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Michigan's Governors, 1835 to Present
| # |
NAME |
YEARS SERVED |
PARTY |
| 1 |
Stevens T. Mason
Read a Mason bio or tour an online exhibit about 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 |
2003-2010 |
D |
| 48 |
Rick Snyder |
2011- |
R |
- 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)
Contact the Michigan Historical Center.
Updated 01/18/2011
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