List of current United States governors by age

The following is a list of current United States governors by age. This list includes the 50 state governors, the five territorial governors, as well as the mayor of Washington, D.C. in office as of November 22, 2024.

State governors

State	Governor	Date of birth	Date of inauguration	Age at inauguration	Time in office	Current age
Alabama	Kay Ivey	(1944-10-15)October 15, 1944	April 10, 2017 (2017-04-10)	72 years, 177 days	7 years, 226 days	80 years, 38 days	Republican
Alaska	Mike Dunleavy	(1961-05-05)May 5, 1961	December 3, 2018 (2018-12-03)	57 years, 212 days	5 years, 355 days	63 years, 201 days	Republican
Arizona	Katie Hobbs	(1969-12-28)December 28, 1969	January 2, 2023 (2023-01-02)	53 years, 5 days	1 year, 325 days	54 years, 330 days	Democratic
Arkansas	Sarah Huckabee Sanders	(1982-08-13)August 13, 1982	January 10, 2023 (2023-01-10)	40 years, 150 days	1 year, 317 days	42 years, 101 days	Republican
California	Gavin Newsom	(1967-10-10)October 10, 1967	January 7, 2019 (2019-01-07)	51 years, 89 days	5 years, 320 days	57 years, 43 days	Democratic
Colorado	Jared Polis	(1975-05-12)May 12, 1975	January 8, 2019 (2019-01-08)	43 years, 241 days	5 years, 319 days	49 years, 194 days	Democratic
Connecticut	Ned Lamont	(1954-01-03)January 3, 1954	January 9, 2019 (2019-01-09)	65 years, 6 days	5 years, 318 days	70 years, 324 days	Democratic
Delaware	John Carney	(1956-05-20)May 20, 1956	January 17, 2017 (2017-01-17)	60 years, 242 days	7 years, 310 days	68 years, 186 days	Democratic
Florida	Ron DeSantis	(1978-09-14)September 14, 1978	January 8, 2019 (2019-01-08)	40 years, 116 days	5 years, 319 days	46 years, 69 days	Republican
Georgia	Brian Kemp	(1963-11-02)November 2, 1963	January 14, 2019 (2019-01-14)	55 years, 73 days	5 years, 313 days	61 years, 20 days	Republican
Hawaii	Josh Green	(1970-02-11)February 11, 1970	December 5, 2022 (2022-12-05)	52 years, 297 days	1 year, 353 days	54 years, 285 days	Democratic
Idaho	Brad Little	(1954-02-15)February 15, 1954	January 7, 2019 (2019-01-07)	64 years, 326 days	5 years, 321 days	70 years, 281 days	Republican
Illinois	J. B. Pritzker	(1965-01-19)January 19, 1965	January 14, 2019 (2019-01-14)	53 years, 360 days	5 years, 313 days	59 years, 308 days	Democratic
Indiana	Eric Holcomb	(1968-05-02)May 2, 1968	January 9, 2017 (2017-01-09)	48 years, 252 days	7 years, 318 days	56 years, 204 days	Republican
Iowa	Kim Reynolds	(1959-08-04)August 4, 1959	May 24, 2017 (2017-05-24)	57 years, 293 days	7 years, 182 days	65 years, 110 days	Republican
Kansas	Laura Kelly	(1950-01-24)January 24, 1950	January 14, 2019 (2019-01-14)	68 years, 355 days	5 years, 313 days	74 years, 303 days	Democratic
Kentucky	Andy Beshear	(1977-11-29)November 29, 1977	December 10, 2019 (2019-12-10)	42 years, 11 days	4 years, 348 days	46 years, 359 days	Democratic
Louisiana	Jeff Landry	(1970-12-23)December 23, 1970	January 8, 2024 (2024-01-08)	53 years, 16 days	319 days	53 years, 335 days	Republican
Maine	Janet Mills	(1947-12-30)December 30, 1947	January 2, 2019 (2019-01-02)	71 years, 3 days	5 years, 325 days	76 years, 328 days	Democratic
Maryland	Wes Moore	(1978-10-15)October 15, 1978	January 18, 2023 (2023-01-18)	44 years, 95 days	1 year, 309 days	46 years, 38 days	Democratic
Massachusetts	Maura Healey	(1971-02-08)February 8, 1971	January 5, 2023 (2023-01-05)	51 years, 331 days	1 year, 322 days	53 years, 288 days	Democratic
Michigan	Gretchen Whitmer	(1971-08-23)August 23, 1971	January 1, 2019 (2019-01-01)	47 years, 131 days	5 years, 326 days	53 years, 91 days	Democratic
Minnesota	Tim Walz	(1964-04-06)April 6, 1964	January 7, 2019 (2019-01-07)	54 years, 276 days	5 years, 320 days	60 years, 230 days	Democratic–Farmer–Labor^[a]
Mississippi	Tate Reeves	(1974-06-05)June 5, 1974	January 14, 2020 (2020-01-14)	45 years, 223 days	4 years, 313 days	50 years, 170 days	Republican
