 13, 1933	Adelbert Ames	Mississippi	October 31, 1835	1868–1870, 1874–1876	Republican
April 13, 1933	October 30, 1939	Roswell K. Colcord	25x25px Nevada	April 25, 1839	1891–1895	Republican
October 30, 1939	August 23, 1945	Martin Frederick Ansel	South Carolina	December 12, 1850	1907–1911	Democratic
August 23, 1945	September 5, 1946	John I. Cox	Tennessee	November 23, 1855	1905–1907	Democratic
September 5, 1946	April 11, 1949	Chase Osborn	Michigan	January 22, 1860	1911–1913	Republican
April 11, 1949	May 9, 1958	Fenimore Chatterton	25x25px Wyoming	July 21, 1860	1903–1905	Republican
May 9, 1958	August 12, 1958	Augustus Owsley Stanley	Kentucky	May 21, 1867	1915–1919	Democratic
August 12, 1958	May 19, 1966	Theodore F. Green	Rhode Island	October 2, 1867	1933–1937	Democratic
May 19, 1966	June 12, 1969	Percival P. Baxter	Maine	November 22, 1876	1921–1925	Republican
June 12, 1969	December 19, 1977	Nellie Tayloe Ross	25x25px Wyoming	November 29, 1876	1925–1927	Democratic
December 19, 1977	March 3, 1980	Forrest C. Donnell	25x25px Missouri	August 20, 1884	1941–1945	Republican
March 3, 1980	October 12, 1987	Alf Landon	Kansas	September 9, 1887	1933–1937	Republican
October 12, 1987	April 21, 1990	Frank Lausche	Ohio	November 14, 1895	1945–1947, 1949–1957	Democratic
April 21, 1990	June 11, 1993	Milward Simpson	25x25px Wyoming	November 12, 1897	1955–1959	Republican
June 11, 1993	October 20, 1996	J. Bracken Lee	25x25px Utah	January 7, 1899	1949–1957	Republican
October 20, 1996	November 5, 2000	Jimmie Davis	Louisiana	September 11, 1899	1944–1948, 1960–1964	Democratic
November 5, 2000	June 26, 2003	Strom Thurmond	South Carolina	December 5, 1902	1947–1951	Democratic
June 26, 2003	April 19, 2004	Frank B. Morrison	Nebraska	May 20, 1905	1961–1967	Democratic
April 19, 2004	November 15, 2004	Elmer L. Andersen	25x25px Minnesota	June 17, 1909	1961–1963	Republican
November 15, 2004	October 10, 2011	Albert Rosellini	25x25px Washington	January 21, 1910	1957–1965	Democratic
October 10, 2011	April 10, 2015	Raúl Héctor Castro	25x25px Arizona	June 12, 1916	1975–1977	Democratic
April 10, 2015	February 4, 2016	Edgar Whitcomb	Indiana	November 6, 1917	1969–1973	Republican
February 4, 2016	January 17, 2017	David P. Buckson	File:Flag of Delaware.svg Delaware	July 25, 1920	1960–1961	Republican
January 17, 2017	June 4, 2021	John M. Patterson	25x25px Alabama	September 27, 1921	1959–1963	Democratic
June 4, 2021	August 18, 2023	Al Quie	25x25px Minnesota	September 18, 1923	1979–1983	Independent-Republican
August 18, 2023	December 29, 2024	Jimmy Carter	25px Georgia	October 1, 1924	1971–1975	Democratic
December 29, 2024	April 19, 2026	George Ariyoshi	25px Hawaii	March 12, 1926	1974–1986	Democratic
April 19, 2026	Present	Roy Romer	File:Flag of Colorado.svg Colorado	October 31, 1928	1987–1999	Democratic

Oldest living U.S. governors

These are the 100 oldest living United States governors, current or former. Territorial governors are included but not ranked.

