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| Michigan's Governors, 1835 to Present |
| # |
NAME |
YEARS SERVED |
PARTY |
| 1 |
Stevens T. Mason |
1835-1840 |
D |
| 2 |
William Woodbridge * |
1840-1841 |
W |
| 3 |
James Wright Gordon |
1841 |
W |
| 4 |
John S. Barry |
1842-1846 |
D |
| 5 |
Alpheus Felch ** |
1846-1847 |
D |
| 6 |
William L. Greenly |
1847 |
D |
| 7 |
Epaphroditus Ransom |
1848-1850 |
D |
| 8 |
John S. Barry |
1850-1851 |
D |
| 9 |
Robert McClelland |
1852-1853 |
D |
| 10 |
Andrew Parsons |
1853-1854 |
D |
| 11 |
Kinsley S. Bingham |
1855-1858 |
R |
| 12 |
Moses Wisner |
1859-1860 |
R |
| 13 |
Austin Blair |
1861-1864 |
R |
| 14 |
Henry H. Crapo |
1865-1868 |
R |
| 15 |
Henry P. Baldwin |
1869-1872 |
R |
| 16 |
John J. Bagley |
1873-1876 |
R |
| 17 |
Charles M. Croswell |
1877-1880 |
R |
| 18 |
David H. Jerome |
1881-1882 |
R |
| 19 |
Josiah W. Begole |
1883-1884 |
D (Fusionist) |
| 20 |
Russell A. Alger |
1885-1886 |
R |
| 21 |
Cyrus G. Luce |
1887-1890 |
R |
| 22 |
Edwin B. Winans |
1891-1892 |
D |
| 23 |
John T. Rich |
1893-1896 |
R |
| 24 |
Hazen S. Pingree |
1897-1900 |
R |
| 25 |
Aaron T. Bliss |
1901-1904 |
R |
| 26 |
Fred M. Warner |
1905-1910 |
R |
| 27 |
Chase S. Osborn |
1911-1912 |
R |
| 28 |
Woodbridge N. Ferris |
1913-1916 |
D |
| 29 |
Albert E. Sleeper |
1917-1920 |
R |
| 30 |
Alexander J. Groesbeck |
1921-1926 |
R |
| 31 |
Fred W. Green |
1927-1930 |
R |
| 32 |
Wilber M. Brucker |
1931-1932 |
R |
| 33 |
William A. Comstock |
1933-1934 |
D |
| 34 |
Frank D. Fitzgerald |
1935-1936 |
R |
| 35 |
Frank Murphy |
1937-1938 |
D |
| 36 |
Frank D. Fitzgerald *** |
1939 |
R |
| 37 |
Luren D. Dickinson |
1939-1940 |
R |
| 38 |
Murray D. Van Wagoner |
1941-1942 |
D |
| 39 |
Harry F. Kelly |
1943-1946 |
R |
| 40 |
Kim Sigler |
1947-1948 |
R |
| 41 |
G. Mennen Williams |
1949-1960 |
D |
| 42 |
John B. Swainson |
1961-1962 |
D |
| 43 |
George Romney |
1963-1969 |
R |
| 44 |
William G. Milliken |
1969-1982 |
R |
| 45 |
James J. Blanchard |
1983-1990 |
D |
| 46 |
John M. Engler |
1991-2002 |
R |
| 47 |
Jennifer M. Granholm |
2003- |
D |
- D = Democrat
- R = Republican
- W = Whig
- * Resigned February 24, 1841, to become a U.S. senator
- ** Resigned March 3, 1847, to become a U.S. senator
- *** Died in office, March 16, 1939
More Resources
- Sikkenga, Raymond. Doers and Dreamers: The Governors of Michigan. Spring Lake, MI: River Road Publications, 1987.
- Weddon, Willah. First Ladies of Michigan (Revised, 2nd ed.). Lansing, MI: NOG Press, 1994.
- Weddon, Willah. Michigan Governors Growing Up. Lansing, MI: NOG Press, 1994.
- Weddon, Willah. Michigan Governors: Their Life Stories. Lansing, MI: NOG Press, 1994.
- Weeks, George. Stewards of the State: The Governors of Michigan (Revised Second Edition). Ann Arbor, MI: Historical Society of Michigan, 1991.
- The Governors of Michigan 1835-1991 (A Brief Guide to Papers of Governors of the State of Michigan Held by the Bentley Historical Library of the University of Michigan)
Updated 02/23/2004
Michigan Historical Center, Department of History, Arts and Libraries
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