Missouri	Mike Parson	(1955-09-17)September 17, 1955	June 1, 2018 (2018-06-01)	62 years, 257 days	6 years, 174 days	69 years, 66 days	Republican
Montana	Greg Gianforte	(1961-04-17)April 17, 1961	January 4, 2021 (2021-01-04)	59 years, 262 days	3 years, 323 days	63 years, 219 days	Republican
Nebraska	Jim Pillen	(1955-12-31)December 31, 1955	January 5, 2023 (2023-01-05)	67 years, 5 days	1 year, 322 days	68 years, 327 days	Republican
Nevada	Joe Lombardo	(1962-11-08)November 8, 1962	January 2, 2023 (2023-01-02)	60 years, 55 days	1 year, 325 days	62 years, 14 days	Republican
New Hampshire	Chris Sununu	(1974-11-05)November 5, 1974	January 5, 2017 (2017-01-05)	42 years, 61 days	7 years, 322 days	50 years, 17 days	Republican
New Jersey	Phil Murphy	(1957-08-16)August 16, 1957	January 16, 2018 (2018-01-16)	60 years, 153 days	6 years, 311 days	67 years, 98 days	Democratic
New Mexico	Michelle Lujan Grisham	(1959-10-24)October 24, 1959	January 1, 2019 (2019-01-01)	59 years, 69 days	5 years, 326 days	65 years, 29 days	Democratic
New York	Kathy Hochul	(1958-08-27)August 27, 1958	August 24, 2021 (2021-08-24)	62 years, 362 days	3 years, 90 days	66 years, 87 days	Democratic
North Carolina	Roy Cooper	(1957-06-13)June 13, 1957	January 1, 2017 (2017-01-01)	59 years, 202 days	7 years, 326 days	67 years, 162 days	Democratic
North Dakota	Doug Burgum	(1956-08-01)August 1, 1956	December 15, 2016 (2016-12-15)	60 years, 136 days	7 years, 343 days	68 years, 113 days	Republican
Ohio	Mike DeWine	(1947-01-05)January 5, 1947	January 14, 2019 (2019-01-14)	72 years, 9 days	5 years, 313 days	77 years, 322 days	Republican
Oklahoma	Kevin Stitt	(1972-12-28)December 28, 1972	January 14, 2019 (2019-01-14)	46 years, 17 days	5 years, 313 days	51 years, 330 days	Republican
Oregon	Tina Kotek	(1966-09-30)September 30, 1966	January 9, 2023 (2023-01-09)	56 years, 101 days	1 year, 318 days	58 years, 53 days	Democratic
Pennsylvania	Josh Shapiro	(1973-06-20)June 20, 1973	January 17, 2023 (2023-01-17)	49 years, 211 days	1 year, 310 days	51 years, 155 days	Democratic
Rhode Island	Dan McKee	(1951-06-16)June 16, 1951	March 2, 2021 (2021-03-02)	69 years, 259 days	3 years, 265 days	73 years, 159 days	Democratic
South Carolina	Henry McMaster	(1947-05-27)May 27, 1947	January 24, 2017 (2017-01-24)	69 years, 242 days	7 years, 303 days	77 years, 179 days	Republican
South Dakota	Kristi Noem	(1971-11-30)November 30, 1971	January 5, 2019 (2019-01-05)	47 years, 36 days	5 years, 322 days	52 years, 358 days	Republican
Tennessee	Bill Lee	(1959-10-09)October 9, 1959	January 19, 2019 (2019-01-19)	59 years, 102 days	5 years, 308 days	65 years, 44 days	Republican
Texas	Greg Abbott	(1957-11-13)November 13, 1957	January 20, 2015 (2015-01-20)	57 years, 68 days	9 years, 307 days	67 years, 9 days	Republican
Utah	Spencer Cox	(1975-07-11)July 11, 1975	January 4, 2021 (2021-01-04)	45 years, 177 days	3 years, 323 days	49 years, 134 days	Republican
Vermont	Phil Scott	(1958-08-04)August 4, 1958	January 5, 2017 (2017-01-05)	58 years, 154 days	7 years, 322 days	66 years, 110 days	Republican
Virginia	Glenn Youngkin	(1966-12-09)December 9, 1966	January 15, 2022 (2022-01-15)	55 years, 37 days	2 years, 312 days	57 years, 349 days	Republican
Washington	Jay Inslee	(1951-02-09)February 9, 1951	January 16, 2013 (2013-01-16)	61 years, 342 days	11 years, 311 days	73 years, 287 days	Democratic
West Virginia	Jim Justice	(1951-04-27)April 27, 1951	January 16, 2017 (2017-01-16)	65 years, 264 days	7 years, 311 days	73 years, 209 days	Republican
Wisconsin	Tony Evers	(1951-11-05)November 5, 1951	January 7, 2019 (2019-01-07)	67 years, 63 days	5 years, 320 days	73 years, 17 days	Democratic
Wyoming	Mark Gordon	(1957-03-14)March 14, 1957	January 7, 2019 (2019-01-07)	61 years, 299 days	5 years, 320 days	67 years, 253 days	Republican