Key

Incumbent

Rank	Governor	Date of birth	Gubernatorial term(s)	State	Party	Age (years, days)
1	Roy Romer	October 31, 1928	1987–1999	Colorado	Democratic	97 years, 256 days
2	Douglas Wilder	January 17, 1931	1990–1994	Virginia	Democratic	95 years, 178 days
3	Kenneth M. Curtis	February 8, 1931	1967–1975	Maine	Democratic	95 years, 156 days
4	Philip Noel	June 6, 1931	1973–1977	Rhode Island	Democratic	95 years, 38 days
5	Richard Riley	January 2, 1933	1979–1987	File:Flag of South Carolina.svg South Carolina	Democratic	93 years, 193 days
6	Frank Murkowski	March 28, 1933	2002–2006	25px Alaska	Republican	93 years, 108 days
7	Pete Wilson	August 23, 1933	1991–1999	25x25px California	Republican	92 years, 325 days
8	Madeleine Kunin	September 28, 1933	1985–1991	File:Flag of Vermont.svg Vermont	Democratic	92 years, 289 days
9	Michael Dukakis	November 3, 1933	1975–1979, 1983–1991	Massachusetts	Democratic	92 years, 253 days
10	Fob James	September 15, 1934	1979–1983, 1995–1999	25px Alabama	Democratic (1979–1983) Republican (1995–1999)	91 years, 302 days
11	Arne Carlson	September 24, 1934	1991–1999	25px Minnesota	Independent-Republican/Republican	91 years, 293 days
12	Bob Martinez	December 25, 1934	1987–1991	File:Flag of Florida.svg Florida	Republican	91 years, 201 days
13	Thomas Kean	April 21, 1935	1982–1990	New Jersey	Republican	91 years, 84 days
14	James G. Martin	December 11, 1935	1985–1993	File:Flag of North Carolina.svg North Carolina	Republican	90 years, 215 days
15	Joe Frank Harris	February 16, 1936	1983–1991	25px Georgia	Democratic	90 years, 148 days
16	Robert List	September 1, 1936	1979–1983	25px Nevada	Republican	89 years, 316 days
17	Barbara Roberts	December 21, 1936	1991–1995	File:Flag of Oregon.svg Oregon	Democratic	89 years, 205 days
–	Carlos S. Camacho	February 27, 1937	1978–1982	25px Northern Mariana Islands	Democratic	89 years, 137 days
18	Paul E. Patton	May 26, 1937	1995–2003	File:Flag of Kentucky.svg Kentucky	Democratic	89 years, 49 days
19	Jay Rockefeller	June 18, 1937	1977–1985	File:Flag of West Virginia.svg West Virginia	Democratic	89 years, 26 days
20	Richard Bryan	July 16, 1937	1983–1989	25px Nevada	Democratic	88 years, 363 days
21	Dick Celeste	November 11, 1937	1983–1991	File:Flag of Ohio.svg Ohio	Democratic	88 years, 245 days
22	Jerry Brown	April 7, 1938	1975–1983, 2011–2019	25x25px California	Democratic	88 years, 98 days
23	Neil Abercrombie	June 26, 1938	2010–2014	25px Hawaii	Democratic	88 years, 18 days
24	Bruce Babbitt	June 27, 1938	1978–1987	25px Arizona	Democratic	88 years, 17 days
25	Steve Cowper	August 21, 1938	1986–1990	25px Alaska	Democratic	87 years, 327 days
26	Kay A. Orr	January 2, 1939	1987–1991	File:Flag of Nebraska.svg Nebraska	Republican	87 years, 193 days
27	Martin J. Schreiber	April 8, 1939	1977–1979	25px Wisconsin	Democratic	87 years, 97 days
28	Chuck Robb	June 26, 1939	1982–1986	File:Flag of Virginia.svg Virginia	Democratic	87 years, 18 days
29	John H. Sununu	July 2, 1939	1983–1989	New Hampshire	Republican	87 years, 12 days
30	Garrey Carruthers	August 29, 1939	1987–1991	25px New Mexico	Republican	86 years, 319 days
31	Mike Sullivan	September 22, 1939	1987–1995	25px Wyoming	Democratic	86 years, 295 days
32	Ben Cayetano	November 14, 1939	1994–2002	25px Hawaii	Democratic	86 years, 242 days
33	Gaston Caperton	February 21, 1940	1989–1997	File:Flag of West Virginia.svg West Virginia	Democratic	86 years, 143 days
34	Lamar Alexander	July 3, 1940	1979–1987	File:Flag of Tennessee.svg Tennessee	Republican	86 years, 11 days
35	John W. Carlin	August 3, 1940	1979–1987	File:Flag of Kansas.svg Kansas	Democratic	85 years, 345 days
36	Ted Kulongoski	November 5, 1940	2003–2011	File:Flag of Oregon.svg Oregon	Democratic	85 years, 251 days
37	Toney Anaya	April 29, 1941	1983–1987	25px New Mexico	Democratic	85 years, 76 days
38	Ben Nelson	May 17, 1941	1991–1999	File:Flag of Nebraska.svg Nebraska	Democratic	85 years, 58 days
39	Ted Strickland	August 4, 1941	2007–2011	File:Flag of Ohio.svg Ohio	Democratic	84 years, 344 days
–	Carl Gutierrez	October 15, 1941	1995–2003	24x24px Guam	Democratic	84 years, 272 days
40	Tommy Thompson	November 19, 1941	1987–2001	25px Wisconsin	Republican	84 years, 237 days
41	Bob Taft	January 8, 1942	1999–2007	File:Flag of Ohio.svg Ohio	Republican	84 years, 186 days
42	Butch Otter	May 3, 1942	2007–2019	25px Idaho	Republican	84 years, 72 days
43	John Ashcroft	May 9, 1942	1985–1993	25px Missouri	Republican	84 years, 66 days
44	Parris Glendening	June 11, 1942	1995–2003	25px Maryland	Democratic	84 years, 33 days
45	James J. Blanchard	August 8, 1942	1983–1991	File:Flag of Michigan.svg Michigan	Democratic	83 years, 340 days
46	Nathan Deal	August 25, 1942	2011–2019	25px Georgia	Republican	83 years, 323 days
–	Sila María Calderón	September 23, 1942	2001–2005	File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico	Popular Democratic	83 years, 294 days
47	Donald Carcieri	December 16, 1942	2003–2011	File:Flag of Rhode Island.svg Rhode Island	Republican	83 years, 210 days
48	Gray Davis	December 26, 1942	1999–2003	25x25px California	Democratic	83 years, 200 days
49	Tony Knowles	January 1, 1943	1994–2002	25x25px Alaska	Democratic	83 years, 194 days
50	Robert J. Bentley	February 3, 1943	2011–2017	25x25px Alabama	Republican	83 years, 161 days
51	Jim Risch	May 3, 1943	2006–2007	25x25px Idaho	Republican	83 years, 72 days
–	Ralph D. Hough	May 21, 1943	1993	New Hampshire	Republican	83 years, 54 days
52	Bob Kerrey	August 27, 1943	1983–1987	Nebraska	Democratic	82 years, 321 days
53	Phil Bredesen	November 21, 1943	2003–2011	Tennessee	Democratic	82 years, 235 days
–	Joseph Franklin Ada	December 3, 1943	1987–1995	25px Guam	Republican	82 years, 223 days
54	Ed Rendell	January 5, 1944	2003–2011	Pennsylvania	Democratic	82 years, 190 days
55	Frank Keating	February 10, 1944	1995–2003	Oklahoma	Republican	82 years, 154 days
56	Mike Hayden	March 16, 1944	1987–1991	Kansas	Republican	82 years, 120 days
57	Angus King	March 31, 1944	1995–2003	Maine	Independent	82 years, 105 days
–	Pedro Rosselló	April 5, 1944	1993–2001	File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico	New Progressive	82 years, 100 days
58	Jim Geringer	April 24, 1944	1995–2003	25x25px Wyoming	Republican	82 years, 81 days
59	Steve Beshear	September 21, 1944	2007–2015	Kentucky	Democratic	81 years, 296 days
60	Jan Brewer	September 26, 1944	2009–2015	25x25px Arizona	Republican	81 years, 291 days
61	Bob Riley	October 3, 1944	2003–2011	25x25px Alabama	Republican	81 years, 284 days
62	Kay Ivey	October 15, 1944	2017–Present	25x25px Alabama	Republican	81 years, 272 days
63	Donald DiFrancesco	November 20, 1944	2001–2002	New Jersey	Republican	81 years, 236 days
64	Jim Gibbons	December 16, 1944	2007–2011	25x25px Nevada	Republican	81 years, 210 days
65	Bob Miller	March 30, 1945	1989–1999	25x25px Nevada	Republican	81 years, 106 days
66	George Pataki	June 24, 1945	1995–2006	New York	Republican	81 years, 20 days