Territorial governors

Territory	Governor	Date of birth	Date of inauguration	Age at inauguration	Time in office	Current age
American Samoa	Lemanu Peleti Mauga	January 3, 1960^[2]	January 3, 2021	61 years, 0 days	3 years, 324 days	64 years, 324 days	Democratic
Guam	Lou Leon Guerrero	November 8, 1950	January 7, 2019	68 years, 60 days	5 years, 320 days	74 years, 14 days	Democratic
Northern Mariana Islands	Arnold Palacios	August 22, 1955^[3]	January 9, 2023	67 years, 140 days	1 year, 318 days	69 years, 92 days	Independent
Puerto Rico	Pedro Pierluisi	April 26, 1959	January 2, 2021	61 years, 251 days	3 years, 325 days	65 years, 210 days	New Progressive
U.S. Virgin Islands	Albert Bryan	February 21, 1968	January 7, 2019	50 years, 320 days	5 years, 320 days	56 years, 275 days	Democratic

Federal district mayor

The District of Columbia is a federal district that elects a mayor that has similar powers to those of a state or territorial governor.^[4] The cities of Washington and Georgetown within the district elected their own mayors until 1871, when their governments were consolidated into a reorganized District of Columbia by a Congressional act.^[5] The district's chief executive from 1871 to 1874 was a governor appointed by the president of the United States; the office was replaced by a board of commissioners with three members appointed by the president—two residents and a representative from the United States Army Corps of Engineers.^[5]^[6] The Board of Commissioners was originally a temporary body but was made permanent in 1878 with one member selected to serve as the Board President, in effect the city's chief executive.^[7] The system was replaced in 1967 by a single mayor–commissioner and home rule in the District of Columbia was fully restored in 1975 under a reorganized government led by an elected mayor.^[8]

District	Mayor	Date of birth	Date of inauguration	Age at inauguration	Time in office	Current age	Party
District of Columbia	Muriel Bowser	August 2, 1972	January 2, 2015	42 years, 153 days	9 years, 325 days	52 years, 112 days		Democratic

Demographics of state governors

Note: The following information for currently serving state governors is correct as of 2021.

Statistics (not counting territorial governors):
- The median age is 67 years, 344 days.
- The median age at inauguration is 63 years, 293 days.
- The median term length is 10 years, 153 days.
- The average age among Republicans is 68 years, 3 days.
- The average age among Democrats is 68 years, 270 days.

Age Ranges:
- 10 governors are in their 70s;
- 21 governors are in their 60s;
- 12 governors are in their 50s; and
- 7 governors are in their 40s.

Political Party:
- 28 Republicans (56%)
- 22 Democrats (44%)

Sex:
- 41 Males (82%)
- 9 Females (18%)

Notes

^ The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party is affiliated with the national Democratic Party.^[1]

References

^ Erlandson, Henry (January 25, 2020). "Why is Minnesota's Democratic Party called the DFL?". Star Tribune. Minneapolis. Archived from the original on January 30, 2024. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
^ "Gov. Lemanu P. S. Mauga". National Governors Association. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
^ "Arnold Palacios". National Governors Association. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
^ Nirappil, Fenit (June 21, 2017). "Can a change of titles make DC seem more stately? Ask Gov. Bowser". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on December 17, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Governing the District of Columbia: Overview and Timeline (Report). Congressional Research Service. January 29, 2024. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
^ Davis, Henry E. (December 29, 1899). "The Political Development of the District of Columbia". Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 1: 215. JSTOR 24526084.
^ Frommer, Frederic (June 21, 2022). "D.C. elected its own mayors in the 1800s — until Congress stepped in". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on March 24, 2023. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
^ Martin, Douglas (October 28, 2003). "Walter Washington, 88, Former Mayor of Washington, Dies". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 27, 2024.

[2] The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party is affiliated with the national Democratic Party.^[1]

[1] Erlandson, Henry (January 25, 2020). "Why is Minnesota's Democratic Party called the DFL?". Star Tribune. Minneapolis. Archived from the original on January 30, 2024. Retrieved May 3, 2024.

[3] "Gov. Lemanu P. S. Mauga". National Governors Association. Retrieved January 13, 2021.

[4] "Arnold Palacios". National Governors Association. Retrieved January 31, 2023.

[List_of_current_United_States_governors_Post-DCGovernor-5] Nirappil, Fenit (June 21, 2017). "Can a change of titles make DC seem more stately? Ask Gov. Bowser". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on December 17, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2024.

[List_of_current_United_States_governors_CRS-DC-6] Governing the District of Columbia: Overview and Timeline (Report). Congressional Research Service. January 29, 2024. Retrieved June 27, 2024.

[7] Davis, Henry E. (December 29, 1899). "The Political Development of the District of Columbia". Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 1: 215. JSTOR 24526084.

[8] Frommer, Frederic (June 21, 2022). "D.C. elected its own mayors in the 1800s — until Congress stepped in". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on March 24, 2023. Retrieved March 27, 2024.

[9] Martin, Douglas (October 28, 2003). "Walter Washington, 88, Former Mayor of Washington, Dies". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 27, 2024.

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