67	Bill Weld	July 31, 1945	1991–1997	Massachusetts	Republican	80 years, 348 days
68	Fife Symington	August 12, 1945	1991–1997	25x25px Arizona	Republican	80 years, 336 days
69	Tom Ridge	August 26, 1945	1995–2001	Pennsylvania	Republican	80 years, 322 days
70	Jim Doyle	November 23, 1945	2003–2011	25x25px Wisconsin	Democratic	80 years, 233 days
–	Benigno Fitial	November 27, 1945	2006–2013	25px Northern Mariana Islands	Republican	80 years, 229 days
71	Don Siegelman	February 24, 1946	1999–2003	25x25px Alabama	Democratic	80 years, 140 days
72	John D. Waiheʻe III	May 19, 1946	1986–1994	25x25px Hawaii	Democratic	80 years, 56 days
73	George W. Bush	July 6, 1946	1995–2000	Texas	Republican	80 years, 8 days
74	Ed Schafer	August 8, 1946	1992–2000	25x25px North Dakota	Republican	79 years, 340 days
75	Bill Clinton	August 19, 1946	1979–1981, 1983–1992	25px Arkansas	Democratic	79 years, 329 days
76	Christine Todd Whitman	September 26, 1946	1994–2001	New Jersey	Republican	79 years, 291 days
77	Terry Branstad	November 17, 1946	1983–1999, 2011–2017	File:Flag of Iowa.svg Iowa	Republican	79 years, 239 days
78	Sonny Perdue	December 20, 1946	2003–2011	25px Georgia	Republican	79 years, 206 days
79	Mike Beebe	December 28, 1946	2007–2015	25px Arkansas	Democratic	79 years, 198 days
80	Jon Corzine	January 1, 1947	2006–2010	New Jersey	Democratic	79 years, 194 days
81	Mike DeWine	January 5, 1947	2019–Present	File:Flag of Ohio.svg Ohio	Republican	79 years, 190 days
82	Bev Perdue	January 14, 1947	2009–2013	File:Flag of North Carolina.svg North Carolina	Democratic	79 years, 181 days
83	Tom Carper	January 23, 1947	1993–2001	Delaware	Democratic	79 years, 172 days
84	Mark Dayton	January 26, 1947	2011–2019	25px Minnesota	Democratic	79 years, 169 days
85	Jeanne Shaheen	January 28, 1947	1997–2003	New Hampshire	Democratic	79 years, 167 days
86	Judd Gregg	February 14, 1947	1989–1993	New Hampshire	Republican	79 years, 150 days
–	Togiola Tulafono	February 28, 1947	2003–2013	25px American Samoa	Democratic	79 years, 136 days
87	John Kitzhaber	March 5, 1947	1995–2003, 2011–2015	File:Flag of Oregon.svg Oregon	Democratic	79 years, 131 days
88	Mitt Romney	March 12, 1947	2003–2007	File:Flag of Massachusetts.svg Massachusetts	Republican	79 years, 124 days
89	Christine Gregoire	March 24, 1947	2005–2013	25px Washington	Democratic	79 years, 112 days
90	Gary Herbert	May 7, 1947	2009–2021	25px Utah	Republican	79 years, 68 days
91	Henry McMaster	May 27, 1947	2017–Present	File:Flag of South Carolina.svg South Carolina	Republican	79 years, 48 days
92	Arnold Schwarzenegger	July 30, 1947	2003–2011	File:Flag of Florida.svg Florida	Republican	78 years, 349 days
93	Joe Manchin	August 24, 1947	2005–2010	File:Flag of West Virginia.svg West Virginia	Democratic	78 years, 324 days
94	Haley Barbour	October 22, 1947	2004–2012	File:Flag of Mississippi.svg Mississippi	Republican	78 years, 265 days
95	Janet Mills	December 30, 1947	2019–Present	File:Flag of Maine.svg Maine	Democratic	78 years, 196 days
96	Bob Wise	January 6, 1948	2001–2005	File:Flag of West Virginia.svg West Virginia	Democratic	78 years, 189 days
97	Roy Barnes	March 11, 1948	1999–2003	25px Georgia	Democratic	78 years, 125 days
98	Dave Heineman	May 12, 1948	2005–2015	File:Flag of Nebraska.svg Nebraska	Republican	78 years, 63 days
99	Kathleen Sebelius	May 15, 1948	2003–2009	File:Flag of Kansas.svg Kansas	Democratic	78 years, 60 days
100	John R. McKernan Jr.	May 20, 1948	1987–1995	File:Flag of Maine.svg Maine	Republican	78 years, 55 days